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Scarlet Spider is interesting. It's not great, but so far every issue has had at least one "Yeah...that's cool" moment for me. He's like The Goddamn Batman of Spider-Men, and really a 90's throwback. Which makes sense, I guess.

 

Thief of Thieves is the Nick Spencer/Robert Kirkman book. Title sums up the main character. I haven't read the 2nd issue yet because I neglected it Wednesday. 1st one was solid though, clearly custom built to be optioned as a movie/tv series.

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I'm not buying Spider-Man right now. There's BPRD, but I didn't get the first one so that's out for now. I read Fables in trades. I'm behind on The Goon. Waiting for the trade on Kick Ass 2.

I MIGHT end up getting Supercrooks. I'm gonna wait on non-'baytor feedback first.

 

What are you getting? I figure Amazing, Super Dinosaur and Hack/Slash, but what else are you after? Maybe I overlooked something.

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Cathy reads Hack/Slash. For me: Amazing, Avengers: X-Sanction, Batman, Ghostbusters, Hoax Hunters (wanna try this one), Infestation 2: TMNT, Prelude to Avengers, Stan Lee's Mighty 7 (I'm on the fence with this one), Super Dinosaur, Supercrooks (been hearing about this one for a while, Millar? No brainer).

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Yeah, that Madrox mini that relaunched X-Factor was fantastic. I dropped off on all the X-books though. Really the last time I read them regularly was back when Scarlet awitch went bananas. I justnbasically keep up w/ the X-verse though the Interwebs and geek speak whenever I hit the local comic shop.

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X-Factor was always the most "meh" of X-books for me. Up until Peter David switched things up after the Madrox mini. Some good shit.

That said, I'm pretty behind. I can't speak for it's current quality.

 

it's still delivering - new mission quest from "headmaster" :wolvy: and convolutions galore but all thankfully self-contained, and you still got that Whedon-esque team banter, with some nods to old X-Factor fans...Polaris & Havok are back 'round, for one.

 

Haku - i don't blame you. one thing about x-books that's been true for me since the 90s is that keeping up is such a huge investment, time if not money. some stuff is fun but many arcs start interesting and result in things i totally forget about - taking a break after Messiah War like bindy did really helped me pan out which ones i wanted to stick with later, and X-factor was 90% of that.

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You've gotta let us know how New Deadwardians is. I think I'm gonna snag that one.

Hey Panch, I/we sorta hijacked this thread with listing all the new shit we buy every week. I was thinking of making a "What's in your bag" topic, or was this exactly what this thread is for? I'm fine either way, I just figured I'd touch base before I made a redundant thread.

 

Today's new stuff was

Walking Dead #95

Astonishing X-Men #48

Spaceman #5

Morning Glories #17

Atomic Robo: Real Science Adventures #1

 

I also bought X-Factor #32-#48

 

and Paying For It

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I've been anticipating New Deadwardians for a while now, but let her have it cause she saw it first on the rack. I still get to read it anyways ;)

 

I always envisioned this thread to be a weekly review thread. It started out that way but, as with lots of threads on here, it evolved on its own. I usually spread my reading out throughout the week. Most of the time finishing my last book to just before I have to re-up. Reviewing EVERY issue is dumb except for new stuff that deserves a look. Make a thread if you want. Doesn't bother me, but make sure it really has something different to it than what we're already doing or it really is pointless. Your call, man.

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Dewardians is definitely interesting. It's fun to read because you have to read it with an English accent. You'll see why. it takes a few pages to get into it. Vampires and zombies. Couldn't ask for more. Too soon to give an outstanding review. We'll see how it goes next month. No spoilers.

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