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The Comic Book Thread
Flashback2012:
Since this thread got bumped, I managed to pick up some more collected editions of character crossovers. Since the last post I went a little wild and started finding trades for a bunch of my crossovers, some I never knew existed. :P
Now that I've run down a good chunk of them, what's left to get are the pricier/long out of print ones. Just for the heck of it, I was on HPB website and punched in some of them. As expected, most were showing out of stock. I typed in one for Aliens/Vampriella and it showed in stock for $12.50. :o On eBay this damn thing commands $75-100. I looked up a couple more and they showed in stock as well so I put an order in...even if they did charge $4 shipping on EACH item. :P
Here's that latest order...
Grendel VS. The Shadow (Hardcover)(Arrived)
Wonder Woman / Conan (Hardcover)(Arrived)
Star Trek / Green Lantern: Spectrum War (Softcover)(Arrived)
Aliens / Vampirella (Hardcover)(Due to arrive today)
Aliens VS Predator VS Terminator (Softcover)(In Limbo with DHL and USPS at the moment :-\)
Mentioned above that Aliens/Vamp was $12.50. The others were either $10 or $15. AvPvT was rather expensive though as it was $40. Listings on eBay (when they do show up) go for $100 to start or more. :o
burningdoom:
--- Quote from: Flashback2012 on January 30, 2021, 08:38:49 am ---
--- Quote from: burningdoom on January 29, 2021, 01:08:21 pm ---Unpopular opinion:
Infinite Crisis was a great follow-up to Crisis on Infinite Earths. Well-planned set-up, legendary characters, old favorites return, awesome covers, epic scope, and brutal battles. My only complaint is that the main mini-series could have been longer.
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Ehh...it was at least somewhat easier to follow than Final Crisis was. Of all of the things that've followed it such as Final Crisis, Multiversity, Dark Nights and Death Metal; Infinite Crisis felt the closest to an actual Crisis if that makes sense. Multiversity could have pulled it off but I think Grant Morrison got sidetracked and let's NOT get into DK or DK:DM. :P
I've been slowly ditching floppies for trades and at some point I wouldn't mind picking up the TPB of Infinite Crisis. I've got COIE and Final Crisis in trade already but I've not stumbled across IC in that format for a price I want to pay. :P
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Final Crisis was a overly convoluted mess. But the spin-off books were good. I really liked Rogue's Revenge, Superman Beyond 3D, Rage of the Red Lanterns, and Legion of Three Worlds.
--- Quote from: Flashback2012 on January 30, 2021, 09:10:35 am ---Since this thread got bumped, I managed to pick up some more collected editions of character crossovers. Since the last post I went a little wild and started finding trades for a bunch of my crossovers, some I never knew existed. :P
Now that I've run down a good chunk of them, what's left to get are the pricier/long out of print ones. Just for the heck of it, I was on HPB website and punched in some of them. As expected, most were showing out of stock. I typed in one for Aliens/Vampriella and it showed in stock for $12.50. :o On eBay this damn thing commands $75-100. I looked up a couple more and they showed in stock as well so I put an order in...even if they did charge $4 shipping on EACH item. :P
Here's that latest order...
Grendel VS. The Shadow (Hardcover)(Arrived)
Wonder Woman / Conan (Hardcover)(Arrived)
Star Trek / Green Lantern: Spectrum War (Softcover)(Arrived)
Aliens / Vampirella (Hardcover)(Due to arrive today)
Aliens VS Predator VS Terminator (Softcover)(In Limbo with DHL and USPS at the moment :-\)
Mentioned above that Aliens/Vamp was $12.50. The others were either $10 or $15. AvPvT was rather expensive though as it was $40. Listings on eBay (when they do show up) go for $100 to start or more. :o
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Star Trek/Green Lantern: Spectrum War was surprisingly good.
mrkonasoni:
I am reading "Invincible".
I missed these rough lineart that comic books used to have in the 2000s.
I don't have much to say about the it.
But it has likeable characters and the world building feels right for now.
The writting is also mostly witty and every character is feeling like it says something that is or important or something I don't feel ruin the rest of the dialogues.
Let's keep reading and maybe watch the show later.
kamikazekeeg:
--- Quote from: mrkonasoni on April 30, 2021, 07:15:46 am ---I am reading "Invincible".
I missed these rough lineart that comic books used to have in the 2000s.
I don't have much to say about the it.
But it has likeable characters and the world building feels right for now.
The writting is also mostly witty and every character is feeling like it says something that is or important or something I don't feel ruin the rest of the dialogues.
Let's keep reading and maybe watch the show later.
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I am considering going in the other direction, in that I've watched the first season and eventually I'll get to the comics to see how well things were adapted, though I've heard they've done a pretty reasonable job
As for comics lately, I haven't read any in quite awhile, but I got both of the Godzilla vs Kong prequel comics in, so I'll be reading those soon.
mrkonasoni:
I am reading "The Batman Who Laughs".
But this one is not the comic debut for the character instead Batman is the main protagonist and the comic involves the character struggle for defeat this evil encarnation of the character.
It's good and the writting is solid but I don't like that some parts of the comic could just keep progressing because this time Batman is a bit more innocent than his original self.
I also love the design for Batman Who Laughs is just pretty dark and menacing.
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