Deadlord39 wrote:It's a crime to collect different printings? I am in SOOOOOOO much trouble...Kynan is actually quite a nice guy. It's eBay. The highest bidder wins. besides, brian, if you had gotten it on the cheap, you'd have just resold it, no?
bclarkie wrote:That's fine and that's your opinion, but I disagree completely and that is also my own option
JohnGaunt wrote:I was reading Punisher War Journal #4 last night. It was mostly a light-hearted, humorous wake for the "supervillain" Stilt-Man.
Xaxaxe wrote:Dude, spoilers!No, I'm kidding; I know the issue has been out for a few days now. And, hey, talk about the potential for about 25 pages in the off-topic thread: let's get all of the comics collectors here to discuss their feelings about Marvel's Civil War event.
Kingofpain89 wrote:On a different OT note....I was able to get tickets to The Police concert yesterday. I've been waiting over 20 years for those bastards to get back together so I can see them perform together at least once before I die.
FormCritic wrote:Really? That's wierd because the local Police call me up every other month or so trying to get me to buy tickets to the Shriner's Circus. Wierd.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Civil War was a lot of fun to read. The revelation to the public that Spider-Man is Peter Parker and then his realization that he was on the wrong side of the battle was probably the part of the storyline that I enjoyed the most. His battle with Iron Man/Tony Stark was IMO the biggest event of the series.The things I didnt like: 1) Thor being cloned by Reed Richards. Reed wouldnt be that stupid.2) The return of the original Captain Marvel. I just didnt get why they thought they needed to.3) The New Thunderbolts. Venom, Bullseye, Taskmaster, Lady Deathstrike and their shadowy leader Norman Osborn. What a waste of good villians and I am sick of Norman Osborn being resurrected every couple of years or so.4) Not nearly enough Sentry.5) Penance. Take a goofy superhero named Speedball, take away his ridiculous powers, put him through Hell, give him a new power, and then put him in a suit of armor that must have been designed by Rob Halford, the Marquis de Sade, and the tag team wrestlers The Road Warriors and now you have the dumbest pseudo-hero since Rocket Racer. A funny thing happened on the way to the Civil War....apparantly they had to think on their feet and change it up a little. According to various interviews and trade mags, the writers/creators started out thinking everyone would be firmly in the "Captain America" camp of "status quo, heroes shouldn't have to register". Instead what they found was more readers in the "Iron Man/Reed Richards" camp of "Let's start enforcing the law and make these guys register". This was even after they delibertly made the "government" camp very unsympathetic with their over the top "guantanamo bay" type prison, then the conscription process. But apparantly, even comic book geek fans realize a "real" world of unregestered, unregulated, and out of control super powered beings would collapse into chaos. I mean, how many people would really stll be living in "Marvel" new york city as it's trashed every other day by warring criminals and superheros? Lobbyists, politicians and business billionaires would have gotten together long ago and passed laws forcing registration and regulation. I think most of the writers working the concept thought "we" the comic reader would be appalled at the locking up of unregulated heros that get treated worse than the crappiest supervillain. In reality, if Marvel comics world existed, we as regular people would get sick of having the crap scared out of us every day as Dr. Octopus and Spiderman throw cars at each other over our heads. I just hope the writers have the guts to stay with the ending they crafted and see where it takes them. It's about time comics grew up and started reflecting a little of the real world in their pages, and in reality there would be no freaking way our government would let unregulated superbeings run around like freaks on speed.1. And where the hell is the real Thor? We saw him grab back his hammer in the pages of FF a few months back. Did he just sit this one out? Interesting to see how the balance of power will shift when he finally comes back...and when the Hulk comes back to Earth also.2. Captain Marvel was one of the only "good" deaths Marvel ever did...and they went ahead and ruined it. Nice.3. As far as I'm concerned, Osborn died way back in the pages of ASM #122...the best death, besides that of Gwen Stacy, that Marvel ever did.4. I hate the Sentry. They have no idea what to do with him. Sort of like when Thor was in the Avengers, and they had to fight Zodiac, and Thor should just be able to swing his hammer and wipe out all twelve of them, but no he would be caught wrestling the Bull and Crab guy instead. Sheesh. 5. Could they made another character that appealed to the growing readership of S&M fanatics more than Penance/Speedball? On a different OT note....I was able to get tickets to The Police concert yesterday. I've been waiting over 20 years for those bastards to get back together so I can see them perform together at least once before I die.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Civil War was a lot of fun to read. The revelation to the public that Spider-Man is Peter Parker and then his realization that he was on the wrong side of the battle was probably the part of the storyline that I enjoyed the most. His battle with Iron Man/Tony Stark was IMO the biggest event of the series.The things I didnt like: 1) Thor being cloned by Reed Richards. Reed wouldnt be that stupid.2) The return of the original Captain Marvel. I just didnt get why they thought they needed to.3) The New Thunderbolts. Venom, Bullseye, Taskmaster, Lady Deathstrike and their shadowy leader Norman Osborn. What a waste of good villians and I am sick of Norman Osborn being resurrected every couple of years or so.4) Not nearly enough Sentry.5) Penance. Take a goofy superhero named Speedball, take away his ridiculous powers, put him through Hell, give him a new power, and then put him in a suit of armor that must have been designed by Rob Halford, the Marquis de Sade, and the tag team wrestlers The Road Warriors and now you have the dumbest pseudo-hero since Rocket Racer.
On a different OT note....I was able to get tickets to The Police concert yesterday. I've been waiting over 20 years for those bastards to get back together so I can see them perform together at least once before I die.
Kingofpain89 wrote:and now you have the dumbest pseudo-hero since Rocket Racer.
Xaxaxe wrote:Okay, no one makes fun of Rocket Racer while I'm around! Am I the only one who sees that he was not an attempt to cash in on the skateboarding craze of the late '70s, but was clearly a deep, passionate character with complex ... oh, never mind. I can't keep a straight face; he was an idiot. Along with whoever at Marvel was responsible for him.[ Image ]
Beyondthebreach wrote:Donated an ST1, right? But he has three strikes against him?Seriously Brian, you are the only one to find fault with Kynan . . . in this instance, you should trust the words of your friends and not what you "think" to be the truth.You are wrong about him . . . and that is very sad, because he is probably the nicest and most generous RPG collector out there . . .
Badmike wrote:It's about time comics grew up and started reflecting a little of the real world in their pages, and in reality there would be no freaking way our government would let unregulated superbeings run around like freaks on speed.
2. Captain Marvel was one of the only "good" deaths Marvel ever did...and they went ahead and ruined it. Nice.
5. Could they made another character that appealed to the growing readership of S&M fanatics more than Penance/Speedball?
killjoy32 wrote:sorry to sound like a dork, but who is kynan?
