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Started by Syt, March 13, 2009, 10:40:20 AM

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Barrister

#675
July 17, 2015, 08:01:03 PM
So the boys are big superhero fans, and I decided it might be fun to go buy a comic book or two to go read with the boys.  So I walked into a comic book shop for the first time in, oh, 20 years?

I walked out with two books that I thought the boys might like.  First was Adventures of Superman.  I quick flip through made it seem like it would be good for a 3 and 5 year old.  But on reading, while the story was fairly clean of gratuitous language or excessive violence, the storyline itself seemed too complicated for them.

The second book however... Batman '66.  They loved it.  :punk:
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Eddie Teach

#676
July 17, 2015, 08:51:33 PM
Quote from: Korea on July 11, 2015, 11:22:04 PM
Lol, why would it be Ide???

Maybe he hasn't upgraded his computer since you split up.
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Ideologue

#677
July 17, 2015, 10:14:11 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 12, 2015, 06:24:02 AM
Btw, SF Debris is currently running a series about the comics business since the 80s: http://sfdebris.com/videos/special.php

I've been following that.  Chuck's about the only Blip guy I routinely follow anymore.
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Syt

#678
July 18, 2015, 12:21:56 AM
Yeah, he's pretty good at what he does.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
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Syt

#679
July 18, 2015, 12:22:36 AM
I'm actually enjoying Ultimate X-Men far more than I thought I would (I tried other Ultimate series before and usually bumped off).
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

jimmy olsen

#680
July 18, 2015, 06:36:39 AM
Apparently Gotham is going to be across the bay from Metropolis in BvS.

http://www.wired.com/2015/07/dawn-of-justice-gotham-metropolis/

Despite, what the above article says, that's often been the case in the comics, and I'm surprised, but pleased they're going with it here. That's the way it should be.
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Eddie Teach

#681
July 18, 2015, 07:21:58 AM
So Metropolis = Frisco and Gotham = Oakland?
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jimmy olsen

#682
July 18, 2015, 07:55:20 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 18, 2015, 07:21:58 AM
So Metropolis = Frisco and Gotham = Oakland?
Yeah, but on the East Coast. NYC vs NJ.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Ideologue

#683
July 19, 2015, 01:22:35 PM
Metropolis, DE and Gotham, NJ.  That's been my conception of it.

I do like those older comics where it appears Smallville is in Maryland.
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jimmy olsen

#684
July 22, 2015, 10:13:35 PM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#685
July 28, 2015, 07:03:07 AM
Just watched the 2010 short, Superman, Shazam and the Return of Black Adam. It was a nice Captain Marvel origin story.

Can Ide or any of you guys recommend any particular run of his to read?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Darth Wagtaros

#686
July 28, 2015, 09:17:44 AM
Captain Marvel? DC kind of wrecked he and Mary Marvel in the last years. 
PDH!

katmai

#687
July 28, 2015, 09:25:29 AM
There is no Captain Marvel at DC comics wags.
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Syt

#688
July 28, 2015, 09:26:44 AM
Quote from: katmai on July 28, 2015, 09:25:29 AM
There is no Captain Marvel at DC comics wags.

Well, he used to be called that before they made his catch phrase his name (to avoid issues with Marvel's Captain Marvel).
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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katmai

#689
July 28, 2015, 09:31:21 AM
:yes:

I was just trying to make sure wags doesn't get sued by Disney.
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