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Dead sexxxiness coming on Wednesday:
- Planetary AND Astonishing X-Men! The John Cassaday love-in starts right here!
- A Warren Ellis sex-u-up-fest can also be staged, as UFF #9 is due
- AND Sleeper #2!
- AND DC: The New Frontier #5!
- AND Powers #2!
- AND the last (?) issue of X-Statix!
- AND 6 issues of Beans (?!?!??!??!!!)

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmmm, Green Lantern (out of habit rather than actual interest) and probably the Crisis On Multiple Earths Vol. 3. I love that corny old shit.

― Huck, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that the Gardner Fox inspired Earth 1 / Earth 2 corny shit?

BTW, Huck, I saw some preview pages for the upcoming GL mini-series (where, you know, they give Refrigerator Boy das boot and bring back Alex Ross' pride & joy), & the art looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, given what's happened to Kyle over the past 10ish years, he SHOULD get a boat.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, I'm so behind on my comics (haven't had time to make it to the store for at least a week, maybe two). Planetary!

I'll also be getting Batman, Rogue #1 for my girlfriend, AND the new Bendis/Maleev Daredevil trade that apparently came out last week!!!1111!!!oneoneone

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Beans?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Six issues! I have no idea what it is, but it's shipping hardcore.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

You got it. The Crisis on Multiple Earths series is collecting all the Earth-1 JLA team-ups with Earth-2 JSA, the first one was pretty cool, the second one kinda sucked eggs, but the third one should be wicked, as I think that's the one where the Spirit King possesses the Earth-2 Flash and murders Mr. Terrific on the JLA Satellite!

I am soooo excited for the GL: Rebirth. On the weekend I picked up the Neil Gaiman GL/Superman story, and was really pleased with it, and LOVED the parts drawn by Kevin Nowlan. That guy is so cool.
Oh, and DC has announced a follow-up Bizarro Comics anthology, where they have "indie" dudes write/draw goofy stories about their properties.

― Huck, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

And also, DC has announced they are going to be reprinted EVERY BATMAN STORY in chronological order, in inexpensive paperback format as Batman Chronicles! Woo-hoo, I'll be broke forever!

― Huck, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I forgot - are these B&W reprints, or vibrant 4-color?

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Which, the Multiple Earths stuff or the Batman stuff?
The Multiple Earths stuff is all 4-color, I have no idea about the Batman, I hope it'll be in color though.
(ug, I'm spelling like an american)

― Huck, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

And also, DC has announced they are going to be reprinted EVERY BATMAN STORY in chronological order, in inexpensive paperback format as Batman Chronicles!

!!!

Every Batman story, or every issue of the Batman comic, or ... ? Like the Essentials collections?

If the former, I wonder what constitutes a Batman story (i.e. there are all those specials and whatnot, not even counting the Elseworlds they may never reach).

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

From the horse's mouth:

BATMAN CHRONICLES
Next year, readers will get the chance to experience every Batman tale in chronological order in the trade paperback series BATMAN CHRONICLES. Starting with DETECTIVE COMICS #27, the title will collect stories from BATMAN, WORLD'S FINEST COMICS, and anywhere else the Dark Knight starred in his own adventures.

― Huck, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Frankly, I doubt most of us will still have good enough vision to read comics by the time they get to the 90s.

― Huck, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Blessing in disguise, Huck. Blessing in disguise.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

You're not into NEW FRONTIERS, Huck? For shame...

SLEEPER and NEW FRONTIERS and a couple others for me. Reading PLANETARY in trades, so I've got to wait awhile.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

YOU FOOL!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

TELL ME ABOUT NEW FRONTIERS (seeing as today's lunch hour will probably bring the uber-comic store run).

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE AND YOU SHOULD WAIT FOR THE TRADE.

I think that's the first time I've said that about anything. It's great, but really pricey - Prestige Format (or whatever they call it now) prices for a 50page 'giant'.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STORY?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, I almost bought that because it said "Jordan" on the cover.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I just got shit yesterday from my local comic shop owner for not reading it. I did buy #2 when it came out, but since I had missed #1, I decided to wait for the trade. Based on #2 it looks amazing. And I have been trying to avoid all knowledge of it otherwise as to heighten the pleasure I finally get from reading it.
Bad news is they're splitting it into two trades, #s 1-3 in Vol. 1 and #s 4-6 in Vol. 2 (duh). So expense-wise, and all that, you're probably just as frugal picking up individual issues, which I may end up doing this weekend.
Is it the final issue shipping this week?

And I know, I know, New Frontier is tailor-made for Silver Age dorks like me.

― Huck, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

My impression was that they hadn't decided on a final version of the trade, so it might come out in a single volume after all.

Hmm. 64 pages of no ads for the price of 44 pages with ads. NEW FRONTIER still smells like a deal to me.

And it's not all Silver-Age dork love, either. There's some moments of it, but it's a lot darker and more mature (but not falling into the grim and gritty trap) than nearly anything that came out in the Silver Age proper.

So, you are getting the SILVER AGE SUPERMAN ARCHIVES, yes? That's due out in September, if memory serves.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I just finished reading Superman in the Sixties and Seventies (two separate volumes) (the latter includes the famous Black Lois story), so I think I've had all the SA Supes I can take.
Yeah, it's still a deal, but it's also still a big hit to the wallet, especially in Canada where it's like $11 per, BUT it's only bimonthly, so like, eat two less Whoppers, fat-ass-Huck.
The big reason I haven't been getting it is that I missed #1. And whenever I've ever had to read the first chapter of something after reading the rest of it, it always sucks.
But #2 is sooooo amazing. Martian Manhunter especially. That's a character I've always loved the possibilities of, but never seen them satisfyingly explored. But his portrayal here is pretty sweet.
And the part with Batman in the church, where the kid is scared of him and he doesn't know what to do. CLASSIC!
There is sooooo much goodness just in that one issue, THAT'S why I feel like I need to read #1 before spoiling it by reading everything else. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. In a comic shop, that is. I'm not even peeking between the covers of later issues. Nope. Not at all.

― Huck, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

YOU FOOL!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, dude, I can probably still rustle up a copy of #1. Lemme check around today.

And I didn't know that you were in Canada, the land of GROTESQUELY OVERPRICED COMICS. That's certainly a factor.

Or you could just skip two junkier comics that month...

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Huck, stop buying _Weapon X_. You don't need to complete the series.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, I feel much more at peace with the comics world now. Today's hadn't come in yet, but I was able to grab 'sample' copies of Astonishing X-Men, Batman, and Planetary. I still need Powers #2 and Rogue #1, and I left the copy of Avengers Disassemble on the shelf because, well, meh.

Then I got last week's shit, including that Daredevil trade, Lucifer, Human Target, and Wolverine. Now if only my comics store wasn't fucking pathetic when it comes to indie stuff, I could get Carnet de Voyage, Spaghetti Western, and Eightball.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I just read the Powers "Role Play" trade. Pretty good stuff.

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"Role Play" is the only Powers arc where I thought the high concept -- kids playing "let's pretend we're superheroes" get killed off, oh no the game's gone too far -- was better than the follow-through, maybe simply because the concept could've been played in any of the superhero playgrounds. There's no reason it couldn't have been a Spider-Man story, a Robin story, an Astro City story, etc.

I'm not saying I didn't like it, mind you -- that aspect just struck me about it.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

So the beefy cop used to be a cape?

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Yep, and he was blessed with THE WORST superhero name ever - TRIPHAMMER. (Please tell me I got the name right.)

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:22 (twenty-one years ago)

You didn't read the first volume! YOU FOOL!!

(sorry)

Yeah, but he lost his powers inexplicably.

(x-post...NO, Triphammer was the Republican superhero dude with the red armor. The cop was, um, Nighthawkravensomethinglike that?)

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I did enjoy the other two volumes I read (1 & 3, I think) more than this one, but it's solid.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

It's sort of great somehow that none of the costumes' names in Powers are all that good, you know? I mean, "Retro Girl"? Dude. There's pretty much no way to justify naming yourself something like Retro Girl without actually sitting down and explaining that all the good names have been trademarked by comic book publishers.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

(In fact, "The Origin of Mr Xerox," in which Mr Xerox receives a cease and desist notice explaining that "Xerox" is a trademarked name and isn't permitted to be used generically, much less in the promotion of some other product or service, i.e. super-powered crime-stoppage; at which point he sighs and renames himself "The Multiple Man," only to get a letter from Marvel's lawyers; eventually winding up as "Captain Replicatron" because he doesn't want a generic name like "The Do-Gooder" or "Mister Justice Funface" or the cops might expect him to solve crimes unsuited to his powers of self-replication -- would make a good one-shot if it wasn't too lame-not-funny.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I"m probably going to read Human Target tonight.

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The Mimeograph

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, wait, trademarked
Mr. Ditto?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Fax Smiley?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Mr Ditto (by day, mild-mannered Channel 26 weatherman Fax Smiley) and his girl Friday, Dupli-Kate!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Aided by sidekick Johnny Ersatz!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Or maybe that's his archnemesis.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Why does "arch" always refer to villains and nemeses? Why is it never one's arch-buddy?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

His nemesis is One-of-a-Kind

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Arch-comrade Johnny Ersatz!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

...take on the evil coalition of One-of-a-Kind, Dr. Solitaire, and The Singularity!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Johnny Ersatz (the) coffee boy

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)

This stuff's almost as good as my vague ideas for BOY HOWDY, FOLK HERO.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Boy Howdy, vague folk hero.

― Huck, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"Forsooth! By the Hoary Stuff of Whatchamacallit, I must foil the Disambiguator or the Vague Folk shall surely suffer terrible things! Come to me, my warbird-steed, The Dove That Dare Not Speak Its Name! Bear me hence: to VAGARY, and beyond!"

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

In the face of peril he does "stuff."

― Huck, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

When life is hard,
when times are tough,
No evil shall escape my stuff.
Let those who do such fiendish junk
whiff my righteous Boy Howdy funk!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

So the beefy cop used to be a cape?
-- Huk-El

Yep, and he was blessed with THE WORST superhero name ever - TRIPHAMMER. (Please tell me I got the name right.)
-- David R.

Diamond.

― The Dreaded Rear Admiral (Leee), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

And Huck, tell me how Human Target (the one with Cliff Chiang, right?) turns out.

― The Dreaded Rear Admiral (Leee), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Leeeee, it's fantastic. & the art's been handled by a few folks - Chiang, Javier Pulido, & I think John Watkiss, too.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Seconded. Human Target is well written and a lot of fun, as opposed to a lot of the navel-gazey grim n' gritty un-fun superhero comics on the stands now. Cameron Stewart has been tapped for art on #17 as well. Should be a goodie.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Good to hear. Once I recover from last week, I'll look out for it.

― The Dreaded Rear Admiral (Leee), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I read the trade of #1-4 (was it a mini?) where it's all about these people who are better at playing roles than being themselves. It was pretty good, especially the first two issues, where it was just a colossal mindfuck so you had to assume that every character on panel was actually HT, but I think it sort of ironically did what it was trying to illustrate. Christopher Chance had his whole fear of intimacy thing going on and Tom McWhatever could be anyone but Tom McWhatever and the Emerald was only doing it so that she could go and have a normal life, but they sorta crapped out when they cut away just before Emerald's husband found out the truth about her.
Because the whole thing seemed to be Being Target: Easy::Being Human: Hard, and then when the one person in the whole series who seems to be okay as a human being and have no need to be savior or anything finally has to deal with something--POOF! Not gonna touch that.

― Huck, Thursday, 29 July 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

So I went to the shitty downtown comic store on my way home from work (the comics store I like is out near the university, which is good for it, bad for me) and picked up, uh, shit, last week's Flash, this week's Green Lantern, the Crisis on Multiple Earths (though it's still not the Spirit King-kills-Mr. Terrific story yet--the reason I'm so fixated on it is that I had the first part of the story but I've never read the second) and the new Wizard (my first time buying it) for the Green Lantern: Rebirth preview.
I haven't read anything but the Wizard yet, and I must say, I'm disappointed with the direction they're taking it in. Clearly they haven't read any of my fan-fic where I redeem Hal Jordan once-and-for-all by explaining his Parallax-metamorphosis was really just a construct of the Tattooed Man working in conjunction with Hector Hammond. Jordan has actually spent the last ten years in the 57th Century believing he is actually solar director Pol Manning. This is the real reason why the Tattooed-Parallax-Man had to create the Zero Hour crisis.
With the help of his trans-dimensional starfish, Itty, Hal Jordan slowly regains his memories and identity, and begins his long voyage back to the 21st Century.
The Spectre stuff was just a dream.

― Huck, Friday, 30 July 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

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