Comic Book Discussion Thread (Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse, Top Cow, IDW, Indy, etc)

[DestroVega]

How's Saga though? I heard a lot of good things about it.

Not picking on you but how are people still asking this?

Saga is a must read since issue 1.

 

[blueweltall]

Not picking on you but how are people still asking this?

Saga is a must read since issue 1.

I just got into comics about a two months ago. I got the first 3 vol of it coming to my house. Got them for about $15 brand new.

 

[DestroVega]

I just got into comics about a two months ago. I got the first 3 vol of it coming to my house. Got them for about $15 brand new.

Awesome. Enjoy. It's really great.

 

[blueweltall]

My pickup for this week:

Age of Apocalypse #2
Civil War #2
The Infinity Gauntlet #3
Injustice #7
Mad Max Fury Road: Part Two
We Stand on Guard #2

Also pick up some TPB too, thanks to Jet.com insane discount you get as you add more item to your cart:

Saga Vol 1-3
Wytches Vol 1
Batman Eternal Vol 1-2
Nightwing Vol 1-5
Batman Hush Vol 1-2
Inhumans
Batman and Robin Vol 7: The Hunt for Robin
Batgirl Vol 5: Deadline

Spoiler

 

[Matt Young]

UPS lost my comic shop's original shipment and the replacement order came in yesterday. So here's what I got:

• Age of Apocalypse #2
• Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #10
• Civil War #2
• Darth Vader #8
• Giant-Size Little Marvel AvX #3
• Groot #3
• Guardians of Knowhere #2
• Guardians Team-Up #9
• Infinity Gauntlet #3
• Midnighter #3
• Ms. Marvel #17
• Siege #2
• Ultimate End #4

 

[bhk]

UPS lost my comic shop's original shipment and the replacement order came in yesterday.

Do you have a favorite Secret Wars series so far?

 

[Matt Young]

The main Secret Wars series is better than any of the tie-ins, but there are a lot that I have enjoyed. M.O.D.O.K. Assassin has been very entertaining through 3 issues, as has Thors through 2.

 

[blueweltall]

I liked the main Secret Wars and Thors as the best too.

 

[dohdough]

Finally started reading Lazarus. Wow, it's so refreshing after all the crap that I've been reading the past year or so.

 

[soulvengeance]

Finally started reading Lazarus. Wow, it's so refreshing after all the crap that I've been reading the past year or so.

I wish more people would read Lazarus, it's sooooooooo good.

 

[bardockkun]

I wish more people would read Lazarus, it's sooooooooo good.

I Think you can say that for a number of Image titles in general.

 

[Matt Young]

I Think you can say that for a number of Image titles in general.

Birthright

 

[bardockkun]

Birthright

Deadly Class

Velvet

The Fade Out

East of West

Invincible (I Know it's Robert Kirkman, but damn if it isn't one of those superhero books that knows how to grow and build)

The Wicked + The Divine

Manhattan Projects

And I know I'm forgetting abunch more that aren't Saga or Walking Dead.

 

[blueweltall]

Most of those tpb Vol 1 are like less than or near $5 on Amazon right now. I might pick up Black Science once I catch up with all my tpb.

 

[neocisco]

Add Manifest Destiny to that list.

 

[soulvengeance]

Add Manifest Destiny to that list.

You know, I read the first ten, and then went away from it for some reason. I need to get back into it.

 

[Matt Young]

They didn't have Planet Hulk #4 yet, so I have to search elsewhere for that one.

• A-Force #3
• Howard the Duck #5
• Inhumans: Attilan Rising #4
• Lando #2
• Secret Wars #5
• Secret Wars 2099 #4
• Secret Wars Battleworld #4
• Starfire #3
• Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde #2
• Star Trek/Green Lantern #2
• Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8
• Years of Future Past #4

 

[blueweltall]

My Pickup for this week:

Batman #43

Descender #6

Inhumans Attilan Rising #4

Secret Wars #5

Batman #43 is really good!

 

[Matt Young]

Secret Wars #5 was kind of uneventful. Not really bad, but lots of exposition with very little plot advancement. Haven't read Inhumans #4 yet. I did locate a copy of Planet Hulk #4.

Howard the Duck #5 was awesome. You guys really should check out the TPB once it releases. The new post-Secret Wars HTD #1 drops in November.

 

[blueweltall]

My pickup:

Injustice #8

Justice League #43 variant

 

[blueweltall]

I haven't read Justice League #43 yet but it most been very good or something epic happened in it, because my shop was all sold out of the regular cover within less than 24 hours.

 

[Matt Young]

I'll be picking up Justice League #43 along with 13 other books sometime today.

 

[Matt Young]

So yeah, I got these on Friday but forgot to post here. I will do so now for the sake of consistency:

• Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies #3
• Birthright #10
• Bizarro #3
• Black Canary #3
• Guardians of Knowhere #3
• Guardians Team-Up #10
• Harley Quinn & Power Girl #3
• House of M #1
• Howard the Human #1
• Inferno #4
• Justice League #43
• Kanan: The Last Padawan #5
• Martian Manhunter #3
• Star Wars #8

 

[blueweltall]

Nice you got the regular cover of Justice League. I preferred that cover but they only have the pricier variant cover when I got there the next day. I feel ripoff...

 

[Matt Young]

Is that the only comic store in your area? I figure DC had to have produced a lot of copies since Justice League is one of their top-selling series.

I have another list of 14 issues today, although I'll probably have to wait til Friday to go to the other place to get Ghostbusters Get Real #3.

P.S. Secret Wars was given an issue #9 for release in December. However, it will not affect the launch of the All-New All-Different Marvel line in October.

 

[blueweltall]

There's another one but it is pretty far from me. I think my shop might just have under order them or something. Which is weird considering it's a big DC title. 

 

[Matt Young]

Yeah, that's why I was kind of surprised. My usual spot actually ordered Ghostbusters Get Real this time, so I'll be picking my stuff up in the next hour or so and will share the list and pic later on tonight.

 

[billyrox]

If anyone is interested, Superman Doomed Kindle ed is on sale for 5 bucks:

http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Doomed-Greg-Pak-ebook/dp/B00QHHNAFW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1440642641&sr=8-1

 

[Matt Young]

• Ant-Man Last Days #1
• Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #3
• Civil War #3
• Cyborg #2
• Deathstroke #9
• Ghostbusters Get Real #3
• Harley Quinn #19
• Justice League of America #3
• Lando #3
• Marvel Zombies #3
• M.O.D.O.K. Assassin #4
• Old Man Logan #4
• S.H.I.E.L.D. #9
• X-Men '92 #3

 

[dohdough]

Magneto...wtfwow

 

[sweeetja713]

Yeah it was good

 

[RedvsBlue]

I feel like the "Last Days" issues of Magneto were stretched out a little too much but that last issue was pretty damn good.

 

[soulvengeance]

Picked up Drive on a whim this week, ended up being decent.  I like the art style.

 

[dohdough]

I feel like the "Last Days" issues of Magneto were stretched out a little too much but that last issue was pretty damn good.

Hahaha...so true. They really milked it for a few issues.

 

[sweeetja713]

I feel like the "Last Days" issues of Magneto were stretched out a little too much but that last issue was pretty damn good.

As far as final issues go Magneto, Loki, Ant-Man (Sorry Cap ) and Spider-Woman all nailed it in my opinion.

 

[blueweltall]

My pick up for this week:

Batman Knight Arkham Knight Genesis #1 (Not sure why I picked this one up when I still need to play Arkham City and Knight)

Civil War #3

Shield #9

X-Men '92 #3

Ms. Marvel HC Vol. 1

 

[blueweltall]

My pickup for this week:

Age  of Apocalypse #3

True Believers Captain Marvel #1

Injustice Year Four #9

Mockingbird #1

True Believers Spider-Gwen #1

Thors #3

We Stand on Guard #3

 

[Matt Young]

• Age of Apocalypse #3
• Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies #4
• Deadpool vs. Thanos #1
• Groot #4
• House of M #2
• Midnighter #4
• Mockingbird S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary #1
• Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde #3
• Thors #3
• True Believers: Captain Marvel #1
• True Believers: Spider-Gwen #1

 

[blueweltall]

I picked up:

Batman #44

Civil War #4

Quake S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary #1

True Believers Black Widow #1

True Believers Ms. Marvel #1

No pic this week. I forgot to take a pic before I stored them away.

 

[Matt Young]

Here's mine. True Believers: Black Widow #1 wasn't in stock at my usual place but I have a copy waiting for me to pick up at the mall.

• A-Force #4
• Civil War #4
• Darth Vader #9
• Giant-Size Little Marvel AvX #4
• Harley Quinn Road Trip Special #1
• Ms. Marvel #18
• Planet Hulk #5
• Quake: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary #1 
• Secret Wars 2099 #5
• Siege #3
• Starfire #4
• Star Trek/Green Lantern #3
• Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1
• True Believers: Black Widow #1
• True Believers: Ms. Marvel #1

 

[detectiveconan16]

Well I read What If Special #1, printed June 1988. It tells what would happen if Dr. Yinsen didn't buy Stark enough time to activate the Iron Man suit. Basically same s- happens, but Stark is also forced into acts of sabotage by the terrorist leader, but no worries, it ends like an early What If issue. Steve Ditko did the layouts.

 

[bhk]

Here's mine. True Believers: Black Widow #1 wasn't in stock at my usual place but I have a copy waiting for me to pick up at the mall.

• A-Force #4
• Civil War #4
• Darth Vader #9
• Giant-Size Little Marvel AvX #4
• Harley Quinn Road Trip Special #1
• Ms. Marvel #18
• Planet Hulk #5
• Quake: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary #1
• Secret Wars 2099 #5
• Siege #3
• Starfire #4
• Star Trek/Green Lantern #3
• Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1
• True Believers: Black Widow #1
• True Believers: Ms. Marvel #1

That's a lot of comics. Hope your wallet is ok after this week.

 

[Dokstarr]

I feel like I'm starting to get tired of the current Harley Quinn. I feel like the zany no consequences slapstick along with Harley being raunchy has gone on long enough. I know the current run is really popular and I do like it, but I miss the old Harley. I really liked the Harley series from 2000 (at least I think I did - I read it around  2010 when I got really into comics).

Walking Dead just seems to be slowing to a crawl. I will keep reading it of course, but I feel like very little has happened in the last two issues since the big event, and I'm still waiting to see what is gonna happen to Negan. The letter sections from 7 months ago acted like it would be a big deal when you finally saw him again. It happened like 4 months ago and he hasn't been seen since and hasn't done anything.

What I'm really liking right now is Outcast and Copperhead. I picked up Copperhead on a whim and really really like it.

 

[RogueSplinterCell]

My brother in law just handed me all of the sandman comics for me to read, skimmed through some pages, art looks good. I never read comics, just the occasional manga, so this could be interesting.

 

[sweeetja713]

Sandman. Good lord, are you in for a treat reading that for the first time.

 

[Dokstarr]

I got Cowboy Viking Ninja volume 1 and 2 in a big craigslist lot like a month or so ago. I never had a chance to read it til now.

So I blew through both books and was very entertained. Googled looking for volume 3 and found out that was the end of it and its over.  Argggh.

 

[bardockkun]

Went to Dragon Con last weekend and got about $300 worth of books including...

-Invisibles Omnibus Hardcover

-The Flash Geoff Johns Omnibus vol. 1 Hardcover

-Batman: The Long Halloween Absolute Edition Hardcover

-Batman: Hush Absolute Edition Hardcover

-Fables vol. 3 Hardcover

-Lazarus vol. 1 Hardcover

-Casanova  vol. 1 Hardcover

-Planetary Omnibus Hardcover

-MGMT vol. 3 Hardcover

-Guardians of the Galaxy artbook

-Black Science vol. 1 & 2

And some other stuff I'm forgetting all for half off each. I Forgot how much of a hold this hobby can have on me.

 

[blueweltall]

My pickup for this week:

Agent Carter #1

Age of Apocalypse #4

True Believers She-Hulk #1

The Infinity Gauntlet #4

Injustice #10

True Believers Thor #1 

 

[dohdough]

My brother in law just handed me all of the sandman comics for me to read, skimmed through some pages, art looks good. I never read comics, just the occasional manga, so this could be interesting.

It's SO good.

 

[detectiveconan16]

You can't go wrong with 1980s DC, and its golden child, Vertigo.