The Comic Book Thread

[Gamerforlife]

If there's one thing I've learned about comic books, no story is too silly or ridiculous. For Whedon fans, there was the whole "Twilight" storyline in Buffy season 8. This Spidey thing sounds pretty ridiculous to me too. Although, somehow the guy who had all those extra appendages being a Spider based super hero actually does make some sense in a weird way

[BurningDoom]

If there's one thing I've learned about comic books, no story is too silly or ridiculous. For Whedon fans, there was the whole "Twilight" storyline in Buffy season 8. This Spidey thing sounds pretty ridiculous to me too. Although, somehow the guy who had all those extra appendages being a Spider based super hero actually does make some sense in a weird way

No extra appendages. He's in Spidey's body, and no one else knows it. Which he's trying to keep it that way.

[Mendoza]

I never had that much of a problem with Ben Riley, but I think this wont work.

The ultimate universe already has a non-peter spider-man so i don't see the purpose of having both not having peter.

[Nintendork666]

It's not like Marvel won't eventually bring Peter back...

As a Spidey-fan, I really think this could be fun.

[BurningDoom]

It's not like Marvel won't eventually bring Peter back...

As a Spidey-fan, I really think this could be fun.

Of course Peter will be back. But if this is any indicator, it won't be a good thing:



Change just for the sake of change is never a good thing.

[Luke]

Nerd rant on Spider-Man #700.

[BurningDoom]

The Age of Apocalypse 10th Anniversary Mini-Series



The original Age of Apocalypse storyline in the mid-90s was one of the most epic comic book storylines I have ever read. Apocalypse ruled an Xavier-less world with an iron fist. The strongest mutants lived in plenty while humans and "lowers" mutants lived in squalor and often worked as slaves or were "culled" to be experimented on and tortured by Apocalypse's loyal subjects Sinister and Dark Beast. Half of the U.S. had been obliterated by nuclear warheads seized by Apocalypse. And the X-Men were a rag-tag group of rebels under the command of Magneto fighting to free both mutants and humans from Apocalypse's tyrannical rule. An epic battle between Magneto and Apocalypse as well as Nate Grey and Holocaust capped off a helluva alternate universe tale.

Fast-forward 10 years later and Marvel cashes in on this noteworthy tale with nothing more than a pile of garbage. The story was quite bland and run-of-the-mill: At the end of X-Men: Omega, instead of their world ending for the main-Marvel universe to return, their world goes on and the nuclear bombs continue their assault towards Armageddon. As her "dying" act, Jean Grey halts the bombs' descent in a fiery display of telekinetic power. The world, however, believes it to be Magneto who saved them. And Magneto allows them to believe this because he think he can be the leader and inspiration they need for hope. The world continues on, and suddenly an entirely too post-apocalyptic world is in better shape than the main-Marvel universe. And instead of it feeling like the Age of Apocalypse, it feels like just another X-Men story. Humans are suspicious of mutants again, and there's political arguments about human & mutant relations and rights. The main part of the story is that the only other person that knows that Jean Grey actually saved them is Sinister. He blackmails Magneto into leaving him alone if Sinister keeps the secret. Then a few years later the X-Men attack Sinister and the truth is revealed (and it really wasn't any more in-depth than that). It's then revealed that Jean Grey is actually alive and Sinister had been keeping her held captive for experiments. Sinister is defeated. Magneto is forgiven because of his "good intentions", and the X-Men continue in this Age of Apocalypse world that has now lost all of it's initial appeal.

The artwork was especially atrocious, though. Man I hate Bachalo. His artwork looks so cartoony, and all of his characters look like they have down-syndrome.

The One-Shot issue that directly precedes the 6-issue mini-series was actually good, though. It featured 3 short stories set in the Age of Apocalypse universe (when it was still post-apocalyptic) that were pretty enjoyable reads and gave you a little more insight into the history of this alternate-universe. And the artwork was much better. A tad-bit manga inspired, but much easier on the eyes than Bachalo's artwork; definitely less sloppy looking.

If you're a fan of the original Age of Apocalypse storyline, then I'd suggest picking up the one-shot. Definitely worth it for the cheap price it goes for and will please an AoA fan. But stay far away from the crappy 6-issue mini-series.

[BurningDoom]

So, how is everyone liking this series?

I really want to like it. I love the JSA and Infinity Inc. characters and this is the closest I'm gonna get to them in this New 52 era. And I've really enjoyed James Robinson in the past, especially the Jack Knight Starman series.

But I just can't seem to get into this series. It's not "hooking" me, and I'm not really appreciating the changes to these characters. The story just seems "so-so", and too drawn-out. And the redesigned characters really aren't all that impressive. Compared to the legacy and wealth of history these characters have lost, it's not worth the changes.

The first issue and the zero issue were the best issues in the series so far, easily. Unfortunately, the Earth 2 versions of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman were the stars of those issues, who are dead now. So we won't be seeing them anymore, unfortunately. Figures that the best part of the book is the part that we immediately lose.

What is everyone else's take on this series so far?

[TheRev]

My backlog is too large for me to pick up anything new. ALTHOUGH I'll make an exception for the complete Avengers VS X-Men with CM Punk's Forward and Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe.

[Gamerforlife]

My backlog is too large for me to pick up anything new. ALTHOUGH I'll make an exception for the complete Avengers VS X-Men with CM Punk's Forward and Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe.

Is Punk not the coolest guy in the WWE? He's good at video games. He reads cool comic books. He knows what the good movies and TV shows are. He knows who the best stand up comedians are. The guy is with it, he knows what's up. If WWE took more creative direction from Punk it would be a much better product.