Last comic read — Page 3

I started reading "Captain America" from the 1940's.

Just got done with issue #1.  I do love these classic comics.

Fanfiltration, you might find this amusing...

http://hitlergettingpunched.blogspot.com/2013/01/jaxxon-guys-jaxxon.html

SilverWook said:

Fanfiltration, you might find this amusing...

http://hitlergettingpunched.blogspot.com/2013/01/jaxxon-guys-jaxxon.html

I did enjoy that, THANKS!

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

bkev said:

Wolfman said:

^^ I have been reading the Batgirl issues of this story arc. The last page of Batgirl #17 was pretty gruesome. The story concludes in this weeks Batman #17. I think I may know what you mean. If so....yeah..what ?

 

I read a preview that basically gives away the end of the arc and I'm pretty sure it's gruesome as hell if I have it right.

*POTENTIAL SPOILER*

It seems like the Joker is going to serve him Alfred's corpse on a plate.


*END SPOILER*

Ah, modern DC ... I'm so glad I avoid you like the plague.

 

Hey! Don't knock modern DC!! The New 52 take on Aquaman and Firestorm is really good! (Then again, those are the only ones I've been buying. I didn't particuarly like the New 52 Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman or Green Lantern Comics)

Went to the comic store to buy a copy of Guardians of the Galaxy.  My thoughts are that if it's successful, they might bring Dan and Andy back to run the show and return to where they left it.  

But it was sold out everywhere... so... good for them.

I did notice that Stupid Kid Nova gets his own comic now.  Why in the world is Rich Ryder still dead now that the 3 people he died with, Thanos, Star Lord, and Drax, all seem to be alive and kicking.

Somehow.

But where the heck is my Rich Ryder Nova and get rid of this stupid kid Nova!

Last one I read was "Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness" #4, the last part of the comic that leads into the new movie. If any of the events are referenced in the movie, I will be shocked. It's not terrible, just forgettable. Except for Harry Mudd having a hot Bajoran daughter. I'll never forget that.

In other comic news, I got my email from Comixology yesterday allowing me to choose my free Marvel #1's from their failure a few weeks ago. For those that don't know, Marvel announced that you could download every single #1 for free from Comixology. The site crushed under the massive weight of traffic this caused. It was flakey for days, even if you weren't trying to add 700 issues to your cart. So they called it off, but allowed you to sign up for an email when they sorted things out. They sent out an email early this week saying that I was going to get an email with a link just for me to use to choose my issues, which I guess is how they're keeping traffic down. So last night I individually added something like 690 comics to my cart, which were immediately unlocked on my account (even though they gave themselves 12 hours to unlock them).

I'm immediately overwhelmed. Every #1. In no particular order. I don't know what's current, what came first, anything. I'll poke around for a bit with them, I probably won't buy ANY #2+, but I love having a collection, even if it's digital and could disappear if licensing falls apart.

Suggestions on #1's I should make a priority?

Annihilation Proglogue.  Not sure if that's considered a #1 or not...  :(

If all you've got is Annihilation #1, don't bother... it's actually issue 20 or something in a 26 issue series.

Sounds like a crappy 70's game show.

xhonzi said:

Annihilation Proglogue.  Not sure if that's considered a #1 or not...  :(

If all you've got is Annihilation #1, don't bother... it's actually issue 20 or something in a 26 issue series.

doubleofive said:
Suggestions on #1's I should make a priority?

The 2005 restarts of Captain America and Iron Man were both pretty good.  I'm not sure if issue #1 really knocks it out of the park, but the first 25 issues or so are all great.

I wish Planet Hulk had a #1 so you could read it... but it started in something like ~98 of the ongoing series.

Secret War #1 (not Secret Wars)

I'd also say House of M and and some others... but they're not really going to make sense out of context.

Astonishing X-Men #1 (2004) was pretty good.

It's funny... there are so many #1's that I consider to be poor jumping on points.  Which is sort of the opposite of what they're trying to do.

Alright I figured I'd update you on my #1's.

A-Babies vs X-Babies

An adorable one-shot with Baby Captain America fighting Baby Cyclops over a Bucky Bear doll.

Annihilation Prologue

I didn't follow this at all, sorry. Too grand for a starting point, not enough familiar characters for me.

Avengers, Vol 1

I had to read this one, the original Avengers meeting up. I love these old comics, with Stan Lee explaining what is happening in EVERY SINGLE PANEL.

Baby's First Deadpool

Another one-shot, a fake coloring book / story book about Deadpool

Hawkeye (2012)

I have a friend who is in love with the Matt Fraction Hawkeye series. You can really see why. Simple art, simple story of what Hawkeye does when he's not Avenging.

Iron Man, Vol 4

Figured I'd read a recent Iron Man. I did not care for the art on this one. It was kind of CG, very weird.

Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude

I'm a sucker for movie tie-ins, actually bought the 2nd issue of this (of 2). It's pretty good.

Marvel's The Avengers Initiative

A simple one-shot that shows what the Avengers were up to just before the Avengers Movie.

New Avengers: Illuminati

I misremembered the recommendation of Anniliation, which caused me to download this one. It's a Road To The Civil War book, and I really liked it. I'd love to read Civil War, but it looks like its spread out across way too many books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(comics)#Comic_tie-ins

Superior Spider Man

I read about how the last Spider Man series ended, so I'd be interested to check out the newest one. Even without having read any Spidey, this grabbed my interest. Of all I've read, this is the one I might keep reading.


I wish I had a lot more disposable income...

doubleofive said:

Alright I figured I'd update you on my #1's.

Annihilation Prologue

I didn't follow this at all, sorry. Too grand for a starting point, not enough familiar characters for me.

xhonzi said:

doubleofive said:

Alright I figured I'd update you on my #1's.

Annihilation Prologue

I didn't follow this at all, sorry. Too grand for a starting point, not enough familiar characters for me.

You get a reprieve for the moment, 005!  As there (currently) is no enemies list.

Something about Star Destroyers, Black Space Knights, White Space Princesses, Twin Sunned Planets...

I didn't follow this at all, sorry. Too grand for a starting point, not enough familiar characters for me.

:) :) :)

I think you might be singing a different tune by the time the Guardians of the Galaxy movie comes out.  If it's any good.

Secret War was pretty good, but I didn't realize it until years after I read it.  They talked a lot about it changing the face of Marvel comics... but after I read it, I emitted a confused "Meh?".  The past 10 years of Marvel comics pretty much all started with Secret War.

Started reading my #1's on Mrs. O'Five's iPad. Wow, that's SO much better.

All-New X-Men

Reading these randomly means I keep jumping in and out of the timeline. Just like Beast in this comic somehow.

Avengers vs. X-Men

I love the concept of this.

Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe

Deadpool murders the Fantastic Four. Ok.

Uncanny Avengers

I wish all Marvel comics were numbered by in what order they should be read. I'm confusing myself. I like the idea of having a mutant on the Avengers after all that apparently happened between the 1's I've been reading.

Uncanny X-Men

These old comics are hilarious.