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Post by Shiryu on Feb 2, 2009 4:11:03 GMT -5
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Post by Shiryu on Feb 1, 2009 17:59:25 GMT -5
That's very interesting, Scott. I don't think I've read Gru's run, I have the entire V1 on DVD, but I usually don't like the Marvel from the early 90s, so I have skipped them. If they are so good, I'll go back and make sure to read them. I have however read the entire Galactic Storm and enjoyed the Cap issues.
For the Brubaker/De Matteis dualism, I think I prefer the latter because it managed to make the warrior and the patriot sides of Cap fit nicely together, while at the same time not being afraid of showing the instances where the American Dream he believes so much in failed.
I remember for example the issues with Vermin, the "dreamers" who could reshape reality, the Everyman etc. Cap would always aknowledge the social problems and say the right words to make people see a glimmer of hope. Most of his adventures would take place in very realistic, degraded settings, like Harlem, old carnivals, alleys, suburbs or poor parts of town etc, whose appearance would further highlight the reality of things.
So while Brubaker's run is certainly good, I still think it doesn't quite catch the "social" side of Cap as well. It's hard to put in words, but it's like the current run, while trying to show some social issues, is still a bit too much sci-fi, if that makes sense.
Then there were the "Sisters of the Sin" and "Death of Captain America" storylines which are my all time faves, so that helps too ^^
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Post by Shiryu on Feb 1, 2009 17:02:27 GMT -5
I'm always surprised by how much success this series is receiving. It's certainly very good, but as far as I'm concerned it doesn't even come close to the Steranko's, Byrne's and especially DeMatteis' runs... Oh well, it's still good to have a current series that both old and new fans enjoy.
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Post by Shiryu on Feb 1, 2009 16:51:37 GMT -5
I echo Doom's opinion, the one I prefer is Superman and Batman. They are the odd sort of friends who see the world in completely opposite ways, but somehow that makes it work. Everytime I look for old DC books I always aim for those where these two team up (Superman Man of Steel #4, Generations, a number of specials etc etc), and Superman/Batman is the only DC book I regularly buy and enjoy most of the times (with some exceptions, like the issues trying to build a friendship between Pa Kent and Bruce's father, or even between the latter and Jor-El). As for the all friendship thing, I agree that it's more heavily played at DC, which is funny considering that heroes there leave in different cities and are less likely to meet. Still, Marvel has a few very strong ones too, like Spidey and Daredevil, Spidey and the Human Torch, Wonder Man and Beast etc. Despite what happened in the last 5 or so years, I'd also say that there is (or used to be) a very strong friendship between the Avengers' Big Three. In fact, I wrote an essay on this topic for Assembled 2 ;D EDIT: PS: this is my 2000th post!
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 31, 2009 13:12:17 GMT -5
This is a very interesting discussion, especially for someone like me who has never even seen a Legion book. DC is hardly published in Italy, and when it is, it's only with Superman, Batman, sometimes Wonder Woman, Flash and Green Lantern, and the main events. As such I've only seen the Legion once, when they make an apperance in Superman's Last Story by Moore.
But I also must admit that the nature of the team, and the lack of mainstream DC characters, never prompted me to do any research on them. For some reason in my mind they are like the Guardian of the Galaxy, nice occasional guest stars but not main characters.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 30, 2009 13:23:00 GMT -5
I had been thinking about this for some time. Even if this is an Avengers forum, we often discuss other comics, including the DC ones, so it's appropriate to have a specific section for the latter. Here we can discuss the past and present DC books, and anything DC related
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 29, 2009 18:22:53 GMT -5
It's past midnight in (most of) Europe, and therefore it's Uber's (aka Ignore me's) birthday! Sorry, no ignoring you this time ^^ Happy birthday!
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 29, 2009 18:20:24 GMT -5
I have deleted the content of the post. You are welcome to stay and take part in the community, wizardworld, but simply advertising your magazine is just spam...
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 27, 2009 18:51:22 GMT -5
I like her as a character, but six is the maximum I can give her as Avenger villain. She pretty much disappears from the book after the first few years, and I can't remember any big role played by her other than being part of the first MoE.
It's also interesting that in the early Thor years, her role was mostly replaced by Karnilla, a character I haven't seen at all at least in Thor Volume 2 onwards.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 27, 2009 18:47:14 GMT -5
Four. He is a good foe for Thor, but is obviously outmatched when the entire team is there. I like some of his apperances in the MoE and his role in the Thunderbolts, but he has never been a real A-lister.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 27, 2009 18:42:00 GMT -5
The 80's- artists like Byrne, Simonson, Milgrom, Perez, Miller - these guys' work could be easily identified. They had mastered the human body, backgrounds, facial expressions. And they were working their butts off, really churning out some artwork. High Renaissance. As Milgrom's one and possibly only fan, I like the sound of this ;D And I agree with your analysis. I would add that over the last 15 years, there have been many more influences on the art styles. The success of the Image comics in the '90s for example pushed people like Liefield (or however you spell it ^^), McFarlane and Larsen forward, and the development and success of the manga and anime has resulted in imitation attempts, with less anatomical accuracy and more distortion of the human figure (which is funny seeing that in Japan this is often considered a side-effect of the fact that the same person has to draw and write 20 pages per week, so they often simply lack the time or background for more accurate figures)
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 23, 2009 16:28:05 GMT -5
Hopefully. I may have to get the episodes from the internet though, ratings have been falling pretty badly with season 6 and there hasn't been any announcement on buying seasons 7/8...
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 23, 2009 16:20:52 GMT -5
When sales drop I'd imagine. And it's not that much different over at DC, it just looks like the trend of the moment...
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 23, 2009 16:11:24 GMT -5
Once again we see that nowadays heroes are set to kill someone almost every other day. The old "heroes don't kill no matter what" is gone out of the window -_-
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 23, 2009 16:07:08 GMT -5
The book essentially was a rewrite of Thunderbolts, not much interesting there. What I really did like was the art though! Possibly the best I've seen at Marvel for a few years. Deodato Jr did a solid job
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 21, 2009 16:38:14 GMT -5
Looks like another guest is coming soon: Zatanna!
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 20, 2009 18:36:10 GMT -5
Yes, with Scorpio from the Zodiac. That was probably Johns' favorite Avengers story for me, the ending with Scorpio saying "Next time the Zodiac will hit as a group" and the In-Betweener foreseeing the death of an Avenger made me hopeful for more, but nothing came of it.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 20, 2009 17:32:11 GMT -5
I strongly dislike both Austen's and Johns' runs, but I suppose the latter has more excuses, with Disassembled coming and Marvel moving more towards TPB format for stories. Also they both came after Busiek, which as far as I'm concerned had one of the best runs ever, and that made it harder to appreciate anybodyelse's works. I quite liked some of Johns' work at DC now that I think about it.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 20, 2009 17:26:29 GMT -5
Count me among those who liked Iron-Man much more than DK (but I concede that, since earnings are their first target, DK was probably more succesfull).
In fact, I liked Batman Begins much more than DK too, there was a glimmer of hope in the dark there.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 20, 2009 17:22:47 GMT -5
Thanks Tana and Starfoxxx! (I often wondered, why so many xs?)
I have seen the series up until season 6, because 7 and 8 haven't been aired yet. Heard and read very good comments on season 7 but more so-so for the 8th, so I'm glad this episode is good.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 20, 2009 17:19:08 GMT -5
That's a wonderful cover! How's the story inside?
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 20, 2009 17:17:35 GMT -5
Photon (Monica Rambeau, not sure what her current name is. I've seen her advertised as the next Black Panter! ) has light speed, which was useful at the time. But then again she hasn't been around too much, and seemed difficult to write at the time due to the enormous extent of her powers.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 19, 2009 4:15:25 GMT -5
I haven't seen Smallville season 8 yet. Was the Legion any good?
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 19, 2009 4:13:38 GMT -5
A very belated happy birthday Dr. Pym! Sorry for not stopping by here sooner At least Sharkar has kept the graphics flag up in my absence
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 19, 2009 4:09:18 GMT -5
Good question...
As I mentioned before, I became an Avenger fan in the early 90s, with stories from the Shooter and Stern periods. The reason why I bought the first book however was because I was trying to find out which group Spider-Man belonged to ;D At the time in Italy the Avengers shared the book with Cap (and Alpha Flight), and on the cover there was Captain America fighting Machineman's androids. One of them looked like Spidey, so I thought I had hit the target. It wasn't the case, but I liked the Avengers' story (the one with Elfqueen, exactly before the infamous issue where Hank hits Jan) and was intrigued by Thor, who at the time didn't have his own book yet in Italy.
I soon had to drop the book, because I was already buying Mickey Mouse weekly and couldn't afford another regular comic, but the Avengers remained in my mind and I eventually went back to them when my income became a bit better. I think the main reasons have been Captain America and Thor (I really can't see the team without them) and generally liking team books. Strangely enough, neither the X-Men nor the FF cought my attention in the same way.
It's also interesting that my very first encounter with Hank Pym was during the lowest time of his life. With such a start, it took me a long while and a lot of reading old books to see him as a hero.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 19, 2009 3:54:52 GMT -5
These are some very interesting reviews! I especially like the final comments / letters part. Keep them up!
Funny enough, I have all these books on file, but only ever read the Dr.Strange part, out of curiosity. I seem to remember they caused quite a few problems with anti-drugs group.
The blastproof microfilm is the best ;D
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 18, 2009 7:27:12 GMT -5
I finally managed to look through my old dvds, and it looks like I don't have these files in the end (or I saved them somewhere else). Sorry
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 9, 2009 15:28:33 GMT -5
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 9, 2009 15:18:00 GMT -5
Hi Ta6bur, welcome in the forum! Like Dlw said, the main website has files over several different servers, one of which appear to have expired. Generally, when this happens the stored files are deleted altogether, so they shouldn't be reachable unless Van puts them somewhere else (or unless it's only a temporary bandwidth problem, but doesn't look like it). Anyway I have these guides saved somewhere, I'll try to post them here over the weekend
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Post by Shiryu on Dec 21, 2008 17:42:26 GMT -5
Done! I've just created the DA section. I generally don't think that a forum should have too many sections, they make it look less organized and more fragmented to new visitors. But considering we don't have that many new members anyway, it won't matter too much ^^
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