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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    (2014) by A. Moore and K. O Neill. This one takes place in 1941.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    NEMO: RIVER OF GHOSTS (2015) by A. Moore and K. O Neill.

    This is the best of the three, but one must read them all. Takes place in 1975 and Blofeld gets a mention. In the 1987 epilogue there is also a mention of "the Scaramanga sisters".
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    JAMES BOND 007: HAMMERHEAD by A. Diggle and L. Casalanguida.
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    Not too impressed by this. Unoriginal story and Casalanguida s artwork nowhere near what he did on Hellboy. Disappointing.
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    The Walking Dead # 193

    The final issue of what has to be the longest running zombie comic in history (a record I don't see being topped for a good long time). I'm happy, I'm sad, but overall, the series lived its life its own way and the ending was superb.

    Now I can only hope the TV show goes out the same way.
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    JAMES BOND 007: KILL CHAIN by A. Diggle and L. Casalanguida.
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    Another disappointment. The best thing about this is the cover artwork by Greg Smallwood. Nice touch that these boks have a pts, but those aren t too impressive, either.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Two-Face: A Celebration of 75 years. It's interesting to see where and how the character has developed over the years.
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    BERNARD PRINCE 8: LA FLAMME VERTE DU CONQUISTADOR (1974) by Hermann and Greg.

    This was my first encounter with Bernard Prince back in 1973.
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    RINGO: LE SERMENT DE GETTYSBURG (1968) by Acar and Vance.

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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. A bit over-hyped, but I enjoyed it enough to be willing to give it a second chance, namely for the 4 main villains: The Joker, Two-Face, The Mad Hatter and Maxie Zeus.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. A bit over-hyped, but I enjoyed it enough to be willing to give it a second chance, namely for the 4 main villains: The Joker, Two-Face, The Mad Hatter and Maxie Zeus.

    I have always liked that book but yes, @MaxCasino, a tad over-hyped if you ask me. To be honest... I think Morrison's a bit over-hyped too. He's great at times, and then, at other times, when the drugs are taking over or whatever, things just end up a big confusing mess. Rock Of Ages was awesome and this book is really good, but I have read stuff of his where even he admits that things only have to make sense to a certain point. He's what now, the David Lynch of comics? ;-) And that's not a compliment.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    THE PHANTOM magazines from 1969.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. A bit over-hyped, but I enjoyed it enough to be willing to give it a second chance, namely for the 4 main villains: The Joker, Two-Face, The Mad Hatter and Maxie Zeus.

    I have always liked that book but yes, @MaxCasino, a tad over-hyped if you ask me. To be honest... I think Morrison's a bit over-hyped too. He's great at times, and then, at other times, when the drugs are taking over or whatever, things just end up a big confusing mess. Rock Of Ages was awesome and this book is really good, but I have read stuff of his where even he admits that things only have to make sense to a certain point. He's what now, the David Lynch of comics? ;-) And that's not a compliment.

    Good book, but not a favorite by any means. I didn’t bother getting it when it came out (which is odd as I didn’t miss much Batman from about 1970 to present), and put off reading it for years.

    That's how it usually goes with Morrison books for me too. I buy them based on a really interesting premise and tons of good reviews, and then I "store" them until the time is right. His material is just so darn messy at times... makes me feel like a complete moron while trying to read it. Luckily he himself has said, on one of Kevin Smith's FOB podcasts, that sometimes, "things just don't make any sense" to him as well. He just goes with it as he's writing. That, along with many hints of substance (ab)use, confirms my suspicion that it may not be entirely my problem that some of his stuff is at times deliriously confusing.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    MAC COY 2: UN NOMME MAC COY (J. P. Gourmelen, A. H. Palacios, 1976)

    Real quality western that I appreciate even more now than I did at the age of nine.
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    BLUEBERRY: APACHES (J. Giraud, 2007)
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    THE PHANTOM magazines from 1969, with stories by Lee Falk and Sy Barry. Their 60s adventures were great.
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    1963. Never read this one before. Great stuff.
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    A bunch of Donald Duck magazines from the 50s.
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    DOOMSDAY CLOCK (Geoff Johns, Gary Franks, 2018)
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    Got myself a collection of the first six issues, of 12 in total. This starts in 1992, and introduces the DC universe into the Watchmen universe. Although not on the level of the Moore/Gibbons original series, still very interesting.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I had to quit after two. Only Alan Moore should write WATCHMEN.

    I can partly agree with that, but a few of the BEFORE WATCHMEN issues were very good.
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    The new Asterix the Gaul and of course Blake and Mortimer #26, nice to enjoy these series still even if their original talents have been gone for a while.
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    I had to quit after two. Only Alan Moore should write WATCHMEN.

    "There should never be another issue of anything involving the Watchmen mythos." There, fixed it for you.

    Not to be snarky or anything but Alan Moore's dissatisfaction with the state of things re: Watchmen is pretty well known. Bottom line, according to the contract he had with DC for Watchmen, once the material went out of print the property was supposed to revert to Alan's ownership...however, Moore had not anticipated the rise of evergreen Graphic Novels (such as Frank Miller's Dark Knight and his own Watchmen) which were kept eternally in print...meaning that his expectation of owning the intellectual property outright never actually occurred, as the material never went out of print. What we have now is a situation where Alan feels he has been cheated by DC and he will never again have anything to do with the company, while the accountants and businessmen that make many of the company's decision will never give up the ability to continue to make more $$$ on the property by hiring people besides Alan who are willing to create new material featuring those characters and situations. Welcome another episode of How The Comics Business Screws Some of its Most Valuable Creators.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Moore wanted to do a MINUTEMEN series, while DC wanted him to concentrate on prequels or sequels for the main characters. When DC were ready to grant Moore his wish, ten years had passed, and Moore had lost interest. A shame, as I would love to see that Minutemen series, penned by Moore himself. The man is a genius.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Batman Haunted Knight. Great read, particularly the Mad Hatter story.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Superman: For All Seasons. An inspirational story, one I need now. Highly recommended!
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Scarlett Couture issues 1 through 4. Great stuff. I wish I knew about this sooner.
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    COMANCHE 6: FURIE REBELLE by Hermann and Greg. First read this as a feuilleton when it came out in 1976. Nice to get it collected.
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    edited January 2020 Posts: 45,489
    LES AVENTURES DE TANGUY ET LAVERDURE 4: ESCADRILLE DES CIGOGNES by Jean Michel Charlier & Albert Uderzo (1964)
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    A bunch of The Phantom comics from 1970.
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