The Bullshiting About Comics Thread w/ Justin & Friends

It'll prolly take me a few days to get around to it, I usually pick up anywhere from 3-5 books a week, though today I only got 2, GL Emerald Warriors #8, which is part 3 of the War of the Green Lanterns arc, it was fucking awesome, the more I read of this the more I get into it (part 1 was kinda slow, but parts 2 & 3 have both been pretty fast paced and very entertaining) the other one I picked up was Age of X Universe #1 (of 2), haven't gotten around to reading that yet. I still have Uncanny X-Force #6 from last week I need to read as well
 
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Gets Release Date

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You're pumped for the upcoming Green Lantern feature film, and Green Lantern: First Flight didn't do it for you? Redemption is around the corner, and it's coming in the form of the hero of all geek casting choices...

His royal Mal-ness, Nathan Fillion. Now, settle down.

You've seen the trailer, and now on June 7, you'll be able to bring home Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, featuring 6 interwoven tales of the origins of the Green Lantern Corps. You've been waiting to hear Nathan Fillion and Elizabeth Moss as Arisa, along with stories about Abin Sur, Kilowog, Laira, and Mogo (he's the planet). Available on DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand, and available for download.

Seriously, some day, I'm going to have to look into this Fillion guy. It seems like someone I should know something about working on a comic book website.

Anyway, here's what you'll find on the Blu-Ray Combo Pack and its 2 1/2 hours of content:

Feature film (est. 75 min)

Sneak Peak at Batman: Year One, the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie

Behind-the-Scenes look at All-Star Superman

Featurette: “Only the Bravest: Tales of The Green Lantern Corps” – Bravery is the unique, identifying characteristic of each Green Lantern. Yet what does it mean to be brave? How has the world of Green Lantern and the Corps made bravery into something we can all relate to? This story reveals and defines the bond that holds together the Green Lanterns’ affection for the ring, and the ring’s unwavering loyalty in return.

Featurette: “Why Green Lantern Matters: The Talent of Geoff Johns” – Geoff Johns is a force to be reckoned with. He’s not only the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment, he’s a New York Times bestselling writer with a fresh and vibrant storytelling perspective. Johns discusses his contemporary take on the Green Lantern character and why that character resonates in our culture.

Pod: From Comic Book to Screen: Abin Sur – Take a peek into Geoff John’s “Green Lantern Secret Origin” book which, for the first time, showed fans what really happened to Abin Sur before he crashed landed on Earth, and passed his ring to Hal Jordan.

Pod: Beautiful … But Deadly – From Comic Book to Screen: Laira Omoto – Green Lantern: Emerald Knights again creatively weaved a riveting comic book short story into the intricate plot of the film while introducing the honorable Green Lantern, Laira Omoto. Known as one of the Green Lantern Corps’ fiercest warriors, this mini-featurette takes a deeper look into the history and origin of this humanoid marital artist and her family feud with the Golden Dragon!

Audio Commentary: Dan DiDio and Geoff Johns

“Green Lantern” Digital Comic Book · Two bonus episodes from animated television series handpicked by Bruce Timm.

Standard and high definition versions of the feature film

Digital copy on disc of the feature film

I'd like to point out that for all the charges that publishers do nothing to promote the comic books, this is fairly well made for a comic book fan, and has lots of ways for a non-comic book fan to find out about the comics. If anyone's gonna make people excited about reading a comic book, it might very well be Geoff Johns.

Pretty excited for this, these DC Universe DVDs are pretty much always good, & I don't see this one being any different, especially with all them extras, also really looking forward to the Batman: Year One sneak peek that's suppose to be on this
 
There is a lot of good stuff on that site actually, that's where I go to find out what new stuff is coming out each week, I think I've seen a couple other articles like that in the past, very useful stuff for new fans
 
Some new footage of GL was released at at WonderCon this weekend

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I still have mixed feelings about this movie, the effects just look cheap as hell to me, I really hope I'm wrong about this movie though
 
I'll be reading mine later on tonight while at work to. Fingers crossed.

I also picked up Batman Inc. #4. Problem is, I never received #3 from my comic place. They are going to reorder it.
 
Muffin Top Merkley said:
I'll be reading mine later on tonight while at work to. Fingers crossed.

I also picked up Batman Inc. #4. Problem is, I never received #3 from my comic place. They are going to reorder it.
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Yeah I have a gap in my Uncanny X-force collection between issue's 4 and 6, apparently they a double order of issue #5.1 instead of the normal amount of issues of each #5 and #5.1, sadly they're not re-ordering #5
 
Finished reading Fear Itself and enjoyed it. I was worried that it would be difficult for someone like me who doesn't read Marvel to hop in and follow along, but thankfully, that wasn't the case.

There wasn't a whole lot of action, twist or development, but it laid a solid foundation of what to expect in the upcoming books in the arc.
 
Charlie Hedberg said:
Justin

Your opinion on Eric Foreman being Venom?
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I didn't really give a shit, I was more pissed that they opted to use him as only a secondary villain more than anything, they could have done an entire movie with Venom as the main villain, which is what I was hoping was going to happen, that 3 would end with Peter escaping the symbiote, and then at the end of the movie we see Venom for the first time, Credits, leaving fans wanting to see 4, but that didn't happen and Raimi instead just lost his fucking mind and decided to undo all the great shit he did in the first two

I should also say that I really didn't hate Spidey 3 nearly as much as everyone else did, and had the first 2 not been so well done I don't think 3 would have take as much shit as it did, you take out Venom and the dancing down the street shit and you got a decent movie, Spidey 3 mainly just suffered from having too fucking much shit going on
 
Raimi was more involved in the story third time round. It's like a lot of directors: They work well when restrained to the confines of a story, but when they get to run loose, they simply overwhelm themselves.
 
Cannot wait for the Captain America and Deadpool movies.

Speaking of, can one of you wonderful comics people recommend a good Deadpool, Captain America, or Spider-Man graphic novel, preferably a recent one or stand-alone?
 
I saw and article awhile back on iFanboy that will prolly help you out with the Capt. America...
Captain America: Where Do I Start?
Posted on Mar 10, 2011 in articles by Chris Arrant

In a medium dominated by super heroes, there's one that embodies the root of the profession -- heroic -- more than anyone: Captain America.

Created in 1940 in the build-up to the United States' entry into World War 2, this patriotic powerhouse came out of creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's own feelings on the actions of Nazi Germany. His first issue, which showed Captain America cold-cocking Adolf Hitler, sold over a million copies -- outselling even Time magazine for several issues. After the end of the war, the character dropped off the seen to return years later with the launching of Marvel's flagship team book The Avengers. Since then, Captain America has been the point-man for Marvel's heroes despite the larger mainstream popularity of Spider-Man and the X-Men. But with the new movie Captain America: The FIrst Avenger set for release in July, there's alot of people looking to know more about the Super Soldier.

And that's where iFanboy comes in.

As part of our regular feature series dubbed "Where Do I Start", we're taking on the character of Captain America and digging through the longboxes and bookshelves to find five must-have books for anyone wanting the quintessential look at the the Star-Spangled soldier. While simply picking up one of the several ongoing Captain America series on shelves might work for some, we've made a list of several key story-arcs and seminal moments for the character that's the ideal starting point for anyone interested in the character.

Captain America Omnibus Vol. 1: Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve Epting have redefined Captain America for the modern age. Bringing in Brubaker's crime writing background with Epting's classic linework, the relaunched Captain America series became the new highwater mark for the Super Soldier. In addition to crafting a classic story with Steve Rogers, it also re-introduced the long-thought-dead sidekick Bucky Barnes in an arresting new role as a brainwashed super spy working for the wrong side. This tome collects the first twenty-five issue of Brubaker & Epting's run on the title, as well as several extras.

Captain America: The Bloodstone Hunt: In comic history books, there's a short list of writers who have done the most for Captain America. And outside of his original creators and current scribe Ed Brubaker, there stands Mark Gruenwald. This book collects the highpoint in Gruenwald's run, working with artist Kieron Dwyer on the mad nazi Baron Zemo and the hunt for the mythical Bloodstone thought to be able to raise Zemo's father from the grave. This arc is James Bond meets Indiana Jones, with amazing art and dialogue that makes this easily a non-stop read from cover to cover.

Captain America: To Protect & Serve: After the events of "Heroes Reborn", Captain America returned to the standard Marvel universe and was out to prove himself -- and prove himself he did. Led by writer Mark Waid and artist Ron Garney, the storyarc collected in Captain America: To Protect & Serve showed Steve Rogers in his classic role without being stodgy or old-fashioned. In this arc, Waid & Garney take the Captain from the streets of Japan to the bottom of the sea after his lost shield.

The Ultimates: Ultimate Collection Vol. 1: Although not a solo story but an ensemble piece, The Ultimates stands as the closest thing to a modern retelling of Captain America's origin -- and the series served as blueprint for the launching of the recent Marvel movies. This Ultimatized version of Marvel's Avengers team is an ideal gateway comic for someone who has seen the Iron Man movies and wants to know what to expect with Captain America: The First Avenger and 2012's The Avengers.

Captain America: War & Remembrance: This collects the classic -- and overlooked -- run on Captain America by writer Roger Stern and artist John Byne. This eight-issue run pits Marvel's Super Soldier against some of the character's larger rogues gallery, from Mister Hyde to Batroc the Leaper and Baron Blood. Also included is the unique "Cap for President" story-arc which was revisited years later in Captain America: Homeland.

Marvel Masterworks Golden Age: Captain America Comics Vol. 1: Where it all began. This deluxe collection of the first four issues of Captain America by creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is fully re-mastered, and features the character's first clash with the Red Skull and the Nazis, as well as his earliest team-ups with Bucky.
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As for Spidey & Deadpool, I'll always recommend Uncanny X-Force for Deadpool (or for any other character involved it it for that matter), but other than that I really havn't read too much on the character, & as for Spidey, really haven't read much of anything Spidey related in like 17 yrs., so I'm a bit out of the loop there

However if you are interested in reading some free digital comics for each just follow the links below

for Deadpool
http://marvel.com/digital_comics/browse/character/1009268/deadpool

for Spidey
http://marvel.com/digital_comics/browse/character/1009610/spider-man

Also Spidey makes an appearance in Deadpool Team-Up #886 (a series which is being canceled BTW), so you may want to check that out as well, I beleive most of those are just one shot stories, that issue came out last Dec. I beleive so you'll likely have to ask your local CS guy if he has it in back issues or something
 
I don't mean to sound like a dick here, but I'd probably be the guy to go to for Spidey advice. I'm kind of a mega nerd when it comes to the character. Here are some lesser known stories that are totally worth a read from the 80's:

Amazing Spider-Man #267: The Commuter Commeth: A classic example of why Spider-Man is the everyday hero as the city wall crawler goes to the suburbs to hunt down a common crook; hilarity ensues.

Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110: The Death of Jean DeWolfe: Possibly the most dark and gritty story there is for Spider-Man. One of Spider-Man's closest allies in the NYPD is murdered by a masked gunman named the Sin Eater.

Web of Spider-Man #8-9: Smithville Thunderbolt: Spider-Man goes to a smaller sub-urb on a crooks trail when he bumps into the local communities super-hero; Smithville Thunderbolt. The duo team up as a clash of cultures begins.
 
So I've been playing though Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage! lately just for the sake of nostalgia (you know that one game you played when you were younger and just got slaughtered at? Yeah, this was the one) and I have two questions:

Why does Spider-Man have an 8 limbed Doppelganger, and WHO THE FUCK IS CARRION AND WHY IS HE SUCH A BITCH
 
Charlie Hedberg said:
So I've been playing though Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage! lately just for the sake of nostalgia (you know that one game you played when you were younger and just got slaughtered at? Yeah, this was the one) and I have two questions:

Why does Spider-Man have an 8 limbed Doppelganger, and WHO THE FUCK IS CARRION AND WHY IS HE SUCH A BITCH
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Doppelganger was created by Magus during the Infinity War

Carrion is.... complicated, He is a product of one of the Clone Saga's

Wikipedia said:
The creature called Carrion is created when a genetic replicator virus derived from the mutated DNA of Professor Miles Warren comes into contact with a human being. The original Carrion had superhuman strength and durability, and could reduce the density of his body to become virtually intangible. He could disintegrate organic matter to ash just by touching it. He also had the powers of telepathy, self-levitation, and telekinesis of organic matter.

Carrion also developed a chemical substance called Red Dust which can either render a victim unconscious, or act as a corrosive acid that can burn through flesh, metal, and other substances. Carrion has access to the scientific equipment used by Miles Warren in his "cloning" experiments.

Malcolm McBride, as Carrion, apparently had access to the same set of powers as the original, but had not yet taken the time to explore and hone his powers to the extent of his predecessor. He had not yet demonstrated the ability to become intangible or use telekinesis, and merely has a sense of intuition bordering on telepathy.
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That's been my spotlight for a couple weeks now, I need to do a new one, maybe tonight I'll get on that
 
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