Shoot. Forgot I was gonna take a look at Powers.
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
-t - Aug 11, 2004 12:28:34 pm PDT #5404 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DXMachina - Aug 11, 2004 2:46:14 pm PDT #5405 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Today's haul:
- JSA #64 (I needed to decide for myself whether or not Power Girl in a torn costume is a bad thing...)
- I.C. #3
- Power #3
- Legion #37
- Avengers #500
askye - Aug 11, 2004 5:04:10 pm PDT #5406 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
I have to go back for Legends of the Dark Knight! Oh well.
My pulls were:
Identity Crisis
Teen Titans
Nightwing
Gotham Central
Green Arrow
X Force #1 -- with Shatterstar! I've never actually READ anything with him in it, but I've read quite a bit of Rictor/Shatterstar fic.
And I looked at Alpha Flight....which I've actually been looking at for a few months now and I see that this is issue is the end of a story arc. I think I want it, but I don't know.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2004 5:07:02 pm PDT #5407 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
God, I hate Liefeld. Hatehatehate.
Okay, better now.
I got War Games to date, plus my regular pull and the second Ultimates TPB.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2004 6:24:54 pm PDT #5408 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does Slade pop up near Batman often? I know there's a cap on how many exquisitely trained assasins there can be, and every Cain or Slade makes me wonder who's the best mirror for Bats.
Jeff Mejia - Aug 11, 2004 7:12:30 pm PDT #5409 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
I gave in to my innermost fanboy and ponied up the cash for the JLA/Avengers hardcover special edition.
It is extemely sweet in the larger format, and comes with an extra volume containing Perez's original penciles of the aborted 1983 attempt (21 pages) and complete annotation of the entire mini-series. It's like having a Marvel/DC history book. t /drool
As for Identity Crisis, this issue should silence the critics, right? I wonder if DC let Meltzer off Jimmy Olson?
Oh, I think timewise that IC is set just a bit ahead of "War Games" at this point.
More later as I digest the implications of "hearing what they want to hear".
Legends of the Dark Knight seemed to me to be mostly exposition, but for a story as sprawling as this one is, I think it is necessary exposition.
Nightwing was gut-wrenching, wasn't it? Dick trying to play things cool ("give me something to hit"), while Taratula goes out and brags about capping Blockbuster. The shit is so going to hit the fan.
I may have to move JSA up on my reading pile, but Teen Titans is next, followed by Powers.
Who needs sleep?
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2004 9:59:51 pm PDT #5410 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
As for Identity Crisis, this issue should silence the critics, right? I wonder if DC let Meltzer off Jimmy Olson?
No. Notice that while Meltzer might have speculated about Jimmy being in danger, it's actually Jean Loring that gets the 2-page graphic victimization sequence. At this point I'm surprised she wasn't in a flimsy negligee and holding a dead rabbit for the proceedings .
Jeff Mejia - Aug 12, 2004 5:18:41 am PDT #5411 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Matt, I was speculating on future victims, perhaps to balance out the gender inequity of the killings. I'm trying to come up with known associates of superheroes as targets. The two offed so far were known because the hero's secret identity had been revealed, but maybe the M. O. will change to civilian friends of the heroes, thus placing Jimmy Olson square in the cross-hairs, so to speak.
What other DC characters have had their secret identities revealed to the world?
-t - Aug 12, 2004 5:19:35 am PDT #5412 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
in Identity Crisis, when Dr. Light suddenly remembers the lobotomy, he sees Batman holding him down. Am I crazy for thinking that's significant?
Staying out of the gender politics quagmire while I sort out my own reactions.
sumi - Aug 12, 2004 5:21:18 am PDT #5413 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Can't wait for lunch. Going to the comic shop. Have a shopping list. This is not good.