I need to catch up on the Astoundings. I only read the first run. Is there a paperback collection, perchance?
Also, saw a preview for the FF/Silver Surfer movie last night. The Surfer looks utterly fantastic. I'll see the stupid movie just for him. I wonder if they'll explain exactly why he's on a surfboard, though. I never understood that. Other than, cool idea.
Is he, in the movie, still supposed to be
the vanguard of Galactus? Because that would be swell.
(whitefonted in case he is, and someone might not know about that.)
Vols. 1 & 2 are out in paperback and the paperback of vol. 3 is coming out in February. (On Valentine's Day according to Amazon.
ZenKitty, he is indeed supposed to be the Herald of Galactus in the movie. As to "why a surfboard," well, things were different in the '60s...
Frankenbuddha - yeah, 6 issue. Preview pages here: [link]
I got into a conversation with a friend about the Ultimates line, and now I'm thinking about going back and reading Spidey from the beginning of Ultimates. Is anyone following the run of Civil War? I'm surprised at how intrigued I am, but I suspect it is at least in part due to my lingering displeasure with Crisis.
Civil War is making me angry. In a storytelling sense, they are literally breaking their world. I have no idea how they are going to turn this off without a complete and total asspull.
I'm skipping around among titles I like, but
the conflict has been presented in such ridiculously black-and-white terms that they might as well have substituted Victor von Doom for Tony Stark.
Oh, and since Millar is the brain behind the whole story,
I suspect it will end with some giganto weapon being used to sodomize someone. They did have Mjolnir appear in the lead-up to the event, didn't they?
Heh. I don't doubt that for a moment, Matt.
Question:
do you think it's living up to the critical hype as a commentary on the current political situation in the US?
I confess, that's part of why I'm thinking of investing the time in reading it. But I'm curious to know what you think.
Honestly, it's so ham-fisted that if you haven't been reading up to this point, you probably shouldn't bother.
As far as Ultimates go, I absolutely love Ultimate Spidey. Ultimate X-Men has a good run for a long while (barring some absolute crap artwork for a couple of issues), but I nearly dropped it a couple times last year due to blah story and inconsistent art, but the story has picked back up and managed to keep my interest lately, even if the artists are still going through a revolving door.
As for the actual Ultimates comic, I stopped reading after the first run. I like Ultimate Cap and the "Is he really the god of Thunder or just a deranged mutant?" angle on Thor, find the Hulk as pure Id interesting and am pretty much neutral with most of the other characters, but I absolutely loathe Bruce Banner, Betsy Ross and Henry Pym in those comics, and that loathing prevents me from wanting to read any more about that team.
Haven't been following Civil War at all. After Infinite Crisis, I'm pretty much burned out on gimongous comicbook world-changing events and I totally don't buy Peter Parker revealing his identity to the world, ever.
