Captain Marvel!
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Captain Marvel!
You need to buy this book. This thing is funny, exciting, clever and occasionally features hot girl-on-girl action [honest]. Please get buying on this thing or it's going to get cancelled! Don't get put off by the 70s stuff about the guy in pants who hung around with Rick Jones too much, this is about a guy in pants who hangs around with Rick Jones too much. Okay, ignore that bit, but it's a bloody fantastic series and the new #1 is a great jump-on!
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It's fantastic stuff... It actually took me a while to really get into it, as lots of shops around either of my locations were rubbish at getting it in, so I've only been reading solidly since about #20... it's probably my favourite book at the mo, what with Geoff Woods arsing up Avengers and all... My favourite character's... Christ, my memory sucks. Lorraine, isn't it? Marlo's ghost friend? She. Rocks. It'd be a shame if Marlo & Lorraine aren't around much for the 'new' series after the Moondragon thing... Incidentally, reckon we're justified adding Heather to the list of gay comic characters? I'm not sure about the new costume [the one on the Alex Ross cover], but then it took me a while to get used to the 'Avengers Forever' one, as I quite liked Genis' look in the second series.
I loved the Time Flies story... The guy who uses a grand comic shop opening to get the blood of 100 virgins... When Rick tries to kill himself with a joke knife... the parts where Genis/Rick and Marlo/Lorraine have those conversations when both are talking to their alter-egos as well and get thoroughly confused... the way JMS just hangs around Marlo's store... even the letters page is as funny as hell! A quick sample
Hi,
I've been reading Captain Marvel for 20 issues [Cool! I only read the Fantastic four, have you got any spares you can send me?]
Probably my favourite scene so far is when Drax is trying to buy some mint cookies off a girkl scout for Heather, and breaks down crying when she only has chocolate.
And people claim it's not as good as the Jim Starlin stuff. Bollocks.
I loved the Time Flies story... The guy who uses a grand comic shop opening to get the blood of 100 virgins... When Rick tries to kill himself with a joke knife... the parts where Genis/Rick and Marlo/Lorraine have those conversations when both are talking to their alter-egos as well and get thoroughly confused... the way JMS just hangs around Marlo's store... even the letters page is as funny as hell! A quick sample
Hi,
I've been reading Captain Marvel for 20 issues [Cool! I only read the Fantastic four, have you got any spares you can send me?]
Probably my favourite scene so far is when Drax is trying to buy some mint cookies off a girkl scout for Heather, and breaks down crying when she only has chocolate.
And people claim it's not as good as the Jim Starlin stuff. Bollocks.
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Indeed. And yeah, I'm also in the "here's hoping they don't drop the superb supporting cast they've built up" camp. Is heather gay.....hmmmm. Maybe?
I've only been reading myself for about the last 6 months, but I've managed to pick up nearly every back issue, and its a consistantly damn god series.
Oh, and on a side note, if you like the humour in c.m. you should give gail simone's agent x (formerly deadpool) a go.
I've only been reading myself for about the last 6 months, but I've managed to pick up nearly every back issue, and its a consistantly damn god series.
Oh, and on a side note, if you like the humour in c.m. you should give gail simone's agent x (formerly deadpool) a go.
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It is the Marvel comic I look forward the most to reading every month. Bill Jemas (Marvel's prez) needs to be Bitch-slapped for giving Peter David grief.
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Peter David is one of my fav writers!
Too bad that they don't sell Captain Marvel comics here in Sweden.
So Quicky,have you moved to your new place yet?
Too bad that they don't sell Captain Marvel comics here in Sweden.
So Quicky,have you moved to your new place yet?
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I just started last month. I've got to buy the back issues sometime (if I can find them all, they only did 0-6 as a TPB, from what I've seen. I hope they decide to do the others soon, or it could get a bit pricey with the way back issue prices go up, that extra dollar makes a big difference when you're talking about 35 back-issues).
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A bloke wot works at a comic shop told me Cap's fairly safe as from about #30 on it was in the top 50, and lots of diehards have been buying all the covers for #1... It's also outselling a few titles like Black Panther and X-Soldier, so it won't be next on the block...
Haven't had chance to pick up Agent X yet... Can't be any worse than X-Soldier though
Oh, and I've moved house but my scanneer ain't co-operating
Haven't had chance to pick up Agent X yet... Can't be any worse than X-Soldier though
Oh, and I've moved house but my scanneer ain't co-operating
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