AirDave817

December 8, 2008 1:06 pm Okay, you're right about the "five privelaged white kids". I'm stickin' with Wolverine is over-exposed, though. I would have liked to see some focus on X-Men other than him. even though I do like how he is a part of the Marvel Adventures The Avengers - he doesn't standout there. He's right there with Cap, Iron Man, Storm, The Hulk and Spider-Man - all the heavy weights. 

December 8, 2008 12:23 pm

Ultimate Spider-Man vs. Ultimate X-Men:

I've read every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since the first one. It's the best Spider-Man book you can read. It captures the best of Spider-Man and Peter Parker. Peter will never graduate high school, or get married. That's why I am there. It's everything Spider-man should be about.

I picked up the first issue of Ultimate X-Men and knew that it was going to be just another f@#!&%* X-Men book. And there are - - what? like nine or ten hundred of those out on the rack? If they had taken the original X-Men - without Wolverine - and maybe introduced Wolverine a little later in the run, I might have picked up issue two. Hell, I'd read a Marvel Adventures X-Men book featuring the original X-Men. Wolverine's a great character, but he's way over-exposed. Give me the classic line-up, and then maybe introduce a new member a year. Like volleyball - rotate somebody in for a turn, rotate somebody out. Then bring 'em back and rotate somebody else. I kinda like that Ultimate Spider-Man featured Iceman, Johnny, Kitty, and one of Peter's classmates under-going an x-gene mutation. Oh, that was an Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends riff? Cool!   

December 5, 2008 10:24 am Wasn't there already a sequel to Marvels? What's new and fresh about this?

December 5, 2008 10:16 am

Number one on my list is the Starman Omnibus Volume One. Next up would be TwoMorrows Age of TV Heroes. I'm waiting for Green Lantern: Secret Origin in trade paperback.   

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December 5, 2008 9:58 am Sorry, but the Punisher never really clicked with me. I read his Spider-Man appearance and Captain America appearance back in the day...I might wait to see it on Netflix. But then, while I liked The dark Knight, I thought it was a bit too dark. Give me a laughing fish and Mark Hamill any day...

December 3, 2008 9:29 am

Cynical: One of the reasons The Batman Adventures in all it's incarnations was so enjoyable through the '90's. I may even enjoy this new Batman: The Brave and the Bold comic. I enjoy the done-in-one stories; especially over in the Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four. I've picked up a couple of the MA: The Avengers digests and they are a hoot. Right now, Green Lantern and Ultimate Spider-Man are compelling. I'm saving up for the Starman Omnibus. That may be a while, but I have every issue and a few of the trades...so, so far I'm good for a while...

November 24, 2008 1:45 pm

Amen, brother! I have a whole love-hate relationship with Previews. To me it's like the monthly Sears'-Penney's Wish Book, y'know with all the G. I. Joes. Megos and Star Wars stuff. It's cool to look through that way to anticipate what's coming; but, I hate knowing too much about what's under the cover. I finally stopped buying it. Shame that that's kinda the only way to see what's coming from the smaller, indie publishers.

I kinda like the Secret Files & Origins that have replaced the Who's Who. But, yeah, you're right.

It's always peeved me that Saturday Morning Cartoons were dumped in favor of news/talk shows, because, apparently kids weren't watching the Saturday Morning Cartoons? Hu-bu-wha-? What? What? That's nuts!! My opinion: the networks stopped spending money on them to either save it or spend it on something else. The audience was there, but just like everything else, the networks turned their backs on that audience. Just my two cents...

  

 

November 24, 2008 1:35 pm Good advice I hope to steal from you when my wife and I complete our adoption with Catholic Charities. Spot on, every one!

November 18, 2008 1:54 pm

The shame is that Superman, Batman and most of the other iconic, flagship DC characters are so far beyond help it's ridiculous. I believe that Bendis' run on Ultimate Spider-Man is unique. Maybe what would work for Superman or Batman is one writer or artist for a twelve issue arc. No crossovers. No mutltiple tie-ins. Something like what Paul Dini seems to be doing almost unnoticed over in Detective Comics. Something like "Hush" or "For Tomorrow". Maybe one of these mini-series concepts within the series. Like "Cacophony". For now, I'll stick with Green Lantern and look forward to Flash: Rebirth (hopefully that won't suck!)     

November 17, 2008 1:41 pm

Conor - I believe the Strazewski-Parobeck Justice Society was only 10 issues. If you've found another 8 somewhere - let me know!! I know there was an eight-issue mini-series before the series launched... That run rocked. The second run with Robinson and Jack Knight as Starman was pretty good. I bailed shortly after Jack did. I'm probably going to catch up myself with the trades. I'm not a big fan of this Kingdom Come blending. Sorry. If you like it God bless you!

I'd have to say Superman, Batman, Wolverine, Punisher and Spider-Man are characters that are definitely OVER-exposed. At least that's my perception. If a character - or a team - has their own section of previews for something like four, five or six to eight family books - that to me is over-exposed. Batman is more of an institution than an urban legend. But, that's just mine own opinion.

Thanos vs. Darkseid? Darkseid. He's more badass.