Babylonianfrost Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 So anyone have any opinions on the Eternals? I was curious if any of the runs on them was worth checking out. I was also curious what are some worthwhile Inhuman stories pre-War of Kings worth checking. The actual payoff to the Kirby Eternals series in Roy Thomas, etc.'s Thor issues (Annual # 7 and issues # 283-301 - give or take a random tour through Ring of the Nibelung) was really good and surprisingly epic. The epilogue in the Iron Man annual (#6?) not so much but it and Avengers # 246-248 do complete the story. The Thor stuff at least in available in trade paperback. They've released an Origin of the Inhumans book with all that Lee/Kirby stuff and the underrated '70's stuff in out in the Masterworks series but it's understandable to not want to plop down that kind of cash. Issue # 4 of the Vision/Scarlet Witch series and Fantastic Four #240 did a nice job of setting up the status quo that lasted for fifteen years or so. Avengers Annual #12 as well, if you're inclined. And, of course, Thing # 3 contains the story where it was revealed that Lockjaw wasn't a dog after all but a severely mutated Inhuman...before that got retconned the hell out of existence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I enjoyed the 80's Eternals series by Peter Gillis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin877 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Kirby's Eternals is my next binge read on Marvel Unlimited after I finish up Kraven's Last Hunt and the first two Shanower/Young OZ minis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 So I'm working my way through Waid's first volume of Daredevil since the last issue went up on Marvel Unlimited this week and it just has me wondering how a Waid written Spider-Man could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Wasnt waid part of the rotation a few years ago, when the book was weekly? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Yeah. It was good but not blow away, but that may have just been the effect of writing in part by committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Wasnt waid part of the rotation a few years ago, when the book was weekly? Googling shows that you are right and that it had slipped my mind. I still would say that I would like more to see what he could do given control over all aspects Spidey. Though Spider-Man could turn out to be a character like Batman where writers might not find a lot to say about, especially within the confines of the limited lasting changes of such a major character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Daredevil is a better character than Spider-Man anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Despite original orders of somewhere around 300,000 copies (between a third and a half of that going to Loot Crate), Rocket Raccoon #1 is still going back for a third printing, which should take it close to 400,000 copies overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 What's Loot Crate? Isn't 400K like 4 times what the top selling books sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 What's Loot Crate? https://www.lootcrate.com/ They send you a bunch of geeky stuff in a box once a month. Seems to be getting popular. Isn't 400K like 4 times what the top selling books sell? Just about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 LootCrate must be working because I've noticed 2 or 3 rip-offs pop up in the last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 There are a lot of various subscription box services out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 So... Original Sin happened. For those who didn't bother to read... Essentially, a number of characters moved up/down a spot to launch new #1s. Uatu the Watcher is dead (Killed by Nick Fury, Sr.) Dr. Midas (Grant Morrison creation from Marvel Boy mini) is dead. (Killed trying to absorb Uatu's energy. Nick Fury, Sr. is believed dead, and is the new Watcher (as The Unseen) Oubliette (Midas' daughter) is the new Dr. Midas. Part of Uatu's death was revealing of numerous secrets (Tony Stark being partially responsible for the Gamma bomb that created the Hulk, Johnny Storm ruining Ben Grimm's transformation back to normal, some secret that will be revealed in The Unworthy Thor, which is why he can't lift Mjolnir, which is stuck on the Moon). Bucky Barnes, The Winter Soldier is the new "Defender of Earth". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I enjoyed Original Sin in the sense that I enjoyed the issues while reading them. The payoffs, though..... I either dislike or am apathetic to almost all the plot developments listed above. Fury acting as a black ops protector and sniping threats to the planet makes some sense.Seemingly making Fury a Watcher.... ugh. Just a ridiculous twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 @stephenwacker Someone in office is about to read Maximum Carnage and i feel obligated to step in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 a Grant Morrison-written MiracleMan story coming out in December? i am so fucking in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Rydell Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Is Dan Slott writing Mary Jane Watson the way he is on orders from Joe Quesada, or is that how he actually feels the character should be written? Because' it's been pretty well established that Mary Jane abandoning her pregnant sister and leaving her to rot in poverty for all those years was the worst thing she had ever done and her greatest shame, and she would never, ever do that again... ...aside from right now where she's abandoned Peter and is acting more out of character for her than when David Michelinie had her take up smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Rydell Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 So... Original Sin happened. For those who didn't bother to read... Essentially, a number of characters moved up/down a spot to launch new #1s. Uatu the Watcher is dead (Killed by Nick Fury, Sr.) Dr. Midas (Grant Morrison creation from Marvel Boy mini) is dead. (Killed trying to absorb Uatu's energy. Nick Fury, Sr. is believed dead, and is the new Watcher (as The Unseen) Oubliette (Midas' daughter) is the new Dr. Midas. Part of Uatu's death was revealing of numerous secrets (Tony Stark being partially responsible for the Gamma bomb that created the Hulk, Johnny Storm ruining Ben Grimm's transformation back to normal, some secret that will be revealed in The Unworthy Thor, which is why he can't lift Mjolnir, which is stuck on the Moon). Bucky Barnes, The Winter Soldier is the new "Defender of Earth". *shrugs* All of that will either be retconned or completely ignored within two years, if not much much sooner. When was the last time it was even mentioned that Ronan and Crystal are married and Crystal is basically being held hostage by Black Bolt to keep them apart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Rydell Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I still can't believe none of the statue makers had any sort of Rocket Raccoon or Groot statues in the pipeline for when GotG came out. They got caught completely off guard by this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 So... Original Sin happened. For those who didn't bother to read... Essentially, a number of characters moved up/down a spot to launch new #1s. Uatu the Watcher is dead (Killed by Nick Fury, Sr.) Dr. Midas (Grant Morrison creation from Marvel Boy mini) is dead. (Killed trying to absorb Uatu's energy. Nick Fury, Sr. is believed dead, and is the new Watcher (as The Unseen) Oubliette (Midas' daughter) is the new Dr. Midas. Part of Uatu's death was revealing of numerous secrets (Tony Stark being partially responsible for the Gamma bomb that created the Hulk, Johnny Storm ruining Ben Grimm's transformation back to normal, some secret that will be revealed in The Unworthy Thor, which is why he can't lift Mjolnir, which is stuck on the Moon). Bucky Barnes, The Winter Soldier is the new "Defender of Earth". *shrugs* All of that will either be retconned or completely ignored within two years, if not much much sooner. When was the last time it was even mentioned that Ronan and Crystal are married and Crystal is basically being held hostage by Black Bolt to keep them apart? This week in All-New X-Factor, actually. Black Bolt is actually MIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Yeah, Ronan and Crystal have apparently broken up. It's weird that Luna is like 12 now, while Franklin is still 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Either inhumans age slightly differently or her dad gave her enhanced metabolism. Where's my no-prize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I gotcher No Prize right here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Rydell Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 It's weird that Luna is like 12 now, while Franklin is still 7. Sue Storm's even worse, given that the current origin from The Marvel Saga: Official History of The Marvel Universe #16 claims that Sue was 17 when she first met Reed Richards and probably on 21-22 when she gained her powers. Most of the time now she's portrayed as being late 30's/early 40's even though she should only be 34-35. The current Spider-man arc claims that "roughly" 13 years have passed since Amazing Fantasy #15. Previously the "rolling timeline" had been "10 years since Fantastic Four #1." I'm sure that the 13 years thing will be ignored by later writers. Comics are a weird thing where many of the writers seem to have issues with their own aging, so they either de-age characters or replace them with younger characters in the costume (Kyle Rayner, Ollie's son, Ryan Choi, etc.) in some sort of attempt to hang onto their own youth or something (and also, admittedly, to try to lure "young readers" who don't actually exist). Eventually Spider-Man will get a writer who isn't comfortable writing about a 30-year old Peter Parker and retcon it to Peter being 26 or 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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