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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited July 2016 Posts: 24,264
    KICK-ASS

    Just finished reading all 28 issues of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's superhero epic KICK-ASS and wow, did it kick some ASS! In the suggested reading order,

    - Kick-Ass 1-8
    - Hit-Girl 1-5
    - Kick-Ass 2 1-7
    - Kick-Ass 3 1-8

    KICK-ASS is one linear sequence of moments of juicy graphic violence and some of the best comedy Millar has ever come up with. I'm turning into a Millar worshipper; after SECRET SERVICE, CIVIL WAR, SUPERMAN: RED SON, CHRONONAUTS, ULTIMATE X-MEN, JUPITER'S LEGACY and JUPITER'S CIRCLE, I couldn't let my hero down by not reading what I now perceive to be his finest work ever. Especially given the fact that I have been a fan of the films for years, and that I owe my love for Chloë Grace Moretz to them, KICK-ASS just had to be read, right? But with so much stuff yet to read, I reluctantly set out to page through all 28 issues. My reluctance vanished after exactly 2 pages and I went at it with a voracious appetite. Great comedy, wonderful artwork, some of the most subversive stuff I've ever read! Hit-Girl is simply amazing. If you're easily offended, stay as far away from KICK-ASS as you can, and that's the greatest compliment I can give this delicious comic book.

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I have been wondering if I should buy those comics. Huge fan of the films.

    Thanks for the recommendation, @DarthDimi.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I honestly think you'd love the comics, @Thunderfinger. I bought a boxset containing all four books, which saved me some money. Please find them, read them and then get back to me.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I will some day. Just bought a bunch of old Donald Duck magazines from 1975/76. Pure nostalgia for me.
  • BeatlesSansEarmuffsBeatlesSansEarmuffs
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    I've been reading both Marvel's Civil War II series and many of DC's "Rebirth" titles. DC's generally doing a good job of cleaning up the mess that the New 52 left in various corners of the DC Universe. But Marvel's Civil War II is really, really good: the Marvel heroes are faced with a moral question that could only exist in a comic book super hero universe, and both sides have good, substantial reasons for making the choices that put them into opposition with each other. Their actions have real consequences, long-time favorite characters like Bruce Banner and James Rhodes are impacted permanently, and even sideline characters like J. Jonah Jameson are given a chance to shine in ways I've seldom seen before. I'll give the Rebirth titles an overall B and the Civil War II titles that I have read (sorry, not enough time in the day to do & see everything on my plate) a solid A.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Following it being listed in a top 10 The Shadow stories by The Rageholic, and being a fan of The Shadow, I bought, and have finished reading The Shadow: Blood & Judgement. This story comes with quite the reputation, but I have mixed feelings. While I have no problems with The Shadow killing the villains he comes across, what rubbed me up the wrong way was the sociopathic attitude The Shadow has in Blood & Judgement, Chaykin takes that a bit too far.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Finally after a long 6 years, I will read comic books on a regular basis again.

    I still bought them all (Batman, JL, Flash) but didn't read anymore since 2010 for lack of time.

    So with this I'll start (thanks to @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 :

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    I'll read it all through No 12 Court of Owls/City of Owls and then continue as I have heard great things about Death Of The Family, Zero Year and Endgame.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    @BondJasonBond006 Batman fared the best out of The New 52, no doubt. I haven't read everything yet-- most recent was Gordon's brief stint as Batman (which was actually way cooler than it sounds)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    @BondJasonBond006, cool! I'm reading Vol 1. of Court of Owls now, and liking it. Snyder does inner monologues that are very good for Bruce/Batman. As I go through, I'll have to post my thoughts here so we can discuss them. One thing I really dig at the moment is how Snyder in writing and Capullo in art has really created a history for Gotham City that feels real and pops right off the page. We get details about the buildings around the city, who built them and when, how many bridges and tunnels Gotham has, where they're at, and so much more. It really makes all the city come alive and feel as a character all its own, and the fact that we're told the history by Bruce shows that he as Batman is a master of its every nook and cranny, enforcing his intellect and adding credibility to his mission to protect it. It truly feels like his city, and he knows it like the back of his hand.

    I ordered some new books to add to my Batman collection just last night. I got volumes 2 and 3 of Snyder and Capullo's Batman run that wraps the Owls arc and starts a Joker story (I'll get to Zero Year and Endgame some other time), Batman: Gotham By Gaslight and its sequel in one collection, and the Batman: Nine Lives noir comic. I look forward to dipping into each and every one of them soon.

    Many thanks to those that gave me recommendations, as well.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    edited July 2016 Posts: 9,020
    Great @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

    Both Gotham by Gaslight and Nine Lives belong to my favourites. I'd go so far to put both into my Top 10, maybe Top 15.
    Also great you found a collection with the sequel Master Of The Future.

    I'll try to put my impressions of Court of Owls into words once I've read enough :) or I'll end up commenting on every single frame :))
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    @BondJasonBond006, Snyder and Capullo started out not working well at all together, clashing creatively, but over time they've just "got" each other and are amongst the best partnerships/dynamics we've seen working under the Batman name, right up there with Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, Denny O'Neil and Neil Adams, and Jeph Loeb and Time Sale.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    HOWARD THE DUCK THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL 3

    From 1979-1980. This is where a certain Wally Sidney gives Howard pants.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Thunderfinger, I'm sure you've seen the movie. :) Lea Thompson is hotter than Tabasco in that film and Barry's score rocks.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I haven t. i thought it looked pretty dreadful.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    It is very dreadful, and that's precisely WHY you need to give it a try! Oh, but please try to get the international version of the film. The American one was cut down pretty heavily by those monkeys of the MPAA. They took out some of the best stuff in the film.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    Hmm I never knew there was another version of Howard the Duck.... time to research this
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Seeing Howard the Duck at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy was mind-blowing and disturbing for me.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Master_Dahark, have you seen the Playduck poster? Duck breasts? Duck condom? :P Because that's the version the MPAA doesn't want you to watch.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I'm not saying you're going to get half an hour of extra material or anything, but there's some juvenile comedy those MPAA pricks denied our American friends back in the day.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @Master_Dahark, have you seen the Playduck poster? Duck breasts?
    Oh I do remember seeing that, so I saw that version after all. Too bad there isn't a version with Lea Thompson's breasts
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    There are movies with Lea Thompson's breasts... but I don't want to be the forum pimp. :p
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited August 2016 Posts: 4,813
    I sure hope Back to the Future isn't one of 'em X_X
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I believe there's one with Tom Cruise... ;-)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    STAR WARS

    The original series, a stretch of comics from 1981, set between TESB and ROTJ. I can remember some excellent Star Wars strips from that era drawn by Al Williamson, but this wasn t it. Pretty bad and disappointing.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    You read the ones with the alien rabbits and all, @Thunderfinger? :)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    No. At least not yet. I am giving up on this.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited September 2016 Posts: 24,264
    Fair enough. I'm trying to page through them but Marvel's doing one hell of a job at the moment so the old ones are an "in case I have nothing better to do on the crapper" kind of thing.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    @DarthDimi, sure enough, those telepathic rodents showed up. This is bad. Really, really bad.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    KICK-ASS

    I thought the movies were mature and unfit for kids, but this is way more brutal. Hilarious at the same time. Different enough from the movie that I can enjoy this first read without it feeling like I know it all already. Thanks for the recommendation, @DarthDimi.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Thunderfinger, somehow I knew you'd appreciate Millar's genius! Be advised please that things will improve. I'm sure you'll have paged through the other volumes in no time. This stuff is addictive.
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