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This topic needs to be renamed lol. I went with marvel unlimited...glad it did, I can read some good runs!!
Anyone read dc comics?
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ewoksrule
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awesome
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Yeah I am reading some of bendis' daredevil run which is some of the best from the early 2000's.
Also my wife said for Father's Day she would get me the yearly subscription.
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ewoksrule
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OH MY WORD, read the new Daredevil 2011-2014... IT is FANTASTIC!! Mark Waid is one of the best!
also the new Hawkeye and the new Fantastic Four and the new FF.
also the new Hawkeye and the new Fantastic Four and the new FF.
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SKLURB
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Thank you for the suggestion about Marvel Unlimited...I subbed as well. It's a treasure trove!
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I know right, and it saves space in our house.
Although I will probably still buy the occasional print release of some.
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So after going to my local shop to browse and maybe pick a few current issues up, I realized if I wait long enough I will be able to read them on ultimate. So now that I have marvel ultimate I can't justify buying any off the stand.
Besides I have a lot of catching up to do.
Besides I have a lot of catching up to do.
Elader Arkon
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I've only got the current Nova Run on the pull list, but after buying Original Sin #0, I may have to add that event to my list as well. I'm too impatient. >.>
ewoksrule
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Oh Mark Waid did Original Sin! Def going to check that out, his recent Daredevil was what I always wanted for Matt.
direpath
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I haven't owned comics since i was a kid and have not read any since I moved to the west coast. Comics just never got their hooks into me (not enough allowance I guess).
But reading about this Marvel Unlimited makes me interested...
But reading about this Marvel Unlimited makes me interested...
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@ewoksrule so I am using the comic book herald list of sequences. But how far back should I go, I just got back into comics roughly right after AvsX, and really once they rebooted everything for infinity. Any thoughts?
ewoksrule
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Common thought is to start with avengers disassembled. Unless you want to read old school stuff and then you'd want the beginning because the first 5 events through dark Phoenix all were epic.
ewoksrule
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Wait for the very common $1 or $4 month sale and then read daredevil 2011 and you WILL be hooked
Well, since the thread's topic has subtly slid off the rails, I'll throw my half-cent in.
My two cousins got me into X-Men during our pre-teens; they were big fans of the animated TV shows. Shadowcat has always been my favorite character....
Couple of years ago, I looked for a series that featured her as main character, and finally I found Astonishing X-Men, though I've been rather disappointed in it after the Whedon/Cassaday run ended. (I currently have volumes 1-6). I've been planning to switch to various other series, but Kitty Pryde seems to keep jumping around and never sticking to one series for too long. >_>
My two cousins got me into X-Men during our pre-teens; they were big fans of the animated TV shows. Shadowcat has always been my favorite character....
Couple of years ago, I looked for a series that featured her as main character, and finally I found Astonishing X-Men, though I've been rather disappointed in it after the Whedon/Cassaday run ended. (I currently have volumes 1-6). I've been planning to switch to various other series, but Kitty Pryde seems to keep jumping around and never sticking to one series for too long. >_>
SKLURB
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Well, since the thread's topic has subtly slid off the rails, I'll throw my half-cent in.
My two cousins got me into X-Men during our pre-teens; they were big fans of the animated TV shows. Shadowcat has always been my favorite character....
Couple of years ago, I looked for a series that featured her as main character, and finally I found Astonishing X-Men, though I've been rather disappointed in it after the Whedon/Cassaday run ended. (I currently have volumes 1-6). I've been planning to switch to various other series, but Kitty Pryde seems to keep jumping around and never sticking to one series for too long. >_>
The John Byrne Uncanny X-men run has some great Shadowcat features. Her first appearance was Uncanny X-men #129. John Byrne & Chris Claremont were one of the greatest X-men team-ups of all time.
I remember reading a quote from Claremont shortly before I stopped reading Marvel comics:
And that neatly sums up why I dropped X-Men. After dropping X-Men, there wasn't a series to keep me hooked.
When I was reading comics, Kitty was one of my favorite characters and remains so to this day. One of the most unpleasant comic reading experiences I can recall is turning a page to find Shadowcat drawn like all the other "porn star" female Marvel characters of the era. Reprehensible.
In fact, come to think of it, that may have been one of my motivations for dropping comics altogether.
But hey, I'm still planning on seeing Days of Future Past when it comes out in theaters (provided it doesn't get blasted in the reviews).
EDIT: Side note: I always daydreamed about buying a mint condition copy of Uncanny X-men #129. Never did get around to it.
And that neatly sums up why I dropped X-Men. After dropping X-Men, there wasn't a series to keep me hooked.
When I was reading comics, Kitty was one of my favorite characters and remains so to this day. One of the most unpleasant comic reading experiences I can recall is turning a page to find Shadowcat drawn like all the other "porn star" female Marvel characters of the era. Reprehensible.
In fact, come to think of it, that may have been one of my motivations for dropping comics altogether.
But hey, I'm still planning on seeing Days of Future Past when it comes out in theaters (provided it doesn't get blasted in the reviews).
EDIT: Side note: I always daydreamed about buying a mint condition copy of Uncanny X-men #129. Never did get around to it.
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Tek I'm glad you posted I was worried about you guys .
Honestly I didn't want to be a downer to the thread (as I've posted about comics before) but I lost most of my interest in comic books the day Marvel added a regular fold out continuity page in the front of X-men. It's not that they did it, it's the fact they needed to that tells you there is something wrong with the writing. I think the last comics I cared for were Claremont's too or maybe Alex Ross's Kingdom Come (it was awesome read it now, it had GASP! A MORAL POINT AND ONE I AGREED WITH IT!). Comics have gradually forgotten about being heroes and have become more and more about self absorbed soap operas and end of the universe crossovers (they had a lot of it before only it got worse). You also now have Green Lantern being gay, Superman saying D--- and them making Spiderman Hispanic. Note I don't have a problem with Hispanics only with retcon-ing for political correctness (and according to the article I read yes it seemed like it was PC motivated). They aren't heroes to me anymore so I don't care.
That said I do watch some of the movies and shows. I'm currently watching Batman:Brave and the Bold and the discontinued Green Lantern CGI show. It's seems less likely I'll run into content I object to in TV shows and the stories are self contained comparatively. I tried Agents of Shield but could not stand it. Though it's not a moral objection only my eyes roll to much XD .
.Honestly I didn't want to be a downer to the thread (as I've posted about comics before) but I lost most of my interest in comic books the day Marvel added a regular fold out continuity page in the front of X-men. It's not that they did it, it's the fact they needed to that tells you there is something wrong with the writing. I think the last comics I cared for were Claremont's too or maybe Alex Ross's Kingdom Come (it was awesome read it now, it had GASP! A MORAL POINT AND ONE I AGREED WITH IT!). Comics have gradually forgotten about being heroes and have become more and more about self absorbed soap operas and end of the universe crossovers (they had a lot of it before only it got worse). You also now have Green Lantern being gay, Superman saying D--- and them making Spiderman Hispanic. Note I don't have a problem with Hispanics only with retcon-ing for political correctness (and according to the article I read yes it seemed like it was PC motivated). They aren't heroes to me anymore so I don't care.
That said I do watch some of the movies and shows. I'm currently watching Batman:Brave and the Bold and the discontinued Green Lantern CGI show. It's seems less likely I'll run into content I object to in TV shows and the stories are self contained comparatively. I tried Agents of Shield but could not stand it. Though it's not a moral objection only my eyes roll to much XD .
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Tek I'm glad you posted I was worried about you guys
Honestly I didn't want to be a downer to the thread (as I've posted about comics before) but I lost most of my interest in comic books the day Marvel added a regular fold out continuity page in the front of X-men. It's not that they did it, it's the fact they needed to that tells you there is something wrong with the writing. I think the last comics I cared for were Claremont's too or maybe Alex Ross's Kingdom Come (it was awesome read it now, it had GASP! A MORAL POINT AND ONE I AGREED WITH IT!). Comics have gradually forgotten about being heroes and have become more and more about self absorbed soap operas and end of the universe crossovers (they had a lot of it before only it got worse). You also now have Green Lantern being gay, Superman saying D--- and them making Spiderman Hispanic. Note I don't have a problem with Hispanics only with retcon-ing for political correctness (and according to the article I read yes it seemed like it was PC motivated). They aren't heroes to me anymore so I don't care.
That said I do watch some of the movies and shows. I'm currently watching Batman:Brave and the Bold and the discontinued Green Lantern CGI show. It's seems less likely I'll run into content I object to in TV shows and the stories are self contained comparatively. I tried Agents of Shield but could not stand it. Though it's not a moral objection only my eyes roll to much XD .
I can see where you could argue these points. I just read them for the fun and enjoyment on my end. Not something I care to debate about. Too each his/her own.
Elader Arkon
Helped Tek test a thing
Tek I'm glad you posted I was worried about you guys
Honestly I didn't want to be a downer to the thread (as I've posted about comics before) but I lost most of my interest in comic books the day Marvel added a regular fold out continuity page in the front of X-men. It's not that they did it, it's the fact they needed to that tells you there is something wrong with the writing. I think the last comics I cared for were Claremont's too or maybe Alex Ross's Kingdom Come (it was awesome read it now, it had GASP! A MORAL POINT AND ONE I AGREED WITH IT!). Comics have gradually forgotten about being heroes and have become more and more about self absorbed soap operas and end of the universe crossovers (they had a lot of it before only it got worse). You also now have Green Lantern being gay, Superman saying D--- and them making Spiderman Hispanic. Note I don't have a problem with Hispanics only with retcon-ing for political correctness (and according to the article I read yes it seemed like it was PC motivated). They aren't heroes to me anymore so I don't care.
That said I do watch some of the movies and shows. I'm currently watching Batman:Brave and the Bold and the discontinued Green Lantern CGI show. It's seems less likely I'll run into content I object to in TV shows and the stories are self contained comparatively. I tried Agents of Shield but could not stand it. Though it's not a moral objection only my eyes roll to much XD .
I think Marvel is managing to grow out of this phase and move more toward being fun and entertaining reading again. The Marvel Now! line of comics is something of a soft reboot (it doesn't necessarily break any continuity, but is still a good jumping on point for anyone who has never read comics before), and I really like it. The art is far, far less fanservice-y (look at Gamora's new costume compared to her older one in GotG as an example) across the board, and things in general are a lot less grimdark and serious. Even Moon Knight has gotten a little clean up from that insanity of superdarkness that was the 2000-2011 comics era (he's still crazy, and it's still more maturely oriented though).
As for spiderman being hispanic, that was just in the Ultimates universe, which is usually a separate entity (there's been crossover between universes recently, but for the most part the the two universes are self contained) from the main Marvel 616 comic universe, where Peter Parker is still alive and he just got out of an arc -Superior Spiderman- in which Octavius took over his body and played Spiderman for a while. Now Peter Parker is back to his mostly normal antics as Spiderman.
The new Nova and Ms Marvel (Carol Danvers has been Captain Marvel for a while now) are providing some very good 'hero just starting out' series, Guardians of the Galaxy is doing their crazy cosmic stuff (a little too earth oriented for my liking atm though, it feels more like Avengers: Galactic rather than the barely held together group of total misfits of my favorite run of them). Nightcrawler came back to life, and his big thing in Nightcrawler #1 is that he's trying to get back to the 'good old days' of adventuring. It is things like this that are making it easy for people who have very limited knowledge of the Marvel Universe to jump in and not have to worry about knowing everything in the decades of continuity while still keeping the continuity hounds happy. Still can't say much about the rest of the X-Men since I've never had more than a passing interest in them.
And finally, I can't say anything at all about the DC universe since I haven't been able to keep up with it all that much.