The Comic Book Thread

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From Geeks Of Doom:

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^I was under the impression that all of the old Flash Gordon stuff was available, but I see all those older collections are out of print.


In current comics news: Hellboy: The Fury Issue #3 came out yesterday... and, well, stuff happened.

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^I want to read that Hellboy stuff.

From Newsarama:

GUNS AND DINOS #1 (of 3) – GEM OF THE MONTH
story / art / cover FRANK CHO

NOVEMBER 16
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99
With a catastrophic fossil fuel shortage looming, several scientific and military groups are hard at work trying to find alternative fuel sources and modes of transportation to keep the United States military machine running. A small group of quantum scientists and engineers have made a breakthrough in transportation: space folding. Things go awry on its maiden voyage, though, and instead of teleporting the soldiers across the lab, it sends the entire military base back in time – with disastrous results!

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From Comics Alliance:

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Yeah, Dragon Ball for any faults it has, will always be one of the greatest comic/manga stories ever told.


Elsewhere in the comic-verse. I picked up part 1 of Spider Island out of curiosity, glad I did. It seems interesting, can't wait to watch it play out. Loved how much JJ is reveling in the task of ridding the city of a bunch of spider-men.

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Not sure how people are liking the new DCnU comic line but i for one have been sampling a few and Batwoman has really caught my eye. The art in this thing is just amazing and worth buying just for that, time will tell if the story holds any weight but batwoman is worth a look.

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I picked up Green Lantern Issue 1. It was pretty decent, it's got me excited for issue 2 at any rate.

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So, I picked up the 2nd part of Amazing Spider-Man's Spider Island thing. Which, as dumb as it sounded, is turning out pretty great.

I also picked up Blue Beetle #1, which is kind of okay, and I'm gonna give the 2nd issue a go to see what it can do, given this was mostly set up. Batman #1 was a lot of fun, and can't wait for the next issue. The gf picked up Wonder Woman #1, which is neat, but it, like Blue Beetle, needs a bit more time before a judgment can be made.

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Holy crap.



Dark Horse Presents #4

Is amazing. I enjoyed the three previous issues, but only really liked about 3 stories each in the 80 page (100+ pages in the last one) anthology. This is a dramatic departure as I found myself loving most of the stories in this issue:

-It features the return of one of my favorite new series, The Beasts of Burden. I just hope Hollywood doesn't ruin Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's unique creations with the proposed movie adaptation.
-One constant in the issues so far: stories of Carla Speed McNeil's Finder. This series has apparently been going on since the mid-'90s and this is the first I've heard about it. It's amazing. I'm not sure I've completely wrapped my head around this expansive science fiction and spiritual universe McNeil has created in these few short stories, but I'm real interested in delving into this series and finding out all about it.
-Then there is a Criminal Macabre story. I love Hellboy (and there will be some Hellboy-verse stories coming up in the title), and that's turned me on to the "occult detective" genre of which Hellboy is a part. The Beasts of Burden are occult detectives, and this issue is occult detective heavy, 'cause Criminal Macabre and another (new-to-me and in this issue) title called Dog Mendonca and Pizzaboy are occult detectives as well. I'm a bit familiar with Criminal Macabre because of the Free Comic Book Day issue and the The Goon crossover, and from what I can tell it's a reliable series full of monsters and fist-fights, not as good as Hellboy and The Goon but in the same mold and a quality read. The Dog Mendonca story is a bit too much the first chapter in a serial to tell too much about it, but it shows promise and has a rather nice werewolf as the lead character.
-The first chapter in a story called Resident Alien has me very intrigued. It's about an alien stuck on earth and trying to blend in. He doesn't look human, but he seems to have a slight-psychic power that keeps people from making the connection, looking at him too closely.
-Because this is an anthology you get lots of very different stories, and this one closes with The Protest, a stylishly drawn story about the Iranian revolution from the p.o.v of some school kids, and it's drawn by IDW Godzilla artist Victor Santos and shows just what a talent he is.
- ... and then there is an Age of Reptiles story. Holy crap, this is one of the best drawn comics I have ever seen, a naturalistic tale of dinosaurs by master artist Ricardo Delgado.


So, if you want some great comics then $8 for the latest DHP is the way to go. If you're like me (and I know I am) you'll be searching amazon for Finder and Age of Reptiles collections right after you put this book down.

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I love how well they get across the look of sunshine. Jesus, that is an impressive set of panels.

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^I've (happily) discovered that there are more Age of Reptiles stories in store for DHP. Also:





Dark Horse released a nifty omnibus of all previous Age of Reptiles material early this year!

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