For us geeks; the comics thread

[MsMarvel73]

This is for us diehard Marvel geeks....oh okay and the DC dorks too.


Comics, movies...WHATEVER! Just let the comic geek in you FLY!

Oh and btw HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY to the Living Legend, Mr. Stan Lee!!

Marvel rules, DC drools!!!

[Purple Nurple]

Anything Neil Gaiman touches is GOLD. Sandman has to be one of the coolest comics I read in my youth.

[YYZ66]

[quote name='INRavensgirl' timestamp='1356713816' post='1280918']
This is for us diehard Marvel geeks....oh okay and the DC dorks too.


Comics, movies...WHATEVER! Just let the comic geek in you FLY!

Oh and btw HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY to the Living Legend, Mr. Stan Lee!!

Marvel rules, DC drools!!!
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Oh geez, you went there.

[MsMarvel73]

[quote name='YYZ66' timestamp='1356714385' post='1280931']
Oh geez, you went there.
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Of course I did. You expect anything different?

[cursona pirate]

My uncle writes comic books for a living. However I'm not gonna tell you who he is for my own personal privacy

[YYZ66]

[quote name='INRavensgirl' timestamp='1356714432' post='1280932']
Of course I did. You expect anything different?
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Absolutely not!

[MsMarvel73]

[quote name='YYZ66' timestamp='1356714624' post='1280937']
Absolutely not!
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Sorry. I fell out of like with DC when they started ret-conning most of their characters. Me and my fiance went to see [i]The hobbit[/i] and saw a preview for the new Superman movie....we looked at each other and just shook our heads 'no' at the same time.

[MsMarvel73]

[quote name='cursona pirate' timestamp='1356714592' post='1280936']
My uncle writes comic books for a living. However I'm not gonna tell you who he is for my own personal privacy
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Das okay. You don't have to share. Even if he writes for DC, he's cool!

[YYZ66]

[quote name='INRavensgirl' timestamp='1356714824' post='1280939']
Sorry. I fell out of like with DC when they started ret-conning most of their characters. Me and my fiance went to see [i]The hobbit[/i] and saw a preview for the new Superman movie....we looked at each other and just shook our heads 'no' at the same time.
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Guess this if off topic, but how was The Hobbit?

[MsMarvel73]

[quote name='YYZ66' timestamp='1356714941' post='1280943']
Guess this if off topic, but how was The Hobbit?
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As a Tolkien purist, it had a lot of little things that annoyed the crank out of me. Overall good, but not something I want to see in the theater again unless I need another Dwarf fix.

Now back on topic!

[flaccopoe]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' timestamp='1356714006' post='1280924']
Anything Neil Gaiman touches is GOLD. Sandman has to be one of the coolest comics I read in my youth.
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He wrote a novel recently. Have you read "American Gods"?

[flaccopoe]

[quote name='cursona pirate' timestamp='1356714592' post='1280936']
My uncle writes comic books for a living. However I'm not gonna tell you who he is for my own personal privacy
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Could you at least tell us what the comic is? A huge one like Batman, or something indy?

[Malkavian Raven]

[i][font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif]At least DC had the brass to kill off their bread-and-butter superheroes. Albeit a huge FAIL on the Batman side of things. His father? Really? What a way to disappoint.[/font][/i]

[i][font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif]And when was the last time that a superhero stayed dead?[/font][/i]

[display name]

Marvel is great and exciting all around, but DC doesn't have much to offer besides Batman.

[MsMarvel73]

For my fiance and my birthdays, I bought [i]The Marvel Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe[/i]

or as Matt calls it "The Holy Book of Geek".

[Malkavian Raven]

[quote name='display name' timestamp='1356716536' post='1280972']
Marvel is great and exciting all around, but DC doesn't have much to offer besides Batman.
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[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]Batman is all they need. [/i][/font]

[George70]

Based on what I've seen of his work, I believe that Alex Ross is a very good artist - one who ranks with a number of comic creators and artists.

This reminds me, I must look up another edition of "Spirit of Truth" on ebay, as I have a fondness for Wonder Woman.

[Malkavian Raven]

[quote name='George70' timestamp='1356718758' post='1281007']
This reminds me, I must look up another edition of "Spirit of Truth" on ebay, [b]as I have a fondness for Wonder Woman[/b].
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[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]I think a restraining order is in dire need... *backs away slowly*[/i][/font]

[YYZ66]

[quote name='CosmicRedPanda' timestamp='1356718953' post='1281012']
[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]I think a restraining order is in dire need... *backs away slowly*[/i][/font]
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Come on Cosmic! Wonder Woman can handle herself.

[Malkavian Raven]

[quote name='YYZ66' timestamp='1356722386' post='1281077']
Come on Cosmic! Wonder Woman can handle herself.
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[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]I cannot post the video here due to it's "questionable content", but if you want to go out of your way to look it up on YouTube: Smosh if superheroes were real[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]I personally can't stand these morons, but my kids think they're funny.. Every once in a while, they lay a good egg.[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]"Aquaman has the same super powers as Spongebob."[/i][/font]

[flaccopoe]

[quote name='YYZ66' timestamp='1356722386' post='1281077']
Come on Cosmic! Wonder Woman can handle herself.
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Even Wonder Woman needs the occasional restraining order...

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[Ed_Reed20]

Even though I don't keep up with individual story-lines as much I used to, I still love comics.

I've really come to appreciate Punisher over the past month. Picked up a couple of [i]Civil War[/i] titles from the college library for the break as well.

[cursona pirate]

My uncle did Catwomen for DC in the 90s he does his own thing now. There.

[flaccopoe]

[quote name='cursona pirate' timestamp='1356726499' post='1281151']
My uncle did Catwomen for DC in the 90s he does his own thing now. There.
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You have a bunch of autographed merch?

[MsMarvel73]

Your favorite characters (from any company or any multi-verse )?

Mine (in no particular order...just making the list as I think about them):
Thor
Beta Ray Bill
Thunderstrike
Klor (yup..the entire Thor Corps)
Deadpool
Wolverine
Captain America
Iron Man

[flaccopoe]

Batman! He's gritty, not polished goodie 2 shoes, like Superman or Spiderman.

[flaccopoe]

Anyone here read [i]Shaman King[/i] or[i] Yu Yu Hakasho[/i]?

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='flaccopoe' timestamp='1357060675' post='1285795']
Batman! He's gritty, not polished goodie 2 shoes, like Superman or [b]Spiderman[/b].
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Woah! Spidey may be good guy through and through but at least he has personality and his story-lines are almost never dull.

[flaccopoe]

[quote name='Ed_Reed20' timestamp='1357096961' post='1286373']
Woah! Spidey may be good guy through and through but at least he has personality and his story-lines are almost never dull.
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Batman>Spiderman>Superman

[Malkavian Raven]

[i][font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif]I like Batman on the sole principle that he's not a "super-hero", like his polar-opposite -- Punisher, another one of my favorites. His stories show the will & testament of the human spirit and living by some ethic code of honor. It's easy to say we should just kill every criminal that has ever stepped foot out in public, but then how are you any different than them?[/font][/i]

[i][font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif]I actually just finished watching one of my all-time Batman favs... "Under The Red Hood". I actually liked Jason Todd as Red Hood. And Jensen Ackles did a helluva job doing the voice-over.[/font][/i]