we're all here to watch him SHIP: May 2, 2007

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A small week for me:

52 WEEK #52--whatever shall I do with my Wednesday afternoons now?
SHAZAM: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #3--hooray for craft

Aaand... that appears to be it for me, although it's definitely a Whedontastic week if you're into that kinda thing.

― Douglas, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

Hellboy: Darkness Calls #1 of 1
52.52 (after the awesomosity of the last issue, they'll really have to fuck up to not get me on board with Countdown)
Checkmate #13
Shazam vs. Monster Society of Evil #3

― Oilyrags, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

ASTONISHING X-MEN 21
Hulk 106
52 52

― JN$OT, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

Astonishing X-Men
Runaways

Hellboy = Mignola???

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm...good question.

― Oilyrags, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

52
All New Atom
Checkmate
Astonishing X-Men
Avengers Initiative
Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane
Wonder Man

― Garrett Martin, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

No, not Mignola, but how about some Fegredo for datass?

― Oilyrags, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/preview.php?theid=10-359

5 page preview

― Oilyrags, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #3 -- wheeeeee

52 WEEK #52 -- Ultimate Mr. Mind: C/D?
ALL NEW ATOM #11
CHECKMATE #13
DETECTIVE COMICS #832
MIDNIGHTER #7 -- this is CANCELLED TO ME after this BKV ish
SHAZAM THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #3 (OF 4) -- wheeeeeee
SUPERMAN #662 -- this is CANCELLED TO ME as well; whoop-dee-do if this comes out every month if it's BORING BOILERPLATE SUCK (cf. Action Comics, Wonder Woman)
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #6 -- bless you, Gail (PS: wheeeee)

STRANGE GIRL #16 -- maybe I shd read all the issues of this that've been piling up in my pile of piles?

ASTONISHING X-MEN #21
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #2 CWI -- not sure I'm feeling Serious Slott as much as Silly Slott, but will give this a go fo so
INCREDIBLE HULK #106
IRON MAN #17 CWI
MS MARVEL #15 CWI
OMEGA FLIGHT #2 CWI (OF 5)
RUNAWAYS #26
SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 -- Matt Fraction on Spidey!
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #18 -- RIP MJ ;_;
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #41 -- DAMN YOU MARKLARS BUY THIS NOW
WORLD WAR HULK PROLOGUE WORLD BREAKER -- IT BEGINS

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

& I forgot about HELLZABOYBIN

Light week for me! *squee*

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

52 WEEK #52 - Yeah, Countdown, might as well.
DETECTIVE COMICS #832 - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzatanna
MIDNIGHTER #7 - end of the line for me. I was only in it for the Hitler babies.
SHAZAM THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #3 (OF 4) - that's what she said
SHOWCASE PRESENTS WAR THAT TIME FORGOT VOL 1 TP - DINOSAUR ISLAND BITCHES
SUPERMAN #662 - I wholly blame the Donner/Johns fiasco for this mag going off the rails
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #6 - crossover? time to cut bait.
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #2 CWI - put your hands where my eyes can see

― Dr. Superman, Monday, 30 April 2007 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

WTT is crossing over? Da fug!

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

I think yr confusing "SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE" with "RED SKIES DELIGHT," Huckster.

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

might not be this issue, but it's coming (with Gen13 maybe? so gail-on-gail action, but still)

― Dr. Superman, Monday, 30 April 2007 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

As for me...
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - !!!!!!!!!OMG WILLOW'S STUCK IN SEASON SIX WARDROBE SUCKAGE!!!!!!!!!!
RUNAWAYS - Wherein Frank Castle kills the Runaways.
ASTONISHING X-MEN - Wherein Colossus kills a planet with one titanium hand tied behind his titanium back.
SHAZAM: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL - Which will involve monsters.
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE - 'Cuz the three-year old me and his obsession with SPIDER-MAN AND HIS FRIENDS is cheering on any possibility of Spider-Man once again kissing Firestar.

― R Baez, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah:
SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL: Fraction's involvement has stirred some interest in me w/r/t this. I'm boggled by the fact that I'm probably gonna buy a SPIDER-MAN story in continuity - I've intentionally deluded myself for many a year now that he's still stuck where Kraven buried him.

― R Baez, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Douglas, this is the best ship thread title ever.

WHEDON WEEK!!!

Buffy, Astonishing X-Men, Runaways, Captain America: Civil War tpb, 52 #52!!!, Teen Titans, SHOWCASE PRESENTS WAR THAT TIME FORGOT!!!!!!!!

― Mr. Perpetua, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

By the way, I owe Richard because without his cheerleading for Spidey Loves MJ, I never would have bought the hardcover. I totally loved it!

― Mr. Perpetua, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

YOU'RE WELCOME, PAL.

― R Baez, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

There's a lot of things I like about it, but can I just say how much I appreciate how they made a strong effort to make Queens looks like Queens, especially in the subway scenes?

― Mr. Perpetua, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

52, 2000AD, Avengers Initiative

― M.V., Monday, 30 April 2007 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

City of Others
Welcome to Tranquility
Loners
Omega Flight
Punisher
Runaways
SM<3MJ

So far, looks like a good week.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

OCT060301 52 ANIMAL MAN ACTION FIGURE PI

o man
will this be any good?

also, Smithzam for my flatmate.

― energy flash gordon, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 11:12 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, the Animal Man figure actually looks awesome, versus the Booster Gold one which looks like he just swallowed a goldfish.

― Dr. Superman, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

"I feel particularly upset that I’ve shafted a fellow Brian."

In case you missed the link on LITG.

― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

52 WEEK #52
ALL NEW ATOM #11
CHECKMATE #13
SHAZAM THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #3 (OF 4)
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #6

ASTONISHING X-MEN #21
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #2
PUNISHER #47
RUNAWAYS #26
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #18
WORLD WAR HULK PROLOGUE WORLD BREAKER

Yay! World War Hulk and Monster Society!. I hope Hulk doesn't disappoint and smashes puny Stark.

― Amadeo, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

Not really a spoiler: 52 #52 is pretty great.

― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

52 #52 is really great!!

It's incredible how they manage to wrap all the plot threads (even though I would have liked a coda to the Animal Man story line) and instill some sense of wonder and coolness again in the DCU. It's a good thing also that they managed to keep the Black Adam and Steel storylines to a minimun.

― Amadeo, Thursday, 3 May 2007 02:24 (nineteen years ago)

argh
picked up my comix on my way to work, and now I have to sit here, YARDS AWAY from 52/52, and hope that no homeless dudes come by and spoil it for me before my lunch break

― Dr. Superman, Thursday, 3 May 2007 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

All you guys big-upping 52 are lying liars w/ singed chinos. I know this for a fact.

― David R., Thursday, 3 May 2007 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

yah that shit was a mess

― chaki, Thursday, 3 May 2007 04:44 (nineteen years ago)

they didn't have the Animal Man toy, just Isis and Batwoman and some other chick. they were $25 though so probably just as well.

― energy flash gordon, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:48 (nineteen years ago)

omg $25 is 52 backwards!

in other news, Superman wuz good again!

― Dr. Superman, Thursday, 3 May 2007 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

Is it Busiek / Pacheco Supes? The fill-ins have been fine wordwise, but the art (esp. last issue's Howell / Baretto debacle) has been teh blech.

― David R., Thursday, 3 May 2007 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Pacheco/Merino Returns! Howev, the art still gets a little dodgy in some spots, as if half the book was done lovingly, half was done under duress of last-minute changes due to Mr. Mind EATING KRYPTO.

― Dr. Superman, Thursday, 3 May 2007 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

Buffy was good this week, and I was surprised!

― J, Thursday, 3 May 2007 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

Green Lantern (not that I'm reading it) is kinda cool. I think it's just the Acuna art, though, which is kinda breathtaking in a way that his covers never are.

― Dr. Superman, Thursday, 3 May 2007 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

Huk, don't lie.

― David R., Thursday, 3 May 2007 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

the fraction spidey was really SWEET and heartwarming with magnetic fields shoutout!

also both hulk books totally were kick ass.

― chaki, Thursday, 3 May 2007 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

REALLY liked Hulk-Hulk!

― Dr. Superman, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

so who was the guy at the end of buffy, there? this comic is totally not casual fan-friendly

― thomp, Friday, 4 May 2007 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

Mr. Anatomy Lesson? Remember what Willow did to Warren in Season 6?

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 4 May 2007 13:30 (nineteen years ago)

no, actually, and which one was warren again? was he one of those three nerds?

― thomp, Friday, 4 May 2007 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, he was the main villain of season 6.

I agree that this series is catering to hardcore Buffy fans and not doing much of anything to remind us who certain characters are -- Andrew was dropped in without any reminder to let us know "oh right, Andrew," and both Amy and Warren were reintroduced in cliffhangers that were only effective if you were really up on the show. I guess it's fair enough, the people who'd want to read this would be hardcore fans anyway, but still, it'd be nice if every big surprise wasn't rooted in continuity.

― Mr. Perpetua, Friday, 4 May 2007 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

Anyway, Warren was the misogynistic nerd who was (indirectly) responsible for the death of Tara. That pushed Willow over the edge, and when she went on a rampage, she skinned Warren with her magic.

― Mr. Perpetua, Friday, 4 May 2007 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

Is anyone unfamiliar with Buffy going to be reading this?

― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 4 May 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know -- it's not like the show would feel the need to boilerplate every character. It did take me a while to figure out who Andrew was, but that was more of an art problem.

Anal fan question: seeing as Willow burnt Warren to a crisp after skinning him, couldn't he just as likely come back as "normal Andrew" as opposed to "grotesque skinless Andrew"?

― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 4 May 2007 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

(I mean Warren)

― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 4 May 2007 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, he was the main villain of season 6.

Funny you put it that way, I always think of the main villain that season as Dark Willow, with the 3 NERRRRRRRDs as just catalysts/irritations.

It did take me a while to figure out who Andrew was, but that was more of an art problem.

Jeanty's art is seriously ass. Is he the permanent artist or are they changing it up on an arc-by-arc basis?

I guess anal fan answer would be "yes, but where's the fun in that?"

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 4 May 2007 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

From what I understand, Jeanty is the main artist, and there will be fill-ins on other arcs.

If you want to think in terms of video game logic, "Dark Willow" is the Big Bad of season 6, but Warren is the primary villain for the majority of the season. He's all about impotent male rage and insidious misogyny -- we're supposed to think he's not a major threat until he goes an accidentally kills one of the main cast members.

― Mr. Perpetua, Saturday, 5 May 2007 04:06 (nineteen years ago)

A COMMON RESPONSE, BUT:

My, that SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL certainly was something else.

― R Baez, Monday, 7 May 2007 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

yah it was real good.

― chaki, Monday, 7 May 2007 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

Was I the only one that bought Showcase: War that time forgot?

REALLY hard going, every story is basically the same. The writing is solid enough Bob Kanigher and the art is pretty good Andru/Esposito fare, but you can only read about trapeze artists throwing grenades at pterodactyls som many times. Or submarines getting captured by giant prehistoric crabs.

I KNOW THIS MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THE BETS THING EVER, BUT IT ISN'T.

― aldo, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 09:45 (nineteen years ago)

I'm two stories in and I don't know how much further I can make myself go. Why didn't I learn my lesson with Haunted Tank and Unknown Soldier?

― Dr. Superman, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

You're in time. SAVE YOURSELF. Nobody will give you the bits of your life you spend reading it back. (I only have about 100 pages to go so I might as well see it through, but I started to struggle after about 50.)

― aldo, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

I'm gonna start a Showcase vs. Essentials thread to say something

― Dr. Superman, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

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