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Reaper · Uber Geek! Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3624

www.majorspoilers.com is fairly good though his reviews list most of the story, hence the name of the site.

One adaption i've liked is Raymond E Feists Magician series, so far they have been pretty good, current issue is Riftwar #5
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Robin The Boy Wonder · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:29 pm Post subject:

I'm not a fan of judging a comic by its cover, although it's the way it's now become for me.

Unfortunately, I don't have the time I once used to, to properly surf the various comic book websites and glean insight into the potential quality of a comic through a review, preview, interview or article (I used to post shedloads here and on Newsarama once upon a time).

I'm relying on you guys now... Confused

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Raien · Reader Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Posts: 97

Longshot · Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:05 pm Post subject:

Alright am I being led to believe there are going to be 3 ongoing deadpool books now. WHY???

I like Deadpool quite a bit, read all of Cable and Deadpool and fell in love, but the character doesen't seem that great to carry as many books as Spiderman. Never Mind

Anyone Else still reading Cable, cause its really sucking at the moment, its going nowhere, and theyre just dodging away from the point.

Sadly i'm in a cull mode at them moment, so I can't say too much about too much at the moment.
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Reaper · Uber Geek! Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3624

In what way is it missing the point?
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Raien · Reader Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Posts: 97

Although I don't read Cable, it sounds like the series was created to tread water for the Hope character. It doesn't have any purpose other than to have her grow up for the next big X-Men event.

As for whether there are too many Deadpool books, it always depends on the quality of the writing and the ability for each book to distinguish itself from another. Deadpool and Deadpool Team-Up both serve their own purposes and go in distinct directions, so I think they are justified. Merc With A Mouth, on the other hand, is not only redundant but it's crap. Marvel should drop it.

Anyway, COMICS ROUND-UP! (I feel like I need a title to justify my constant updates)

The star comic this week was Dark X-Men #1 (of 5), written by Paul Cornell of Captain Britain & MI13 fame. This book certainly feels like a spiritual sequel to Captain Britain, with an unusual science-fiction mystery and a good dose of comedy to liven things up. Definitely worth your while.

Deadpool #17 was a great return to form for Deadpool after a few random and mediocre issues where nothing really happened. This story sees the X-Men trying to prevent Deadpool from committing murder in their name. Very funny and quite clever in its own way.

Spider-man #611 was not enjoyable at all for me. Aside from some confusing art that makes it difficult to see the action (or anything), Joe Kelly's writing features some of the most horribly forced humour I have ever seen in a comic book. When the humour does raise a smile, it's a very rare occurence.

Daredevil #602 reveals that the exciting direction taken in the last two issues was all a charade, bringing down my enjoyment of the book drastically. While Andy Diggle's writing is still very good, I fear this run isn't going to give us anything fresh or unexpected. Things may change, but this issue was still very disappointing.

Batman & Robin #6 was quite good. The villain was nothing special, but the conversations and arguments between the two duos made up for it. Phillip Tan's art wasn't very consistent, though.

Batman #693 was very interesting in the respect that Tony Daniel is setting up his chess pieces for some excitement in the future. But as a stand-alone issue, it's just a "good" comic. No more, no less. Still worth a read, at least.

Longshot · Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:27 am Post subject:

Cable at the moment is just, as Raien said, treading water. They have supposedly 2 of the most powerfull mutants to have ever existed, and all their doing is running away from Bishop who they should be able to take easily.

They ahve created a number of poorly concieved futures, which are entierly unbelieveable. Since issue 1 it has been a case of, we need to get away from Cable, lets jump into the future. It was alright when X-Force came in, but nothing more that alright.

They could have done some much and the have done so little.

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