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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.


P.M. Marc - Nov 28, 2004 9:07:48 pm PST #6695 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Defeated Lady Shiva in hand-to-hand combat?!?

It worked, the way they did it.


esse - Nov 29, 2004 1:38:59 am PST #6696 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Piffle. SA was infinitely cool to begin with.

You people, with your nice. Thank you.

Okay, I'm three issues into Fugitive, Volume 2, and may I just say, regarding Murderer and Fugitive:

This. Fucking. Rocks.

I read it on the rec of Tom Scola, and it was the push that tipped me over into actually being a *fan* of comics versus someone who just listens with a grin as her friends talk about them. It also made me fall for Batgirl.


Polter-Cow - Nov 29, 2004 3:18:55 am PST #6697 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

it was the push that tipped me over into actually being a *fan* of comics versus someone who just listens with a grin as her friends talk about them.

Yes, I am totally using this as a hook. It's a very good hook.

It also made me fall for Batgirl.

And yeah, I get it now. She's so adorable.


Wolfram - Nov 29, 2004 1:08:00 pm PST #6698 of 10000
Visilurking

Anybody know where I can find a good selection of DC universe 6" action figures (specifically classic!batgirl, supergirl, wonderwoman or catwoman?)


esse - Nov 29, 2004 2:01:18 pm PST #6699 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

So, my roommate is looking for a giftie. I never followed Marvel that well, so I don't know the answer. Perhaps one of you do.

I'm searching for a comic for my Marine's Christmas. Its his favorite issue of the Wolverine Comic, but its been so long he can't remember the name. All I know is that Wolverine along with Havoc and Longshot (?) are playing poker in a bar, I think he said an alien bar or some kind of other dimension, and Wolverine bets his life in the game and it ends up being a bluff, something like a pair of 2's. Any chance you or one of your comic buddies know which issue this is?

Ring any bells?


P.M. Marc - Nov 29, 2004 2:08:30 pm PST #6700 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Anybody know where I can find a good selection of DC universe 6" action figures (specifically classic!batgirl, supergirl, wonderwoman or catwoman?)

eBay.


§ ita § - Nov 29, 2004 2:19:17 pm PST #6701 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't think Longshot showed up in any issues of Wolverine, SA.

How's this:

An alliance of alien invaders is committed to conquering the Earth, beginning with Australia, when a lowly archivist discovers that the planet has routinely defeated incursions by the Kree, the Skrulls, the Badoon and even Galactus, and is the homeworld of both Galactus's herald Nova and the current incarnation of the Phoenix. When he attempts to warn his superiors, however, he is accidentally killed. Meanwhile, the 4 male X-Men visit a bar in Sydney seeking recreation, and are thus on hand when the aliens land. While the general public for the most part ignores the invaders, Colossus smashes their strongest warriors, Longshot romances their female commando force, Wolverine defeats their leader in a poker game, and Havok nonchalantly destroys their command ship.

Pretty funny, from what I can remember.


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 29, 2004 2:30:42 pm PST #6702 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

That same trick cracked me up when Claremont first introduced the Shi'ar and their blatant Star Trek ripoff crew was approaching the planet. A horrorstruck Not!Uhura informed Not!Kirk that Earth had repulsed Galactus five times in its immediate planetary history and they all raced to cloak the ship and flee out of the solar system while wetting themselves.


Polter-Cow - Nov 29, 2004 6:30:38 pm PST #6703 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Murderer? and Fugitive are a really good examination of Batman and Bruce Wayne: which one is the true identity, and which is the mask? It makes me think of Peter Parker, and how he really doesn't have that issue. Much of his character involves juggling his two roles, so it's very clear he is Peter first and Spidey second. And then I think of Superman, and how he can't really ever not be Superman, even when he's Clark. But I don't think of the Supes persona as being very dark and/or complex, so again, it's not much of an issue.

What do you guys think? Superheroes and their identities. Discuss. Compare and contrast.


Holli - Nov 29, 2004 7:11:45 pm PST #6704 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

I think Clark thinks of himself as Clark, even when he's off being super; for Bruce, it takes an effort to actually be Bruce Wayne. His default state is the Bat.