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Story by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Philip Bond & Eduardo Barreto
Colors by Dave Stewart & Paul Hornschemeier
Letters by Tom Orzechowski
Front Cover by Frank Miller
Back Cover by Brian Bolland
Published by Dark Horse Comics | $1.00
Even I’m shocked!
I wasn’t going to buy this comic book. I saw the title in the shipping list and I blew right past it. I heard some… shall we say… not so good things about the other Escapist comic books that came out a while back, so I didn’t even think twice about it. Hell, I didn’t even think once about it.
And I thought that The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay was one of the best books of the past ten years! That reminds me — I really need a new copy. Gotta find a nice hardcover somewhere. Sometimes chicks don’t just walk away with your heart, they take your books, too. And usually a t-shirt. But I digress.
So what happened? I read on Brian K. Vaughan’s mySpace post that not only did he write this (one eyebrow raised), but that he thought it was a better first issue than Ex Machina #1 (two eyebrows raised). For the cover price of one U.S. dollar, my interest was piqued.
I don’t even know how to describe this comic. It’s the story of Maxwell Roth, a young guy from Cleveland who, following the death of his father, discovers the secret stash of comic books and memorabilia featuring The Escapist hidden on display in the basement that he was never, ever allowed to enter. He knew nothing of his father’s love for this forgotten comic book character, but the obsession soon becomes Maxwell’s as well, and it defines his life up until the present day.
So this is the point where, in a normal comic book, Maxwell would don some kind of replica costume and fight crime as the character his father loved.
This is no normal comic book. Yes, there’s a replica costume and someone does don it, but not to smash purse snatchers in the nose, but to create a new Escapist comic book. See, Maxwell loves comic books and over the course of this first issue he finds an artist and a letterer with the intention of bringing The Escapist back to the levels of popularity he knew in the 1940s.
This is a comic book about trying to create a comic book! (So far, anyway. I suspect twists and turns.)
The Escapists #1 was such a fun and surprising read. It wasn’t your standard navel-gazing black and white indie comic about how hard it is to break into comics, far from it. This comic seems to be much more than that. It’s only the first issue, but I think I can already see Vaughan setting up multiple themes to explore.
The art by Bond, Philip Bond is superb. I can’t recall seeing his work since Kill Your Boyfriend, but it is perfectly suited to this book. There’s a really great page that I think is one of my favorites of all the things I’ve read recently. It is four standard panels of Maxwell working with Chinese finger cuffs and telling us his story. The first panel is just pencils. The second panel is pencils and inks. The third panel is pencils and inks and flat colors. The fourth panel is pencils and inks and colors and shading. It’s brilliantly done and perfect for a book about making a comic. Great work by Philip Bond and Dave Stewart.
This book had some stiff competition from Superman #654 and Ultimate Spider-Man #97 (“There’s a new sheriff in town” had me laughing out loud and almost put that book over the top), but in the end, The Escapists #1 was so much fun and such a pleasant, unexpected surprise that I couldn’t choose anything else.
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sadly connor i did not grab this but y is one of my favorite stories at the moment and if vaughn wrote this and its a buck and you couple that with my mild interest in self-publishing and it sounds like its definately up my alley.
i only picked two books this week being frontline issue 3 and the walking dead issue 29.
i hope i’m not the only when i say that frontline left a really bad taste in my mouth. bach’s pencils are really starting to annoy me add that with the redundant banter between pro and con and a weird fight between two superheros that i’ve never heard of and i’m very close to dropping this. the accused storyline was more of the same with robbie refusing to admit any guilt for the stamford incident (barely spared by lieber’s art) and the sleeper cell storyline was a complete “wtf.” granted, i don’t know everything about the marvel u,(hardly) frontline just didn’t do it for me like the previous two issues did. if anyone can explain the last page of the sleep cell story and who that dude was it would definately help me to appreciate it a bit more.
on the other side of the spectrum, the walking dead was great. kirkman is sexy and i really got a kick out of the governor’s daughter, the bitch slap was rather humorous, alongside with his plasma tv 😉
I’m surprised, but now I have to go back to the shop and pick this up. I too, loved The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Saw the book, passed it. But I’ll go back. I thought Cival War Frontline #3 was good. And Wolverine Orgin #4 was okay. But it’s hard to read a current book with Captain America right now and not have it be about Cival War, I don’t know, just have a hard time getting into it.
so my shop didnt order any extra of this so i couldnt pick up a copy…but art imitating life imitating art sounds awesome…i agree with camerin that wolverine origins 4 was only okay…along with the strange lack of marvel universe continuity it also still contains nuke…who has been cut up and is useless…why not just kill him already (since im sure he will be brought back in no time)??
I… I never saw this Pick on the shipping list… I didn’t hear it publicized anywhere… my eyes didn’t register it in the shop… it’s as if Dark Horse shielded it from me somehow. It sounds really interesting, better than the Escapist #1, which I thought was like just reading “Kavalier and Clay” illustrated. iFanboy’s POTW introduced me to a good comic I otherwise wouldn’t have gotten this week. Thanks, iFanboy!
Ultimate Spidey is my favorite read so far this week, though… did anyone else think the inking took a bus to Scratchytown? I could have been imagining things.
I don’t think we’ve ever picked a Dark Horse book before…maybe a Star Wars book, but at least not for the past 3 or 4 years…
Now I have to go pick this up!
Doh. I had the Escapists in my hands and put it back for some reason, despite the introductory price and my interest in K&C. Might have to go back for it.
I agree with darklome that ths was the weakest CW Frontline yet: the arguments and fights breaking out are indeed starting to feel a little played out, as if all the angles have already been examined, and I’m definitely tiring of Bachs’ pencils (eg, Urich’s melting face).
While my wallet has been grateful the last couple of weeks for the light amount of books, they haven’t been that inspiring, so I’m looking forward to things ratcheting back up: the next couple weeks look jam-packed.
Great pick! I read this last night after seeing you’d picked it and I loved it! I want to see more Philip Bond in my future. More for the podcast!
Anyone pick up Green Lantern Copr #2 Superman, both were ok if not great.
(Off Topic) What’s with all of the Jim Lee hate on the podcast?
Josh doesn’t like Jim Lee’s art so much.
What hate?
I find myself saying this frequently but….what did I say?
I will read anything that BKV writes. I’ll be picking this one up for sure. I recently took out the small Escapist tpb from the library. It was pretty fun how they show different Escapists through the ages.
I don’t think I’ve ever even read a Dark Horse book before (outside of Serenity). Any recommendations?
Lone Wolf and Cub
this was the second to last thing i read because
i enjoy saving the best for last, and this was great.
i have recomended it to to all my fellow comic readers, this is a book anyone can enjoy.
Brian k vaughan just is amazing, he is becoming a man of all trade.
He might be able to take down the mighty Brian Michael bendis off his throne.
I remember seeing Escapists on Dark Horse’s site and thinking, hmm, that might be good, especially with Vaughan on it. But then I decided it’s time to start cutting back on titles in favor of waiting for trades to save some money. Then Dark Horse had to go and make it $1.00. Didn’t get a chance to read it last night so I saw this morning that it’s the PotW and I knew I would be in trouble.
I can’t describe the feeling I had reading Escapists. For all of you New York people you can read Marvel books and be like, oh yeah, I know that building and that bridge, blah blah blah. For everyone else, there just isn’t the connection with the geography. This is the book for everyone else (or at least everyone in NE Ohio). I couldn’t believe it when I saw the ugly but lovable Cleveland skyline. The Rock Hall was there too, in almost the same panel from that second issue of “The Collective” in New Avengers, sans the “Welcome to Cleveland” sign that isn’t there. Geography really has the power to immerse you and I knew from the start I was going to be immersed.
Other than that, I second everything you said, Conor, great, great stuff. The creation progression panel was great, the origin story was great. The elevator repairman idea was great. I’m suddenly so excited that I’m reading this book (and that’s it’s 1 of 6, there is an end!).
Seriously, if anyone hasn’t read The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, you owe it to yourself to read it. It’s a phenomenal book in story and artistic terms.
Don’t bother with the previous Escapist comics though, I found the first two trades at the library and barely made it through. Some of the stories were good but everything felt way too disjointed.
Wow! I AM surprised. I will swing by the shop, my store didn’t have it yesterday, or, at least, I don’t remember seeing it.
I gotta agree with darklome regarding Civil War FrontLine–after talking about how cool it was yesterday, I was disappointed with this issue. Did ANYTHING actually happen? Okay, I get it–Cannonball is screwed and it looks like he will continue to get his ass handed to him for the foreseeable future. I must have read it too late, was the interviewer in the first story the alcoholic one? she looked different. And, Ben Urich looks bad–it’s because they make his glasses opaque. It looks ridiculous.
Also, I bought the Thunderbolts and started to read it last night but there was so much going on in the first few pages that I just put it down and will read it later. I just had zero idea what was going on, who was who, etc. Marvel should realize that many people are going to be picking up titles they have zero idea about just because they are Civil War-related–a little background, okay, a LOT of background would be appreciated, at least for some books.
For some reason I bought the Civil War:Director’s Cut, despite the fact that the book is not a movie or a DVD and no one directed the book. I am sucker. SUCKER.
Still, looking forward to reading X-Men (with the little heads on the cover!) and am now hopeful that Superman might be good.
see ya,
mike
Well I didn’t get the escapist but I will read it since it has received such high praises here. Here’s the books I picked up this week:
Squadron Supreme #5
The Innocents #1 (image)
The Exterminators #7 (Vertigo)
Iron Man #10
A Man Called Kev #1 (Wildstorm)
Sensational Spider-Man #28
Walking Dead #29
I also got detective comics from last week because it was the pick here. I agree, it was good.
My pic of the week is sensational spider-man. The art in this book alone is worth way more than $2.99. Clayton Crain painted this issue. I love it. He also did #26. People should get these just to see the amazing (um, I mean sensational) art. Angel Medinia has been on this book and did #27. Nothing against Medina, but there is no comparison to Crain’s work. beautiful to behold. Also #28 is a solid one issue story from the perspective of one of Peter’s students dealing with the unmasking and has some cool spidey/marvel history tied in.
Iron Man, Walking Dead, Man Called Kev were above average for comics in general and I will continue with all of these titles. This was a down issue IMHO for the walking dead compared to it’s standard. I started with the Exterminators this month because I like Tony Moore’s art. It’s a crazy story. I don’t know where it came from or where it’s going. He (Tony M) is giving away the first 5 issues in a torrent from his web site, which I did download. I will have to go back and read them as well to find out what’s going on. Man called Kev is for adults only; sex, profanity and gory death. Pulp Fiction? It’s entertaining in a Roman sort of way, so I wanna see what will happen.
Squadron Supreme is an average book to me. The art is good and the story is compelling so far, but it hasn’t blown me away.
The Innocents? Don’t buy it. The art is good, but the story was lame. Its the formation of an all girl ninja, magic super group. 12 to 15 year old girls would like it. I won’t be getting #2.
Now I can’t wait for the next issue of Fear Agent. I hope it continues to hold up to the standard it’s set for itself. I’m gonna continue to follow civil war, but to be honest I’m not on the edge of my seat about it.
Hope you guys have a great time at the con. I will be looking for you G4. See if you can’t get on camera and wave to your patrons. Later
Well It looks like i have to go back to midtown comics tommorow and pick up escapists and ultimate spiderman #97 as both seem highly recommended.
My stack this week was as follows:
Superman 654, 52, Star Wars Legacy, Ghost Rider 1, X-men 188, Civil War 2 variant, ghost rider and xmen sketch variant, ( I know Im a sucker but Im a collectoer at heart), Civil War Frontline, Sensational Spiderman 28, Wolverine Origins and X-men Deadly Genesis HC.
I havent read through all the books yet but I did read CWFL and I have to say that I did enjoy the comic. What I enjoyed the most was Thunderclaps’ sheer regret at burning that other hero. Civil War simply continues to be a great story. I am loving the cannonball arc- I really think the civil liberties angle is really intriguing but that may be b/c im a lawyer and I dig anything law related. I am kind of dissapointed that She-Hulk recommends the deal to Cannonball knowing that he really did nothing wrong. I didn’t read her CW issue but it may be the case that she is pro-registration so that is why she leans that way. Sensational Spiderman was a solid issue along with x-men 188.
I have still to read Superman 654, 52 and Ghost Rider.
Wow, great pick of the week. I got my comics late this week and picked up Escapist because Connor made it sound decent. Then I left it at the bottom of my stack and saved it for last. I have heard that is the thing to do. It was really a lot of fun.
I also picked up Iron Man this week. Ron, as continuity sheriff, I think you need to get over to Marvel and take care of business. I think this series is trapped in Franklin Richard’s pocket universe (does he still have the blue ball from Heroes Reborn?). This story is obviously Pre-Civil War, because Tony is the one being chased by SHIELD. It must be pre-Secret War too, because Nick Fury is the guy in charge. However, one panel shows Spidey all armored up. The title is a mess, but I did enjoy the issue.
Did anyone else pick up Thunderbolts? How about that last page? Pretty neat. Don’t ever trust Zemo, he has ten plans up his sleeve.
Oh yeah, did anyone else pick up Doug TenNapel’s Iron West this week? I don’t think it’s his best work but it still carries a heavy dose of his completely bizarre mind managing to mix together seemingly disaparate and random stories and characters and creating something great out of the mix. Really enjoyed it, but I don’t think it quite compares to Tommysaurus Rex or Earthboy Jacobus, my two favorites by him.
oh man!
What about Superman #654!? I just finished it, well, call me sentimental, but I really loved it. THIS is the Superman I want to read. I love the banter with Lois, the whole thing with Lana Lang and that other girl..and the art was not bad, either. I like Lois in the short hair.
Of course, I still have to read the pick of the week, which I just picked up (along with a bunch of Supergirls and all the Checkmates, I dunno why, you guys mentioned Checkmate a few times and I think there’s a CW tie-in coming…I felt odd just going in to buy a $1 comic and I freaked out.
And my wife asked me to get The Thing, where it opens with The Thing throwing A Party. Stranger and stranger.
Anyway, looking forward to hearing what you guys thought about Superman. I haven’t read him since the Azarello thing, and before that I hadn’t read him for a decade or something crazy like that. I didn’t even buy the whole Superman dying thing because I knew they would bring him back so didn’t want to Get Involved.
wordily,
mike
Superman was very, very good.
I have a question though, did anyone like the Azzarello run? I thought the art was pretty good, (I like pocket size Jim Lee) But that story, ugh…I only got through like 6 of the 12 issues.
I was torn between the Escapist and Superman as my favorite book of the week. I was looking forward to the Escapist book since I read a Brian Vaughn interview. I love the concept of trying to get back to the essence of Kavalier and Clay, about creating something you love to deal with your own personal issues. The first issue was a great set-up. I wouldn’t mind to see it ongoing.
But I loved Superman #654, too. I feel like Busiek and Pacheco really nailed the grandeur of Superman. It felt a lot more like Superman to me than anything I’ve read (with the exception of the Loeb run) in a long time. Almost like a pre-Byrne revamp Superman. It made me want to read the Alan Moore Superman stories. The art was awesome, too (except for the gratuitous Lois butt shot at the beginning).
Those were ther only 2 books to mention this week, in my opinion. I was disappointed by Carey’s X-Men. I don’t like Bachalo’s art. But – was that Zora from Powers on the cover?
I have a question though, did anyone like the Azzarello run? I thought the art was pretty good, (I like pocket size Jim Lee) But that story, ugh…I only got through like 6 of the 12 issues.
That depends… what was it about? I read the whole thing, and I sure couldn’t tell you.
The art was awesome, too (except for the gratuitous Lois butt shot at the beginning).
And what the hell was up with her hair?
Beyond that – and the ass shot – the art was awesome.
Who doesn’t love a gratuitous butt shot? I have to admit that this LOis looked way better than superman returns Lois. I could do without the hair though. Question is this supermna at al intertwined with the superman returns movie? Is the part that they fly when lois is on the roof of the daily bugle the anniversary that they were referring to?
“Question is this supermna at al intertwined with the superman returns movie? Is the part that they fly when lois is on the roof of the daily bugle the anniversary that they were referring to?”
I think they want to appeal to the spirit of the movie and tie things in loosely. I thought they did the same thing with the crystals in the previous arc. I think they want the iconic things in (crystals, arctic fortress, superman and lois flying) but not the specifics (super tyke, james marsden, whatever the heck parker posey was doing).
Question is this supermna at al intertwined with the superman returns movie?
Nope.
Is the part that they fly when lois is on the roof of the daily bugle the anniversary that they were referring to?
It might have been a visual reference to the movie, but I didn’t even think about the movie when I read that panel. I’ll look at it again tonight.
I guess I’m a pig–I thought the butt shot was hilarious, to be honest; loved it. And as for the hair…I dunno, I guess I just like short hair! I liked how Lois was teasing Clark about this other woman whose name I cannot remember and whom I had never heard of–this looks like it’s gonna be a pretty entertaining run.
Anyway, it was a nice oneshot (kinda like Detective) and seemed like a great way to set the tone for the series. It made me think, though, that Metropolis would be a TERRIBLE city to live in–so much crap happens throughout the day there!
Read Sensational Spider-Man last night and thought that, too, was really good. I was kinda hoping there would be some “reaction” issues after Peter took off his mask; I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the issue–I had only read Sensational to get through that wretched “Other” arc, which I ended up finishing by paging through the trade at the Border’s in Santa Monica.
As far as the “anniversary” I didn’t really know if they meant to reference a “real” event, I just kinda figured everyone remembers that scene from SOMEwhere, either a comic, or the first movie, or the latest one. I guess it was funny that the book was almost bookended by two “Superman Returns” nods (the billboard at the beginning and the last scene with Lois and Clark flying up from their apartment), but whatever. I am just looking forward to what happens next.
now for breakfast and the escapist and a late arrival into work.
-mike
“It might have been a visual reference to the movie, but I didn’t even think about the movie when I read that panel. I’ll look at it again tonight.”
I think of it more as a thematic reference. They want people who loved the movies to pick up the book and at least at some level connect it to what they saw, without tying it in directly. And yet not give the comics fans something that seems out of a whack. I thought they did a seamless job of it (especially with my original fears that Supes would look Brandon Routh-y OYL).
And if that doesn’t work, they gave you the ass shot.
I’m glad to hear people praising the Sensational Spidey; I bought it impulsively when I saw the art inside (which matched the art on the cover!) and haven’t read it yet, partly out of worry that I had made a mistake.
X-Men #188 was enjoyable. I have a weakness for the Bachalo/Ramos toony style every now and again, and it was nice to see Rogue get used well.
I tried the Azzarello Superman, and I know what it was about! It was about half an hour of my life that I never get back. I remember being intrigued by the material with the priest in the beginning; I couldn’t wait to find out what had happened; by the third issue, I began to suspect that the word balloons were being filled in by someone who was having the panels described to him over the phone.
By the way, I was listening to another podcast the other day by one of your fellow San Diego panelists, and they had a “pro or con” discussion about comic covers drawn by artists who aren’t drawing the book. Either they listen to you guys or this issue is sweeping the fanboy community right now.
In a pretty decent week, I would have picked Iron Man, much to my own surprise. It was just a great issue and for the first time in a LONG time I was reminded of what a cool character Iron Man can be. It’s hard to get past the continuity asterisk (Nick Fury in charge of SHIELD even though the story occurs post “Secret Wars”) but it’s a great story and lots of fun.
By the way, I was listening to another podcast the other day by one of your fellow San Diego panelists, and they had a “pro or con” discussion about comic covers drawn by artists who aren’t drawing the book. Either they listen to you guys or this issue is sweeping the fanboy community right now.
I’m not gonna tell you I didn’t think the same thing…but it’s probably just coincidence.
” I began to suspect that the word balloons were being filled in by someone who was having the panels described to him over the phone.” Totally. I had the same problem with 100 Bullets. Scratch that, I HAVE the same problem. I read once that Azarello is in the US, while the arts lives in Argentina, so maybe it’s closer to the mark than ya think?
Escapist was dope. I really enjoyed it. I had seen Bond’s art in Vertigo Pop:London and liked his take–good to him back. Fun stuff…I haven’t read the background material in the back of the book, but it looks interesting. I haven’t finished “Kavalier and Clay”; I started it a long time ago but other books and a move to LA got in the way. I’ll have to pick it back up.
So Iron Man is good? I have been wary of picking it up in the middle of a 6 issue story line…I’ll have to flip through it.
late–mike
I think Risso lives in Spain. I could be wrong about that. But I do know that as of a couple years ago in San Diego, he barely spoke English. Nothing wrong with that, he’s an awesome artist mind you.
I finally had to drop 100 Bullets, because I just didn’t know what was happening any more. I tried.
The Escapists —- WOW!!!!
This book showed me the potential again of the sequential art medium.
BKV rocks!
“I finally had to drop 100 Bullets, because I just didn’t know what was happening any more. I tried.”
I still like 100 Bullets. Unlike Azzarello’s Superman run, it doesn’t bore me. And I mostly think I get what’s going on. I read it in trade, though, and I’ve heard others say that in one sitting is the only way it makes any sense.
I picked this book because the “inspired by Kavalier and Clay” line got me interested, plus it has a really appealing cover.
I was surprised as how much I enjoyed reading it and even more surprised at reading your review and finding out you liked the same things I liked about it.
I was sad to find out, though, that it’s only a 6-issue miniseries.
Yeah, I’ll second that Sensational Spider-Man was good this time. Crain did the interior art for the book 2 issues ago and I was blown away, I like him much better than Medina. Plus the story was good, it had the old-school feeling: narration, the emphatic title (My Science Teacher Is Spider-Man!!), and an old-school battle. Good stuff!
im just glad that there was a brief break in multi-issue stories…it still tied in with civil war but allowed a chance to breathe a little before another run of last page full frame cliffhanger/surprises….which raises the question…what is the best last page cliffhanger surprise ending in a comic???
Hey Joe (This link is just for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Ebcx-mTns Sorry, I couldn’t resist….)
The best cliffhanger/suprise ending ever? That’s tough. I would say that the walkning dead has consistently been the best over the last 29 issues amoung the books that I read.
Bobby Bacala!
hey guys–
I am donna download the podcast immediately (if my iPod isn’t dead, which would be lame) but I need some help:
Do Uncanny X-Men and X-Men take place in the same universe as Astonishing and the current Civil War story? I mean, the same in jail in Civil War–he’s cannonball, right? From Power Pack? If this is so, who is this Cannonball in X-Men? They look totally different.
The only X-Men titles I have been reading are Ultimate and Astonishing, but I figured I would give these two a chance because of the new teams on ’em…
I’d look on Marvel’s site but it’s not working right now…I was doing a search and then their pages decided to stop loading…
anyway, it’s too damn hot in LA and now my wife (who has just finished a very confusing, must be out of current timeline issue of The Thing) wants to go SHOPPING. For a dining room table.
Can’t wait.
talk to you guys later,
mike
dead ipod? that must be going around, ask Conor 😉
You’re mixing Cannonball of the X-Men up with Speedball of New Warriors (Who is in jail due to Stamford in Civil War. 2 totally different characters.
Cannonball: http://www.marveldatabase.com/wiki/index.php/Cannonball_%28Sam_Guthrie%29
Speedball:
http://www.marvel.com/universe/Speedball_%28Robert_Baldwin%29
Astonishing X_men is IN the same universe, but not as tied into current events as the other books are – that’s what happens when you court Joss Whedon…
so hot in NY/CT, we’re dying too…stupid global warming…I hate it when Gore is right…
Jimmy Eat World’s Goodbye Sky Harbor is in my top ten songs of all time.
Dude – you may have just cemented yourself in with iFanboy (not that you didn’t already need to…)
Goodbye Sky Harbor holds a very special place in the hearts of iFanboy
16 looong minutes…
Heh.
so hot in NY/CT, we’re dying too…stupid global warming…I hate it when Gore is right…
For the record: it is 10:30 p.m. in St. Louis Missouri, and it is NINETY DEGREES.
The sun has been gone for several hours, you understand.
To answer a post awhile back about some of the greatest cliffhanger pages. I’d have to say the Issue of Batman #615? #617? Where you thought Hush was Jason Todd. No matter what you thought of “Hush” as a whole, that was a pretty cool “Oh, $%^!” moment. Of course Judd Winick ruined the impact of that months later when he revealed it was all true and whatnot. But I always that thought was a really cool moment. And my favorite from the Walking Dead HAS to be “Well Stranger, We feed them Strangers”. Awsome.
Argh!
I knew I had it wrong. SPEEDball. CANNONball.
thanks for the clarification….fixed the iPod so now I have the podcast and will listen tomorrow. by the way, I just had to add that I have been really enjoying the music intros…from my bloody valentine to morrissey to new order…very, very appreciated.
and I am at the official “can’t wait for comic-con” stage…
-m
I don’t know about this New Order stuff….
Dude, Dude, Dude…
You cannot say a bad thing about New Order.
Did anyone read Civil War Directors Cut? The script at the back was kinda censored but so that if you are especially awesome *ahem* then you can still read bits of it, such as…
HUGE SPOILER!
“Is actually Iron Fist in disguise” (in reference to Daredevil)
no surprise there then.
That “accidental” reveal was mentioned in this week’s edition of Lying in the Gutters. Rich Johnston says that there may be several different copies of that book out there with different mentions of who Daredevil is, including Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Ben Reilly, Shang Chi and Nick Fury. Johnston says the only version he has seen is the Iron Fist one, however. Anyway, you can find the discussion here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13
Ben Reilly??? He was a puddle of goo the last time we saw him.
Hey, lookee there! Big ol’ potential spoiler, right there at the top of the Recent Comments. Awesome.
It wasn’t really a spoiler. It could have been, but like Derek said, Marvel is pulling a fast one.
It’s a spoiler. I’m ok with it though.
I’ll survive. Just come out with the damn issue already.
Yesterday I picked up my books from the last two weeks, and that included Civil War #3, X-factor/Civil War, Xmen/Civil War, The Escapist, The Eternals #2, and something else I can’t remember.
ANYWAY, The Escapist was my pick of two weeks. Connor could’na been more right about it. Fantastic. I hate that Philip Bond won’t be on the next one, but really, issue one really got me.
Thanks for reminding me this was out.