What comics are you reading now?

ShadowTuga · Post by **ShadowTuga** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:31:43 pm

grendeljd wrote:Funny coincidence, 'Tuga - I started re-reading my Uncanny Xmen comics last week! I started at #95, it's the oldest issue I have. Not sure how far I'll go up to yet. I'm quite comfortable with enjoying all my old favourite Marvel comics and not worrying about what they're currently publishing. I hadn't heard about this recent big boost to the Xmen line though...

Count me envious, bro. I 'd love to collect a UXM run, starting with #94

I only own floppies from this century, everything old mutant stuff that I have is HC or TPB. Or digital.

I am also re-reading the Thomas/Adams run on the book, just before it started reprinting old stuff. Starts at #56, but I started at #49, because I just love that "Twilight of the Mutants" era. Polaris and Havok are really cool characters, if you remove Alex's helmet-thing.

I get that you just want to enjoy the old stories, and just a few months ago, I'd swear I'd never pick up a new/current Marvel single; but this injection of energy to the line is Great and made me feel nostalgic about the muties. Lots of books, and some of them are completely unexpected (at least to me): Teenager Jean and Adult Bobby will have their own comics. Weapon X is not about the program, but about the team that wants to destroy it.
So, there are some new takes on these characters and their freaking complicated history.

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:39:22 pm

I've also been reading the Chris Claremont run of X-Men. I read up to 110 or so on the Marvel Unlimited app several months ago, and plan on reading some more soon.

Great books.

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:01:01 pm

lorddunlow wrote:I've also been reading the Chris Claremont run of X-Men. I read up to 110 or so on the Marvel Unlimited app several months ago, and plan on reading some more soon.

Great books.

One thing that's really great about reading on Marvel Unlimited is that back in the silver through copper ages of comics, they always have the little editor's notes referring back to issues where significant things happened that are being discussed in the book you're reading. Most of those titles are available on marvel Unlimited, so I find myself just stopping where I'm at when I see one of these, reading that entire issue (which sometimes creates a Matryoshka doll of reading as those issues will often refer to another title and so on...), then get back on track. I read all the Wolverine backstory in Hulk 180/181 like this, and various other books. It's a fun experience. I just wish Marvel included the old ads in the digital editions.

jeremycoe · Post by **jeremycoe** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:13:30 pm

I've been reading the Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1 TPB. It's been a long time since I read (some of) this issues originally.

mkb28 · Post by **mkb28** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:48:43 pm

jeremycoe wrote:I've been reading the Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1 TPB. It's been a long time since I read (some of) this issues originally.

I only collected Batman titles when I first began collecting comics back in the 1990's and I had the entire Knightfall run, plus several of the "prelude" issues. I had the entire run bound into five (5) HC editions and I really enjoyed reading the entire series.

Mkb28

ShadowTuga · Post by **ShadowTuga** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:06:22 pm

Just made a pause on my X-books to read Cap America's "War and Remembrance"'s Portuguese edition, by Roger Stern and the always awesome John Byrne.
Oh man, the nostalgia. Some of these issues are what defined Cap for me. This still holds very well, if you are a comic book fan of the late 70s/ early 80s. And I kinda feel this is the best CA TPB/HC that you could give to a newbie who never heard of the character, if that is possible. These issues have it all, including the first Cap adventure, his origin, references to the Invaders, Union Jack's history, Vampire DeCapitation (seriously, this moment is Marvelous. Puns intended.

), Cap for President and *SQUEE* Dragon-Man. I just like Dragon-Man, that's why.

If you haven't read it and you like Ol' Marvel and Captain America, this is an awesome buy. Here's a pic of the portuguese edition:

ShadowTuga · Post by **ShadowTuga** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:22:53 pm

And my Marvel-scratching continues, this time I took the night to read 2 books that I should have read way earlier, for different reasons.

First I finished somnething that I started reading some 5 years ago, but completely forgot about it- I think I bought this at the time that VEI appeared and Marvel started its NOW thing, meaning my sympathy levels for the HoI were really down.

Either way, it is a (portuguese edition) Thor HC that collects Matt Fraction's one-shots with a list of artists that have come to do work for VEI- Patrick Zircher, Khari Evans, Doug Braithwaite, Clay Mann, Mike Allred, etc,- and it wraps up with the "Trial of Thor" by Peter Milligan/Cary Nord. Lots of talent in this book.
This is early Thor, pre-Donald Blake, pre-one-eyed-Odin. And these stories are great entertainment, since they are all set in Asgard and whatnot- this is all about Frost Giants, Dwarves, swords and spells.
If you like Thor you have prob read this way long ago, but if not, check it out.

The other one is well, a delayed read. Have I known this was written by this gentleman, I would have read it before.
Origin II. By Kieron Gillen and drawn by Adam Kubert. Yeah, I already feel the hate coming.

This book came at a time when I was on a serious "*SQUEE* MARVEL and their moneygrabbing ways". I saw Uncanny X-Men cancelled and rebooted just when the book was on its best form in a LOOOOOOOONG time. I am not exaggerating, it is a matter of taste. I freaking love Gillen's 20 issue run, only fault is that it was frequently bugged by AvX. I think 4 or 5 of the issues are about the crossover- which just makes the rest shine even more. There is some amazing, smart, funny writing in those books. If you like the X-Men and you never read it, do it.
But on to the point, Origin II, which - duh- follows the first story that dealt with Logan Jr James Howlett's early years as a mutie. I loved that miniseries and always defended it when in discussion. Yes, the charm of Wolverine is in the mystery of his past, but that is if you live in 1984, or never read a comic with him for more than a year or so. The dude has been covered, lets leave it there. Some of the best X-Men stories are about the dude's past so... I kinda gave up on that "Wolverine is mysterious AF" when I met the Alpha Flight. And Samurai and Ninja stuff. And false memories. And adamantium enhanced skeleton. And WWII Wolverine. And Madripoor. All of this waay back.
What I'm trying to say is that Wolverine is not that much of a mysterious character for a long time. But many peeps will hate Origin's premise forever and will prob never read it. They are missing a darn good story.

Origin II #1 is, I have to say it right now, one of the best solo Wolvie comics I ever had the pleasure to read. I was stunned by the end of the issue. It makes you feel a lot of different feels.

The art in the entire series is amazing, but this issue is really special in that, also. I can't unsee some of the stuff in there. Some of it is beautiful, some of it is pretty hardcore for a mainstream comic book. Freaking dead wolf pups at the claws of a poor bear that was being used by Sinister.

Again, a great artist giving vision to an awesome (yet very simple) script.
The rest of the series is really good and it does not shame the OG story.I LOVED the twist at the very end, and there is potential for a third round, perhaps. Maybe Victor and Logan's stories just before they first meet?
If you want to read on Logan's early days, read this series- both of the vols.

nonplayer · Post by **nonplayer** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:29:36 pm

Well It's been five years of valiant maybe 6 years since my return back to comics. Yesterday I stumbled across a different comic that striked my interest so I've signed up for a five part mini called shirtless bear Fighter. I laughed my *SQUEE* off with the preview.

mkb28 · Post by **mkb28** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:10:54 pm

chriskay99 wrote:
mkb28 wrote:I just finished the three "Velvet" trades by Brubaker. Caxiotis turned me onto this series and I absolutely loved it. This would make an epic spy movie. I give the series 5/5 stars and I look forward to more adventures for Ms. Velvet Templeton.

Mkb28
Yes and yes! Great series!

For the "Velvet" fans:

The Deluxe HC is 50% off cover price or $24.99 at Instocktrades.com

Mkb28

ShadowTuga · Post by **ShadowTuga** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:07:07 am

Going through lots of brazilian translated Marvel comics of old. Just read Grandes Heróis Marvel #1 (tried to post an image of the cover but no good

)

This was one of the first books I ever read from the HoI.
This issue included the 2 final chapters of the Thanos/Warlock "saga", with the death of Adam in there. And the backup feature is, for sure, the very first Moon Knight story I read (MK #16's "Seekers of Stone" titled "A cabeça da Medusa" which means "Medusa's Head").

Nostalgia.

mramsterdam · Post by **mramsterdam** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:20:27 am

Besides Valiant, i been reading Marvel's GIJOE Arah. Larry Hama can write some good stories

.Not sure about IDW,should i give it a try.Loved the cartoons from when i was growing up.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:31:19 am

Reborn 1 - This was ok. Knowing it's a Millar title and therefore will probably be only 5 issues or so, I got this for the Capullo art. Won't be picking up the rest.

Rose 1 - I like to flip most Image #1s to see if they might be something I'd like. The art caught my eye and the story looked interesting so I bought it. Turns out, it's written by David Finch's wife. The art is strong, the story is strong and there's nothing ambiguous where I have to read it 20 times to figure out what's going on which to me is most important in a first issue. I liked it enough that I ordered a gold copy which is the first $20 I've spent on a comic in years. I'll pick up #2 for sure.

mkb28 · Post by **mkb28** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:55:02 pm

Finally reading my "Daredevil" TPB's that several board member's recommended. I finished "Dardevil: The Man Without Fear" last week and I am wrapping up the 1st Volume of "Daredevil: By Frank Miller and Klaus Janson." Good stuff!

Mkb28

ShadowTuga · Post by **ShadowTuga** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:53:25 pm

mkb28 wrote:Finally reading my "Daredevil" TPB's that several board member's recommended. I finished "Dardevil: The Man Without Fear" last week and I am wrapping up the 1st Volume of "Daredevil: By Frank Miller and Klaus Janson." Good stuff!

Mkb28

Let me correct it for you: EXCELLENT STUFF!!!!!

Those comics are timeless. Miller's DD stories scared the crap out of me as a young kid. I thought that NY at night was the most dangerous place in the world. Always an a-hole with a knife or gun, ready to beat or rape someone. And freaking Kingpin was scary. Big guy with a temper. I knew some adults like that in RL.
It was the most "adult" of the comics I read att, for its lack of optimism and general bleakness. And I was a catholic kid, so seeing Matt at odds with his faith and his "work" was really thought-material for me. Outside the Claremont's X-Men run in points, Miller's DD (and that includes of course, "Born Again" with David Mazzucchelli) is the best "run" that Marvel produced since the Bronze Age, in my opinion.

I am currently collecting anything DD that gets published here in HC format, actually. This week we'll have "Guardian Angel" by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada, part of the Marvel Graphic Novel collection by Salvat.
Never read it, and i'm not expecting anything better than "cool".

Shadowman99 · Post by **Shadowman99** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:23:25 am

nonplayer wrote:Yesterday I stumbled across a different comic that striked my interest so I've signed up for a five part mini called shirtless bear Fighter. I laughed my *SQUEE* off with the preview.

Hoo boy, now this is something. I'd not heard of this 'til you mentioned it here, but this TPB is definitely going on my Christmas list!

Outside of Valiant I tend to like offbeat comics, so a couple of good books I've read lately and would like to recommend have been:

- Ten Grand (Demon-fighting detective stuff)
- Pretty Deadly (Supernatural western)
- Ghosted (Paranormal crime/mystery)
- Three (three slaves escaping to freedom from their Spartan masters. Excellent historical integrity in this book! - Kieron Gillen)
- It Came! (A giant alien robot invades a stereotypical-quintessential WWII England. Tongue-in-cheek comedy)

I'm also going to get a copy of Sandman Overture soon, and will also be purchasing the remaining Naruto: Shippuden books that I don't yet own and re-reading that series from #28 through to the end - both titles I'd recommend as entire series

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 1:47:12 pm

ShadowTuga wrote:
mkb28 wrote:Finally reading my "Daredevil" TPB's that several board member's recommended. I finished "Dardevil: The Man Without Fear" last week and I am wrapping up the 1st Volume of "Daredevil: By Frank Miller and Klaus Janson." Good stuff!

Mkb28
Let me correct it for you: EXCELLENT STUFF!!!!!
Those comics are timeless. Miller's DD stories scared the crap out of me as a young kid. I thought that NY at night was the most dangerous place in the world. Always an a-hole with a knife or gun, ready to beat or rape someone. And freaking Kingpin was scary. Big guy with a temper. I knew some adults like that in RL.
It was the most "adult" of the comics I read att, for its lack of optimism and general bleakness. And I was a catholic kid, so seeing Matt at odds with his faith and his "work" was really thought-material for me. Outside the Claremont's X-Men run in points, Miller's DD (and that includes of course, "Born Again" with David Mazzucchelli) is the best "run" that Marvel produced since the Bronze Age, in my opinion.

I am currently collecting anything DD that gets published here in HC format, actually. This week we'll have "Guardian Angel" by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada, part of the Marvel Graphic Novel collection by Salvat.
Never read it, and i'm not expecting anything better than "cool".

And just think, not much has changed in New York today....

Shadowman99 · Post by **Shadowman99** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:14:44 pm

maraxusofkeld wrote:
ShadowTuga wrote:
mkb28 wrote:Finally reading my "Daredevil" TPB's that several board member's recommended. I finished "Dardevil: The Man Without Fear" last week and I am wrapping up the 1st Volume of "Daredevil: By Frank Miller and Klaus Janson." Good stuff!

Mkb28
Let me correct it for you: EXCELLENT STUFF!!!!!
Those comics are timeless. Miller's DD stories scared the crap out of me as a young kid. I thought that NY at night was the most dangerous place in the world. Always an a-hole with a knife or gun, ready to beat or rape someone. And freaking Kingpin was scary. Big guy with a temper. I knew some adults like that in RL.
It was the most "adult" of the comics I read att, for its lack of optimism and general bleakness. And I was a catholic kid, so seeing Matt at odds with his faith and his "work" was really thought-material for me. Outside the Claremont's X-Men run in points, Miller's DD (and that includes of course, "Born Again" with David Mazzucchelli) is the best "run" that Marvel produced since the Bronze Age, in my opinion.

I am currently collecting anything DD that gets published here in HC format, actually. This week we'll have "Guardian Angel" by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada, part of the Marvel Graphic Novel collection by Salvat.
Never read it, and i'm not expecting anything better than "cool".

And just think, not much has changed in New York today....

To be honest, I decided years ago to avoid New York based purely on the amount of angry cab drivers, bank robberies and alien invasions that I see happen there all the time in films - I never even knew about this 'Kingpin' stuff and whatnot.

Double never going there now!

ShadowTuga · Post by **ShadowTuga** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:49:13 pm

Shadowman99 wrote:
maraxusofkeld wrote:
ShadowTuga wrote:
mkb28 wrote:Finally reading my "Daredevil" TPB's that several board member's recommended. I finished "Dardevil: The Man Without Fear" last week and I am wrapping up the 1st Volume of "Daredevil: By Frank Miller and Klaus Janson." Good stuff!

Mkb28
Let me correct it for you: EXCELLENT STUFF!!!!!
Those comics are timeless. Miller's DD stories scared the crap out of me as a young kid. I thought that NY at night was the most dangerous place in the world. Always an a-hole with a knife or gun, ready to beat or rape someone. And freaking Kingpin was scary. Big guy with a temper. I knew some adults like that in RL.
It was the most "adult" of the comics I read att, for its lack of optimism and general bleakness. And I was a catholic kid, so seeing Matt at odds with his faith and his "work" was really thought-material for me. Outside the Claremont's X-Men run in points, Miller's DD (and that includes of course, "Born Again" with David Mazzucchelli) is the best "run" that Marvel produced since the Bronze Age, in my opinion.

I am currently collecting anything DD that gets published here in HC format, actually. This week we'll have "Guardian Angel" by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada, part of the Marvel Graphic Novel collection by Salvat.
Never read it, and i'm not expecting anything better than "cool".

And just think, not much has changed in New York today....
To be honest, I decided years ago to avoid New York based purely on the amount of angry cab drivers, bank robberies and alien invasions that I see happen there all the time in films - I never even knew about this 'Kingpin' stuff and whatnot.

Double never going there now!

From what I gather, Detroit is the new "early 80s NY".

Credit due to Miller: he could make that city feel completely different than a Spider-Man book att. It was like Metropolis and Gotham, but a really *SQUEE* up Gotham. I mean, there is a lot of highlights on his run, but the city itself (and its army of petty criminals) was like a character. Just genius comics.

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:03:35 am

ShadowTuga wrote:
Shadowman99 wrote:
maraxusofkeld wrote:
ShadowTuga wrote:
mkb28 wrote:Finally reading my "Daredevil" TPB's that several board member's recommended. I finished "Dardevil: The Man Without Fear" last week and I am wrapping up the 1st Volume of "Daredevil: By Frank Miller and Klaus Janson." Good stuff!

Mkb28
Let me correct it for you: EXCELLENT STUFF!!!!!
Those comics are timeless. Miller's DD stories scared the crap out of me as a young kid. I thought that NY at night was the most dangerous place in the world. Always an a-hole with a knife or gun, ready to beat or rape someone. And freaking Kingpin was scary. Big guy with a temper. I knew some adults like that in RL.
It was the most "adult" of the comics I read att, for its lack of optimism and general bleakness. And I was a catholic kid, so seeing Matt at odds with his faith and his "work" was really thought-material for me. Outside the Claremont's X-Men run in points, Miller's DD (and that includes of course, "Born Again" with David Mazzucchelli) is the best "run" that Marvel produced since the Bronze Age, in my opinion.

I am currently collecting anything DD that gets published here in HC format, actually. This week we'll have "Guardian Angel" by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada, part of the Marvel Graphic Novel collection by Salvat.
Never read it, and i'm not expecting anything better than "cool".

And just think, not much has changed in New York today....
To be honest, I decided years ago to avoid New York based purely on the amount of angry cab drivers, bank robberies and alien invasions that I see happen there all the time in films - I never even knew about this 'Kingpin' stuff and whatnot.

Double never going there now!
From what I gather, Detroit is the new "early 80s NY".
Credit due to Miller: he could make that city feel completely different than a Spider-Man book att. It was like Metropolis and Gotham, but a really *SQUEE* up Gotham. I mean, there is a lot of highlights on his run, but the city itself (and its army of petty criminals) was like a character. Just genius comics.

One of these days, I'm gonna check out the FM run on daredevil.

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:16:15 am

Sadly, I haven't read a comic in several months other than the last two issues of East of West.

I really want to into the swing, but life keeps getting in the way and when I do get a moment, I feel more like playing video games or watching movies/TV shows. The stack to read keeps getting taller and taller.

Shadowman99 · Post by **Shadowman99** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:53:21 pm

lorddunlow wrote:Sadly, I haven't read a comic in several months other than the last two issues of East of West.

I really want to into the swing, but life keeps getting in the way and when I do get a moment, I feel more like playing video games or watching movies/TV shows. The stack to read keeps getting taller and taller.

That's fine, you should just do what you feel you'll enjoy as and when

If you've got a comic stack that's continually growing without being read though, there'll surely have to come a point where you have to consider whether it's really worth buying comics anymore.

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:03:20 am

Shadowman99 wrote:
lorddunlow wrote:Sadly, I haven't read a comic in several months other than the last two issues of East of West.

I really want to into the swing, but life keeps getting in the way and when I do get a moment, I feel more like playing video games or watching movies/TV shows. The stack to read keeps getting taller and taller.
That's fine, you should just do what you feel you'll enjoy as and when

If you've got a comic stack that's continually growing without being read though, there'll surely have to come a point where you have to consider whether it's really worth buying comics anymore.

I've debated every time I've gone to my LCS whether or not to tell him I'm out.

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maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 1:19:54 pm

I just finished reading Hitman from Ennis, it was pretty good stuff. Surprised they haven't done anything with the character in years.

jeremycoe · Post by **jeremycoe** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 1:39:17 pm

maraxusofkeld wrote:I just finished reading Hitman from Ennis, it was pretty good stuff. Surprised they haven't done anything with the character in years.

The character is "dead", but they've done a few miniseries recently with his supporting cast.

mkb28 · Post by **mkb28** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:39:06 pm

ShadowTuga wrote:
mkb28 wrote:Finally reading my "Daredevil" TPB's that several board member's recommended. I finished "Dardevil: The Man Without Fear" last week and I am wrapping up the 1st Volume of "Daredevil: By Frank Miller and Klaus Janson." Good stuff!

Mkb28
Let me correct it for you: EXCELLENT STUFF!!!!!
Those comics are timeless. Miller's DD stories scared the crap out of me as a young kid. I thought that NY at night was the most dangerous place in the world. Always an a-hole with a knife or gun, ready to beat or rape someone. And freaking Kingpin was scary. Big guy with a temper. I knew some adults like that in RL.
It was the most "adult" of the comics I read att, for its lack of optimism and general bleakness. And I was a catholic kid, so seeing Matt at odds with his faith and his "work" was really thought-material for me. Outside the Claremont's X-Men run in points, Miller's DD (and that includes of course, "Born Again" with David Mazzucchelli) is the best "run" that Marvel produced since the Bronze Age, in my opinion.

I am currently collecting anything DD that gets published here in HC format, actually. This week we'll have "Guardian Angel" by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada, part of the Marvel Graphic Novel collection by Salvat.
Never read it, and i'm not expecting anything better than "cool".

Tuga:

You are absolutely right. Issues 169-172 were excellent and I noticed they were written by Frank Miller without a co-writer. I still have chills from issue 172 when DD is thrown into a water main pipe with his arms tied behind his back and his legs tied. The thought of going out like that has kept me up at night.

I am ready to dive into the next trade.

Mkb28

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