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Pick of the Week #669 – Daredevil #1
February 13, 2019 8:37 am Have you guys been reading any of the Age of X-Man books?
What do you think of Magneto's fabulous fur-lined half-cape?
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Pick of the Week #664 – Conan The Barbarian #1
January 7, 2019 10:08 am Totally agree about Alfred. We know he has fencing training, they could at least let him put up a fight. Drop some fencing knowledge and bolster the character, maybe he parries 4 with his hand as a reaction.
I keep dreaming of an Alfred mini-series but I guess we recently had a back-up story to that effect.
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Pick of the Week #659 – Farmhand #5
November 12, 2018 9:11 am I had to figure out my login again so I could weigh in on the Crises question!
I own them all and most of the tie-ins and I think that the Infinite Crisis is the best for someone kind of new to DC. It's a great exploration of the personalities of the trinity (Clark, Diana, Bruce). It picked up threads from the Crisis on Infinite Earths, so it's helpful to know that for backstories of Alexander Luthor, Superboy Prime etc but not essential
It also led right into 52 which is probably the best DC event.
Final Crisis had tons of interesting concepts and you should definitely track down some of the tie-ins if you read this event. There's a Japanese superhero team that's really fun and a powerful one-shot about Martian Manhunter.
So if you only read one, make it Infinite Crisis.
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John Stewart / Green Lantern: Where Do I Start?
June 20, 2013 11:26 am I read some of Mosaic when I was a kid, really interesting and different as far as GL stories go.
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Missing: Answers to the Name “Krypto the Superdog”
June 7, 2013 4:27 pm isn't Krypto in the phantom zone right now?
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Top 5: Bars and Taverns In Superhero Comics
May 28, 2013 8:45 pm definitely has to be on this list, it's like the cantina bar of the DC Magic users. Plus you can enter the bar from portals in several cities and Nightmaster is the barkeep!
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That’s Inappropriate
April 10, 2013 2:32 pm One of my friends saw me reading Earth 2 a few months back and he launches into the ethics of a comic company including homosexuality and gay marriage in their comics. I told him that stories and characters shouldn't be so far removed from our world that they weren't relatable.
I like when these "inappropriate" books spark respectful discussions, but I'm guessing that doesn't usually happen with strangers.
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Breaking: Next Week’s Batman & Robin #19 Sees the New 52 Debut of…Carrie Kelley?
April 5, 2013 11:07 am Gosh, I've been managing to keep most of the fold-out covers a surprise. Guess they didn't consider it a spoiler?
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Weekly Sketch Up – 03.29.2013
March 31, 2013 11:16 pm Yeah, I really miss Plastic Man
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FIRST LOOK: Phil Noto Covers JUPITER’S LEGACY #1
March 29, 2013 11:33 am hmmm I wonder how they plan to quietly give us the superhero epic that all future comics will be measured by. Is proofreading too much to ask? At least this typo didn't happen in a comic...
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