You do realize this doesn't mean that the real Blackbolt is dead, hes probably just off imprisoned somewhere which will all be revealed with the Skrull event in 08
Western Comics thread
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I love Black Bolt…. Fuck.... FUCK YOU MARVEL!
and I'm actually looking somewhat foward to Silent War. I mean come on, it seems better then Civil War and Tony and Co are getting what they deserve (again, besides the hulk)!
It already happened and no one cared
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Tony Stark is the stepdad that makes your mom scream in the middle of the night, and you hate him because your dad never could.
I'm looking foward to Secret Invasion for the same reason I look forward to New Avengers: Leinil Yu drawing my favorite characters in big fights.
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Is it just me or was the Illuminati mini-series just a way of throwing future plot points at us? I can imagine before Civil War and WWH the writers sat down and said:
"Right if these fuck up, remember the back up plan"
"You mean Illuminati #1?"
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Well at the least Bendis said in a few interviews that CW will not be retconned.
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For all the gripe he gets, I actually like Bendis.
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You do realize this doesn't mean that the real Blackbolt is dead, hes probably just off imprisoned somewhere which will all be revealed with the Skrull event in 08
Yeah I know but he's been getting a lot of shit lately. When he comes home now after the big rescue it'll be like, "Oh, I'm not king anymore, the hulk humiliated me on TV, and wait, my wife left me… Just great..." Of course of all it is will be in thoguht bubbles.
Though maybe Marvel can make that into a good on-going, or a mini.-How Blackbolt Got His Groove Back-
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Atom 17 was pretty good. I like how Giganta is starting to become more mainstream. She was my favorite outside Luthor and Riddler on Superfriends as a child.
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I like Giganta.
Giant Women always seemed like a hot power.
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Hahaha, holy fuck.
DC done fucked up
! Last week's rumour about Batman kicking the Batbucket to be replaced by a sidekick is kicking up steam. As Valerie D'Orazio picks up on, the original plan was for all the main DC icons to die and be elevated to the status of New Gods as part of the Fifth World, their sidekicks filling the roles they left behind.
! However, that plan was abandoned internally at DC and reduced to a Bat-storyline by Grant Morrison. So look for Bruce Wayne New God to go head-to-head with Darkseid in "Final Crisis." -
wait wait wait wait
! God-Bat vs. Darkseid…..WTF
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Wow, I really hate DC.
….and love Iron Fist. And Namor.
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I don't know… I've been seeing this stuff for a week now but I have yet to see any actual proof.
Not to mention Darkseid and Supes seem a lot more likely :( Darkseid is more of a Superman baddie. Yeah, Darkseid fucks with everyone but it normally always comes down to Supers vs Darkseid, or Wonder Woman vs Darkseid.I would however like to see Tim, Jason, or Cassandra take up the bat mantel. If it's Jason or Cass that takes over then they can make Bat-god serve hot dogs to everyone for all I care.
I do think this all sounds like a bunch of crap though. Even though it was canceled, who the hell would take over for Supes? Connor/Superboy has been in legal limbo for a long time. His son is too young and well... shurgs Superman-Prime? Although, having a lot of tension between Superman-Prime and other heroes would be kind of neat if he became good.
And what about the Flash? His kids aren't Flashes! Maybe Barry will come back? Well they did hint at some Barry stuff recently. And Barry coming back would make me happy.I at least know whatever DC decides to do I'll be somewhat okay with it and won't hate it like half of marvels big events. @_@ At least Spider-man is heading in the right direction (after this One More Day snore fest).
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….and love Iron Fist. And Namor.
Namor! <3 <3
I like the character Iron Fist but I need to read his new series, it's suppose to be great. >_<
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I like how DC makes something called DEATH OF THE NEW GODS and refuses to let a concept as shitty as THE NEW GODS just die
Apparently it's been "confirmed" that Darkseid will survive, despite what Starlin said. It's a surprise to no one since he's pretty much been the only New God that ever fucking mattered.
I might be more for Bruce passing if the potential successors didn't suck so much.
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@Cap'n:
I like how DC makes something called DEATH OF THE NEW GODS and refuses to let a concept as shitty as THE NEW GODS just die
Apparently it's been "confirmed" that Darkseid will survive, despite what Starlin said. It's a surprise to no one since he's pretty much been the only New God that ever fucking mattered.
I might be more for Bruce passing if the potential successors didn't suck so much.
I personally like the successors except for Dick.
Back in the day the new Gods were somewhat popular. Yeah, no one gives a shit about them now, but that's why they're remaking them. Although I do care about Barda and her husband, Mr Miracle, the non 7 Soldiers one.
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Mr. Miracle?
God, what a pussy
"The power of ESCAPING"
Barda's alright, though.
I always felt bad for Kirby, since the New Gods were pretty much the last major thing he left to the comics world, and… well.
I never cared for Darkseid that much, but he has some awesome one liners (particularly in the Justice League cartoons)
EDIT: My bad, apparently Kirby made The Demon after the Third World books got cancelled
that would've almost cancelled out the NEW GODS but then he had to go and make the Eternals
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@Cap'n:
Mr. Miracle?
God, what a pussy
"The power of ESCAPING"
Barda's alright, though.
I always felt bad for Kirby, since the New Gods were pretty much the last major thing he left to the comics world, and… well.
I never cared for Darkseid that much, but he has some awesome one liners (particularly in the Justice League cartoons)
I always felt like Darkseid was cooler in the cartoons myself. Countdown though is making him a bit cooler.
I like Miracle cause well… he's Barda's wife! XD Although I will admit he got a little interesting in Death of The New Gods issue #2. Barda is now playing Pokemon cards in the sky T_T
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Didn't he change his gay circus uniform to a black/grey uniform
Mr. fucking Miracle
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I think Darkseid is okay, but I always find myself comparing him to Thanos for some reason. Although I'm usually more of a DC fan, I always have to go with Marvel on that one.
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@Cap'n:
Didn't he change his gay circus uniform to a black/grey uniform
Mr. fucking Miracle
Yup, and he even had some lines, and is not the wimpy house husband he seemed to be. He's has become…. dare I say it... emo cool ex house husband, maybe.
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I think Darkseid is okay, but I always find myself comparing him to Thanos for some reason. Although I'm usually more of a DC fan, I always have to go with Marvel on that one.
Thanos is made of win. I do get a similar vibe but in reality they are pretty different character wise. Thanos is literally crazy for one XD In the good way/
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Yeah, I just always think of "Marvel's Big Villain" and "DC's Big Villain" for some reason.
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I think Darkseid is okay, but I always find myself comparing him to Thanos for some reason. Although I'm usually more of a DC fan, I always have to go with Marvel on that one.
Unless I'm mistaken, Thanos was kind of created as a sort of response to Darkseid. Basically, Marvel wanted their own cosmic-level villain.
And yeah, I have to agree that Thanos turned out to be much better. Too bad he had to get axed.
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@Cap'n:
Unless I'm mistaken, Thanos was kind of created as a sort of response to Darkseid. Basically, Marvel wanted their own cosmic-level villain.
And yeah, I have to agree that Thanos turned out to be much better. Too bad he had to get axed.
He'll be back in 3 months knowing Marvel and spcae people as of late. He'll even get his own mini! "The Adventures of Thanos and Death: A Tale For All Time and Space"
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So what are your thoughts on The Irredeemable AntMan?
I thought the 11/12 issue series was cool, I was actually surprised they managed to take a super hero, who I personally considered lame and stupid, and made him a cool concept. I also find Eric to be a pretty interesting alter ego for a super hero.
BTW I take it AntMan is with the Initiative now?
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The Civil War is over.
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It's been over for like half a year. But there are three other crossovers going right now.
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Why is House of M still going on?
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HoM: Avengers is a prequel. Which is weird, but honestly, it sounds kinda cool.
So World War Hulk ended today. If you read any of WWH or its tie ins, you already know what happened. If you didn't:
! Sentry and Hulk take each other out. Miek did it.
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! I kind of figured from the beginning that Miek was behind it all, but it's still pretty dumb. I'M BLOWING UP THE PLANET BECAUSE I'M AN ANGRY BUGMAN
! Of course it seemed like this event was doomed after volume 1. At least the Hulk didn't get teabagged by Godman.
! I haven't read the issue myself, but the usmmaries I've seen sound pretty lame.
! Oh, and
! > We flash to the Epilogue where SHIELD has the Hulk imprisoned in a facility 3 miles below the earth. Cut to Sakaar were we see a long haired figure rise out of the Water.
It is revealed in an advertisement at the end of the book that the figure rising from the water on Sakaar is Skaar, the son of Hulk who will have his own comic series in 2008.
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I really liked that issue up until the
3rd to last page
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last page
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Bleh
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Seriously, what the fuck
HULK WITH LONG HAIR
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and the Incredible Hulk is also starting back up again next year
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I want to find out what the hell's up with that Red Hulk
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Haha.
Sometimes I can't tell whether these things are meant to be taken seriously or not.
Like that Penance thing from awhile back.
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@Cap'n:
I want to find out what the hell's up with that Red Hulk
His rage manifests itself enough to pull a
! Angry Hulk-Jesus
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I mean fucking
seriously
SON
OF THE HULK
he sounds (AND LOOKS) like some kind of terrible fanmade character
and what a name
Skarr
SKARR
And why is he living on a planet that blew up
didn't he die when his mother disintegrated (while she was carrying him????)
fucking
SKARR
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HAHAHAA lets remove one letter from the planet and give it to the kid who we told people we killed months ago
how long until Father and Son fight?
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Oh yeah
In DC news:
! Apparently Booster Gold is going to retcon Killing Joke
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You know what's sad? The same thing happened to Namor.
So, yeah, I've officially given up on half of my titles.
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@Cap'n:
Oh yeah
In DC news:
! Apparently Booster Gold is going to retcon Killing Joke
! if this comes to pass I'll probably just cease any thoughts about DC being good storytellers right nowActually, probably not.
The whole point of the Booster Gold series is that he's trying to protect the origins of DC heroes from being ruined. Retconning Killing Joke means no Babs getting shot, which means no Birds of Prey, which means a large chunk of the DC universe (and one of their most popular under Gail Simone) never happening. Not to mention a ton of other crap never happening because of a lack of Oracle.
What's probably gonna happen is:
Booster Gold realizes he's popped up in the time period before Babs got shot. He's like "oh shit I should save her" but then Rip Hunter is like "no! you can't do that, it'll change time and stuff"
Seriously tho, the Booster Gold series is one of DC's best right now, 52 made him into a much more interesting character and less of a douchebag.
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So it's either:
- boring, done to death story
or
- ridiculous retcon
no one wins.
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I hope Hercules keeps his Champion/Renegade buddies around.
And….you know, that he keeps Hulk's series forever, and it's always drawn by Art Adams. That's the one thing that'll make sure I buy comics in the future.
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It's things like this that make me glad I download most of my comics.
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Its mentioned in booster gold that the crippling is one the things they have to fix….
meanwhile Alex luthor old boyfriend superman prime is blowing up alternate worlds and capturing fifth dimension beings as well
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@shining:
Its mentioned in booster gold that the crippling is one the things they have to fix….
meanwhile Alex luthor old boyfriend superman prime is blowing up alternate worlds and capturing fifth dimension beings as well
Myx in chains
Barbara Gordon being able to walk
what a fucking world
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I used to like Spawn. It stopped being good after issue 50. That's when it jumped the shark. That and Todd MacFarlane is a greedy asshole who has forsaken cartooning just so he can get autographed baseballs.
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@Cap'n:
Myx in chains
Barbara Gordon being able to walk
what a fucking world
I still heavily doubt Babs will walk. Just because ti's stated int he book that is has to happen does not me it will. Watch it'll be like "Oh shit if I stop Babs from becoming a cripple then Batman,Superman, and Wonder Woman will all become wheelchair riders themselves! What do i do?"