Comics For 2/15/05

[Gray Lensman]

Another new comics shipment has arrived. And lo, the usual question... what did everyone get?

Today's haul...

Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1: I like Carol Danvers, and the preview pages I've seen of the new series didn't look too bad. I may follow this.

X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4: After a decent start, the big reveal falls flat for me. After three issues of teasing, the mystery villain turns out to be a new character we don't learn anything about until this issue. On top of that, the identity of the third Summers brother amounts to practically a yawn. Addressing this subplot was a bad idea, as there is no satisfactory character to be the third brother. Bru is a good writer, and this story isn't awful, but this was a mistake. On the other hand, at least Claremont's version is out of continuity now...

Daredevil #82: First issue of Brubaker and Lark. I'm expecting good things from this.

Runaways #13

Ultimate FF #27

Conan #25

[The Spider]

So far...

ACTION COMICS #836: Second part of the "This is Your Life, Superman" story, with SPOILERS: Earth-2 Superman living--and altering--the Post-Crisis Superman's life to his specifications. I loved how the scene in SUPERMAN v2 #2 was altered, with Batman, now allied with Superman, trapping Luthor. One thing I'm wondering is if despite the cool moments, the point of the story seems to be that Earth-2 Superman's way of thinking could potentially lead down to the JLElite replacing the JLA, and hence, still fall in the dark times of the DCU.[/END SPOILERS]

BATMAN: YEAR 100 #1: Was pretty good set-up, but yeah, if you think $6 is too much to pay for one comic (and in turn, $24 for four comics) you might wanna wait for the TPB.

BEAST WARS #1: As expected, the book's not neccesarily going to deal with Primal, Megatron, and their respective crews, but they're going to be dealing with the rest of the characters who had toys made, but never appeared on the show due to expenses (with the exceptions of the characters from the Japanese cartoon, like Magmatron). But still interesting, nonetheless. Art's done by Don Figueroa, who did the best Transformers comic art, IMHO. Enjoyed the cameos of characters who only appeared in Japanese episodes, too.

[jesse]

If you care about Doctor Strange at all, you need to read X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl #2. The book is supposed to be about Dead Girl, but really, the good Doctor's the main man. And Milligan writes the most interesting, funny, Dr. Strange I've read in years. Plus the art is beautiful. I wish that Marvel would give this creative team a Doc Strange ongoing. I'd buy it.

Oh, also bought NEW AVENGERS #14 for some reason.

[zyxba]

Apocalypse/Dracula 1
Transformers: Beast Wars 1
X-men: Deadly Genesis 4
JSA Classified 9
Runaways 13
New Avengers 14
Ultimate Fantastic Four 27

[Gay Titan]

Birds of Prey #91
JSA Classified #9
Exiles #76
XM Deadly Genesis #3, 4
X-Men #182
Rann/Than Special #1

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@ Gray

I don't do much with comics anymore, but was wondering on your post you noted CONAN # 25.
Is this a new one, a reprint of an old one, or what?
I have about 30 old Conan Giant sized comics downstairs in the basement (yes, in a dry place )
and was wonderin how to deal with them..or what to do with them...got any advise?

[Gray Lensman]

Ah, Conan.

The Conan series I'm referring to is a new series that started up about two years ago or so. It's published out of Dark Horse, with a new creative team. Many of the stories are adaptations of Robert E. Howard's original stories, but are written and drawn by today's writers and artists. I believe Dark Horse has released a couple of trade paperbacks of it, starting with "The Frost Giant's Daughter". It's been a pretty good run.

As to what to do with old comics... depends on how important they are to you. You can keep them, give them away, or there are places to sell them if you want. You could always check Ebay to see how much they're going for, if you want.

I buy my comics to read them, myself, but that's me.

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Tks a lot ..it's 1am here hittin the pit.. ;D