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Best Power Rangers Ever
So, for some reason, my internet browsing led me to Power Rangers, which led me to this:
Please let me know when this starts showing up on Saturday morning TV. I think it’s a DVR must. Definitely different from what I remember watching.
One Moment: Wolverine and the X-Men #3
I’ll admit I’ve been feeling less and less enamored with comics in general as time has gone by. One moment is taking the opportunity to look at that one page or panel or scene that reminds me why we love comics. I mentioned this one on Comics Radar Issue 88.
I wasn’t really a fan of Quentin Quire in Grant Morrison’s X-men. He seemed to be a poor mix of the maniacal aspects of Magneto and the super clique that exists in mass media interpretation of high school. He was a dick for the sake of being a dick with very little depth.
Then he appeared in a few other things, that I hadn’t read where he apparently cast off his physical form, brought back the phoenix to resurrect his crush who hated him and then tried to destroy the X-men’s mutant haven, Utopia.
Wolverine and the X-Men brings him back, but grounds him a bit more. Now he’s surrounded by others who are just as, or maybe more powerful than him. So he’s trying to reestablish himself as the bad ass, while trying to fit in with this new peer group.
This panel kind of exemplifies that new status quo, while at the same time showing the simple fun aspect of this X-book that I think has been missing from the X-universe.
If you have a moment that you just loved, or that reminded you why comics are awesome, feel free to email it to me at: john@comicsradar.com. New comics or classic moments, both are loved.
Comics Radar 087 – John’s Callus
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Holy Carp, I forgot to put up the last episode. Sorry, things get busy here at Studio C around Christmas.
Show Notes:
- The Lizard from the Amazing Spider-Man movie REVEALED!
- Booster Gold TV Series
- Nicholas Cage’s Action Comics #1 sold for $2.1m.
- SNL Dark Knight Spoof
- Doctor Who Movie Update
- Previews Review
See you soon!
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Comics or Beer 04
Wednesday cometh once again, and it is time to pinch our pennies on Wednesday so we can drink them away on friday. Although really this time of year, it’s saving money for presents. But really what better present is there than comics and beer?
Also, this is a very interesting week in that it is the new DCU’s first fifth week and since they are extremely set on having a book that comes out the first week of the month come out the first week of the month, there are no books set in the new DCU this week. So please don’t think I’m a DC hater because I don’t include any DC titles.
The $10 budget:
Many of my favorite comics seem to get cancelled. Herc #10 ($3.99) is no exception. We finally get a story arc that isn’t tied into the latest Marvel event (Fear Itself, then Spider-Island) and the series is cancelled. Well pick it up to see Herc deal with drunk powerless and fight, possibly team-up with Marvel’s other great greek hero, Elektra. Also it’s a 40 page book, so hopefully it gets a solid resolution to the series. We get another 40 page wrap-up issue with Angel & Faith #4 ($2.99) which resolves some threads Angel left hanging at the end of the season 9 comic and will it resolve Angel’s goal of resurrecting Giles? The third book in our $10 selection is Skullkickers #12 ($2.99). This issue is another of the anthology “Tavern Tales” that collects different creators doing fun little vignettes of “Shorty” and “Baldy.” The next storyline kicks off next issue.
The $20 budget:
This week seems to be a week of storyline wrap ups as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 ($3.99) also concludes their first story line and gives us the new origin of the turtles and their new archvillain, Old Hob. And I’ll max out my budget with Ultimate Comics Ultimates #4 ($3.99). The new Ultimate universe seems like a much more dangerous place than just an updated retread of old Marvel U stories and that lets this story seem much more interesting when they’re facing an actual threat. granted give it a year of these guys facing down death and it won’t be as grabbing, but right now it is great.
That wraps up this weeks Comics or Beer Rundown. What’s the top of your comic pull list this week? And, please, what do you think of this column? Do you want to see it continue or am I wasting bandwidth? Would you rather see this or Number One Weekly return?
Column concept stolen from Robot 6′s Food or Comics, but with slightly better priorities. Expected releases come from ComicList.
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Tagged Angel, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Dark Horse, Faith, Hercules, IDW, Image, Marvel, Pull list, Skullkickers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ultimate Comics, Ultimates
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Geek4x4: Must Have Batman Shirt on Woot Today.
If you’ve never heard of woot. It’s a website that sells only one item a day. One of their spin off sites is shirt.woot. The designs that get made into shirts are decided on by a voting system.
Here is today’s shirt:
When the lights are out, the accent lines on “The Dark Knight” glow.
I love shirts where some people just don’t get the joke, it makes for a great geek litmus test.
Anyways shirt.woot has this shirt today for $10. I think they keep shirts for a while but raise the price to $15, until some nebulous point in the future when they no longer sell it, but I don’t really know how all that works, so buy it today.
Woot is not an affiliate or sponsor of the website or show in any way. I just really like their t-shirts.
Live Action Lizard
I’ll admit I’ve been relatively in the dark about the new Amazing Spider-man movie. But apparently a Russian website and a pez dispenser are giving us our first glimpses of what Rhys Ifans as the film’s main villain, the Lizard will look like:
This is just concept art so it could be different from what ultimately appears on screen. I think it’s decent enough. Maybe slightly too human in the face. What do you think of the (probably mostly CGI) costume? Since both characters are in skin tight costumes, who do you think will show more package?
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Comics or Beer 03
Lidda doing her best Wolverine impersonation.
Good beer is expensive. I think if you can see through a beer, it’s too light. To afford my Young’s Double Chocolate Stout I need to keep a slim comic budget. So I’m looking at this week’s comic releases through that lens and see what I can get and still save my pennies for beer.
The $10 budget:
Just like last week, if you listen to the podcast, the first pick is obvious. It’s hard to find the appropriate words to tell you how much I love Dungeons & Dragons. Issue 13 ($3.99) this week starts the next storyline. If you like D&D or Fantasy comics, at all, this is a must buy. The second and last book, to keep under the $10 range, is All-Star Western #3 ($3.99). Maybe this is a sign that I’m growing away from super hero comics. But I really enjoy this story that’s a mash-up of John Wayne, Sherlock Holmes, and From Hell. The El Diablo back up is interesting as well. Unfortunately these are two four dollar books, so we have $2 dollars we’ll carry over to the $20 budget.
the $20 budget:
The other book that was in contention for the $10 slot was Wolverine & the X-men #2. ($3.99) So it will be the first book we add back in when we expand our budget. All-Star won ought for content per dollar because Marvel occasionally will do a 20 page book for $3.99 and while it doesn’t bother me too much, it does put it behind other $3.99 books. The first issued showed hints of the fun of old school ’80s X-books without the mountainous repetitive dialogue of Claremont. (“focused totality of my psychic energy”) From solicitations, it looks to continue that. This week continues to be a four dollar week as the next pick is Incorruptible 24. ($3.99) While both Irredeemable and Incorruptible seemed to lag a bit in the later teen issues. The latest issues building up to their crossover have been excellent. And luckily we have those extra couple dollars carried over, so we can pick up one more book. And with those last few dollars I’m picking up Teen Titans #3. ($2.99) While most DC books are currently reinterpreting or updating a classic concept, this book is really innovating and growing the DC universe.
So, where are your first ten comic dollars going? What’s your must buy this week?
Column concept stolen from Robot 6′s Food or Comics, but with slightly better priorities. Expected releases come from ComicList.
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Comics Radar 086 – If we were produced by Marvel, we would be cancelled by now.
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Every once in a while Matt and John get an opportunity to do a second episode in a month.
Today, we talk about our Thanksgiving plans, Marvel’s Titular Genocide, the new Green Lantern cartoon and a handful of other things. We’ll be back with Previews next episode.
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Hope you enjoy our special Thanksgiving Turkey song.
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Comics or Beer 02
In this day and age, with constricting budgets and a new World of Beer opening by my house, we have to tighten our wallets until we strangle the moths to death. So I’m looking at this week’s comic releases through the lens of a tight budget.
The $10 budget:
If you’ve listened to the podcast, the first pick should be absolutely no surprise. X-factor 227, ($2.99) the best x-comic published. Not “one of,” but “The” best. and as the sales copy says: “In his issue, a member of X-Factor dies.”
The second book to go in the bag is Atomic Robo: Ghost of Station X #3. ($3.50) Whether you need something to tide you over between issues of Hellboy, love pulp style stories, or just great fun comics, this is one needs to be on your pull list.
To round out, the first ten dollars, I have to go back to Marvel and get Venom #9. ($2.99) This is listed as a Spider-Island aftermath, so I’m wary. But when Spider-Island started off, Flash had to leave his dying father’s bedside; I really want to see the follow up. Plus it’s a really great book that I don’t want it to be cancelled.
the $20 budget:
To be honest, this week is a little hard for me to get up to a $20 budget, a good number of decent books, but not much that can wrest my pennies from my palm. The first book I really like is Young Justice #10. ($2.99) This is the second part of a really interesting story about the Young Justice group trying to solve the case of who framed Captain Nathaniel Adam for murder, which led him to become Captain Atom.
The next book would be DC Universe Presents #3. ($2.99) I’m still miffed what was described as “an anthology series” is only one character for five issues, why not just make it a mini? Regardless, this is a really good look at the origins of Deadman without being “Yet Another F***ing Origin Story.™”
And to round out our $20, I’m going to pick Xenoholics #2. The first issue was good, not groundbreaking, but it has a really strong concept. Alien Abductee AA group and then aliens actually show up. So, I want to give another shot before writing it off.
Column concept stolen from Robot 6′s Food or Comics, but with slightly better priorities. Expected releases come from ComicList.
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