"you have no idea how long i've been looking for someone who connects with me on a spiritual level."
hahaha wouldn't that be some shit??
SW lookin pretty good right now.
Anyone reading Merc w/a Mouth series?
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"you have no idea how long i've been looking for someone who connects with me on a spiritual level."
hahaha wouldn't that be some shit??
SW lookin pretty good right now.
Anyone reading Merc w/a Mouth series?
oh and anyone ever read Fight For Tomorrow off the Vertigo label?
i just saw it today and the art looked decent
nope...dropped it issue 2Quote:
Originally Posted by Poetic Wun
i sent you a msg if you wanted to play mvc2
word my bad, i was playin with some friends at my crib.
its cool
i'm going to have some extra scratch next wednesday, recommend some trades/hardcovers pls
legion of 3 worlds was exactly what i feared: a well drawn mess that's only comprehensible to a general comic fan on the most superficial level, filled with moments that are apparently significant if you have a PhD in DCology. Imagine reading 'X-Men: The End' and the only characters you recognize are wolverine and cyclops or something. And Superboy Prime is a horrible character. I get what they're trying to do, but it's annoying. George Perez is awesome though.
damn, 'demic. its kinda hard to recommend stuff to ya, being that your pretty much up on the comic scene. lol.
if you liked the frank miller wolverine mini from back in the day, try the kitty pryde & wolverine tpb/hc. its claremont when he ruled the x-men universe. its a story on ninja assassins and how kitty gets turned into one. pretty dope, and some really good old school logan.
^^^ya i have that...got that when i was real young, when i was getting whatever x-men i could, like the magik mini series, x-men vs fantastic four, etc. I think i got those from a cheapo box too lol
has anyone read astro city? my shop has a gang of trades sitting there and I'm always tempted to buy.
now might be a time to get up on Madman^^
and the milligan/allred run on x-force/x-statix is an entertaining read.its a total doucebag fame seeking mutant team co-signed by professor x but owned by a software billionaire.
it pissed a lot of people off when it came out. a total 180 from the previous storytelling in most mutant books.
think hes read that^ or some of it.
ya i have the complete run of x-force/x-statix...i loved that series but i guess it was too left field for most marvel fans...i guess you're right about madman...if they have the first collection, i will cop it
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs25/f/20...ba9421285b.jpg<<<<nice
100 bullets....should i take the plunge?
its ...from what ive read thus far..like the wire of comics.
and if your not up on brubakers criminal series, definitely try that out. pride of baghdad is an excellent graphic novel.
I've been reading alot of the recommendations in this thread...so far all good!! Anyway I want to start reading Madman. Where to begin? I went to the comic store and they have some Dark Horse stuff, some Atomic Comics stuff, and some Image stuff. They only had Volume 2 and 3 for the Image stuff but Volume 2 said it was issue 1 to 11. So what's volume 1? Can I start with Volume2?
ya i have the 1st criminal tpb, there's an omnibus coming out soon of the first 3 stories with a bloody harvey keitel lookalike on the cover lol i was thinking about getting that and the fourth trade...Quote:
Originally Posted by main_man
i have pride of baghdad actually, never read it, but i have it in storage, storage being my dad's garage which is like 2 hours away lol
I was wondering this too...and welcome to the chamberQuote:
Originally Posted by 9th Chamber
last weeks iron man was awesome too bad i only picked up the first issue of the arc and the last..
is wolverine: weapon x good? i think this week they start a new arc with him wearing the straightjacket.
yeah, iron man "most wanted" was really really good.
and weapon:x is THE wolverine book worth getting. jason aaron is one of the best comic writers going.
check the tpbs of scalped, my personal favorite series at the moment. jason aarons claim to fame.
madman reading order (image collections ONLY)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pandemic
Vol.1
vol.2
vol.3
The Atomics vol.1
Atomic Comics vol. 1
" 2
" 3
^^^do the image collections include all of the 90s miniseries?
ya
EDIT: i forgot..it doesnt have the madman/superman cross..or the jam shit.
lol
lol at tony stark
the turtles' gif is awesome
haha i didnt even see the gif... damn eveyones rockin ill shit.
Dusk's sig is off the dog collar
KZA's sig pretty ill too
P got an illy sig w/the capp user title... imo aint another gfk song top that one
i just posted it last night..
in other comic book related news i rebought spider-man web of shadows for the 360 for 8 bucks.
was that game any good?
i heard it was wack... like some childs play stuff.
i enjoyed it. i love clearing crowds with the black suit.
Pros
+ best Spider-Man game up to date.
+ web swinging and combat system is better than previous spidey games.
+ good cast of characters and story. (luke cage, wolverine, moon knight, venom, vulture, electro, black cat, mj)
Cons
- at times camera might mess up gameplay when your either on the wall or swinging.
- some bad guys are just irritating at times.
- Peters voice at times can be annoying.
- repetitive missions
i also repurchased iron man for the 360. i thought it was an okay game. i remember the final fight with iron monger i would hide behind the building while he threw projectiles.
i spent a total of 16.50 on both games.
haha
i might check it out then... i just heard only negatives.
i didnt like the iron man game all too much but for that price i aint knockin lol
speaking of video games... anyone remember an old school superman game...
i been looking for it recently but all i can remember about this game is sup would get in a phone booth and spin reaL FAST AND WOuld change from clark to the Man O' Steel.
can someone spoil the shit out of the last iron man arc? thx
SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for "Invincible Iron Man" #19, in stores now
Since Norman Osborn's Dark Reign began, some of the Marvel Universe's greatest heroes have stepped forward to challenge and defy the former Green Goblin's authority. But for Iron Man, the best way to fight Norman Osborn was to run away. That's because Tony Stark's brain contained a database with the true identity of every hero in the Marvel Universe, as well as other vital information that could be devastating if it fell into Osborn's hands. With Osborn wielding the power of the U.S. Government, the intelligence agency H.A.M.M.E.R. (formerly S.H.I.E.L.D.), and an army of superhuman operatives, Stark knew he couldn't run forever, but he didn't have to. After using a powerful device to gradually erase the database--along with the rest of his mind--he just had to stay out of reach until the process could complete.
This was the premise of “World's Most Wanted” an epic 12-issue storyline in Marvel's “Invincible Iron Man”. In issue #19, writer Matt Fraction and artist Salvador Larroca brought the arc to a close, which saw Tony Stark succeed in his mission but pay an awful price. The database Stark wanted to erase is gone but so is his mind. The once-invincible Iron Man is now trapped in a persistent vegetative state and is incapable of breathing on his own. Which leaves many to wonder what's next for Tony Stark? For answers to that question and more, we spoke with writer Matt Fraction about the conclusion of “World's Most Wanted” and “Stark Disassembled,” the next story arc of “Invincible Iron Man”
In “Invincible Iron Man” #19, Norman Osborn finally suited up in his Iron Patriot armor to confront Tony Stark in person. It was a violent confrontation in which the Iron Patriot beat Iron Man into his current vegetative state, but the ultimate victor of the battle was Tony Stark, not Norman Osborn. “I think planning to lose is still a win and that ultimately was Tony's plan,” Fraction told CBR News. “He knew that going up against Norman Osborn was an unwinnable fight and an unwinnable race. He formed his plan with that in mind.”
Part of Iron Man's plan to lose involved using the art of peaceful resistance. When the Iron Patriot assaulted him, he didn't fight back. “He employed a similar strategy to the one Cyclops used against Osborn. They both saw that the Rope-a-Dope was perhaps the wisest. They went for that and let Osborn be the evil, megalomaniacal prick they know he is,” Fraction said. “All Tony needed to do was keep him busy and distracted. He just needed to buy time and hope his friends came through.”
Tony's friends--Pepper Potts, Maria Hill, and Natasha Romanov, AKA the Black Widow--came through by helping alert the major world news networks' of the Iron Patriot and Iron Man showdown. So footage of Osborn's vicious assault on a pleading Tony Stark was seen by citizens around the world, which will impact the way people view Iron Man in the months ahead.
Exclusive page from "Invincible Iron Man" #20
“I wanted 'World's Most Wanted' to be Tony paying the ultimate price for his transgressions. Not just in terms of who he was during 'Civil War', but for his entire life. His career as a weapons designer and really his entire history was here on this stage. We got to see him live through the sins of it all, culminating with the kids in the cave in issue #18,” Fraction explained. “So the way I'm going to handle things is that we'll see people who might disagree with what Tony did and the way he behaved and handled himself, but they saw him dig in, man up and take responsibility for his actions. This was Tony owning up to the fact that the smartest guy in the room was wrong about some stuff over the course of his life. He found himself in this crazy 12-part adventure where he had to answer for all of it all at once. And he had to do so without his super power, which has always been his mind.
“In out next issue we get a chance to talk to Tony before 'World's Most Wanted.' On the very dawn of 'World's Most Wanted,' you get to hear Tony's valediction,” Fraction revealed. “It was this very intense and personal expression of farewell. It's this kind of cool chance as we move forward into this new story to reframe what we've been through in a different perspective that's been kind of missing from the book for awhile, and that's Tony's P.O.V.”
Iron Man may have been ready to say his farewells, but at the end of “Invincible Iron Man” #19 it was revealed that he didn't go into “World's Most Wanted” without a safety net. It involved others playing their parts, allies like Maria Hill, Pepper Potts, and, ultimately, Thor's alter ego Doctor Donald Blake, who was revealed to be Tony's personal physician at the end of the arc. “I know a guy who's paid money to game out these horrible and incredible scenarios like how to turn our planet into a weapon to kill people. Tony is that kind of planner,” Fraction said. “He's always thinking of the full scope of things. Tony sees not just one game board but the possible half dozen game boards that can come from it.
“In 'World's Most Wanted' everything went according to plan,” Fraction continued. “When Tony said, 'I win.' It was the god's honest truth, chapter and verse. It went pretty much exactly how he needed and wanted things to go, assuming Pepper and Maria did their part. We'll have more on that next month,”
“Invincible Iron Man” #20 is in stores November 18. The issue kicks off the “Stark Disassembled” arc, which begins shortly after the ending of "World's Most Wanted”. “This arc is sort of 'All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty back together again,'” Fraction said. “It also reveals what Tony's master plan was and answers several lingering questions. What was on the hard drive that was recovered? What was Maria Hill doing? Why did Tony put Pepper on this incredible and extraordinary path?”
“Earlier in 'World's Most Wanted' Crimson Dynamo asked Tony if he wanted to destroy his mind why didn't he do something like jump in a volcano? Tony didn't jump in a volcano because he didn't want to give up the ghost,” Fraction continued. 'World's Most Wanted' caused Tony to take a great fall though and what if on some deep, unconscious metaphysical level Tony doesn't want to come back? What if this was all for naught?”
Variant cover to "Invincible Iron Man" #20
“Stark Dissembled” features a rather large cast of supporting characters. Several Marvel heroes and villains play roles in the story. “Tony is in his persistent vegetative state in Broxton, Oklahoma, where he's under the care of Don Blake,” Fraction explained. “Someone who got their ass handed to them in 'World's Most Wanted' decides to exploit that opportunity.”
“World's Most Wanted” was a sprawling epic but “Stark Disassembled” is a smaller, more intimate tale. “It takes place over the course of about three days,” Fraction said. “You k now how 'Tomorrow Never Dies' was this giant, epic, James Bond film with like a billion different locations? Well 'Stark Disassembled' is more like 'Casino Royale'; smaller, more intimate and very much about what's left of your protagonist when you strip everything away.”
“Stark: Disassembled” may be a smaller tale but that doesn't mean it will be light on action or important moments. “There's a moment in issue #21 and it's the first time I've ever written a double page spread,” Fraction said. “I rarely do splash pages. I have trouble allowing myself to do those, but this issue has one of the biggest and most important moments that I've written in a Marvel comic. So there's a huge double page spread by Salvador Larroca of that moment.”
In November readers will get a chance to read not just one but two Fraction-penned Iron Man stories. November 25th sees the release of the one-shot “Iron Man: Requiem” a special issue reprinting Iron Man's classic origin story and featuring an all new framing sequence by Fraction and artist Kano.
“'Requiem' slots in between issues #17-18 of 'Invincible Iron Man.' I heard they were doing it and Iron Man is one of those characters who was framed in real world events so that part of his origin doesn't really work any more,” Fraction remarked. “They were reprinting those stories though and I wanted to use the chance of Tony saying goodbye to himself and his memories in 'World's Most Wanted.' Tony's decaying mental state was an opportunity to explain and not necessarily invalidate those older stories. He knows how old he is and what day it is, but why does he keep thinking he was in Vietnam? And he wonders why would he be wandering around the jungle in a raincoat and a hat? So 'Requiem' doesn't throw away those classic stories it uses Tony's mental state as a way of embracing them.”
Fraction is very happy to have all of “World's Most Wanted” available to readers and is looking forward to their reactions to “Stark Disassembled” and the crop of stories he has planned for “Invincible Iron Man in 2010. “I do want to thank my old editor Warren Simons. Issue #19 was the last script I turned into him before he left Marvel,” the writer said. “'Siege' is coming up in 2010 but we'll be handling it like we did 'Secret Invasion.' 'Invincible Iron Man' will sort of exist around 'Siege.' 'Stark Disassembled' occurs separately. Then we're back for our next story arc, which starts in issue #25. I can give the initials of the story. They're 'S.R.' It's pretty easy to guess what the S is but the R is not 'Reborn' or 'Reloaded.' So issue #25 starts a big post 'Siege' and really post everything storyline where Iron Man, whomever it is, gets to reintroduce him or herself to the world.”
thanks alot, good read.
Batman..thoughts? people likin Tony Daniel? this issue was pretty good, lets see where it goes.
i thought it was written really well.
i don't really like the mobbyness but it wasn't over done or anything
lol the audacity of dick... i hate that they give him that noobish tint
selina was kinda funny.
^^^is two-face still the primary villain?
superman secret origins is pretty cool, i'm surprised at how well done it is and how fresh it actually seems...i read most of my stack while stoned so maybe that had something to do with it lol
dark reign: the list: wolverine colon: semicolon: backslash was pretty disappointing. there was barely any wolverine, instead it focused on noh-varr and five-six year old plot threads from grant morrison's x-men run.
eloels i skipped all the list comics. cept for that first one shot.
^^^i got the avengers one, daredevil, secret warriors, and wolverine and will probably buy the spider-man one.
i bought sandman:the dream hunters hardcover and the inhumans marvel masterworks hardcover. the inhumans book was 55 bucks but i got it for 25 because the owner of the store took it out of its shrink wrap last week and dropped it and bent the corner. and it's like the smallest bend imaginable lol but fuck it. my shop didn't have the first trades of madman, 100 bullets, or scalped. they had the third scalped trade, volumes 9-13 of 100 bullets, and someone bought their madman selection on monday.
what does the inhumans one consist of?