JonSamuelson

May 24, 2012 1:44 am The mortal sin of this issue? It was predictable. I'm not one of those people who delights in saying that they predicted how a story will go, but everything about this story seemed telegraphed. Plus it was so dripping in melodrama that I inwardly groaned at several moments.

May 21, 2012 2:37 pm Duh, answered my own question. I just overlooked it in the solicit.

May 21, 2012 2:37 pm Just making sure, is this the collection of the series that was discussed on this and on 11 O'Clock Comics, that they were calling "Comic Book Comics"?

May 20, 2012 4:47 am *sigh* I knew I should have kept my mouth shut. I think my statements "it's okay if this book isn't your thing" and "you don't dig on what it actually is. That's all cool." should be sufficient to explain that it's entirely acceptable if you don't like this book. The fact that it's "popular" or "heavily hyped" have no bearing on whether or not you liked it. You didn't, that's fine. My point was that to argue that this title/issue was "boring" and "outdated" are entirely subjective criticisms, and without backing them up, have no weight. And to imply that nothing happened in this issue, that it was characters "sitting around chatting" is entirely false. It's almost like arguing you didn't like the Transformers movies based on the complaint that there wasn't enough action. It's cool if you didn't like them, but that argument is entirely spurious.

May 19, 2012 9:28 am I don't really want to be that guy, but what in the hell are you talking about? I mean, it's okay if this book isn't your thing, or if you had a misperception about what this story was, and you don't dig on what it actually is. That's all cool. But it's ridiculous to imply that nothing happened in this issue. For God's sake, ________ _ _________ had his _____ implanted into a super computer, and they ______ the ____ on _________. That's some stuff. Big stuff. How can you legitimately expect MORE stuff to happen in a 26 page comic book?

May 17, 2012 4:10 pm I would probably snuff out a small child if Marvel would publish an omnibus-like collection of the Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos + Thanos Quest + Infinity Gauntlet + at least the first issue of Warlock and the Infinity Watch.

May 17, 2012 4:08 pm Well, I can't deny that he kind of is a Darkseid knock-off, but that doesn't mean he's not awesome in his own right. From what little I've read of Darkseid I don't think their characters are really all that similar. They just look a bit alike, are ridiculously crafty, and are always striving for ultimate power. Their attitudes never seem that similar to me though.

April 14, 2012 8:11 pm Absolutely. I think I'd been buying it since shortly after the first series, so since something like 2000 or 2001, and I finally dropped it last year because I could no longer stand the gaps between issues, nor the promises of "This time we'll get it out on time".

April 14, 2012 7:32 pm See my previous reply to TNC's complaint about the same thing. But moreover, just let it go. I think if you're going to let the fact that Ben Grimm grows rocky facial hair ruin a beautiful issue like this for you, there's something negative to be said about your priorities.

April 14, 2012 5:07 am How's this for sense... What if, because of Ben's mouth and nose still venting moisture, and thereby creating very minute levels of dissolution and precipitation reactions, Ben grows a beard and mustache over thousands of years in much the same way stalactites are formed in caves. It would realistically be necessary for Ben's skin to have a high carbonate mineral content, but that's something that can relatively easily be tested for my powdering a bit of his skin and putting a drop of acid on it. Of course this would also mean that he'd have one hell of a stalactite forming a little farther South, but maybe the ladies like that sort of thing.