Comic Book Discussion Thread

[Fallen]

is the book life and death of superman any good

[Poetic Wun]

Originally Posted by LIONEL HUTZ

i personally couldn't get into either of those; i'd recommend 'criminal' or 'scalped' ahead of either.

Originally Posted by main_man

me too. i recommend scalped above most.

and pandemic, incognito by brubaker & phillips. have you read it? and if so what would you rate it on a scale of 1-10?


and i know im supposed to be all cynical and nitpicky. but i just read the first chunk of avengers vs xmen and i gotta say.......i enjoyed it. good jam session between writers who grew up on 80s marvel continuity and are just expanding on/playing with all that.

yes. most of these heroes are acting WAY out of character for this thing. but as far as colorful cape comics go, its a lot matchups your inner child might enjoy reading. and honestly jrjr's art is great to me. reminds me of his old x-men stuff from back in the day.

Thanks y'all, i'll check that series out.

lol "colorful cape comics"
I'll always love them first & foremost
As for Avx, i agree this series is trying to tackle those childhood "VS" debates... but personally i cant stand JRJR... he is stoic and very 1,2 structured... he reminds me of an untalented Frank Miller.

Daredevil & Uncanny X-Force is where Marvels at...
Then Justice League Dark, I-Vampire & Wonder Woman take my top 5... WW for some reason has caught my attention this time around... maybe i've just always hoped she'd have a better series to somehow justify her membership on JL.
Speaking of-- anyone read Spaceman??

Lots of good stuff tho, Amazing Spider-Man is good Swamp Thing/Animal Man is good in conjunction with 1 another... I dig Supergirl a lil too

[Big Smokes]

hey guys i need a little help does anyone know if shang-li is still a comic.. i may have the name wrong but he was a martial artist like bruce lee its been some years and i dont really keep up with comics. any help?

[DVSK]

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I havent bought a comic in about 2 months now...my pull is dusty..and realistically i wont have the motivation to catch up...

i call to you all...

what should i know about the DC universe since ive been gone and the marvel universe?

also, assuming i dropped everything...what should i pick up?

[Dr. Simon Hurt]

^that new batman, inc #1 for sure

marvel and dc are both meh to me right now with the exception of that, daredevil, and journey into mystery...most of the books i was enjoying have lost momentum or become repetitive (batman, animal man, swamp thing)

big smokes...i don't think shang-chi has had a solo ongoing series since the early 80s lol

you should be getting some of the good image stuff like saga, manhattan projects, prophet, fatale, danger club...

i've been working my way through alot of my backlog of books and backissues put i've still been copping my pull.

[main_man]

Originally Posted by Big Smokes

hey guys i need a little help does anyone know if shang-li is still a comic.. i may have the name wrong but he was a martial artist like bruce lee its been some years and i dont really keep up with comics. any help?

shang chi, master of kung fu



he doesnt have a series of his own right now.
but he had a marvel max series about 8-10 years ago. adults only title.

he was on the heroes for hire team during world war hulk.

and most recently was involved with the "secret avengers". he had a whole storyline about him last year.

i always liked that character.

[main_man]

@ dusk.
you're really not missing much.

marvels on this a vs x kick. its fun in the 9 year old "who could beat up who" sense.
but they got cap being a total commie dickhead. noone is really acting like themselves in it.

daredevils still really good though. allred's getting ready to draw an issue.
and you have a fury max mini going on by ennis & parlov. good shit.


dc's really shitty right now.
basically they're doing the pre-watchmen shit.
animal man is good, but really slowed to a crawl the past 3 issues.
i gotta say, i really enjoy aquaman. great art. action. its like a good summer movie every issue. nothing groundbreaking, but highly entertaining.

i still fucks with jl dark too. but not much going on there either.

i can see why you havent bought anything, for real. lol

[Dr. Simon Hurt]

Originally Posted by main_man

and you have a fury max mini going on by ennis & parlov. good shit.

forgot about this...this is worth your money

[DVSK]

wow that does sound dope^

and Panda u already kno i copped that Inc shit lmao shit was dope

[CuzinBilly]

u guys heard of this new MArvel Now Deal, im fearing or the worst, it sounds like the new 52, these fags are goin to combine x-men and avengers, and make a new title called "Uncanny Avengers" i pray to god this does not cause the cancellation of uncanny x-men and wolverine ad the x-men, im not to big on the avengers

[Dr. Simon Hurt]

^sounds like a good jumping off point for me
i'm guessing most of the marvel books i like are going to end anyway (uncanny x-force, journey into mystery)

you guys should be buying saga, prophet and the manhattan projects....you're fucking up if you're not

[CuzinBilly]

trust i feel the same way, im hopin these titles are not affected though,
mite have to start fuckin wit batman again i cut him off a few weeks bak...the dectective comics where getting weak.

[Big Smokes]

anyone keep up with red lantern ?

[DVSK]

Detective Comics started weak

[BEATSMITH RESIST]

saw a bunch of nerds all over the gaslamp 2nite...