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More of an overall review, but applies to this issue specifically too... Unforgivably clunky story with a very odd artistic choice.

MJ Kim's art was boring. Soo Lee's is just not good (and I dug Fantomah). Add to that the 13+ month gap and decision to just hamfistedly throw in some Valiant universe references after being ridiculously subtle for four previous issues and this book remains skipable nonsense. Also, when is this taki...

Glad you enjoyed it. In my copy those were hard to make out images that didn't add anything for me or change the fact it was 10 pages of repetitive dialogue in a 20 page issue.

But I'm not a fan of Bunn or Davis-Hunt work on general, so this execution wasn't likely to speak to me.

I looked at these when they were originally posted and was kind of indifferent. I usually love Parker and Pulido so wasn't too worried.

Then I just saw them physically in Shadowman #2 and the coloring is a HUGE problem. Hurts the eyes problematic.

A really strong, creepy 3-page start. Then 10 (TEN!!!) monotonous pages of Shadowman and Semedi walking around a ghost town. Then a five-page fight scene followed by a two-page wrap up. This book has horrible pacing issues.

The art ranges from static to unclear.

How in the world is that 9.8?!?

On the other end, I got an issue of Edge of Spider-Verse #2 back graded 9.4. Neither the shop owner nor I can figure out why it's that low.

Yeah. I assumed as much. It just wasn't very well communicated through the art. Or any kind of reactions.

The good - The art was generally fun. There was finally some genuine character development and heart at the end. The bad - The art was sometimes unclear. Didn't realize the brother was the assistant. Still not sure if someone was actually shot. A little less chaotic background detail and more storyt...

It's better than recent DMG. Faint praise though. I really don't like comics that are just everyone monologuing For the most part, this was that. And definitely felt like an issue in the middle of a long run and not a first issue. I came into this a big Davis-Hunt hater (work on The Wild Storm was a...

Nailed it.

This was announced almost a year ago, so there's a whole thread about it here . Not sure why Jeff Parker's bio is "mundane and pedestrian" to you. Seems rude. He's been writing comics for over 25 years. His creator-owned stuff like Fallout, Interman, and Underground were great. I've found...

This was announced almost a year ago, so there's a whole thread about it here . Not sure why Jeff Parker's bio is "mundane and pedestrian" to you. Seems rude. He's been writing comics for over 25 years. His creator-owned stuff like Fallout, Interman, and Underground were great. I've found ...

Shooter's involvement in these franchises was detailed a decade ago by Jim himself on jimshooter.com. Not sure where your version is coming from but they are grossly exaggerated. Transformers - Yes, he wrote the initial treatment and provided the framework for the back story. Yes, that treatment nam...

Chiclo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:00:48 pm Did he do any writing for Dino Riders or Ninja Turtles? I never really got into Transformers or GI Joes.

Those were Rob Liefeld.

Pretty sure Jim wrote the bible for M.A.S.K. and named each Care Bear though.

Is there anything unique here with this? I loved the old catalog and points system here, but already track my comics with two other sites. This just seems to be another standard catalog system (with some particularly clunky aspects).

Hi! I recently got all the early years of the original Valiant, and this reading order is priceless! Thanks for taking the time to create it. It's clear why some of the issues are out of order (Magnus issue 20), but there are a few others that I wanted to double check are deliberate... For example,...

Juki wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:00:45 pm Has anyone received their graded KT cover copies of this comic yet? (I have not)

CGC marked books my shop sent out in January as "Received" just two weeks ago. They, like PCS are swamped by the current collectibles bubble. It's likely going to take a while.

What sides?!? There either is or isn't counterfeits. No one can prove a negative, so the burden of proof is on the people claiming they exist. No one making these claims has done that or provided details other than which books were counterfeited because, again, the rest aren't details just vague plo...

This book so desperately wants to be funny (for some reason) it's painful. Failing in all the same way VEI's approach to Q&W fail every time. Jokes without substance aren't actually funny.

I have told you all the details.. One detail has been provided - pre EW #1. Everything else is vague assertions. Have I made any claim that's bogus? Your claims haven't been proven or disproven yet, but the burden is on you to have them not be bogus. The question is irrelevant. The main contention ...

valiantdude wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:48:22 amthis is not funny at all.....

Of all the utter nonsense you've been going on about this month, this may be the most egregiously inaccurate.

Well, it was magical. Now it's yet another valiantfans.com thread that devolves into personal political belief diatribes.

What happened to that day when one third-hand account was yelling at the merits of another third-hand account?

This thread is magical.

Valiant was barely making an impact before DMG's takeover. What's come out since is non-existent to the wider comic audience and laughably bad to those of us dumb enough to keep buying.

I am surprised every time an issue shows up in my pull box that Valiant hasn't folded.

Your standard Hero Initiative cover project book. Some great (Bob Layton, Ed McGuinness ). Some terrible (Jason Pedersen, Adam Warren). More interesting was that, despite this being the cover project for Seeley's #1, they included a full reprint of 2012's #1. Because, you know, they wanted something...