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A fine specimen you have found Ms. Muffsweet! You really should think about studying professionally for forum archaeology.

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I went to the comic store today.

ChainGangGuy wrote:I haven't been keeping up with comics as well as I'd like to

Shouldn't you two be playing HEROCLIX?


Only the Sweetest,

Molly Muffsweet

65/Male/Inside a Giant Ice Cube

a/s/l?

I, too, wish to know about Justin Hammer.


Amy, Who Says This For the Record

OK, I did finally get a hold of these. I had some backlog, apparently:

DAREDEVIL #43, #44: The best comic out there. Best that I get, anyway. I can't remember what happens in which as I read them at the same time, but there is a great scene with DD and Luke Cage in one of these. Well, it struck me as great because most of the time DD is talking to his partner-in-law Foggy Nelson, and he doesn't really communicate "with" Foggy. It's more like he's talking to him, or down to him or something. But with Cage (formerly Power Man, if I have his history right) there was more a give and take to the conversation. The thing is: can Foggy ever have a meaningful, worthwhile opinion that Matt will consider? What does he bring to the table, really?


POWERS #28, #29: Bendis is just going crazy here. The man is OUT OF CONTROL.


ALIAS #20: One word. OK, two. FREAKING SPEEDBALL.


TRANSFORMERS... OK, I get "The War Within" and "Armada." I have no idea what's going on in Armada. There's someone who looks like Bumblebee called "Sparkplug." Starscream and Prime are there and look the same. There are two clowns called Megatron and Red Alert who look different. No idea what's going on. I've tried cancelling once but the guy didn't get the word at the comic shop or something. I have no idea. I am holding out, hoping that I can sell them all off on eBay. Oh, and there has not been a SINGLE DECENT CHARACTER MOMENT in ANY Transformers comic released in this revival. Not a single fucking one. The stories are either a rehasing of a big, empty, pointless firefight (where nobody takes any real damage, hahah) or else they are intentionally messing with what continunity they had previously established, like putting Grimlock on Cybertron. I am not going to get all worked up about it, but Jesus Christ. They are beautiful, no doubt. They look a million, if not billion, times better than the poorly-colored, poorly-drawn and poorly-inked American Transformers comics that were shoveled out in the 80s. But the writing and the plots have been some of the worst I've ever slogged through in my life.


GREEN ARROW #21: A pretty nice little ending to a nice little storyline. I think they are going on to their third writer for this thing next month. Whoever the new guy is, he's got his work cut out for him. This is consistently well-written.

Is there alot of snow cloggin' the streets of Fort Collins currently?

I haven't been keeping up with comics as well as I'd like to, but here's what I've read recently:


Peter Parker: Spider-Man (Issues 52-53):

A simple story featuring two members of Spider-Man's rogue gallery, the Shocker and Hydro-Man.

I opened to the first page, looked at the art, and went, "Oh brother..." This issue's penciler, Francisco Herrera, has a style oddly reminiscent of Humberto Ramos, who just finished work on this title a few months ago. Herrera's art is not as easy on the eyes as Ramos'. The characters were barely recognizable as human.

The initial story, meanwhile, impressed me. I enjoyed Zeb Wells' previous works, and I really liked the first half of this story as well. I found it very interesting to see what a pair of ho-hum villains like the Shocker and Hydro-Man would do each day. Also, there's an amusing part in this issue in the radio's Super-Villain Tracking Service.

However, with a pretty decent first part in issue #51, I found the conclusion in issue #52 somewhat...well, lacking. The second part just raced along. Why all the rush, guys? Zeb started off with a strong first issue, but the conclusion just sped through a fairly typical "Spider-Man stops bank robbery" story. Eh.


Special Cameos: Stilt-Man, Boomerang and the Constrictor.


Oh, Robb, the story makes mention that the head of Hammer Industries, Justin Hammer... is dead! (or at least frozen) Can you verify this? As Justin Hammer isn't a villain prominently featured within the pages of the Spider-Man, I don't know much about him beyond:

•He's old!
•He's mean!!
•Old, mean, and rich!!!
•Rival of Stark Industries.
•Has a hired army of super-villains (including Blizzard, Boomerang, Shocker, Beetle, Hydro-Man, Spymaster, Constrictor, Taskmaster, Backlash, Speed Demon, Captain Barracuda, Porcupine, and Whirlwind.)
•May be dead or frozen (or deadly when frozen).

So did you build any awesome snowmen?

I went to the comic store today.

And they were "CLOSED DUE TO SNOW."

Huzzah! I love you, downtown Fort Collins!