You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


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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.


Jeff Mejia - Mar 15, 2005 5:56:05 pm PST #7645 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

If anybody likes a good old-fashioned science fiction story, Majestic has been delivering in spades. Sales have been slow, so it may be difficult to find it in the shops. For some reason, the title seems to be getting a collective "meh" in reviews, but I'm finding it refreshing and the art top-notch. The story brings memories of Rendezvous with Rama or a Jerry Pournelle/Larry Niven epic.

Over the past few weeks, the comic buy list has been a little slow, but I'll say this - anytime you get four Grant Morrison titles in the space of just over a month is a good month to be reading comics.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 16, 2005 6:13:30 am PST #7646 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

Joining Steph in laughing at the spoilyness, though it's not as if I hadn't been expecting it for over a year.

Also? The new Bill Willingham Spectre-themed miniseries looks like crap. Quelle surprise...


Jeff Mejia - Mar 16, 2005 7:21:11 am PST #7647 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Looking at my pull list for this week, the top entries appear to be:

Teen Titans #22 - More Dr. Light/Identity Crisis goodness.

Ex Machina #9

Ultimates #4 - I actually have no idea where the story is headed after the Hulk storyline, so I'm interested.

Birds of Prey #80 - Maybe Benes will cut down on the cheesecake this issue, but the characters are fascinating.


Steph L. - Mar 16, 2005 7:52:47 am PST #7648 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

My pulls for today:

last week's Nightwing
TT #22
Manhunter

....and I think that's it, sadly.

Joining Steph in laughing at the spoilyness, though it's not as if I hadn't been expecting it for over a year.

I know -- DC hasn't exactly been subtle with the hints. It's basically along the lines of bringing Hal Jordan back.

I was reading the forums at DC.com last night, and the theories about the upcoming Crisis fall into 2 categories: (1) totally crack-addled and (2) verrrrry interesting. Sometimes the 2 overlap.

What I'm mostly intrigued by is: (1) the identity of Red Hood -- theories include: Jason Todd, Jack Drake, Nightwing, Jean-Paul Valley, and Ra's; and (2) who Batman is holding on the cover of the one-shot DC Countdown.


§ ita § - Mar 16, 2005 8:00:21 am PST #7649 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I really hope that Red Hood isn't Jason Todd, and have convinced myself that Bats isn't holding anyone in his family on that cover.


victor infante - Mar 16, 2005 8:15:17 am PST #7650 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I really hope that Red Hood isn't Jason Todd, and have convinced myself that Bats isn't holding anyone in his family on that cover.

I know the three big rumors on the body, but have no proof on any of them, and they all sound like guesses.


Steph L. - Mar 16, 2005 8:17:06 am PST #7651 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

My favorite crack-headed guess was Lois Lane. Because, yeah, that really looks like a woman. Pft.


sumi - Mar 16, 2005 9:16:24 am PST #7652 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!

Teen Titans question:

Are the new Hawk & Dove the daughters of the old Hawk & Dove?

Fun issue -- I think I need to get that second TT collection.


Sean K - Mar 16, 2005 10:35:24 am PST #7653 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I've been cruising through DC's solicits for May and June over at Comics Continuum, and (1) it's so MASSIVELY spoily on one title that all I could do was laugh

THis is how out of touch I am with comics -- I couldn't even guess which one was the spoilery title you're speaking of.


P.M. Marc - Mar 16, 2005 11:16:49 am PST #7654 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

Sean, I'm not out of touch, and I didn't even realize which one she was talking about until later in the thread.

Of course, that could be because it's been so obvious that I can't count it as a spoiler in my head. If you (the generic DC reading you) didn't see THAT one coming, I suspect coma.