The Natural Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I finished Tomb of Dracula Magazine, which ran for six issues. There was no reason for them to resurrect Dracula for this series. At first it seemed like the magazine would continue on from where the monthly series left off, but then Wolfman left, and it became more of a Dracula anthology series (something they could have easily done without resurrecting the character.) Roger McKenzie writes some of the stories, and the last issue is penned by none other than "James" Shooter himself. As with the other Marvel black and white mags, the highlight is the gorgeous artwork from the likes of Colon and Buscema. There's even a quirky Ditko story, whose Dracula has a passing resemblance to Dr. Strange. Tomb of Dracula is one of my favorite Marvel comics from the 70s, and I was surprised to learn that the magazine came out only a month after the regular series ended. Instead of being excited about more Dracula stories, I found the magazine largely unnecessary and not worth reading even if you're a fan of Tomb of Dracula. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 30 minutes ago, Blue Dragon said: Creative team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 21 hours ago, The Natural said: Creative team? Joe Kelly, Gerardo Sandoval. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 what, they couldn't shoehorn the Inhumans in there too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, twiztor said: what, they couldn't shoehorn the Inhumans in there too? That's for the sequel . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Natural said: That's for the sequel . so many options! Judgment Day After? Judgment Next Day? Re-Judgment Day? Judgment Day 2: The Appeal? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I read Hulk: Future Imperfect and The Thanos Quest, both of which would make my (very short) shortlist of best Marvel comics of the 90s. The former is set in a future where the Hulk has become the insane ruler of a nuclear wasteland, and the latter sees Thanos travel around the cosmos kicking butt and collecting Infinity Gems. Both books have outstanding artwork, Perez on Future Imperfect and Ron Lim on The Thanos Quest, as well as solid writing. Peter David was knee deep in his Hulk run at this time, and Starlin had just made a triumphant return with Silver Surfer. In many ways, this was the end of "my" era of Marvel where the writers still had equal billing to the artists. I was particularly impressed by Ron Lim's artwork. I didn't realize that he was so good. My biggest memory of Lim is being profoundly disappointed when he took over the pencils on Infinity Gauntlet. What surprised me most was the range of facial expressions he was able to get out of Thanos, especially those looks of despair whenever he was in the doghouse with Mistress Death. Villain-led titles aren't the easiest to pull off, but Thanos is such a multi-dimensional character that Starlin is able to make it work. You know he's going to succeed in his quest and claim all of the Infinity Gems, but it's a bunch of fun. The Maestro in Future Imperfect is likewise charismatic, and quite an outstanding character in an era not renowned for introducing a lot of new outstanding characters. So yeah, thumbs up for both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 In a way, both of those have spawned so many sequels and spin off, it makes them even better in hindsight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 The moon is destroyed. Marvel space itself is mostly empty of life, like the Ultimate universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 New Mutants this week is REALLY fucking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Soft Serve is now less in the background. Forge specifically refers to her in this week's X-Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) Back in print, 7000 copies https://www.polygon.com/22936105/dc-marvel-crossover-justice-league-vs-avengers-comic-book-george-perez Edited February 16, 2022 by Blue Dragon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 12:47 PM, Blue Dragon said: Back in print, 7000 copies https://www.polygon.com/22936105/dc-marvel-crossover-justice-league-vs-avengers-comic-book-george-perez that's an excellent miniseries and i enjoyed it tremendously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 With gaps in his memory, Ben is slowly turning heel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Blue Dragon said: With gaps in his memory, Ben is slowly turning heel. I'm not surprised by this unfortunately. Can it be actually worse than what Dan Slott and Peter A David did to poor Ben Reilly in the Dead no More: The Clone Conspiracy and Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Sometimes they just want to go back to below 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Still underwhelmed by the new creative team on The Amazing Spider-Man particularly Zeb Wells and another unnecessary #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Blue Dragon said: Soon So underwhelmed by Zeb Wells as the new writer on TASM. Hope to be pleasantly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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