JD's Comic Book Thread

[JD]

I can't find the Marvel comics thread, so I'll post this here.
I don't know if it's everywhere, but for the next week Comixology is doing a buy one, get one free Marvel digital comics sale. I just got my next The Amazing Spider-Man: Election Day and Annihilation: Conquest Book One.

 

[JD]

Last week I finished up my next Amazing Spider-Man collection, Death and Dating. The whole thing was really good. I loved that the first arc was just a nice smaller scale story. With so many superhero stories focusing on big end of the world scenarios, it was nice to see one that was just focused on the hero saving people.
The second one was good to, it was a nice character story for Harry. I jumped into ASM with Brand New Day so I wasn't familiar with all of the history of Harry, Liz, and Molten Man, but despite that the story was still written in a way I was able to follow and enjoy.
The last two stories were pretty good too, it was interesting to see things from the perspective a character who isn't aware Peter is Spider-Man in the Betty Brant story, and the Barak Obama story was fun.

 

[JD]

I just started reading the digital edition of Archer & Armstrong: The Michelangelo Code, the first collection of the modern version of Archer & Armstrong. This is my first Valiant comic, so I'm looking forward to reading it.
I'm only a few pages in, but it's off to a good start so far.

 

[shivkala]

I just started reading the digital edition of Archer & Armstrong: The Michelangelo Code, the first collection of the modern version of Archer & Armstrong. This is my first Valiant comic, so I'm looking forward to reading it.
I'm only a few pages in, but it's off to a good start so far.

I really enjoyed it. I have a smattering of old Valiant comics, but not many of the original Archer & Armstrong issues. I think the second story arc is slightly better, but only because I really enjoyed the Eternal Warrior and Geomancer stories from the original. They have a great take on it.

I have a bunch of Valiant e-issues from various pay-what-you-want (Humble Bumble, etc.), but no good way to read them. I've tried a few apps and readers, but haven't found a way that works best for me yet.

 

[JD]

What have you tried? For stuff that I upload I usually use the Google Play books app, and it works pretty good.

 

[JD]

I finished up the Archer & Armstrong collection, and it was really good.
Like I said before, this was my first Valiant comic, and it felt like a nice introduction to this universe.
Archer & Armstrong were both good characters, and they make a nice odd couple paring.
The story was good, with some interesting twists and turns. The sect were interesting villains, with all of the different groups. The Dominion's theme park where the kids were raised was funny, and it cracked me up how they had The One Percent throwing random financial terminology into their prayers.
The art was good too, detailed and clear, but not photo realistic.

 

[TheSeeker]

Just got dome reading the second issue of Oblivion Song from Robert Kirkman and I am hooked. I'm also amazed at the lengths he and his team have gone to to make sure this series stays on track.The artist has been working on this book for 2 years in secret and is already at work drawing issue #13!

Another Image comic I am absolutely loving right now is Elsewhere. it is easily at the top of my reading list whenever it comes out.

 

[TheSeeker]

I absolutely love this.



http://www.comicon.com/2018/05/31/r...ar-on-a-bloodstrike-brutalists-variant-cover/

Say what you will about Rob Liefled, but he's a pretty good sport.

 

[JD]

Wow, I just read the Menace origin story issue (#586) in Amazing Spider-Man, and that was definitely not what I expected. I'm still trying to figure out if we got the reveal of the Spider Tracer Killer in #585 or if there is something else going on there.

 

[JD]

I finished up Character Assassination on Saturday, and wow that was a great conclusion to the two big Brand New Day arcs.

 

[JD]

Just read the first issue of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Batman run, and I really enjoyed it. The art was good, and it was well written. It was mostly set up, but it was very interesting set. The twist at the end was a definitely interesting. I have to confess, they actually got me with the with the whole Dick Grayson as Joker thing. I'm very curious about the guy Bruce met at the presentation who's running for Mayor, he strikes me as the kind of character who might turn out to be a bad guy.

 

[TheSeeker]

Is this the New 52 run? I'll be honest that isn't ringing a lot of bells for me and I read the whole run!

 

[JD]

Yeah, the first issue opens up with Batman fighting most of his Rogues Gallery in Arkham, and towards the end he frees "Joker" who helps him fight. Later on we see them in the Batcave and it turns out "Joker" was actually Dick in a holographic disguise and Bruce had sent him in there undercover.
I finished up #2 yesterday, and the quality stayed pretty high.
I figured there as going to be a good explanation for Dick's DNA being on the dead body and I was right.
Hmm, looks like I was wrong about Lincoln March, the guy running for Mayor, unless there's some kind of twist later.
That was quite an introduction for Talon.

 

[TheSeeker]

Yeah, the first issue opens up with Batman fighting most of his Rogues Gallery in Arkham, and towards the end he frees "Joker" who helps him fight. Later on we see them in the Batcave and it turns out "Joker" was actually Dick in a holographic disguise and Bruce had sent him in there undercover.

Right. That sounds more familiar now. There was a time I could recall every comic I ever read in great detail, but that was about 20,000 comics ago.

I enjoyed the Snyder/Capullo run quite a bit, although I wasn't crazy about the last arc with Mr. Bloom.

 

[Jinn]

Annihilation: Conquest Book One.

Ohhhhhh that's a good one.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Making my way through last months DC Comics via my monthly subscription package, MoS is interesting and well-written, but I haven't quite made up my mind yet (but then, I've only read two issues).

Also, among my to-read pile is the Infinity Gauntlet TPB. Thought it was about time I did some of the essential Marvel reading, even if I don't follow any of the current Marvel books.


Didn't want to start a new thread over it (not yet, anyway), but found this quite intriguing:

THR| New Publisher AHOY Promises More From Comics

AHOY Comics will launch in September with two series: The Wrong Earth, a six-issue miniseries by Tom Peter and Jamal Igle, where two heroes — one an adventure-loving crimefighter with a kid sidekick, the other a ruthless vigilante — trade places and find themselves trapped in worlds they never made; and High Heaven, a five-issue miniseries aimed at mature readers, by Peyer and Greg Scott where a chronic malcontent finds himself in an afterlife where everyone hates a complainer.
Both series launch with 40-page first issues featuring additional material; The Wrong Earth will include a prose story from Grant Morrison, along with material from Shannon Wheeler, Paul Constant and Frank Cammuso, while High Heaven features another prose story from Morrison, with another cartoon from Wheeler and a backup strip from Peyer and artist Chris Giarrusso.

The following month, AHOY will launch two additional titles: Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Terror, a six-issue anthology described as a “cross between Drunk History and Tales From the Crypt (the 40-page first issue features material by Peyer, Flintstones writer Mark Russell and cartoonist Hunt Emerson); and Captain Ginger, a four-issue series about a spaceship piloted by cats after the human race has died out, by Stuart Moore and June Brigman (the first issue will include a prose story by Morrison, illustrated by Phil Hester, and a cartoon from Shannon Wheeler).

One main comic story per issue, with prose, poetry and cartoons as back-up features, some of those prose stories written by Grant Morrison. Of the four announced titles, "High Heaven" and "Captain Ginger" sound the most interesting to me.

 

[JD]

Is it worth reading Spider-Man's original Clone Saga? It seems like most people don't really like it, but it's constantly being referred to in the comics, and getting sequels and follow-ups. I feel like I should read it since it is such a big part of Spidey's history and I like to read the stuff that continues to be important to the modern stories, but given the opinions I tend to see I don't know if I want to put myself through that.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

I wonder if it reads better in retrospect knowing there's an end to it, and knowing the major "twists" aren't permanent.

I always liked Ben Reilly, personally, Parker was going through a dark time at that point and Reilly was a unique way of giving us the old Peter back.

 

[Jinn]

I didn't read the Clone Saga, but I found the 2000s Chris Yost Scarlet Spider run to be very good and recommend it.

 

[TheSeeker]

Is it worth reading Spider-Man's original Clone Saga?

I read it back in the day and thought it was way over the top and disliked it. I'm not actually sure I ever read it to completion.

Needless to say, I wasn't too happy when Marvel announced they were doing another clone story but it turned out mostly ok. Still, I could have done without it.