Re: The Comic Thread

by **Zoltar** Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:25 am

Sid Seadevil wrote:Did he really? I must hunt it down - he's a great character.

Yep. Doctor Fate turned up as well. Smile

by Sid Seadevil Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:27 am

Zoltar wrote:Yep. Doctor Fate turned up as well.

Fate too? I'm sold! Smile

by **Zoltar** Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:00 am

Sid Seadevil wrote:Fate too? I'm sold!

It's actually a pretty entertaining show. They back the team of younger heroes with established JLAers like Batman, Red Tornado and Black Canary. They also have a 16 member Justice League team that makes appearances in the show now and then as well.

by Sid Seadevil Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:05 am

Sounds right up my street. Besides I need something to fill the vacuum left by B&B being off air. By the way, have you seen Marvel Knights: Black Panther, yet? I saw an episode. Hated it. Voice casting, animation, design. Just didn't work for me on any level.

by **Zoltar** Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:10 am

Sid Seadevil wrote:Sounds right up my street. Besides I need something to fill the vacuum left by B&B being off air. By the way, have you seen Marvel Knights: Black Panther, yet? I saw an episode. Hated it. Voice casting, animation, design. Just didn't work for me on any level.

I've heard about it several times, but never actually seen an episode. Can't say I'm in a hurry to do so now, given your reaction to it.

by Sid Seadevil Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:13 am

Zoltar wrote:I've heard about it several times, but never actually seen an episode. Can't say I'm in a hurry to do so now, given your reaction to it.

Yes, I was very disappointed by it. I was hoping for so much better. But then again, Marvel still lags quite a way behind DC when it comes to animation, in my opinion.

by **Zoltar** Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:18 am

Sid Seadevil wrote:Yes, I was very disappointed by it. I was hoping for so much better. But then again, Marvel still lags quite a way behind DC when it comes to animation, in my opinion.

I tend to agree. The latest Avengers cartoon has been pretty good, but it still doesn't equal something like DC's Justice League work. They've put out some good direct-to-DVD movies, had some good series over the years (mostly with Spidey), but they've yet to have their Batman the Animated Series or Justice League. I hear good things about the next Spidey series though.

by Sid Seadevil Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:21 am

Zoltar wrote:I tend to agree. The latest Avengers cartoon has been pretty good, but it still doesn't equal something like DC's Justice League work. They've put out some good direct-to-DVD movies, had some good series over the years (mostly with Spidey), but they've yet to have their Batman the Animated Series or Justice League. I hear good things about the next Spidey series though.

Agreed. I'm looking forwards to the new Spidey series myself. Although it's going to be interesting to see how it stacks up against both the New Batman and Green Lantern animated series which should air roughly around the same time.

by **Zoltar** Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:56 am

Sid Seadevil wrote:Agreed. I'm looking forwards to the new Spidey series myself. Although it's going to be interesting to see how it stacks up against both the New Batman and Green Lantern animated series which should air roughly around the same time.

Could be a good time to be a comic animation fan, that. Very Happy

by Sid Seadevil Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:13 pm

Good point. Animation, TV shows, movies - it really is a good time to be a comics fan. Smile

by **Zoltar** Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:41 pm

Sad news, Dwayne McDuffie has died. Just as the adaptation of All-Star Superman he wrote sees it's release.

by Sid Seadevil Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:42 pm

Zoltar wrote:Sad news, Dwayne McDuffie has died. Just as the adaptation of All-Star Superman he wrote sees it's release.

That's terrible news! Just terrible.

by **Zoltar** Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:52 pm

Sid Seadevil wrote:That's terrible news! Just terrible.

It's a shock, really, given how he seemed to be fine during all the recent interviews relating to All-Star.

by Sid Seadevil Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:03 pm

Zoltar wrote:It's a shock, really, given how he seemed to be fine during all the recent interviews relating to All-Star.

Absolutely. Not so much as a hint anything might be wrong. It appears so far as if whatever happened came totally out of the blue.

by **Zoltar** Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:35 pm

Good news for Aquaman's new book.

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/04/wc11-ivan-reis-and-joe-prado-to-draw-aquaman/

by Sid Seadevil Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:51 am

Zoltar wrote:Good news for Aquaman's new book.

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/04/wc11-ivan-reis-and-joe-prado-to-draw-aquaman/

Excellent news indeed. That'll do me nicely.

by **Zoltar** Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:43 pm

So, Brightest Day has wrapped up, leaving us with...

Spoiler:

by Sid Seadevil Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:42 pm

Just read it myself earlier today. Excellent wrap-up to what has been a highly, highly enjoyable series. The same goes for Justice League: Generation Lost. I'm really looking forward to the new monthly JLI ongoing.

by Robw Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:38 pm

My favourite comics at the moment are, Woverine, who seems to have a fanastic run of stories and is very interesting. Captain America written by Brubaker. All other Marvels are leaving me cold, Spidey has been wrecked for many years and the clone saga type storylines are back with the jackal, under the banner of Spider Island. The Avengers has also been taken apart to several different books and has lost it's soul.

by Rich Flair Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:33 am

FF and Captain America are the only two Marvels I read now. I miss Spidey, but it's not the same since they did away with his marriage. I'm concentrating on getting reprints of stuff from the 70s at the mo.

by Lee Carey Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:45 am

Rich Flair wrote:FF and Captain America are the only two Marvels I read now. I miss Spidey, but it's not the same since they did away with his marriage. I'm concentrating on getting reprints of stuff from the 70s at the mo.

You really should check out Waid, Rivera and Martin's Daredevil, Rich. For the first time in forever, the writers aren't indebted to Frank Miller, and it feels all the better for it. And the art is brilliant, albeit cartoony.

I've no problems with them dissolving Spidey's marriage (having said that, I do wish it was better written) so Spidey, FF and Daredevil are the only Marvel's I'm currently interested in. Enjoying some of the Nu DC52's though.

By the way, Rich, I was digging through some old comics and found a complete set of the 80's reprints of Kirby's New Gods if you'd like to borrow them. I'll bring them along next time we meet up if you're interested.

by Rich Flair Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:51 am

I've got them thanks, Lee - got the last two I was missing a few months ago!

Daredevil does look good, and it's gettting good reviews, so I'll definitely pick that up. I'm a wait for the trade guy now!

by **Zoltar** Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:17 am

I've had renewed interest in comics of late, so I've been sampling several of the "New 52" as well as some Marvel titles. Of the DC titles, Batman's probably my favorite. Swamp Thing, Action, Animal Man and Wonder Woman have also been very good.

From Marvel, I'm reading Daredevil, Spidey, Captain America, Uncanny X-Force, Wolverine and the X-Men and The Punisher amongst others. Despite never having liked the 90s Clone Saga stuff, I thought Spider-Island was a lot of fun. The first issue of Wolverine and the X-Men was also surprisingly lighthearted. DD has been top notch, it's a great read.

I'm looking forward to Captain Britain joining the Secret Avengers soon. The writer, Rick Remender, seems to have a great knack for embracing continuity without having his stories feel weighed down by it. I've liked how he's handled Psylocke in the X-Force title, so I'm curious to see how he'll use Brian's history in the book.

by barnaby morbius Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:19 pm

like zoltar i've been trying out some new dc stuff

really liked animal man, swamp thing, batman, aquaman and action comics.

marvel wise- ff and punisher max as well as kick ass

by **Zoltar** Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:56 pm

barnaby morbius wrote:like zoltar i've been trying out some new dc stuff

really liked animal man, swamp thing, batman, aquaman and action comics.

marvel wise- ff and punisher max as well as kick ass

Aquaman, I knew I forgot a couple books. The Flash is also looking great right now.

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