Just saw the trailer for the new Justice League Action cartoon. Looks like Batman: The Brave and the Bold, but with the focus spread evenly throughout the entire DCU. So it's The Brave and the Bold. Except it's got at least some of the old B:TAS/S:TAS/Justice League/JLU cast, including Kevin ****ing Conroy and Mark Hamill (and if you don't know who they're playing then go **** yourself). I'm moderately stoked, but considering how awesome The Brave and the Bold was, my stokedness could go up considerably.

Just watched the trailer for Luke Cage, and while I don't know if I'm sold, as he doesn't have the same story pedigree as Daredevil or Jessica Jones, it would be the first Netflix Marvel series based on a character being a superpowered badass (Jessica Jones was going out of her way to not be a superpowered badass). I imagine it will probably be the third best Netflix series, but considering their track record this could still be awesome.



I'm not gonna pretend that it's not at least a bit racist to have a black guy's trailer theme song be an ODB song, but it's pretty sweet to have ANY character's trailer theme song be an ODB song anyway. **** it. At least he's not wearing a tiara.

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Just finished "Batman: Arkham Asylum"

Holy ****, this **** is the truth. If you're into 80s X-Men this is bat**** awesomeness. Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, time-travelling daughter of Jean Grey and Cyclops from an alternate future, Captain Britain, and they're in England meeting the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. It's gloriously absurd.

Just look at this cover.

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That's the best.

I have a lot of old X-Men comics from around the Phoenix cycle (1970s). I should send them to you. They're just in a box in the closet.

Oh I already know. I'm also making it through Days of Future Past at the moment, continuing on from The Dark Phoenix Saga.

Holy **** damn. After reading Captain Britain in Excalibur I wanted to go check out Alan Moore's Captain Britain run, but found out that I was missing the first few issues. So to while away the time until I could download them I started on Moore's Miracleman.

How can anyone be such a genius? Within a few issues I'd realized where Neil Gaiman got the idea for Sandman. Alan Moore takes an old, obscure, disused character from the fifties and, while keeping the continuity intact, tears the character down 100 feet below his foundations to recreate him in a way that makes you feel like you've never read a superhero story before. Moore is simply the undisputed king of superhero deconstruction.

To anyone who digs Alan Moore this comic is for you, to all you who've read Watchmen but don't really **** with comics otherwise, this will knock your socks off just as hard. This is a STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND GO READ THIS **** RIGHT NOW recommendation.

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I did not take the warning on the cover of this issue seriously. I just had to actually tap out.

Well played.

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That good? I only know Alan Moore's mainstream stuff. (Killing joke, Watchmen, V For Vendetta). He's that good? Never even heard of miracle man.

Definitely. It's superhero deconstruction with nihilistic Jesus overtones and it is bat**** insane.

Definitely going to have to give it a read.

Just found out that Marvel killed She Hulk. Fuck Marvel.

Oh no. There's no return from comic book death.

kind of looking forward to the animated justice league dark movie, but the original plan of it being live action with del toro directing would probably have been much better. i guess i'll take it though

I like the animated superhero stuff more than the live action movies.
Sure they are often well done and there's some nice action and effects, but they are much more prone to a certain cringeworthiness.

good point. i was definitely looking forward to how the live action swamp thing would have turned out. the sneak peek of the animated movie makes it seem like it could be fun:

I actually just started reading X-Men a while ago. It sure is 60's.

Yeah yeah, I know, you cheeky bastard. Obviously they'll bring her back, eventually. But in the meantime, every series featuring her (like Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat) is going to have to grind to a halt to work around it. And now that she's got no current comics to back her, her already slim chances of being pushed for the MCU are now abysmal. And they didn't even give her a particularly good death. They just killed her to shock people into buying into Civil War 2, which nobody wants to read 'cause it sucks.

So, yeah. Fuck Marvel.

Just found all 37 volumes of Berserk (volumes, not issues) on one of my comic piracy sites, and I'm thinking of going on a binge. I never finished the series (even though it's still being written) and with hopefully better quality scans than the dreck you usually find on manga sites, and with official translations rather than sketchy fanlations, this should be epic in the literal sense of the word... except not poetry... so not literal at all...


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anyone post this yet?

for you batnerds

Just wanted to brag, really. I've been a graphic novel/comicbook fan for years, but .. well, not a very active one lately. And just the other day, I got a weird package in the mail, from a friend I haven't seen in years. Turns out he works now printing comics, among other things. Here's what was inside:
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I finally got to reading Milers Dark Knight and Moore's Killer Joke and I have to say, I enjoyed them a lot, which is surprising since .. well, I don't really like all those new batman movies ;) Somehow made me think I don't like Batman, luckily that's not the case ;)
Apart from that I only just finished the 2 issues of "the Bunker" (5 part series) and will have to get the other issues too, as it's .. well, it's unique. The story is set in an alternative, post apocalyptic world, very similar to ours in many respects, but at the same time completely different (as in, countries, cultures etc). There is a very strong "Lovecraftian" feel here, I don't really know just yet what it's about as the story takes a while to develop, but so far it's fascinating.

Yeah, I still need to read The Killing Joke but I did just wanted the animated version of it. I now understand why it's held in such high acclaim. If you liked The Killing Joke, I think you should try reading The Dark Knight Returns if you haven't already. It's a four issue mini-series release.

It's there in the photo, next to killer joke :D a hardcover edition, all 4 issues in one book. The story is great, graphically it's not as amazing but generally I enjoyed it a lot, more than the Killer Joke by a mile.

lawl, I didn't even notice it was right there. Yeah, I love the philosophy behind the Killing Joke.

The belief in justice, they are both sides of the same coin but Batman chooses to believe in justice after tragedy while The Joker looses all faith in it and becomes a product of madness.

Well you know the story, kind of preaching to the choir but yeah I love that. I haven't read Dark Knight Returns but I need to soon.

Maybe I read it wrong, but at the end there is a moment when, just for a moment, Joker realizes he might not be right here. That this whole insanity is just an excuse. Only for a moment.
Also I have to appreciate how mature the story is, as in pg18 mature. It's not surprising as it's Alan Moore we're talking about here, but still it's refreshing.

In case you're wondering what the ending really means.

Bah. Explaining art. Isn't it.. well, rather counterproductive ? Aren't we supposed to draw our own conclusions ?:P

Of course. But i find it interesting what the author was trying to say.

Different kind of comic.

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Getting back to comics after a bit of an absence and god damn was the new Vision series good. Now finally catching up with Thor after reading only the first two issues with female Thor, and Jason Aaron was meant to write that series. First Thor: God of Thunder, one of my absolute fav recent series, and now he's doing it again under what I assume was an editorial mandate. The real Odinson.

Keep your ****ing hands off Thor! I gave up Spider-Girl but the God of Thunder is mine!! :D

You can have the Silver Age and Simonson, but current Thor comics are my **** and I won't give them up. Unless you have anything to say about the new, chick Thor?

What age are you? I was into Thor before you were born, son. He's my second alltime favourite hero, and I'll be chronicling his adventures from the start. Clearly, the only way to decide this is by a round the world balloon race. Meet me on the corner of the main street tomorrow at midday: the Queen herself shall drop the chequered flag! :)

Umm Why are you a huge Thor fan? I'm genuinely curious. I find him so boring overall and I can't be arsed to watch his movies when they come out.

his movies are probably the worst part of the MCU. although from the small bit of comics i've read he seems like a much more compelling character than he does in film. thor: ragnarok should be cool though because ****ING PLANET HULK GUYS

Thor: God of Thunder helped get me into non-Batman comics, and he continues to be one of the best things about Marvel comics atm. So suck ****.

I find him highly likeable and badass, and it's always nice to see characters who can outdrink me, but it's his universe that I consider to be the main draw rather than specifically him. Norse mythology, cosmic ****, not to mention his connection to the Avengers. There's just always something new and massively cool that can be explored with Thor comics, even if Thor isn't always the most complex character in the book.

Like the guys say, the films basically suck ass. I love Thor because from a very early age I was into Norse mythology, and Thor (the original comic) brought so much of that to life that I just loved it. Much different to the run-of-the-mill-in-some-cases hero thing. Thor's struggle against his own father, to say nothing of Loki always intrigued me, and they (Marvel) used the proper dialogue, not "dumbing it down" for kids/Americans. In the comics, Thor never said "guys" or "I'm on it" or "Awkward!" He uses the archaic forms of thee and thou and mine liege etc. Also, Sif (his wife) is smoking hot. :)
I was already into Thor before I even heard of Batman, and had issue one when it originally came out. So you suck it.
Yeah, this. Wasn't mad about his time with the Avengers - Thor is more a loner, except when with his three companions from Asgard - and I prefer him that way. The Avengers always seem like they're more getting in his way than anything.

I don't know what part of the new Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic I like best, but her sacrificing a goat and nearly giving her soul to the devil has to be up there.

What!? They are going to touch on Planet Hulk in that movie? It might be the first Thor movie I watch then.

I'll be honest, I haven't read much of Thor's story in the comics but I'm just so incredibly bored by Norse mythology and I feel like my English class in high school contributed to that dislike. My curiosity is piqued enough to check out the female Thor though.

No but seriously, everyone should read Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. It's like if JK Rowling and HP Lovecraft came together to write a YA comic so demented that young adults shouldn't even be allowed to read it. It shares characters, a setting, and the very basic concept with the original comic (Sabrina is actually a character from Archie Comics) and the show, but other than that it has drastically different art, tone, and plot.