The Comic Book Thread (spoilers)

[Your Mom]

The last issue isn't out yet. Although when it is the cover price is $4.99! :thumbsdown:

[DFF]

The last issue isn't out yet. Although when it is the cover price is $4.99! :thumbsdown:

For a single issue of a comic that wouldn't be too bad over here. That's what, £2.50ish? Our standard comic price is around £2.15, with the 'big' single issues being around £2.85.

[Your Mom]

It's 2 dollars more than normal if that helps

[TGC]

I believe it's also double sized and has a pretty heaping helping of extras too. Plus it's the end of Y, the best Vertigo title not named Sandman, Sandman Mystery Theatre, Preacher, Fables, The Invisibles, or American Virgin, so you know it is worth it.

[Timmoru Suzuki]

And when I thought Iron Fist couldn't get better..... I have started to feel like their isn't a great deal of character development, but I'm so caught up in the totally perfect style, tight plotting and otherwise excellent writing that I don't care in the slightest.

And the promo cards for 'X-Men: Divided We Stand' have me hyped too, to be added to how much I was already looking forward to the Cable and X-Force comics.

[MalaCloudy Black]

At the Baltimore Comic-Con on September 10, 2007, Marvel Comics announced that a new Cable ongoing series (which will replace the Cable & Deadpool series), with Duane Swierczynski as the writer[5] and Ariel Olivetti as the artist, will be launched after the conclusion of Messiah Complex in March 2008.

Baahhhhhh, what's this mean for Deadpool?

[Vilge Duin]

Getting his own series again, written by Daniel Way and drawn by Steve Diillon.

EDIT: That said... ugh... I just read the first few pages of Wolverine: Origins #21 and by god Daniel Way has no fucking clue how to write Deadpool... He was cured of his "craziness" way back after House of M by Cable and has never come off like that much of an idiot like in those few pages, ever.

And even at his most "crazy" he never resembled a schizoid buffoon... I'm really not looking forward to this series now...

Edited January 18, 2008 by Vilge Duin

[TGC]

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[Benji]

Spoiler: Click here to view

Is Deadpool joining X-Force or so I've heard?

Edited January 20, 2008 by Evil Benji

[Your Mom]

Whats the rule about spoilers in here? For example if that Deadpool thing is true I am not happy about knowing ahead of time.

[Benji]

Whats the rule about spoilers in here? For example if that Deadpool thing is true I am not happy about knowing ahead of time.

I don't know if he is, I've just been asked if it was true, bad phrasing on my part, so my apologies, I'll spoiler tag it xx Editted phrasing too

Edited January 20, 2008 by Evil Benji

[Avenged Probably]

After seeing the Loeb 'bashing' in earlier pages I thought I had to leave my comments on the first issue of the new Hulk book. I never read his Wolverine stuff, so can't comment on that.

As for Hulk, until Planet Hulk I was never able to get into a Hulk book for more than an issue or two without getting bored. Although to be fair it was written by Greg Pak, who can seem to do no wrong with the books I have read by him at least.

I actually never saw World War Hulk, and will wait for the trades, but if Im honest it was the obvious marketing ploy of sticking a great whopping red mother fucker of a Hulk on the cover that attracted me.

Anyway it was well written, it all made sense. It had a good helping of guest stars/co-stars (generally needed for a Hulk book in my opinion). Iteven had a nice little fight scene in the middle. Oh and a mystery of sorts to keep us guessing, and a cliffhanger of other sorts to make me come back for more. Oh and next issues cover just makes me wanna read it right away.

So what I'm saying is Loeb has done a good job here. Well worth picking up.

[Gabriel]

I'm going to be selling the Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic. Volumes 1 through 4, which collects, as the title suggests, the Complete Age of Apocalypse.

They retailed for $48.00 Cdn. brand new when I bought them... and on a scale of 10 in terms of condition, I'd rank them as a 9. I read each of them once, and then they were put on the bookshelf with the rest of my trade paperbacks.

Would anybody be interested in purchasing them here, before I put them on eBay? There's definately a minimum I'd accept, but I won't list a price. You'd have to pay for the shipping from Vernon, BC to wherever it is I'd be sending them.

I'll let this offer stand for about a week. If you're interested, PM me. If I don't get any interest, then I'll put them up on eBay, and I'll add the link to this thread later on.

For anyone wondering, I did enjoy the AoA, but the series is complete and I don't think I'll read them again. I bought them for nostalgiac reasons, having seen bits and pieces from the cartoon and been bought many of the AoA action figures when I was younger.

[Benji]

I could never sell my AoA, it's one of few truly epic stories in the scope of comics in terms of both size and extravagance. Speaking of X-Men, the finalé of Messiah Complex is this week and to say I'm hyped is an understatement, if it ends with anything less than a superb bang I'll be surprised.

[Gabriel]

I could never sell my AoA, it's one of few truly epic stories in the scope of comics in terms of both size and extravagance. Speaking of X-Men, the finalé of Messiah Complex is this week and to say I'm hyped is an understatement, if it ends with anything less than a superb bang I'll be surprised.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Walking Dead 45 spoiler:

Spoiler: Click here to view

Please tell me Michonne isn't dead! She's probably my favorite character.

Damn Robert Kirkman and his mastery of the art of the cliffhanger ending!

[AnnIQ Edison]

Hey, I as wondering if anyone knew what those sketch things at the back of some comics are called. You know the character blueprints.

I've been looking for a good one of The Joker but I can't find it anywhere.

[Benji]

X-Men ending, predictable, in a good way, and they've finally solved a long standing problem to some degree, this is a massive spoiler so don't click unless you've read it...

Spoiler: Click here to view

You can't kill Jean Grey if she's just a baby!

[Vilge Duin]

^ In reference to Benji...

Spoiler: Click here to view

You sure the child is Jean Grey? From what I have seen I didn't get that impression, but then again you never know.

At first the scrapping of Cable & Deadpool for yet another Cable ongoing seemed like a bad idea, but I must say if they do go in a Lonewolf and Cub style way with it, it should be very interesting.

Bishop is a douche though. A complete and utter selfish douche. I'm curious what they intend to do with him now, since his character has come full circle to serve his purpose. Still a douche though.

Should be very curious though where they plan to take the X-Men franchise from here. Especially with Cyclops now at the forefront.

I wish they did have the initiative to truly off Xavier but since it's been said he'll be back it's kind of anticlimactic.

That's my only problem with unlimited series that never end and the need for solicitations. You need to tell people about what you have forthcoming to drum up sales, but that can ruin any sense of suspense or intrigue.

[Benji]

Spoiler: Click here to view

Trust me, I've read it, it's right, I called it a while back somewhere else, but I was hoping to be proved wrong, luckilly it happened in a way I was very happy with. you see a lock of red hair in an early panel of the issue and then it's revealed near the middle-end section.