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[WhenWeWereKings]

1.- Oh, no doubt JD was a continuation (and ending) of Gillen's Eternals run. The whole event is more enjoyable if you read and like what he did there (which I did). The Avengers were there so they could sell more books and promote it like a big deal. I liked the concept of Mutants being a loophole in the deviants mandate the Eternals have.

2.- Eh, I'm fine with mutants taking Ls. They've been winning for 3 years basically and even in this event they were the ones that saved the day thanks to Nightcrawler, Jean, Magneto, Storm and Exodus.

That's probably the issue. I did not read Gillen's Eternals run. Might have to check that out.

 

[Jmare007]

That's probably the issue. I did not read Gillen's Eternals run. Might have to check that out.

I think it's very much worth a read. I liked Gillen's Thanos and the narration of the Machine. There's some one shots that are cool too, like the one that introduces Uranos.

 

[Jmare007]

Ewing continues to be on his bag with X-Men Red

Brand's plans finally out in the open and by gawd

 

[R=G]

When does the Scarlet Witch book start again??

 

[Da Jungles]

Anybody use CLZ and Covrprice to catalog their books?

 

[nieman]

Need to reread Judgement Day while sober.

Moon Knight continues to be crack. I feel like it's slept on, honestly. This whole run is what Moon Knight TV should have been. Actually Moon Knight has prolly had the most "excellent" runs on a comic in the last 20 years.

Vanish got some foul shyt going on in it. Wizards teaching kids there'll always be more evil no matter how you stop it.... by taking them to 9/11 and only stopping the first plane.

Thunderbolts continues to be a fun read. Clint relearning how to be a leader, Monica acting like she's a better leader, Mockingbird gonna be in the next issue so you know I'm all over it. Not enough Purple Lady this issue. But Eegro was there, so I might allow it

Damn Them All: It reads like they told Simon Spurrier he couldn't write John Constantine so he just made his own. It's gritty as shyt, too. I think it's funny how everybody been biting Hickman's use of text pages in comics, but I'm with that, too. Not that Dr. Strange/Dr. Fate brand of magic, either. The real, historical DARK stuff. All the stuff that they brought up or used (can't speak for the summoning ritual) is the REAL DEAL The books mentioned, the demons mentioned, the seals and drawings they showed, all of that stuff is from real world old school Key of Solomon level sorcery books. Nah I'm not typing none of it out. If you're interested, just go read the issue and look stuff up. Yes, I love the series already and it's only the first issue.

Still need to read Wildcards, X-Terminators, Batman: Fortress, Strange, New Mutants, Human Target, Flawed, Bloodshot, DC vs Vampires

Still need to watch Jodie's sendoff in Doctor Who.

New job been keeping me busy.

I bought the first 2 issues last weekend just on some check it out ish. I loved it. Like "WOW!!"

I like this Thunderbolts team.

 

[Uncle Baby Billy]

RIP Carlos Pacheco... Dude put in legit work.
Carlos Pacheco - Wikipedia

 

[abominable1]

just heard Kevin O'neil passed as well

Kevin O'Neill, Comic Artist and League of Extraordinary Gentleman Co-Creator, Dies

Kevin O'Neill, the iconic British artist who co-created League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Alan Moore, has passed away.

www.cbr.com

 

[Wild self]

Anyone read that new JSA special?

 

[Uncle Baby Billy]

Anyone read that new JSA special?

Yeah, it was alright.
I hate that characters like the JSA and Magneto are just long-lived 100 year olds instead of getting some decent updated origin that goes 30-40 years back (like Smallville that had them in the 70s).
It's a bit of a time headache too in the special:

Spoiler: Spoilers

Power Girl appears in a segment meant to be in the 70's, but Superman is in the modern day. So Her current origin is that she's from earth-2 but somehow got to prime earth in the past before Superman. weird
Also, she's usually Huntress' bestie, but here she's an old Woman when Helena is young

They should have just shifted times better IMO.

 

[nieman]

Yeah, it was alright.
I hate that characters like the JSA and Magneto are just long-lived 100 year olds instead of getting some decent updated origin that goes 30-40 years back (like Smallville that had them in the 70s).
It's a bit of a time headache too in the special:

Spoiler: Spoilers

Power Girl appears in a segment meant to be in the 70's, but Superman is in the modern day. So Her current origin is that she's from earth-2 but somehow got to prime earth in the past before Superman. weird
Also, she's usually Huntress' bestie, but here she's an old Woman when Helena is young

They should have just shifted times better IMO.

They don't need updated origins. Plus, 616 has a sliding timescale, and Magneto's been de-aged like 10x already

 

[Uncle Baby Billy]

They don't need updated origins. Plus, 616 has a sliding timescale, and Magneto's been de-aged like 10x already

Magneto and the JSA still have an origin in the 40's - the sliding timescale didn't change that, they just have excuses why they're 100+ and deaged.
De-aging them in-story always ignores their family's ages I.E. Scarlet Witch, Obsidian, Jade, Hourman II.
I prefer they'd have an updated origin to fit middle age. I.E. born in the 50s-60s and active in the 80s.

 

[Mr. Negative]

RIP Carlos Pacheco... Dude put in legit work.
Carlos Pacheco - Wikipedia

damn, really!?

 

[Uncle Baby Billy]

damn, really!?

Yup. Dude was a modern legend.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Small comic con yesterday and picked up a bunch of books. Second show I went to from them and really enjoyed it; it was bigger this time. Feels like how the OG comic cons used to be.

Picked up some complete sets and mini-series events in the dollar box. Crossed off some more comics. Best thing was it was free to enter. Can’t wait for the next one.