Unknown Soldier

Hell I'm still reading X Men stuff from the late 1970s.

Howard the Duck

this is from 2004, i believe - the group dynamics are heckuva lot more complex

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Howard the Duck

having a real hard time locating the hotlinks for the covers of these:-

New X-Men #5

basically a whodunnit, with some rogue Neo-Nazi-esque mutant students thrown in, nothing to shout about, although the pencils are great (entirely drawn by the Marvel-ous Frank Quitely)

New X-Men #6

this is treading back into very familiar territory - the name Chris Bachalo ring a bell? - yes, Morrison's old-time partner on Doom Patrol brings the New X-Men into much the similar territory as before, with the introduction of The World, Weapon XV and Dr. Sublime - this is preferable to the above collection (to me, at least, a die-hard fan of Morrison's DP)

edit:- also, 3 major quibbles:-

1. you often see some major psychic energy used by one of the heroes to defeat a powerful enemy and it's drawn out rather nicely, but what actually happened? at best, it's like a deus ex machina, at worst the equivalent of a Jedi mind trick, i'm willing to hedge a bet that even Mr. Morrison himself can't explain it

2. i spent most of my teenage life reading about Madelene Pryor being the love of Scott "Slim" Summers/Cyclops, the lookalike to Jean Grey who took over after the Phoenix killed Jean, i want to see the Phoenix rise again (there are signs of it here) and Madelene back - cos i'm in love with her more

3. will Kitty Pryde (Jewish girl who walks through walls) ever be resurrected? I remember most of my teenage life being infatuated with her......

edit 2:- New X-Men #7

my wish has been fulfilled - Jean Grey dies (again) mostly a tale of how Magneto is out-dated and his altruistic ambitions are better, blah blah blah - no much depth

edit 3 - New X-Men #8

hardly a fitting closure for Morrison's run, though i did like this run slightly better than his on the Justice Leage of America - a post-apocalyptic alternate future thing again (cliche cliche)

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NSW

Has anyone read FreakAngels? What do you think about it if you have? I saw a collection at the comic book store and almost picked it up, but hesitated for some reason. The synopsis and cover art were enticing though.

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LoathsomePete

I have, it wasn't Warren Ellis' best writing (but even his worst writing is a step above what passes for average these days), but it was still a pretty engaging story full of interesting characters. Your hesitation actually proved useful because it was originally published as a webcomic on Fridays and is still up so you can read the entire thing for free first, and then decide if you want a hard copy. If this is your first introduction to Warren Ellis though, I would highly recommend picking up the series Transmetropolitan in hardback, it's essentially about Hunter S. Thompson in a grim cyberpunk future, assisted by his two "Filthy assistants" and armed with a bowel disputer gun.

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Howard the Duck

i have only read Part Three, thought I'd give this a shot as the new movie will feature Bane

concerns the plot of Bane to break the Bat, and is mostly centred around him breaking out the inmates of Arkham Asylum

amateurish art aside, this is a thrilling rollercoaster ride, with the Zsasz issue (insane serial killer) the best

i've always dug Doug Moench's writing, so......

highly recommended, although there's some backstory to this that I'm not aware of, and the story doesn't explain it well

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Unknown Soldier

I read that when it first came out and really loved it.

Above

Just read that. Pretty damn awesome.

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LoathsomePete

Has anyone else been reading DC's New 52?

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LoathsomePete

Okay... so what about the Vertigo series Fables, is anyone else into that?

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