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Very strange.  Not sure where they would package that otherwise.

I’m trying to read Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters across 4 trades at the moment.  I remember why I stopped reading the series given the tie ins.

They like Scott Snyder more than Geoff Johns and these are all in the same continuity?

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I read Absolute Batman and it was sort of interesting right up until the bike flew. That’s when I thought I’ll buy this cheap at some point in a ComiXology sale.

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I’m mostly running D&D, boardgaming once a week and playing a mixture of Pirate Trolls for Warmachine or Hunters for Guildball.

 

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Does the Fall of book include X Men Forever as that felt fairly important to me as I read it -plus more Gillen goodness?

[Martin Smith]

Martin Smith wrote:

Keravin wrote:

Ben wrote:

About the only other 90s series DC finished the trades for I can think of is Hitman.

And it was years between them issuing volumes 1-4 then finishing off with volumes 5-7. They did finish it though.

It won’t surprise you for me to appear and point to Starman and hopefully shortly Sandman Mystery Theatre.

There’s no way they’re going to finish Sandman Mystery Theatre! DC are Lucy, SMT fans are Charlie Brown and a complete trade run of SMT is the football.

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It’s why I still have my single issues.

 

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Todd

Ben wrote:

About the only other 90s series DC finished the trades for I can think of is Hitman.

And it was years between them issuing volumes 1-4 then finishing off with volumes 5-7. They did finish it though.

It won’t surprise you for me to appear and point to Starman and hopefully shortly Sandman Mystery Theatre.

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Ben

Martin Smith wrote:

Is that the Boom run of Firefly?

It is.  I read vols 2-6.

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Martin Smith

Bought Far Sector as singles and thought it was great.

I’m currently catching up on 3 years of Firefly.  Done vols 2-4 today and enjoyed it though because I bought it in singles I need to track down a one shot that I thought was unrelated.

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Ben

Such a massive part of my comic reading with his Justice Leagues being some of my earliest comics.  Absolute class act.

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garjones

Well this I watched pretty close to airing so well done Chibnall.   The ending was pants.  Incoherent.  There were ideas in there, but it was like a first draft that desperately needed more passes.  State of the Universe should be great to mine for stories, but it looks like Chibnall once again has no understanding of, nor desire to deal with, consequences.  Was it better than the end of Key to Time – possibly because Armageddon Factor is an awful story.  Better than Trial of a Time Lord – possibly, but Valeyard has so much more potential for stories.  The Grand Serpent could have been great, but wasted.  How you waste Craig Parkinson is beyond me, but the story did nothing with him in the end.   Too many side characters, Daley’s showing up to negotiate, and squandering the Ravagers.  It was a mess and it had potential.

So we have Destiny of X wit’s new books coming and at least two cancellations – SWORD and Excalibur.  Excalibur maybe replaced by another title, but I’ll miss SWORD.  This comes at a good time as I was quitting more x books so we’ll see if creators/setups get me back in.  Kieron Gillen coming back will guarantee one title.  Where Al Ewing goes gets another.

Todd wrote:

garjones wrote:

What is this America? I never heard of it before today. Do they eat, watch TV and have sex there like other humans?

You assume we are human…

Are you lizards too?

Yeah Steve Orlando is taking over Marauders.   Gillen was on an x conference so waiting to see what he ends up on.

Oh and I quit X Force.  Started well, but feels really pedestrian and I’ll get in a cheap ComiXology sale.

Echoing Dave’s thoughts on Catwoman Lonely City.   Thoroughly enjoyed and the format made Chang’s artwork even better.

 

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I own Arrowsmith in singles and the original trade but will likely get the HC.  So pleased it’s back so I want to support it.

 

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njerry, Ben

So part of my intermittent drop ins.  X Men remains one of the comics I’m actually up to date on.  Inferno is great, Trial of Magneto ok, and Sword surprisingly enjoyable.  My LGs has screwed up getting me Marauders since the start of the gala, butI know I’m dropping that with Duggan leaving.  X Corp was rubbish and I want to get to a suitable drop point for Excalibur.  Not least because of what they did to Wisdom.  It got a reprieve after X of Swords, but frankly I love the characters and still don’t care.

I look forward to Kieron coming back on the books though.

If they had more tv experience there are quite a few BF series runners who I’d want to take over.  Chibnall has been about as bad as I expected so I just have to have hope for a new show-runner.

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Ben

I really enjoyed X of Swords read as a block.  SWORD was really fun.  I’m still very much in and I’m still buying Excalibur even though I think the writing lets  down what could be more interesting written by someone else.

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Ben

I’m late, but glad to see that The Batman’s Grave responses here are in line with my own.   Why do I ever think Ellis will be able to finish a story?

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I managed to get most of the comics I was missing so I have about 40 x books to read.  I have read the latest Die which I thoroughly enjoyed whilst it does horrible things to its characters and the Union.  Now I would have bought it for Paul Grist, but the name plus Union Jack are bonuses.  Again I enjoyed and always like to see more Marvel UK.  This felt more british compared to Revolutionary War, which also suffered with some of the art.

Hawkman 29 was a good last issue.  I remain impressed how Venditti has solved the continuity problems and given us back Shayera Thal after Dave Gibbons killed her.

LOSH – it was better than the trial issues.  I have 5YL omnibus coming for Christmas so I’ll remind myself of good Legion.  There are moments I like, but Young Justice was way better and it looks like no reprise for that.

Batman/Catwoman was good.  5 dollars good.  I’m not sure.

Other stuff requires me to catchup.  I’m almost through X Men Empyre.

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DavidM

Very much a Robert Rodriguez piece, but after all these years Boba Fett was redeemed.

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njerry, Ben

Chip’s run is up there as one of my favourite DD runs.  I’m getting the trades electronically and thinking of getting hardcovers/omnibuses as it’s that good.

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<span style=”caret-color: #222222; color: #222222; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;”>Dropping in Thrawn is all well and good but there’s a track record here of plenty of teasing and no delivery.  One of the books left a plot hanging of a pirate Super Star Destroyer – nothing’s been done with it for years.
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The books let Kevin J Anderson write a trilogy so they were never on the highest ground ( which I understand is important).  Filoni has 2 series that shows he pays off his long term plans.

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Rocket

Justice League International Omnibus vol 2 turned up.  It contains Justice League Antarctica which is the second funniest comic ever behind Hitman/Lobo.  I should probably read vol 1 at some point, but I know these comics like the back of my hand.

Loved it.  That’s how Jedi (though she isn’t really) should be.  That name drop offers so much.  One of the two standout characters from the start of Zahn’s trilogy now given a third life by Filoni.  Can hardly wait to see how cool he could be in live action.   Michael Biehn was a cherry on top.  Beskar showing its worth.  Just let Filoni do the next movie trilogy for gods sake.

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Todd

Dave wrote:

Keravin wrote:

Ben wrote:

‘Course they can take it, it’s a Billy bookcase

I may have found their limit.  We’re looking at getting some custom built.

Yeah, I have a fair bit of stuff that’s too big for a Billy.

I have a slightly stronger cabinet that houses most of my big books.

My Absolutes etc are in cubes.

Ben wrote:

‘Course they can take it, it’s a Billy bookcase

I may have found their limit.  We’re looking at getting some custom built.

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Ben

There’s also a very fun version called the unredacted edition which was done as an in game reference for the Dracula Files campaign, which operates that Dracula was published after he went against British Intelligence when they tried to recruit him via Harker.

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Martin Smith

Love Chriscross.  I only got Slingers because of his artwork.  Xero is another underrated gem.

There’s a group, Qanon adjacent, now blaming the GOP for not supporting Trump and threatening to boycott the Georgia Senate runoffs as punishment.   I feel this is only right and we should support their efforts as this goes well when the left fractures.

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JRCarter wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I hope I never actually find out what the correct pronunciation of “miqque” is. May it always remain a mystery

In my mind, it sounds like “Mick”.

Yeah same for me.

 

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Ben, Todd

Yeah I looked at Flint yesterday and was tempted.  But just bought a load of Black Series.

 

I was sort of tempted to get the GI Joe figures, but glad I didn’t after reading Martin’s review.  Hasbro is already causing me too many issues with Star Wars Black Series.

So in lockdown I’ve played Godtear on Tabletopia, then Guildball on vassal.  At home we’ve played the new edition of Fury of Dracula and have started a duet campaign of D&D.  The duet is good as we can play short sessions and the narrative is far more collaborative.  One intended adversary NPC is now a companion to Clare’s main PC as she saw a far more sympathetic character in him than I originally intended.

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Dave wrote:

Post-Brexit lorry queues could make Kent ‘toilet of England’

Campaigners warn that roads and laybys are already littered with urine and excrement

You can’t help but feel sorry for… oh.

 

You know the lorry park is built on a flood plane so it may also get flushed.   So much winning.

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Al-x wrote:

The properties of light… the hormones in the body regarding attraction… we are getting scientific here.

So who is smarter, you or your partner?

Clare says it’s me, but I say Doctor Peyton is way smarter than me.  But we have different strengths emotionally and intellectually.

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Just caught up with Die.  I’m impressed by how the onion of how this world works keeps being peeled.   The stuff with the Masters is great.   We’re right around the corner from the end of arc as that usually blows something up.  Now on with catching up with Once and Future as I’m missing a week of X of Swords.

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Miqque seemed immortal.  I’m so sorry that he had to fight right up to the end.  He will very much be missed.

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Ben wrote:

Keravin wrote:

Thank god I still have Big Finish.

Who have this terrible habit of announcing cool stuff I feel the need to buy to support them, despite not getting around to clearing my backlog.

Currently on the Cicero series, Barnett has one of those voices that is great for audio.

I haven’t finished Dark Eyes yet.

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Ben

Thank god I still have Big Finish.

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Dan wrote:

Keravin wrote:

It really feels like Chibnall has only ever read a Wikipedia on Doctor Who rather than having any real knowledge.

sadly he’s been a huge fan since forever. This might be the problem.

Which I knew, but it still comes across as not really getting it.

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Dan

Justice League 39 soured me so much I’m actively avoiding Death Metal.  If they had been clear this was where it was going I may have kept going, but not now.

I would buy 6” G I JOE, but I’m just getting past collecting what I wanted from the Star Wars Black Series 6” line.   Don’t have anywhere to really show off what I have.  My wargaming/RPG habit is probably enough.

 

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DavidM wrote:

Martin Smith wrote:

What if the X-Men all had swords?

Brilliant, Jonathan! Instant crossover potential!

“I have one of the most powerful energy weapons in the universe inside my eyes.

Better get a sword too, just in case.”

You’ve seen Pacific Rim, where you wonder at the end why they didn’t just use the swords all along?

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We were just bored.  The Doctor got to be special, but then never felt special in any way.   Compare this to most of the great Matt Smith moments.   It was dull, perplexed by the Gallicyber getup and wondering how the Doctor is supposed to be special when the Master gives her the solution.   Chibnall didn’t just steal from Who, he’s nabbed that Mcguffin from J J Abrams.   The icing on the cake was the nonsense with the Judoon teleporting in.

It really feels like Chibnall has only ever read a Wikipedia on Doctor Who rather than having any real knowledge.

 

Justice League actually started as fun and there were good bits along the way.  The inconsistent artists haven’t helped and a lack of clarity on whether this Doom War was leading into a line crossover also didn’t help.   It feels at the end like a bit of a waste of time and squandering of some good ideas.

Justice League 39 – how to throw away an ending.  I’m left wondering if that is the ending or is it going to be somewhere else. After 40+ issues that’s not acceptable.

Been catching up on Runaways and really enjoying the current run.  About to start the Doc Justice part of the run.

I am in a similar position to others.  X Men I am loving, especially issue 4.  Marauders is the second best title so stays.  X Force is interesting so gets to stay for now.  Excalibur I should love, but still don’t care.  Fallen Angels I can’t be bothered with.  New Mutants – guess I’m only buying the Hickman issues.  Looking forward to X-4 and that’s it of the new books.

 

I have mostly been playing GODTEAR a lot.  Really good board game/war game hybrid that’s pretty easy to play, but really well balanced and the game has good depth.  First campaign day on Saturday.

Picked up Marvel: Crisis Protocol. 10 models, 9 pieces of terrain and rules and widgets in the box. Teams can be formed of Heroes and Villains, but you also get benefits for playing fluffy teams. Got everything assembled and going to start priming them.

At the same time I’m just waiting for Godtear to ship and been painting the limited edition metal models ready to play.

I’ve got loads of other new comics to read, but just caught up on the last few issues of Hawkman. There was a very pleasant surprise with Shade and Opal City making a rather large appearance. There was some good bits throwing in more from Carter’s history, though how much that makes sense without the former Golden Age because that points to Carter being the only possible superhero at that point of history. Another example of why the messing about of DC history made no sense. . I enjoyed these though less enamoured where this goes as I’m not reading Superman/Batman.

I really don’t get what the obsession with exposing Superman’s identity as Clark is. We had it just before the end of New 52 and again now.

Jon wrote:

I’m 39… that’s the only relevant bit you need to know for census purposes.

Gar will decide that.

When I get to the shop it’ll be

X Men 1
Justice League 34
Vox Machina trade probably
Batman probably
Once and Future 3
Firefly 10 – really should read an issue
History of Marvel Universe 4

Cats are just better. I ended with one of mine because the dog it lived with just couldn’t handle him.

Jon wrote:

Keravin wrote:

Given the prime time travel Marvel story is Days of Future Past I would imagine that this is connected to why no precogs. I have definitely been on the maybe not 616 viewpoint.

How is DoFP the “prime” time travel story? Might’ve been one of the first and probably one of the more popular, but I wouldn’t necessarily call it the “prime” one considering it was very short and not all that important in the long run. Age of Apocalypse had a lot more impact, for exemple. Cable is a REALLY popular character, and Bishop too, to a lesser extent… Alternate futures is sort of a tradition in Marvel stories… seems the future is always in constant flux, and that’s not even without getting into the whole “do those futures cease to be or do they become their own parallel reality” type of question, which might come into play still, btw…

The alternate future thing in Marvel comes from Days of Future Past. It set them up as a trope for the X Men and is a stone cold classic. Rachel and Nimrod come from it which is vitally important.

Given the prime time travel Marvel story is Days of Future Past I would imagine that this is connected to why no precogs. I have definitely been on the maybe not 616 viewpoint.

So this thread is just about Tim and puppies?

I’m getting issue 1, but no one there I care about.

I’m also concerned it’s how many years after New 52 and Rebirth and they are only trying to figure this now?

For me Marauders and Excalibur are both Krakoa focused, plus have Council members in them. As I’ve said I can’t see where Fallen Angels fits.

I just listened to the third locum Doctors story – The Secret History – where 5th replaces 1st. Really enjoyable and a nice mix of the much more historical focus of the 1st with the 5th being earnest through it all. Nice continuity to another Doctor’s stories leading to the reason behind it all.

Then Ghost Mission which was a delight and makes me want to listen to more Torchwood. Samuel Barnett was brilliant and would love to hear more of his character.

I remember having a drink with Didio at Heroes Con and he asked me who I considered Batgirl. He really couldn’t understand when I answered Cassandra Cain as his viewpoint is that the 60s-70s versions of characters trump all. Barbara Gordon is Oracle.

This is just the start. Hickman doesn’t always lay out so many cards in this form, but we know what they are trying to fight. We know about Moira 6 and that probably does change things on reread. I think I’m now going to try all the issue 1s as I can’t see where Fallen Angels fits in, but there must be a plan. We know Hickman can land his stories.

In Hickman we trust.

Tim Drake is by far the best Robin.

This new DC 5G idea would be cool if Didio etc hadn’t gone out their way to rewind things to the 60s and 70s. Wally just got more and more screwed.

Not the flag. That button at the top of each section saying Mark all as read has not worked.

From an interview about X Force with Ben Percy:

It’s all been very civil. The thing that’s so great about this experience is we are not only writing these individual series, we are writing one large story together. So the coordination that’s occurring, not just through these summits, but through everyday correspondence on Slack. If I have a question about Marauders, say, just yesterday, I was talking to Gerry, I was like, ‘hey, can I do this with the Marauders crew?’ and then we have a side negotiation. It’s all copacetic.

Damn I’m going to end up ordering the titles I thought could avoid.

Might explain why we’re finally getting a Wedge Action figure. Or it’s because they gave some work to his nephew.

I tried marking all as read and they still remain unread.

Star Wars got metallic shine figures this week and white boxes. Plus spoilers for Rise of Skywalker.

I still do not understand how Jai Courtney keeps being cast in anything after Good day to Die Hard and Genysis.

Ready or Not – Clare and I watched this movie about board games connected to a wedding after our wedding had board games at the reception. It plays on various tropes, subverts and manages elements of realism whilst mixing in bits of the fantastical. At times very tense, then subverting it so the audience veered between gasps and stifling loud laughing as if they were not sure they should laugh. Luckily not too gory, but not afraid to hide from what it is depicting. The second Adam Brody movie we saw in a week after rewatching Shazam.

Eduardo wrote:

Such a persecution complex.

It’s only a persecution complex if you can’t find evidence.

Eduardo – No, no and thrice no.

I was reminded by James that I am still waiting for a sketch from Hitch after 17 years because twice he said to not queue as he’d definitely sort me out. I know he’s slow, but….

Quiet week partly because I’m waiting on my LCS to get in missing issue of Angel.

White Trees 2 – I reviewed the first one and felt it didn’t do enough world building for me. Having read the complete story I remain unconvinced I’d return for future stories.

So quiet I’m not sure which end of the country I’m going to when I meet an MP next week. Glad I’ve not bought my ticket yet.

I am disappointed that Sam Kisgart appears to have been replaced by someone called Gattis. Sam, I’m sure will have worked with Sir Derek before and could have regaled us with tales in the behind the scenes.

Bollocks.

Name: Peyton
Age Range: The 40s
Comics you’re currently buying: Hickman comics, Whedonverse, Justice League, Outer Darkness, Critical Role, Priest comics
Favorite Millar book? Ultimates or maybe Huck.
Favorite comic characters: Jack Knight and the Shade. With a side order of Miles Morales. I do not buy any comics with any of them in it at the moment.
Top TV shows right now: Most of my shows I love aren’t on. Currently watching Warrior, Temple, Suits, Bake off, and trying to rewatch Elementary and Person of Interest.
Best movie you saw in the last year: Avengers Endgame, John Wick 3. Really want to see Booksmart.
Where do you live? Leeds
Bank Account, Social Security Number, Mothers Maiden name? I cannot give you that under GDPR
What do you like about Millarworld The Carrier? We’re Green again.
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be? Rewind to 2015 and try again, but like Tony I’d want to keep some things we have now.
If you could have one last meal before your glorious death in the Thunderball arena, what would you eat? I could eat all the things I can’t eat on a no carb diet. Based on yesterday I’m going to miss fruit cake the most.
Top 5 fictional characters you’d go to Vegas with? Tony Stark to bankroll it and be less intense than Bruce Wayne, Danny Ocean because he will definitely know the best places, Harry Dresden despite the tech issues, Locke Lamora, and the Doctor. Last time I was thinking about stealing, this time more of the experience.
If you could visit one place, where would you go? New Zealand keeps staying there, but there’s some great Spa breaks Clare’s found which are top of the list.
If you had to room with another Millarworlder, who would you pick? Dodsworth.

I’m sure I posted this here.

I’ve just caught up on Outer Darkness by Layman. A horror sci-fi comic with a sort of Trek setup but a lot more attitude. The characters reveal facets as we go along, with issue 4 being my absolute favourite. The characters are petty and I cannot wait to see where it goes.