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RobertS [Member Since: December 06 '07]

Even though I haven’t bought comics here for a while (money problems) I always thought I’d come back after the money situation got better.
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Guess not. And I think we all know why.
Everyone has free speech, including choosing where to spend your money.

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Pat1337 says:

Hey I just got back into Green Lantern and was wondering what you thought of Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps?

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John says:

norman osborn

RobertS said:

WHO is the Iron Patriot??

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MattC says:

Just got it on Monday and it’s hard to judge it on the first issue, it’s more of a story setup and you don’t see the X-Men until the end. I’m going to stick with it, but there wasn’t much to go on from issue 1

RobertS said:

Be sure to let me know how you liked X Men Noir. I’m still on the fence whether I want to get it or not.

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MattC says:

haven’t forgotten ya, still waiting for it to arrive

RobertS said:

Be sure to let me know how you liked X Men Noir. I’m still on the fence whether I want to get it or not.

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Chandler Mike says:

Lot of unsubs, everything okay? :)

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MattC says:

will do – really looking forward to it and Spider-Man Noir

RobertS said:

Be sure to let me know how you liked X Men Noir. I’m still on the fence whether I want to get it or not.

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Pete says:

Cool, looks like we’re sending stuff to the right place :→.

RobertS said:

Dear HeavyInk Peoples,
Re: Awesomeness
Thanks for the cool Ultimatum posters. They are going straight on my wall.

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Pat1337 says:

I remembered you recommended that I pick up the Ultimates hc’s, dude awesome call! I’ve been reading and loving this books so much. The first hc was fantastic, but holy shit I just got finished reading the arc where Hulk goes to trial which totally blew me away. I don’t know if you remember the ending but holy shit man it was amazing.

Thanks again for the rec dude, the books have been a absolute blast!

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Troy Hickman says:

Yeah, but I probably should’ve used a British accent…

RobertS said:

Heya. I finally just got around to listening to your interview with Comic Geek Speak and it was pretty cool. Awesome work.

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Pat1337 says:

Hey, saw the post on the Dark Tower books. I’m reading the second book right now and while the beginning was great I can’t get into this story with the disabled woman.

Should I tought it out, or was the best book Gunslinger born?

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FrogMan says:

Thanks Robert! The trophies were for me performing my two forms (also called kata) as a brown belt in the 30-39 age range at a competition called the Quebec Open. It a pretty big competition where some 2000+ competitors come and compete in diverse categories in forms and point sparring.

I finished 2nd both with my weapon form and with my traditional form (aka open hand form). My son was given a participation medal for also entering with his weapon and traditional forms but the field was much tougher in his age range. As a comparison, there were only three of us adults entered with a weapon form while there were like 15 or so kids performing a weapon form. I would probably have won with my my weapon form had I not dropped my bô (that’s what the long shiny staff is called) but I was very satisfied with my 2nd place in traditional form as there were maybe 10 other competitors in that category.

The bô, or long staff, is what we’re holding. Yup, they are really long wooden staff, it’s only that ours have been covered with shiny, silvery taping. It’s the weapon of choice of Donatello from the TMNT. :)

fwiw, you can see all four of the forms we performed that day in this short youtube video :)

RobertS said:

That’s a sweet picture you got in your gallery. What are those trophies/medal for? And what kind of swords (if that’s what those are) are those?

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Jay Faerber says:

Thanks, Robert! Fingers crossed!

RobertS said:

Hey good luck with Pilot Season! I’m rooting for Urban Myths!

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Beetle says:

No problem!

RobertS said:

I got them in the mail today! I love getting packages in the mail. Thanks a lot!

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Beetle says:

I’ve easily got another 7+ 30-packs of bags & boards. Reply blurb with your email address and I’ll get more shipping details from you then.

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B Reddy says:

1010101110101011…(dramatic pause)

okay, now that the coast is clear I can say awesome job documenting the HIAI rogue shenanigans in the forum! Hilarious!

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Pat1337 says:

Hey, I saw that the new issue of The Killer is coming out this week, I’m definitely going to check it out. I talked with the publisher at Comic Con and it seems like they went through some restructuring and are shooting to get back on schedule.

By the way man, you HAVE TO check out this movie called Le Samourai, its a 60’s french film about a hitman very similar to the one in this book, and it’s absolutely fantastic.

Check it out!

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Pat1337 says:

Hah, ya man, kudos to whoever made it.

Gotta love…“the mighty monarch” lol

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Matt says:

Being a machine, Tyler does not eat. He does however ingest a steady diet of rusty bolts and lighter fluid.

RobertS said:

After reading the newsletter, I was severely disappointed that the HI blog hasn’t had an entry on Tyler’s eating habits yet. We were promised entries on Tyler’s eating habits!!!

Unrelated, I just read Morrison’s Arkham Asylum. Morrison’s writing was terrific, but Dave McKean’s art ruined it for me.

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Pete says:

Hey Robert, you asked about this a while ago… and they’ve finally arrived: we have Neozoic issues back in stock!

RobertS said:

Would Heavy Ink be getting any more stock for Neozoic #2 soon? I just started the series (months after everyone else started) and I can’t read my #3 copy until I read #2. :)

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Pat1337 says:

Hah, trying to find more on what’s up with the killer and I found amazon is soliciting the 2nd hardcover for Oct 28, 2008.

http://www.amazon.com/Killer-2-Matz/dp/1932386564/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213132956&sr=1-2

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Pat1337 says:

Hm, I clicked on the link and it shows the first gn as “preorder now”, does that mean they are getting it in stock or do you think it is more like a “just in case this ever comes in”?

This publisher has been so weird with this title, I’ve gotten issues 5,6 and then nothing. Have you heard anything new on the book, or what the heck happened?

RobertS said:

Here’s a better link

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Matt says:

Hey, Robert…can you drop me a line at matt@heavyink.com? I wanna get you your prizes from the Ask Zango contest! Thanks.

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Pat1337 says:

Hey man, are you going to check out Ultimate Origins #1 next week? I’m sort of getting sick of everything being written by Bendis these days, but damn the preview looks awesome. I guess it’s a mini though, so I might wait for the trade.

Heres the preview on ign
http://comics.ign.com/articles/877/877724p1.html
Cover B looks awesome btw.

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Douglas says:

Heh, … fair enough. I will have pull my copy of ELOG.

RobertS said:

>I haven’t read “V” or “League”… yet. Probably cause I watched the movies?? I picked up League a couple of years ago, but haven’t got to it yet. I have been eyeballing Black Dossier.

I highly suggest not starting League with Black Dossier. It would be a very confusing place to start with. I’ve read the whole series in order and BD is still super confusing to me…

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Pete says:

I’ll look into what we can do about getting more Neozoic, we may have to go direct to Red5 again, and hope they still have issues…

RobertS said:

Would Heavy Ink be getting any more stock for Neozoic #2 soon? I just started the series (months after everyone else started) and I can’t read my #3 copy until I read #2. :)

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ohwowitsbecca says:

Shh, you’ll blow my secret commie spy cover.

RobertS said:

>Except it turns out people who major in math and Russian aren’t really in high demand.

You can help us in the Cold War!! Not that Cold War. The second one, the secret one.

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MadMikeyD says:

Thanks. And thanks for being the first person other than me to take it:)

RobertS said:

That was a cool quiz you made.

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Pat1337 says:

Hey man, my birthday was coming up and I was thinking of spoiling myself and getting a real nice collection (absolute edition, oversized hardcover).

Any suggestions? I was considering getting Absolute Kingdom Come, Absolute The new frontier, or The Ultimates vol 1 and 2.

Have you checked any of these out? The Absolute Watchmen and New Frontier look like they are going out of print, so I was thinking of trying to pick them up, are they worth the 60+ for em?

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Nicholas says:

Also, Pheonix Wright is awesome! I also love my DS and my roommate’s other consoles (360, Wii). PC games are cool too, if you have a computer that can run them.

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Nicholas says:

Yes, as of right now I’ve read up to issue 17. I believe the last one I read was the one where Hughie had his ‘oral incident’. Probably one of the most hilarious things to happen thus far. But yeah I think this series has incredible potential. I read in Wizard that Columbia Pictures has already acquired the rights to make a movie of it too. I think it would make a pretty good one as long as they don’t screw it up. Which with comic book movies is liable to happen.

RobertS said:

>I recently finished reading the first volume of The Boys, and let me just say that I’m very impressed so far.

You are my new best friend. The Boys is one of my favorite series right now. I think The Boys has the potential to be as iconic as Preacher is. I was really worried when Firestorm dropped it, but relieved when Dynamite picked it up. Have you been reading the most recent issues?

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Gin says:

Heh… no pants on Pi day! Really, I’ll hafta try to keep that in mind for future comics tho… thats the first time Id ever attempted people sitting in desks before, from any angle… so… hm.

I think shiny objects did me in tho… well, in a way. More of a person than an object, and more soft than shiny, but….
We’ll see if I can get my feet back under me before my buffer runs out (iow, next thursday)

RobertS said:

I like your comic. It’s simple and you aren’t being clichéd. Keep it up and don’t try to overwork yourself (the number 2 cause of death of webcomics, just behind the number one cause, shiney objects).

FYI, the people sitting at the desks in the Pi comic look like they’re not wearing any pants. :)

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Gin says:

Im gonna TRY 3x a week in a lil while. Its easy to come up with ideas- its just getting them illustrated. Iow, keeping track of my sketchbook. Heh.
Shiny things tho… mm… that could be a problem.

RobertS said:

I like your comic. It’s simple and you aren’t being clichéd. Keep it up and don’t try to overwork yourself (the number 2 cause of death of webcomics, just behind the number one cause, shiney objects).

FYI, the people sitting at the desks in the Pi comic look like they’re not wearing any pants. :)

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Brian! says:

Sounds like a cinematic gem :\

RobertS said:

Dang, I wish I had checked nuklearpower before I went to go see Superhero Movie. I completely missed seeing Atomic Robo. Then again, it’s probably a good thing that Atomic Robo won’t be directly associated with that movie, cause it was pretty bad. I can understand why the occasional poop/fart joke can be funny, but that’s a good majority of the movie right there. That and a whole scene of animals humping.

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Pat1337 says:

Damn, you got daredevil on the quiz! I tried three times to get that, heh. Hey are you picking up secret invasion #1 wedenseday, waiting for the trade, or not bothering with the whole thing?

I haven’t been following Mighty Avengers or New Avengers, but its so hard to say no to the massive hype they built up for it, lol.

By the way, if you get a chance Hotel Desk for the DS has a really great story, and it sorta reminds me of Phoenix Wright. The game is real heavy on the story and not so much on the gameplay, but it’s still totally worth checking out.

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FrogMan says:

just saw this Bendis feature about Ultimate Origins on CBR and thought you might be interested…

enjoy!

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Bob Loblaw says:

Really? GOOD! (What’s AD?)

I kid. I know Arrested Development but I actually took this name from someone yeaaars ago. Couldn’t believe his name was actually boblawblaw.. It’s stuck with me ever since!

RobertS said:

>Well we’re not here to talk nonsense to Bob Loblaw.

Classic Arrested Development. Did you hear that they’re thinking about making a AD movie?

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FrogMan says:

I know you are quite into the Ultimate Universe so I’m turning to you on this one. Regarding Ultimate Origins. Has the issue showing up here ever shipped, or is this something that got delayed and delayed. I see there’s a Ultimate Origins series slated to start in June on the Marvel website…

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Pat1337 says:

Sorry to triple post, but I loved Planet hulk too. It was actually the first thing that got me into comics (i just started really). What was your favorite scene? I thought the fight with silver surfer was mind blowing!

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Pat1337 says:

Oh ya, What’s pretty cool is that the first Season Box art is done by Bill Sienkiewicz, absoutely crazy stuff.
Brock
http://i.adultswim.com/adultswim/downloads/tools/shows/venturebros/wp/3_800.jpg
Dr. Venture
http://i.adultswim.com/adultswim/downloads/tools/shows/venturebros/wp/1_800.jpg
The boys (hank and dean)
http://i.adultswim.com/adultswim/downloads/tools/shows/venturebros/wp/2_800.jpg

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Pat1337 says:

Dude I love the Venture Brothers, and ya that scene was epic. My favorite part of that picture is Dr. Venture holding up the tarot cards with the Magneto Helmet on!

RobertS said:

By the way, I love your profile picture.

“What the hell are we supposed to do with this crap? Make them laugh so hard they blow malt liquor out of their noses?”

“No, I think you’ll have that covered when you storm the room in butterfly costumes.”

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Todd Michael R. says:

Picture: I’m knee deep in vodka, wearing nothing but a suit of furry hats and screaming.

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Gin says:

Ahh, deciding where loyalties lie… In guilty pleasures (which is only the first novel) you’re still getting to know the characters, and the politics is kinda confusing… you dont know who’s on whose side until the end for SURE. It’s not switching teams so much as being forced to obey those stronger than them, or finally showing their true colors.
The first time thru, yah its a bit hard to keep it straight. Thats why they came out with the little info book which was put into the ‘first death’ GN.

RobertS said:

Regarding “Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures,” I really liked it when I picked it up, but I hadn’t read any of her books, so there were points where it was very confusing to me. Was it me or were there times where it’s really hard to remember who is on who’s side? Those vampires seemed to be switching teams every other minute.

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FrogMan says:

thanks for your input (re: Bluffy). Based on it and on some from out sources, I’ve decided to pass on it for now. I don’t have time to invest in watching DVDs of past seasons and there’s still way too much catching up for me to do in the whole comics realm before I run out of new stuff to try… :)

I’m not saying I won’t pick up an omnibus of Buffy in the future though…

RobertS said:

Reading your blurb on Matt’s page:
As much as I hate to say it, if you haven’t seen much of the TV series, I would hold off on Season 8 for a bit. I suggest seeing if your library or video rental place has the DVDs of Buffy and watch the show a bit. I only say this because I wouldn’t want you to be turned off by the fact that you have no idea who these people are.

Then again, I started watching Buffy when it was on Season 5 and I kept up with that while watching reruns of the older episodes at the same time.

In conclusion, I have no idea what you should do.
:-) I guess try it out and if you don’t mind being thrust into a story that’s already on it’s eighth season, more power to ya.

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Matt says:

It’s not that I thought Ultimate Spider-Man was bad, necessarily; it just seemed…boring? In general, of the Ultimate books I have read, I like the ones best that really have strong dialogue, characters, and writing. Ellis on Ultimate FF is just perfect wacky superhero Ellis writing, with good humor, good ideas, and great plotting. Millar on Ultimates just exploded that whole concept into some amazing stratosphere. Bendis’ USM is…Spider-Man, but different. It just isn’t at the same level for me.

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Todd Michael R. says:

Hey Robert, thanks for the comment. I think that that is actually the plan, but we’ve been so busy gettin stuff ready that we’re still working some kinks out. Wait till you see the last episode of Boy Friends..it’s amazing. Oh, and I think we’re throwing up another video tomorrow…

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Todd Michael R. says:

Unbelievable, a bird flew in between his head and the axe at the very last minute.

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Todd Michael R. says:

hahahaHA!

…just you wait.

RobertS said:

Yea, I had definately not prepared myself to see Todd’s bare ass when I visited that site. Damn you Rogers!!!!

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Todd Michael R. says:

haha thanks man, spread that shit around!
Also, stay tuned, we’re gonna be uploading so much awesomeness this year.

I love how Paul says “you will beeee…the wizard?”

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Todd Michael R. says:

Thanks for reading my fucking blog.

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daynah says:

With me, I choose between issues or downloading it. I think that decompression is really just horrible storytelling. Each word in a good story should have a greater purpose and meaning. Thus, I try not to support trades. If it’s not a good enough story for me to want to read it issue by issue, I download it.

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Brian! says:

Yeah, and the sad thing is that it really doesn’t take much forethought to plan out a coherent timeline. Honestly, they could get rid of everything that wasn’t USM and I’d be fine with that.

RobertS said:

Your newest blog entry made me think about the Marvel Ultimate universe; essentially a completely rebooted universe in order to get rid of the ‘cache’ that caused continuity errors. Despite their best intentions, they already have a bunch of inconsistencies (The biggest offender is the “Ultimate Team-Up” series). Most of them are relatively minute, but could have easily been prevented. Nothing profound here, just something that came to mind.

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Pete says:

Hey Robert, your order confirmation email bounced… wanna double check that your email address is correct? Thanks!

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Boys Vol. 1 The Name Of The Game [ link ]

I love this series.  I bought the first volume, and I've been waiting for every other issue to come out.  I almost never buy individual issues (I always buy them in Volume form) but I can't wait that long for this series. 

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Runaways Vol. 1 [ link ]
I love this series, and out of what I've read, this represents the best of Runaways.  Amazing story and an amazing ending. 
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Transmetropolitan Vol. 10 One More Time [ link ]

Some writers create terrific pieces of literature but cannot write an ending to save their lives (I’m looking at you Stephen King). This is most definitely not the case here. Warren Ellis finished a great series with a spectacular ending, one that isn’t a lame cop-out to pave way for a sequel. Spider doesn’t need a sequel when his story was told right the first time. This trade had me eagerly reading page after page to a surprising (and on a much deeper level, beautiful and heart-warming) ending.

The Transmetropolitan series all-in-all is astounding piece of work, one that everyone should pick up.

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Sandman Presents The Furies [ link ]
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Ultimate X Men Vol. 17 Sentinels [ link ]

A quick plot summary, no big spoilers: Scott disbanded the X-Men because he would rather start an actual school, leaving Bishop to make his own mutant super-team. Old characters are brought back into the spotlight like Dazzler, Angel and Pyro. The main story is that the sentinel program has been brought back online, but no one knows who is behind it.

The best part about this volume is how many questions/unresolved issues it deals with, while setting up some pretty big ones that leave you waiting in anticipation for the next volume. This is a great example of how good Ultimate X-Men can be, and I definitely can’t wait for the next one.

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Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days [ link ]

Honestly, I was pretty disappointed. For a collection of short stories, they were all either below-average or just average, and I expect more from Neil Gaiman. The Hellblazer story was probably the best one (definately not the “Morpheus” story. I wouldn’t even call it a Morpheus story, it just has a couple characters from the Sandman universe and Morpheus is shown for maybe a second. Very disappointing.)

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Animal Man Vol. 1 [ link ]

It was enthusiastically recommended to me by a friend but it just didn’t appeal to me. I finished the first trade and didn’t feel the need to read the next one. Maybe it’s the blatant pro-animal/pro-vegetarian slant (which I have nothing against, but it was just too blatant to even be what could be called good writing) or the breaking of the fourth-wall (which in it as itself was a pretty original move by Morrison, but I felt it didn’t match the tone of the rest of the plots) and the overall trade just seemed too unfocused. I know that’s one of the things the series was known for, jumping around, not finishing plot seeds until later, etc; it just didn’t work for me.

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Supreme Power Vol. 1 Hardcover [ link ]

I just read the first hardcover and when I was done, I ordered every other trade available in this series from HeavyInk. It was that awesome. To me it’s a retelling in a more realistic fashion of the “Superman” story. They just happened to replace Superman with Hyperion, the Flash with the Blur, Green Lantern with Dr. Spectrum, Batman with Nighthawk, etc, etc. Several jabs at DC also.

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Devi Vol. 1 [ link ]

I bought this trade on a whim. I thought the concept sounded interested and the art looked pretty good. Overall the story was pretty good. I just had a couple hangups though. First off, as odd as it might be to hear this, scantily clad women in comics tends to get old especially when it doesn’t really have much to do with the story. One of the outfits resembles the Witchblade costume except it covered less. Second, it took way too long for the title heroine to actually make it on the page. The main story tended to drag on and on when it would have been nice to have wrapped that up a little faster and added a little more at the end. If any of that makes sense…

It’s a good series that needs to improve on a couple things which I hope to see in the next trade.

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Avengers Initiative Vol. 1 Basic Training Premiere [ link ]

Starts off a little slowly. It’s an unfortunate side affect of having that many characters introduced all at once. It becomes more enjoyable to read after the 2nd issue, and draws you in.

Now that the Marvel Civil War is finally over, there’s the Initiative to train all of those superpowered beings who don’t know a single thing about crime fighting. It gets pretty serious and dark near the end too, hinting towards something big to come.

On a final note: Return of the Iron Spider-Man suit!! Woo!

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Ghost Rider Trail Of Tears Vol. 1 Hardcover [ link ]

It starts out really good and kind of trails off towards the end. As much as I hate to say it, the writing was superb until the Ghost Rider showed up. It just went down hill from there, and the ending was kinda lame.

On a more positive note, the cover art is completely badass and the art inside is really good also. Ghost Rider looks amazing.

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A Small Killing [ link ]

On the surface this trade is confusing. Go a little deeper and it gets depressing and disturbing. The only reason I gave it two stars is because despite the fact it was bleak and disturbing (I’ll even use that word a third time: this book disturbed the hell out of me) it was still good writing. Don’t confuse good with enjoyable though. This was one of the least enjoyable graphic novels I think I have ever read.

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Animal Man Vol. 2 Origin Of The Species [ link ]

It was loaned to me by a friend after I refused to buy it due to how much I didn’t like the first one. I’m glad I liked this one better. I think it took Grant Morrison a little bit to get into his groove, but I think he finally hit his stride in this trade. All the things that bothered me in the first trade were either improved upon or not as obvious.

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Astonishing X Men Vol. 4 Unstoppable [ link ]

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Damn you Whedon!!!

Not to say this was badly written; in fact it’s the exact opposite. I’m cursing Whedon’s name right now for the SPOILERISH

certain character that he chose to “never return again.” But overall it was a great ending to a wonderfully written series. Also, Spider-Man is awesome.

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Spider Man The Other [ link ]

This is a really cool story arc. Spider-Man gains all sorts of new powers and abilities, but I was a little confused because I noticed that these abilities never really made an appearance in Civil War. So I asked my more comic literate friend about it and he said “That’s probably because everyone hated the Other storyline.”

I personally don’t see what people (including Wizard magazine) are talking about. All the parts I liked the best were noted in Wizard as the worse parts ever (the AARP and classic Iron Man suits, how is that not awesome and hilarious?)

Unfortunately this can’t be as momumental as it was probably meant to be (probably to the aforementioned near-universal distaste for it) seeing how all the the gains made in this were ignored in future storylines such as Civil War and erased completely in Brand New Day.

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Dynamo 5 Vol. 2 [ link ]

This is a fun series; my only problem with it is the sheer amount of guest stars that pop up. This series is only about 16 issues in and the amount of guest heroes from other comics (all of which are of course by the same company and you see ads for their comics in Dynamo 5) and it’s not like they’re even helpful. It’s just a “We’re here! Now what?”

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Daredevil Vs Bullseye Vol. 1 [ link ]

I was not expecting to love this trade as much as I did. I normally like to pick up the trades featuring old issues for the nostalgia, but usually I find myself bored with the old-timey writing and art.

I actually really liked a lot of the art here, especially Bob Brown and Klaus Janson’s depiction of Daredevil’s super senses in the first issue. What really makes this trade amazing is the very last issue where Daredevil is standing over Bullseye’s paralyzed body, contemplating life. Frank Miller did an absolute fantastic job.

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Superman Batman Vol. 3 Absolute Power [ link ]

I am a big fan of the Jeph Loeb and the Carlos Pacheco combination. The story is fun and the artwork to go with it is fantastic.

This was just a great trade. It’s a perfect recipe really: Take Superman and Batman and make them fascists. I don’t know why it’s awesome, it just is. There’s something about making those two bad guys that makes a great story. You see plenty of “bad” Superman stories (Frank Miller’s Dark Knight books, Red Son) but there really aren’t that many “bad” Batman stories out there (that I know of). It’s simple but it works well.

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Hulk And Thing Hard Knocks [ link ]

The story is alright. I liked the fight between Marvel’s two biggest heavyweights. My biggest problem with this was the art. I am definately not a fan of how the Thing is drawn. He’s very, very fugly.

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Global Frequency Planet Ablaze [ link ]

Wow. This is one of the most well written stories I’ve ever read. I stumbled upon it by chance, looking for stuff written by Warren Ellis and it is absolutely amazing.

I love the idea too. “Damn! If only we had someone here who knew quantum physics! bleepbloop Okay we got a guy at MIT on the line.” That’s more or less how each of the individual stories go. A group of 1001 people linked together by uber cell phones who work together to protect the planet from various crises by combining their skills, abilities and knowledge.

For Heavy Ink’s discounted price of $11.99, I absolutely urge you to try this trade out. After I finished it I immediately grabbed the second one.

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Marvel Zombies 3 [ link ]

Finally, the Marvel Zombies enter the main Marvel Universe. Of course zombies=large body count and that’s hard to do when keeping people alive is how Marvel makes money. So what do you do when you have to kill some people in a flashy zombie fashion? Grab a bunch of old-barely-heard-of heroes to slaughter. Even though it’s obvious that they’re zombie fodder from the immediate get-go, it’s still entertaining. Another great innovation from this series: A.R.M.O.R. Got to love Marvel and their acronyms.

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Peter & Max A Fables Novel [ link ]

This book is so absolutely amazing. Bill Willingham proves that he can write a novel just as good as he can write a graphic novel. Sometimes the stories don’t translate well to the text-only medium (Sandman novels, not that great) but this story has the exact same feel as any Fables trade. It’s pretty much if Bill Willingham was thinking, “I have a great idea for a Fables story, but it’s too long for a comic book.”

To sum it up: This is the perfect addition to everyone’s Fable collection. Get it. Now

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Final Crisis [ link ]

I didn’t go into it with high hopes, and I was still let down. It started out pretty good, but it quickly spiraled down to “What they heck is going on?” Grant Morrison spent way too much time on parts that were incomprehesible and not nearly enough time on the characters. Killing Martian Manhunter and Batman without a page of introduction. I just turn the page and “oh look, Batman is talking to Darkseid. Wonder how he got thereAND HE’S DEAD.”

Another thing that irks me is that Final Crisis was billed as “Better than Marvel’s Secret Invasion because the core story is in the main title and you don’t need to buy the tie-ins if you don’t want to.” That’s a complete and total lie. The whole second half of the book is the feeling that there’s a decent plot somewhere here but you can’t find it because they aren’t giving you the whole story.

Overall it was a pretty good story and a pretty good idea, but it got bogged down in the presentation. The whole thing was just plain messy.

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Batman Confidential Vol. 2 Lovers And Madmen [ link ]

This is one of the best Joker Origin stories I’ve ever read. The Joker’s psychosis is taken to a whole new level of evil here. Michael Green reminds us that the Joker’s insanity doesn’t equal funny gags and tricks. It’s horrible acts of cruelty and violence.

What makes this the best Joker origin is Batman’s part in his creation. Originally it’s Batman’s fault because he let a two-bit thief fall into a vat of chemicals. This takes this to a whole new level of guilt for Batman. It’s so awesome, you need to read this.

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City Of Silence [ link ]

The story is okay, but it’s a little more garbled/messy than usual for Ellis. Normally Ellis has some really good art backing up his story, but not here. The art only makes everything messier. Ellis is a great writer, but this is definately one to skip.

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