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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
If I had a credit card, I'd subscribe too. As it is, I have to go to a comic shop to find a comic fix, and the only comic shop in town doesnt' even selll graphic novels! No joke.
If I had a credit card, I'd subscribe too. As it is, I have to go to a comic shop to find a comic fix, and the only comic shop in town doesnt' even selll graphic novels! No joke.
Well, by subscriptions I mean a "pull list". My local shop has a list of the titles I want. They order them for me and put them into a folder that they have ready for me when I stop in every couple of weeks. That way I don't have to look around for my stuff, and it cuts my spending a little by keeping me from wandering around. They also have a program for subscribers where for every $100 you spend they give you a coupon for $10 off of a purchase, which isn't much but it came in handy for me last week.
If your shop is that lame, you should check out
Mile High Comics
Which is an internet store with a brick & mortar around 50,000 sq ft.
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Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.
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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
This is a stupid question, but do pulp characters like Doc Savage and Flash Gordon count as being a part of the comic book realm?
This is a stupid question, but do pulp characters like Doc Savage and Flash Gordon count as being a part of the comic book realm?
Hmmmmm.....never heard of Doc Savage, but I think Flash first started in the serial movies back in the late 30's. Not sure of his comic history, but if it came after that I would say probably not.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
So.... When does Infinite Crisis launch?
So.... When does Infinite Crisis launch?
According to my local shop "...supposed to ship next week, have not gotten billed for it yet. May get billed Friday (today)". So, I think it's supposed to be here next Wednesday.
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My local shop was invoiced for Infinte Crisis, so it'll be in next week (theoretically). I'm still playing catch-up on the pre-crisis tie ins, like Villians United, OMAC, and Rann-Thanagar. Not sure I want to do Day of Vengence, yet.
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Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.
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It's about friggin' time - when the 1989-1997 Batman movies were released, the only special features they had were flip side wide screen/full screen and an alternate French language track. Pretty pitiful.
Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.
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Originally posted by: JediSage
Did anyone pick up Infinite Crisis? I picked up both variants, and my shop said they ordered heavily because demand is pretty high. Haven't actually read it yet because I'm still playing catch up a little on the pre-crisis tie ins.
Did anyone pick up Infinite Crisis? I picked up both variants, and my shop said they ordered heavily because demand is pretty high. Haven't actually read it yet because I'm still playing catch up a little on the pre-crisis tie ins.
I was rather dissapointed in how confusing IC1 was to people who hadn't read the tie ins. Crisis on Infinite Earths could easily be picked up and read by anyone, but Infinite Crisis has way too much backstory.
Still, the last page in the book.... Dang.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I was rather dissapointed in how confusing IC1 was to people who hadn't read the tie ins. Crisis on Infinite Earths could easily be picked up and read by anyone, but Infinite Crisis has way too much backstory.
Still, the last page in the book.... Dang.
Originally posted by: JediSage
Did anyone pick up Infinite Crisis? I picked up both variants, and my shop said they ordered heavily because demand is pretty high. Haven't actually read it yet because I'm still playing catch up a little on the pre-crisis tie ins.
Did anyone pick up Infinite Crisis? I picked up both variants, and my shop said they ordered heavily because demand is pretty high. Haven't actually read it yet because I'm still playing catch up a little on the pre-crisis tie ins.
I was rather dissapointed in how confusing IC1 was to people who hadn't read the tie ins. Crisis on Infinite Earths could easily be picked up and read by anyone, but Infinite Crisis has way too much backstory.
Still, the last page in the book.... Dang.
Still haven't read it. Darn got me hooked. I was thinking of heading to my shop to pick up the reprints of the Day of Vengence tie-ins but I'll wait 'till Wednesday to pick up my latest subscriptions. After that, the only ones I'd be interested in getting would be the Superman "Sacrifice" tie-ins, but that didn't stop me from reading all of OMAC. I think that the OMAC series would make a good movie, but probably never happen.
You're right about Crisis on Infinite Earths to a point. Anyone not familiar enough with the DCU at the time would have been lost. Myself for example...I was *just* starting to read at that point, and that was really only Batman, and I was having trouble with the multiple universe deal. However: I can now read it without a problem. It was pretty much the defining comics event of the last 30 years in terms of DC.
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Originally posted by: JediSage
Still haven't read it. Darn got me hooked. I was thinking of heading to my shop to pick up the reprints of the Day of Vengence tie-ins but I'll wait 'till Wednesday to pick up my latest subscriptions. After that, the only ones I'd be interested in getting would be the Superman "Sacrifice" tie-ins, but that didn't stop me from reading all of OMAC. I think that the OMAC series would make a good movie, but probably never happen.
You're right about Crisis on Infinite Earths to a point. Anyone not familiar enough with the DCU at the time would have been lost. Myself for example...I was *just* starting to read at that point, and that was really only Batman, and I was having trouble with the multiple universe deal. However: I can now read it without a problem. It was pretty much the defining comics event of the last 30 years in terms of DC.
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I was rather dissapointed in how confusing IC1 was to people who hadn't read the tie ins. Crisis on Infinite Earths could easily be picked up and read by anyone, but Infinite Crisis has way too much backstory.
Still, the last page in the book.... Dang.
Originally posted by: JediSage
Did anyone pick up Infinite Crisis? I picked up both variants, and my shop said they ordered heavily because demand is pretty high. Haven't actually read it yet because I'm still playing catch up a little on the pre-crisis tie ins.
Did anyone pick up Infinite Crisis? I picked up both variants, and my shop said they ordered heavily because demand is pretty high. Haven't actually read it yet because I'm still playing catch up a little on the pre-crisis tie ins.
I was rather dissapointed in how confusing IC1 was to people who hadn't read the tie ins. Crisis on Infinite Earths could easily be picked up and read by anyone, but Infinite Crisis has way too much backstory.
Still, the last page in the book.... Dang.
Still haven't read it. Darn got me hooked. I was thinking of heading to my shop to pick up the reprints of the Day of Vengence tie-ins but I'll wait 'till Wednesday to pick up my latest subscriptions. After that, the only ones I'd be interested in getting would be the Superman "Sacrifice" tie-ins, but that didn't stop me from reading all of OMAC. I think that the OMAC series would make a good movie, but probably never happen.
You're right about Crisis on Infinite Earths to a point. Anyone not familiar enough with the DCU at the time would have been lost. Myself for example...I was *just* starting to read at that point, and that was really only Batman, and I was having trouble with the multiple universe deal. However: I can now read it without a problem. It was pretty much the defining comics event of the last 30 years in terms of DC.
You mean it was defining comics ten years before it was published?
This year is the 20th Aniversary of Crisis, not thirtieth. And though I might see how it could be confusing if you'd never read a comic in your life, I knew enough about DC, mostly due to JLU, to know what was what. There were a bunch of characters, I didn't recogonize, but I knew that who they were was pretty irrelevent and just tried to read the story as a whole.- Time
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
You mean it was defining comics ten years before it was published? This year is the 20th Aniversary of Crisis, not thirtieth. And though I might see how it could be confusing if you'd never read a comic in your life, I knew enough about DC, mostly due to JLU, to know what was what. There were a bunch of characters, I didn't recogonize, but I knew that who they were was pretty irrelevent and just tried to read the story as a whole.
Originally posted by: JediSage
Still haven't read it. Darn got me hooked. I was thinking of heading to my shop to pick up the reprints of the Day of Vengence tie-ins but I'll wait 'till Wednesday to pick up my latest subscriptions. After that, the only ones I'd be interested in getting would be the Superman "Sacrifice" tie-ins, but that didn't stop me from reading all of OMAC. I think that the OMAC series would make a good movie, but probably never happen.
You're right about Crisis on Infinite Earths to a point. Anyone not familiar enough with the DCU at the time would have been lost. Myself for example...I was *just* starting to read at that point, and that was really only Batman, and I was having trouble with the multiple universe deal. However: I can now read it without a problem. It was pretty much the defining comics event of the last 30 years in terms of DC.
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I was rather dissapointed in how confusing IC1 was to people who hadn't read the tie ins. Crisis on Infinite Earths could easily be picked up and read by anyone, but Infinite Crisis has way too much backstory.
Still, the last page in the book.... Dang.
Originally posted by: JediSage
Did anyone pick up Infinite Crisis? I picked up both variants, and my shop said they ordered heavily because demand is pretty high. Haven't actually read it yet because I'm still playing catch up a little on the pre-crisis tie ins.
Did anyone pick up Infinite Crisis? I picked up both variants, and my shop said they ordered heavily because demand is pretty high. Haven't actually read it yet because I'm still playing catch up a little on the pre-crisis tie ins.
I was rather dissapointed in how confusing IC1 was to people who hadn't read the tie ins. Crisis on Infinite Earths could easily be picked up and read by anyone, but Infinite Crisis has way too much backstory.
Still, the last page in the book.... Dang.
Still haven't read it. Darn got me hooked. I was thinking of heading to my shop to pick up the reprints of the Day of Vengence tie-ins but I'll wait 'till Wednesday to pick up my latest subscriptions. After that, the only ones I'd be interested in getting would be the Superman "Sacrifice" tie-ins, but that didn't stop me from reading all of OMAC. I think that the OMAC series would make a good movie, but probably never happen.
You're right about Crisis on Infinite Earths to a point. Anyone not familiar enough with the DCU at the time would have been lost. Myself for example...I was *just* starting to read at that point, and that was really only Batman, and I was having trouble with the multiple universe deal. However: I can now read it without a problem. It was pretty much the defining comics event of the last 30 years in terms of DC.
You mean it was defining comics ten years before it was published?
This year is the 20th Aniversary of Crisis, not thirtieth. And though I might see how it could be confusing if you'd never read a comic in your life, I knew enough about DC, mostly due to JLU, to know what was what. There were a bunch of characters, I didn't recogonize, but I knew that who they were was pretty irrelevent and just tried to read the story as a whole. Yes, that is what I mean. DC was a bleak place in the 70's. Marvel was rolling.
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Zero Hour: Crisis in Time
The DCU was still very cluttered, and a bunch of the changes made by the Crisis completely whacked out future timelines like the Legion of Superheroes. Zero Hour involved the second Green Lantern going crazy and trying to reastart history, and the heroes had to stop him. They screwed up somehow and the universe got rebooted again, making Batman just an urban legend and supposedly fixing things.
Identity Crisis: Doctor Arthur Light was a viscious criminal who raped Sue Dinby, the wife of Elongated Man. When the JLA found out about this, Zatanna erased Dr. Light's mind of the incident and altered his personality so that he was now a bumbling bafoon. Unfortuantely, Batman found out so they erased his mind of the event too.
Then Sue Dinby got murdered, adn because of the rape, the heroes who remembered it suspected Dr. Light, and the ones who didn't had no idea why. Anyways, Batman figured it out, then it was revealed that Dr. Light had nothing to do with the murder and Robin's dad got killed by Captain Boomerang and a bunch of other stupid crap happened.
Inifinite Crisis: There are a bunch of Tie-Ins that lead up to this story, and I've read... none of them. Anyways, somehow, the Watchtower was blown up, J'onn J'onnz is apparently dead, and Wonder Woman is wanted for murdering a guy called Maxwell Lord for trying to brainwash superman into killing Batman. So nobody likes Wonder Woman any more. And also, there's a spacial anomoaly altering the layout of the Universe, there's a huge war over it in space, and a bunch of villains are united under the leadership of Lex Luthor. Then there are these things called OMACs that hide in people and burst out in order to kill metahumans because they are programed to do so. And they're rampant. Also, the Spectre, the Spirit of God's Vengeance, is on a crusade to kill everyone in the Univrse that practices magic, and he accidentally released the Seven Sins over Gotham City and almost killed Captain Marvel. And Superboy is depressec because he found out that he's half a clone of Lex Luthor, so he isn't doing anything.
Anyways, then [SPOILER]
It turns out that Superman from Earth 2 (the original Supes from 1938), Superboy from Earth Prime, Lois Lane, and Alexandor Luthor have been watching this all and are now also miffed that the three greatest heroes can't even work togehter, so Superman busts down the wall to his paradise dimension and reetners the Universe for the first time since 1985 to kick butt and take names.
[END SPOILER]
Anyways, I hope that helped. You might also trie Wikipedia if you're still confused.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Oh, sure. Just send me $4.38.
Oh, sure. Just send me $4.38.
Won't be long until it costs that much per issue anyway...
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Really annoyed me, since I'd just looked at All Star Batman/Robin 2, which was only 2.99. I gave the guy the wrong amount. *grumbles at DC's prcing scheme*
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That's how much it did cost me (tax included)...
Really annoyed me, since I'd just looked at All Star Batman/Robin 2, which was only 2.99. I gave the guy the wrong amount. *grumbles at DC's prcing scheme*
That's how much it did cost me (tax included)...
Really annoyed me, since I'd just looked at All Star Batman/Robin 2, which was only 2.99. I gave the guy the wrong amount. *grumbles at DC's prcing scheme*
I found myself contemplating direct-mail subcriptions. Get up to 20% off the cover. Problem with that is they tend to arrive after the shops get them, and also not in the greatest condition.
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