What're you buying this week? (Comics)

Link · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:46 am

Wasn't Marvel's the one that came out recently in a semi-expensive book and talked about a universe where superheroes never existed or didn't work out right? It was permeated with black humor and irony and such. Like Wolverine having a bone disease.

Shady-Lurker · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:42 pm

Link wrote:

Wasn't Marvel's the one that came out recently in a semi-expensive book and talked about a universe where superheroes never existed or didn't work out right? It was permeated with black humor and irony and such. Like Wolverine having a bone disease.

Nope. This came out around '94.
Marvel's starts out during the "birth" of Marvel's super heroes (original Human Torch, Namor, Captain America, etc) and ends around the time of Gwen Stacy's death. It gives us a view of a bunch of different Marvel stories through the eyes of everyday people. Showing people fearing them, then accepting them, praising them, turning on them, hating them (mutants in particular) etc, etc.
It all centers around this photographer who ends up writing a book about the "Marvels" (what he calls the super heroes).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvels

It's pretty cool. You should check it out.

Link · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:46 pm

TriforceCaptre wrote:

It's pretty cool. You should check it out.

Ah, I'm thinking of something else with "Marvels" in the title that came out 4 or so months ago.

Link · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:52 pm

Getting:
Azrael Deaths Dark Knight #2 (of 3)(Batman Battle For The Cowl Tie-In), $2.99
Batman Battle For The Cowl Arkham Asylum #1 (One Shot), $2.99
Detective Comics #853 (Andy Kubert Regular Cover)(Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Part 2), $3.99
Amazing Spider-Man #592 (Joe Quesada Regular Cover), $2.99
Daredevil #118 (Marko Djurdjevic Regular Cover), $2.99
Dark Reign Elektra #2 (of 5), $3.99
New Avengers #52 (Billy Tan Regular Cover)(Dark Reign Tie-In), $3.99
Secret Invasion Chronicles #2 (of 9), $5.99

Maybe:

Outsiders #17, $2.99 - I skipped #16, I'll probably continue skipping this and pick it up in TPB or just "read it somehow".

Resident Evil #2 (of 6), $3.99 - #1 sort of sucked. I'll skim through #2 and see if it's worth giving a shit about.

Shady-Lurker · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:47 pm

Link wrote:

TriforceCaptre wrote:

It's pretty cool. You should check it out.

Ah, I'm thinking of something else with "Marvels" in the title that came out 4 or so months ago.

Hmm, I'm not sure what that would be. Sounds interesting though (Wolverine with a bone disease?

).

Link · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:44 pm

TriforceCaptre wrote:

Link wrote:

TriforceCaptre wrote:

It's pretty cool. You should check it out.

Ah, I'm thinking of something else with "Marvels" in the title that came out 4 or so months ago.

Hmm, I'm not sure what that would be. Sounds interesting though (Wolverine with a bone disease?

).

It was like intense irony. It basically consisted of this story with a reporter (who had Cancer I believe) talking about a world that could have existed but never did. Like, think of EVERY "hero origin" story. Now think, instead of what happened in comics, what would happen in the "real world" would happen.

Like, The Human Torch got his powers, but he has to be kept in a containment unit and is in constant agony because he's on fire 24/7.

Rusty · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:28 pm

Link wrote:

Resident Evil #2 (of 6), $3.99 - #1 sort of sucked. I'll skim through #2 and see if it's worth giving a shit about.

You mean really sucked right? I can think of five things I could get with 4 bucks that are better than that comic:

- Double Cheeseburger from McDonalds
- A case of Dr.Pepper
- Any movie on VHS
- A Snickers bar
- An issue of Captain America

I rest my case.

Link · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:02 pm

It was 4 bucks, and that DID suck, but it MIGHT be going somewhere, and so I'll browse through the second issue, see if any notable characters turn up. Although I suspect it's a generally non-canon piece of poo like the rest of the RE comics were.

Rusty · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:05 pm

Link wrote:

It was 4 bucks, and that DID suck, but it MIGHT be going somewhere, and so I'll browse through the second issue, see if any notable characters turn up. Although I suspect it's a generally non-canon piece of poo like the rest of the RE comics were.

Is it a wildstorm book?

Link · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:52 pm

Rusty wrote:

Link wrote:

It was 4 bucks, and that DID suck, but it MIGHT be going somewhere, and so I'll browse through the second issue, see if any notable characters turn up. Although I suspect it's a generally non-canon piece of poo like the rest of the RE comics were.

Is it a wildstorm book?

I believe so.

Rusty · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:06 pm

Link wrote:

Rusty wrote:

Link wrote:

It was 4 bucks, and that DID suck, but it MIGHT be going somewhere, and so I'll browse through the second issue, see if any notable characters turn up. Although I suspect it's a generally non-canon piece of poo like the rest of the RE comics were.

Is it a wildstorm book?

I believe so.

I don't think I've read anything above mediocre from them.

Payne · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:16 pm

Gonna get a Moon Night paperback cause Rusty said they're good...if not, i'll be paying Rusty a little visit :thug:

Rusty · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:47 am

Payne wrote:

Gonna get a Moon Night paperback cause Rusty said they're good...if not, i'll be paying Rusty a little visit :thug:

Just make sure you get the more recent stuff (2006 onwards). Anything before that and I can't guarantee its good (mainly cause I haven't read it. ;-)

Rusty · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:50 am

Rusty wrote:

Payne wrote:

Gonna get a Moon Night paperback cause Rusty said they're good...if not, i'll be paying Rusty a little visit :thug:

Just make sure you get the more recent stuff (2006 onwards). Anything before that and I can't guarantee its good (mainly cause I haven't read it). ;-)

Payne · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:48 pm

Rusty wrote:

Payne wrote:

Gonna get a Moon Night paperback cause Rusty said they're good...if not, i'll be paying Rusty a little visit :thug:

Just make sure you get the more recent stuff (2006 onwards). Anything before that and I can't guarantee its good (mainly cause I haven't read it.) ;-)

There are 3 german paperbacks out so i'm going with the most recent one,that should work.

Rusty · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:34 am

Payne wrote:

Rusty wrote:

Payne wrote:

Gonna get a Moon Night paperback cause Rusty said they're good...if not, i'll be paying Rusty a little visit :thug:

Just make sure you get the more recent stuff (2006 onwards). Anything before that and I can't guarantee its good (mainly cause I haven't read it.) ;-)

There are 3 german paperbacks out so i'm going with the most recent one,that should work.

Then you should be fine. I also failed myself by quoting when I meant to edit my post. Oh well. :rabbid:

Mongo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:44 pm

Now it's time to reclaim my job. Here's next weeks comics for April 29, 2009

Spoiler

Here's some crap I'll be getting:

Batman Battle For The Cowl The Underground #1 (One Shot)
Green Lantern #40
Justice Society Of America #26
Superman #687
Teen Titans #70
Wonder Woman #31

Astounding Wolf-Man #15

Dark Avengers #4 (Mike Deodato Regular Cover)
Dark Reign Cabal (One Shot)(Dark Reign Tie-In)
Ms Marvel #38 (Phil Jimenez Regular Cover)(Dark Reign Tie-In) - Maybe
Thunderbolts #131 (Francesco "Matt" Mattina Regular Cover)(Dark Reign Tie-In)
Uncanny X-Men #509
X-Men Origins Wolverine #1 (One-shot) - Depending on what the f this actually is

Shady-Lurker · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:17 pm

-Captain America Theater Of War: Brother In Arms
-Dark Avengers #4
-Dark Reign: The Cabal
-Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil #4
-Thunderbolts #131
-Ultimate Wolverine Vs Hulk #5 (as much as I don't want to)
-War Machine #5 (it's been decent enough so far I guess)
-X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Mongo wrote:

X-Men Origins Wolverine #1 (One-shot) - Depending on what the f this actually is

Over the past few months they've been putting out X-Men Origins: *character name here* books that focus on a specific characters beginnings. I know they've done Colossus, Jean Grey and Sabretooth so far (can't remember if they've done any others yet).
They aren't movie related in case you were wondering about that.

I don't know what the hell they're going to do for Wolverine though since we already had his beginnings shown in his own mini series. Maybe they'll just condense his whole history? Who knows.

Rusty · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:16 pm

I'm getting:

Star Wars Legacy #35 (Storms Part 2 of 2) - I'm really excited for this book.
Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic TP Vol 6 Vindication

Batman Battle For The Cowl The Underground #1 (One Shot)
Superman Batman #59

Garth Ennis Battlefields Tankies #1

Spawn #191

Captain America Theater Of War Brother In Arms
Dark Avengers #4
Thunderbolts #131 (Francesco "Matt" Mattina Regular Cover)(Dark Reign Tie-In)(Magnum Opus Part 4 Of 4) - I'm really enjoying the Magnum Opus arc
Uncanny X-Men #509
Wolverine Weapon X #1

Link · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:11 am

TriforceCaptre wrote:

Over the past few months they've been putting out X-Men Origins: *character name here* books that focus on a specific characters beginnings. I know they've done Colossus, Jean Grey and Sabretooth so far (can't remember if they've done any others yet).

They also did Beast. They're actually REALLY good One-Shots.

PS. I am sick and fucking tired of the word "Origins" especially when it doesn't actually really seem to focus on "past" events.

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