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Bendis! talks SI #4

July 11th, 2008 rjp Posted in Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion No Comments »

Bendis! talks SI #4 on CBR

Spoilers are included on this CBR walk-thru of Secret Invasion #4 with the writer, Brian Bendis. One bit that he had to say which made me go “hmmmm” was this:

These middle chapters are tricky things. You get what’s been called “The Second Act Dilemma.” On some levels it’s very easy to write a great opener and a great closer, but it’s hard to take the middle part and make it exciting. You see a lot of movies where they open great and taper off. You get in the middle here and there’s a lot to be done to make it as intriguing and interesting as possible. I do get the extra bonus of, “Hey cool! It’s Thor!” But it’s great to get through this and have too many ideas.

I just don’t know if THOR is the middle to any good event story, I guess it doesn’t help that I have NO such man-crush on Thor in any way, shape or form… well, maybe Frog-Thor but then that wouldn’t be much of a man-crush then would it?

Check it out here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17174

Oh and I am sticking to my guns (as you can see in THIS OLD POST) that S.H.I.E.L.D. will end up being destroyed (in some sense) after Secret Invasion!

After reading the Bendis! talks Secret Invasion, I ask this poll:

Did you enjoy Secret Invasion #4?

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Best Bang Reborn #4: July 9th comics

July 10th, 2008 rjp Posted in Best Bang, Comic Books, DC Comics, Final Crisis, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion, yays & nahs 2 Comments »

Best Bang Reborn #4

It is a crazy day but last night, after seeing Hellboy II, I got home late and read all my comics so I could get the Best Bang Reborn #4: Comics for July 9th out for today! From Final Crisis: Requiem for Martian Manhunter to Nick Fury coming out in Secret Invasion #4 over to Trinity!

Again I picked up my stuff from Hourglass Comics out in Port Moody.

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The Secret Behind Final Crisis!

July 6th, 2008 rjp Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Final Crisis, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion, Skrull Empire No Comments »

The Secret Behind Final Crisis!

Snagged this from Scans Daily from the great site:
http://www.derangedcomics.com/

I l♥ve the DOOM action figure with his fist raised in the air! L♥ve it!

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Best Bang Reborn #3: July 4th & June 25th, 2008

July 6th, 2008 rjp Posted in Best Bang, Comic Books, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite, Final Crisis, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion, Warren Ellis 13 Comments »

Best Bang Reborn #3: July 4th & June 25th, 2008

This week is a mash-up in this week’s Best Bang to include last week’s Canada Day books! From Warren Ellis pissing me off on Astonishing X-Men to Batman R.I.P to Angel making me shake my head, we have lots here. Included is last weeks Final Cri$i$ making me realize that I hate it when people try to show me how smart they are in comics, The (red) Hulk mystery continues and Mark Millar’s Fantastic Four keeps frustrating me. Since I have not gone to the island of Vancouver lately, these books come to you from Port Moody’s Hourglass Comics.

Oh and Happy Independence Day yeah bunch of colonists down south! :P

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Marvel Solits for Sept ‘08!

June 17th, 2008 rjp Posted in Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion, Solicitations No Comments »

Marvel Solits for Sept ‘08!

Marvel Apes, the Anti-Venom, more Wolverine than you can fit in a can of Canuck beer and Secret Invasion books coming out yer ying yang (with all the stuff that SHOULD be inside Secret Invasion but ain’t). All here…

CBR version
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16829

Newsarama version
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080617-marvel-sept-solicits.html

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“…are there certain people the Skrulls want to f**k with…”

June 6th, 2008 rjp Posted in Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion, Skrull Empire 8 Comments »

“…are there certain people the Skrulls want to f**k with…”

I thought that the latest issue of Secret Invasion#3 was decent and better follow-up after the lackluster SI #2 but still did not feel as popcorn over the top as issue #1. CBR has spoilers of SI #3 with Brian Bendis here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16695

**SPOILER ALERT: Yeah there are some previews that may spoiler yer SI dinner if you check it out.

The biggest news from this CBR spoiler (bottom of the page) was that I may just flip through issue #4 in the store than picking it up as someone with a hammer shows up. Blah.  I hope Marvel is bullshitting about the lack of Doc Strange in Secret Invasion but likely not. Lame.

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Wizard World Philly

June 2nd, 2008 rjp Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Final Crisis, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion No Comments »

Wizard World Philly

Lots of news from the Wizard World Philly. Some hi-lights are the Marvel Mondo saying that Dr. Strange is not going to be involved much in Secret Invasion which was disappointing news (or bullshit) & a new Kraven after Spider-Man. DCU: CRISIS NOW! talking about all the various bits and pieces spinning out of Final Crisis along with the rumor that Tony Daniel designing new Batman and Robin costumes. Check it out, lots of news / bullshit was being dished up at Philadelphia…

Newsarama coverage
http://www.newsarama.com/Philly08/WWPhillyindex.html

CBR a Cup O’Joe @ WW Philly
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16624

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Yahs & Nahs #2

June 2nd, 2008 rjp Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Final Crisis, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion, yays & nahs No Comments »

Yahs & Nahs #2

Alright. I know this too a while to get going on this but let’s get into the next edition of our Yahs & Nahs! We got Giant Sized Astonishing X-Men, Batman, Final Crisis and New Avengers to get thumbs up or down!

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RANT: Comic Continuity have Sex Appeal?

May 20th, 2008 rjp Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Final Crisis, Marvel Comics, Rants, Secret Invasion 1 Comment »

RANT: Comic Continuity have Sex Appeal?

So I have to ask/rant about this as it has been bottled up inside me for a while now. Does Comic Continuity have Sex Appeal? Do you prefer to read a big event in the books you pick-up OR would you prefer to ignore the event in what you are reading unless you want to read it apart of that book — then you pick-up the event book tie-in (like The Fantastic Four: Secret Invasion mini-series vs The Fantastic Four current book)?

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BtS Emerald City Comic Con Report

May 14th, 2008 rjp Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Emerald City Comic Con, Final Crisis, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion 2 Comments »

BtS Emerald City Comic Con Report. Hulk ECCC artwork by Tim SaleMy Emerald City Comic Con report

After a day of being a lab rat, getting irradiated, various scans and doc appointments — here is my report…

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