Comic books

[snogrog]

Is anybody reading the newer Bendis run of Ultimate Spiderman?

I read just about every issue of every Ultimate title up until Ultimatum and decided that was a good enough point to just end it. Because Ultimatum was trash. Plus I can't really dig David Lafuente's art.

I may pick up Ultimate Avengers in trades at some point, but I think Ultimate New Ultimates may be the dumbest title in comics right now. Poor Jeph Loeb...

[Reeleyes]

Is anybody reading the newer Bendis run of Ultimate Spiderman?

I read just about every issue of every Ultimate title up until Ultimatum and decided that was a good enough point to just end it. Because Ultimatum was trash. Plus I can't really dig David Lafuente's art.

I may pick up Ultimate Avengers in trades at some point, but I think Ultimate New Ultimates may be the dumbest title in comics right now. Poor Jeph Loeb...

I just got the new run of U. Spidey, they're only up to #8. Also got the first issue of Ultimate X. I like the art in that a lot. It'll be interesting to see where they go with that title.

[Cotton]

And am I the only "Invincible" reader on this board?

Nope. It's really an amazing book, goes to show how much fun a superhero book can be once you stop worrying about 40 years of continuity. Although I have to say I haven't read the last 3-4 issues or so.

[snogrog]

And am I the only "Invincible" reader on this board?

Nope. It's really an amazing book, goes to show how much fun a superhero book can be once you stop worrying about 40 years of continuity. Although I have to say I haven't read the last 3-4 issues or so.

Seriously, having a self contained universe (for the most part) is really refreshing. I am getting the hardcovers and getting one every 1.5-2 years REALLY sucks since I almost always forget what happened last (that and I'm about 30 issues behind the singles), but thanks to it being so contained I dont' have to worry about what I've missed. It comes back relatively easily.

[Christina]

Has anyone read or is reading the Blackest Night series? What do you guys think of it? Good?

[Gagneaux]

I think that Blackest night (the main series and the tie-in miniseries) are solid, but if you have a fondness for the DC universe ... IT'S GREAT!

I really appreciate that the foundation for this story was slowly laid over the entire length of this current Green Lantern series. It really brewed my excitement for the whole "Blackest Night" into a fervor. That being said, I absolutely do not feel it's necessary for you to have read the whole run to enjoy "Blackest Night".

 

[Christina]

I really appreciate that the foundation for this story was slowly laid over the entire length of this current Green Lantern series. It really brewed my excitement for the whole "Blackest Night" into a fervor. That being said, I absolutely do not feel it's necessary for you to have read the whole run to enjoy "Blackest Night".

That's what I was wondering about ... like with Batman or one of the other guys, they're icons and you can sort of jump in wherever ... there's lots of different timelines but you can still appreciate that you might be reading one author/artist's take on Batman if you know what I mean. Everyone gets what Batman is so you can go where ever you want in the mythology.

This Blackest Night stuff, and the Green Lantern series that came before it makes me wonder if anyone would be put off by it because the investment level or the "buy in" is bigger.

[DanFromBrooklyn]

I really appreciate that the foundation for this story was slowly laid over the entire length of this current Green Lantern series. It really brewed my excitement for the whole "Blackest Night" into a fervor. That being said, I absolutely do not feel it's necessary for you to have read the whole run to enjoy "Blackest Night".

That's what I was wondering about ... like with Batman or one of the other guys, they're icons and you can sort of jump in wherever ... there's lots of different timelines but you can still appreciate that you might be reading one author/artist's take on Batman if you know what I mean. Everyone gets what Batman is so you can go where ever you want in the mythology.

This Blackest Night stuff, and the Green Lantern series that came before it makes me wonder if anyone would be put off by it because the investment level or the "buy in" is bigger.

I think Blackest Night is more-or-less newbie friendly, but it is definitely worth going back and reading how Johns has been building up to this. "Rebirth," "Secret Origin," and "Sinestro Corps War" are all really fun, high-stakes sci-fi stories that are worth the money and make Blackest Night all the more enjoyable.

[snogrog]

I definitely think that I liked Sinestro Corp. War a lot better than Blackest Night. I find Blackest night to almost be too big and having 7 corps (well, now 9) is a bit hokey. I don't know. I find myself not enjoying Green Lantern nearly as much as I was before the Secret Origin storyline.

[Reeleyes]

Has anyone read Nemesis? That book is pretty intriguing. I think they might be setting that character up to be a future Kick Ass villain.

[Pidgeon]

I guess this is old news, but:

"Captain America: Reborn #1 revealed that Steve Rogers did not die; the gun used on him instead transported him to a fixed position in space and time."


...what?

[Smelodies]

The Yankees are Superman, the Red Sox are Captain Marvel.

[ben]

The Yankees are Superman, the Red Sox are Captain Marvel.

The Billy Batson DC Captain Marvel I assume.  Does anyone else watch Batman the Brave and the Bold?  The last one I saw where he teamed up with Captain Marvel against Black Adam made me sad.  Never really followed DC Captain Marvel, never even was interested in him until Kingdom Come (which I got only in the past few years).  I remember Black Adam more, from Villains United.  Which I think was awesome. 

It's a really fun cartoon though.  The Spectacular Spider-Man is really good too, I hope they make more of them.  It's definitely a mix of main incarnation Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man, but very enjoyable. 

[Bryan]

Does anyone else watch Batman the Brave and the Bold?   

Yes. I love this show. If superhero comics were this much fun, I would still buy them.

[Pidgeon]

Flipping through channels and seeing a cartoon Batman and Sherlock Holmes teaming up...just too cool for words.