And of course he had the biggest collection of handheld, automatic, and semi-automatic LASER guns of any street level vigilante.
Mockingbird, I like The Question better as a loner instead of him teaming up with someone. I will admit though that it was a good story but I hope it doesn’t turn into a regular partnership with Huntress.
Nope, the one where a hunter was chasing down Morbius, it was actually Blade with help from Whistler, not Punnisher.
Here are the comics that should be in later today:
DARK HORSE
ASTRO BOY VOL 17 TP $9.95
CANNON GOD EXAXXION STAGE 2 TP (MR) $14.95
INVINCIBLE ED #1 THE BEATING OF ED (Of 4) (O/A) $2.99
INVINCIBLE ED #2 IM TOO SEXY (Of 4) (O/A) $2.99
JOSS WHEDONS FRAY #8 (OF 8) (RES) $2.99
MATRIX MORPHEUS MINI BUST $50.00
MATRIX NEO MINI BUST $50.00
MATRIX TRINITY MINI BUST $50.00
ROCKET LOGO BLACK L/S T/S LG $17.99
ROCKET LOGO BLACK L/S T/S MED $17.99
ROCKET LOGO BLACK L/S T/S XL $17.99
ROCKET LOGO BLACK L/S T/S XXL $19.99
STAR WARS A LONG TIME AGO VOL 7 TP FAR FAR AWAY $29.95
SUNNY BUICK SUGAR SKULLS JOURNAL $9.99
TONY MILLIONAIRE SOCK MONKEY #2 (Of 2) $2.99
DC COMICS
ACTION COMICS #806 $2.25
ARKHAM ASYLUM LIVING HELL #4 (Of 6) $2.50
AUTHORITY VOL 2 #0 (MR) $2.95
AUTHORITY VOL 2 #4 (MR) $2.95
BAD GIRLS #1 (Of 6) $2.50
BATGIRL STATUE $175.00
BATMAN ALIENS II TP $14.95
BATMAN DEATH AND THE MAIDENS #1 (Of 9) $2.95
BATMAN NEVERMORE #5 (Of 5) $2.50
BATMAN THE CULT TP NEW PTG $19.95
DETECTIVE COMICS #785 $2.75
DOCTOR FATE #1 (Of 5) $2.50
EXTINCTION EVENT #2 (Of 5) $2.50
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE #2 (Of 6) $2.50
HARLEY QUINN #35 $2.50
HAWKMAN #18 $2.50
HUMAN TARGET FINAL CUT SC (MR) $19.95
JSA ALL STARS #4 (Of 8) $2.50
JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES #22 $2.25
LOONEY TUNES #105 $2.25
MAD COLOR SPECIAL #8 $3.99
MAD MAGAZINE #433 $3.50
ROBOTECH LOVE AND WAR #3 (Of 6) $2.95
SCOOBY DOO DOLLAR COMIC $1.00
SUPERMAN BATMAN #1 $2.95
SUPERMAN BIRTHRIGHT #2 (Of 12) $2.95
THUNDERCATS DOGS OF WAR #2 (Of 5) $2.95
TITANS YOUNG JUSTICE GRADUATION DAY COMPENDIUM $6.95
VERTIGO POP BANGKOK #4 (Of 4) (MR) $2.95
WILL EISNERS SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL 11 HC $49.95
IMAGE
AGENTS #4 (Of 6) $2.95
CASEFILES SAM & TWITCH #2 (MR) $2.50
COUNTDOWN TO WEDNESDAY INSIDE LOOK AT THE COMIC BIZ DVD $19.99
FACTION PARADOX #1 $2.95
FEATHER #1 (Of 6) $2.95
HEDGE KNIGHT KALUTA CVR #1 (Of 6) $2.95
HEDGE KNIGHT MILLER CVR #1 (Of 6) $2.95
SPAWN #127 $2.50
MARVEL
ALIAS #25 (MR) $2.99
ELEKTRA #26 $2.99
ETERNAL #3 (MR) $2.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS DR STRANGE VOL 1 MARVEL MASTERWORKS DR STRANGE VOL 1 HC $54.99
MARVEL MUST HAVES ULTIMATE X-MEN 34-35 (PU#579) $2.99
NEW X-MEN #144 $2.25
SENTINEL #5 (Note Price) $2.50
SPIDER-GIRL #63 $2.99
SQUADRON SUPREME TP $29.99
SUPREME POWER #1 (MR) $2.99
SUPREME POWER SPECIAL ED #1 (MR) $4.99
THOR #67 $2.99
ULTIMATE MARVEL TEAM UP VOL 3 TP $12.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #44 $2.25
UNCANNY X-MEN #429 $2.25
X-MEN PHOENIX #3 (Of 3) $2.99
X-TREME X-MEN #29 $2.99
WIZARD
DF JUST A PILGRIM BLUE FOIL CVR #3 (O/A) $5.00
DF MAGDELENA VAMPIRELLA #1 BLUE FOIL CVR $14.99
INQUEST GAMER NEW MAGE KNIGHT CVR #101 $4.99
INQUEST GAMER YU-GI-OH TOYS CVR #101 $4.99
COMICS
AKIKO VOL 6 TP $14.95
ALAN MOORES A SMALL KILLING HC (MR) $24.95
AP HOW TO DRAW MANGA #25 $4.95
ARCHIE MYSTERIES #30 $2.19
ARTESIA AFIRE #3 (Of 6) (MR) $3.95
ARTESIA VOL 2 ARTESIA AFIELD TP (MR) $24.95
BASARA VOL 1 TP (MR) $9.95
BEST OF THE WEST READERS RODEO $49.95
BETTY & VERONICA #191 $2.19
BRAIN POWERED VOL 2 GN (Of 3) $9.99
BRIGADOON VOL 1 GN (Of 3) $9.99
CARDCAPTOR SAKURA MASTER OF THE CLOW VOL 6 GN (Of 6) $9.99
CELESTIAL ZONE VOL 2 #1 $9.95
CEREBUS #292 $2.25
CHOBITS VOL 7 GN (Of 8) $9.99
CLAMP SCHOOL DETECTIVES VOL 3 GN (Of 3) $9.99
CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON VOL 1-4 GN SET $49.00
DARK DAYS #2 30 DAYS OF NIGHT SEQUEL (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
DF BATMAN PLANETARY SGN $29.99
DF HULK MOVIE ADAPTATION SGN $29.99
DF KINGPIN SGN #1 $19.99
DFE MAGDELENA VAMPIRELLA GOLD FOIL ALT CVR $14.99
DIARY OF MOLLY FREDRICKSON VOL 1 GN PEANUT
BUTTER (A)
DRAGON HUNTER VOL 2 GN (Of 3) $9.99
DRAGON KNIGHTS VOL 9 GN (Of 17) $9.99
FADE TRADE VOL 1 FADE FROM BLUE $12.95
FORBIDDEN DANCE VOL 1 GN (Of 3) $9.99
FREAK BROTHERS #8 NEW PTG (O/A) (MR) (Note Price) $3.95
FURRLOUGH #126 $2.99
GENUS #60 (A) $3.50
G-GUNDAM VOL 2 GN (Of 3) $9.99
IN A METAL WEB GN VOL 2 (A) $10.95
JING KING OF BANDITS VOL 2 GN (Of 7) $9.99
JOHNNY HAZARD VOL 1 COLOR SUNDAYS $15.00
JUGHEAD #153 $2.19
JUNCTION 17 #1 $3.50
KING OF HELL VOL 2 GN (Of 3) $9.99
KOMIKWERKS VOL 1 TP $9.95
KRAZY & IGNATZ DAILIES VOL 2 PACIFIC LAUGHTER OF THE DAMNED #3 (MR) $2.75
LIKE A RIVER SC (MR) $9.95
LOLITA VOL 4 (O/A) (A) $9.95
LOVE HINA VOL 13 GN (Of 14) $9.99
LUPIN III VOL 6 GN (Of 14) $9.99
MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH VOL 1 GN NEW PTG (Of 3)
MANGAPHILE #20 $4.99
MARMALADE BOY VOL 8 GN (Of 8) $9.99
MARS VOL 13 GN (Of 15) $9.99
NECROWAR #2 $2.95
NEOTOPIA VOL 2 #1 $2.99
OH MY GOTH VERSION 2.0 TP NEW PTG (MR) $23.00
ONE BLOODY YEAR FALL (MR) $5.30
ORIGIN OF FREEMIND S&N BOUND VOLUME TP $16.95
PHANTOM DAILIES 2 PACK #1 $10.00
POISON ELVES #74 $2.95
RAIJIN COMICS #33 (MR) $4.95
ROSCOES IN THE NIGHT SC $17.95
SAMURAI DEEPER KYO VOL 2 GN (Of 18) $9.99
SHAOLIN SISTERS VOL 4 GN (Of 5) $9.99
SHONEN JUMP VOL 1 #9 SEP 2003 $4.95
SHOUJO #2 $5.95
SKULL MAN VOL 7 GN (Of 7) $9.99
SLAYERS SPECIAL BOOK 3 LESSER OF TWO EVILS GN $15.95
SMILIN JACK VOL 2 ESCAPE FROM DEATH $9.50
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #126 $2.19
STRANGERS IN PARADISE BOOK 3 PART 5 HC $49.95
STRANGERS IN PARADISE VOL III #59 $2.95
TERRY MOORES PARADISE TOO #14 $2.95
THE KINDAICHI CASE FILES VOL 2 GN (Of 6) $9.99
TOKYO MEW MEW VOL 3 GN (Of 4) $9.99
UBERBABE #4 SAME AS IT EVER WAS (Of 4) $6.00
VAMPEROTICA DARK FANTASY #1 (MR) $2.95
VAMPEROTICA DARK FANTASY #1 ADULT ED $6.95
VAMPEROTICA DARK FANTASY #1 NUDE ED $3.95
VAMPIRE GAME VOL 2 GN (Of 3) $9.99
VAMPIRELLA #11 LTD CVR ED (O/A) $9.95
VAMPIRELLA #15-18 LTD CVR SET $39.95
WARHAMMER MONTHLY #71 $3.50
X-DAY VOL 1 GN (Of 2)
Looks like a pretty good comic day. I’m getting Alias #25, Ultimate Spider-Man #44, Superman: Birthright #2, Batman: Death and the Maidens #1, Detective Comics #785, Formerly Known as the Justice League #2, Superman/Batman #1, and finally Cerebus #292. This is the biggest comic week I ever had and it’s probably because of all of these good mini-series out lately. I’ll post what I thought of them either later today or Thursday afternoon.
New & Improved Scott, You’re correct about that episode with Morbius. I guess I got Blade mixed up with The Punisher somehow.
A silly crossover question, this time.
I was browsing through the “Superman meets the Fantastic Four” paperback collection in the bookstore today, an early scene features the young Franklin Richards practicing his clunky exposition by mentioning to himself how Superman is “just a cartoon” in the Marvel comics universe, but that “mom says that there’s another universe where he’s real.” And, y’know, guess who shows up five minutes later via a handy dimentional rift.
Now, I’m assuming for the moment that Mrs. Richards wasn’t just humoring her son when she told him about the existence of the DC Universe, and that she actually believed it (which seems likely, as when Superman shows up, the FF doesn’t treat him like a madman dressed like a cartoon character). But I’m also willing to believe that the crossover is supposed to take place in a “pocket” universe of it’s own…
…Anyway, my question is:** In the “mainstream” DC and Marvel continuities, are any of the characters supposed to be able to “know” that the “other” comics’ universe exists?**
Obviously, artistic, legal, and economic issues would keep the staff from one company from using and mentioning characters owned by the competition on a regular basis. And realistically, how and why would the writers fit in such a reference into a storyline? (“Hey Logan, remember that time a black hole opened up in Utah, and the ‘Darkseid’ guy flew out?” “Yeah.” ::pause:: “That sure sucked, didn’t it?”)
But still, I go back to the original question (Bolded, for clarity amid this grotesquely verbose post). Are all of the DC/Marvel crossovers supposed to take place in sub-universes by themselves, or are they supposed to take place in the “mainstream” continuity, but all the characters either magically forget that the events of the crossover ever happened?
Well, in any case, I’m done typing for the week, I think.
Ranchoth, Well Marvel and DC exist in two seperate universes but the two universes can interact with each other in special cosmic circumstances. Some of these crossovers are even in continuity in both universes. For example in Marvel v.s. DC the main character Access who brought the two universes together (temporaily for the crossover) shows up in an issue of Green Lantern a couple years later.
This is what I bought this week:
*Ultimate Spider-Man #44- Pretty slow this month but it had a nice ending.
*Cerebus #292- This series is starting to pick up again. I can’t wait to see how Dave Sim ends the series in #300. Even though I’ll still be sad to see the series go.
*Alias #25- Pretty disturbing issue. Bendis does a great job conveying Jessica’s pain about what The Purple Man did to her.
*Formerly Known as the Justice League #2- Funny as hell. This should be an ongoing series.
*Superman Birthright #2- Mark Waid should be on the Superman monthly title because this mini-series is excellent.
*Detective Comics #785- Brubacker writes a pretty good detective story.
*Batman: Death and the Maidens #1- A promising start to the last Ras Al Ghul story.
*Supreme Power #1- An excellent start and my pick for book of the week.
Anyone else pick up anything this week?
That episode has one of the best scenes ever, when Blade throws a gas grenade at Spidey, who coughs, braces himself against a wall, then turns and looks at Blade, saying “Garlic?” looking all confused.
A coupla’ more questions, this week. A little less…oblique, this time.
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How many—mainstream—superheroes are willing to kill? The Punisher is one, obviously. And I’m guessing Spawn, too. But it seems like almost all the other superheroes have an ethic like Batman…who, if I recall, won’t even kill the “Aliens.” (As in, the Ridley Scott, chestburster aliens. I’m still trying to figure out that one)
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I’ve noticed that there are quite a few DC comics—like The Dark Knight Returns and Kingdom Come—that feature the future exploits of older, even geriatric, versions of it’s heros or villains. My question is, did/does Marvel ever do similar stories? Latveria Come, maybe? The Spider-Man Strikes Again, perhaps?
Marvel Geriatrics-
Marvel has had What If for a while. These are standard format books that generally do one-issue arc. These arcs are more based on continuity than Elseworlds. While an Elseworld might answer the question “What if Batman had lived in the early 1900’s, and was destined to save Gotham from otherworldly monsters served by Ras Al Ghul in a story written as a tribute to HP Lovecraft?”, what if sticks closer to canon with questions like “What if Spider Man had saved Uncle Ben?”.
After Kingdom Come, Marvel had Ross do Earth X. An Elseworlds style tale taking place roughly 30 years in the future. There have been plenty of change. Most notably, every human now has super powers.
Heroes Willing To Kill-
Morbius the living vampire
Marvel revived him in the 90’s and gave him his own book. Deciding that angst and brooding were stupid, Morbius realized that he could just drink the blood of the many humans who deserved to die. Then, a new artist made Morbius look like an undead Keebler elf. And a new writer turned him from savage predator to-tragic angstridden brooder.
Ranchotch, Well besides Earth X which DocCathode already mentioned their’s really not any I can think of except “The Last Avengers Story” by Peter David which I highly recommend if you can find it.
As to your second question, here’s a short list containing heroes that kill (besides Morbius who was already mentioned).
-The Question
-Azreal (deceased)
-The Authority
-Venom (when he operated as a hero for a short time in the 90s)
That’s all I can think of so far but I’ll try to update the list later when I have more time.
There have been instances in Marvel Comics where the stories of books take them to the future, and show a hint of what may come. A few example of this I can think of are the X-Men’s “Days of the Future Past” story, and Hulk’s “Future: Imperfect”.
There are enough time travellers in the Marvel Continuity that a book like “Kingdom Come” couldn’t happen in that universe. Between Cable and Bishop and Rachel Summers alone, there origins contradict each other enough.
for hero who kill you can add:
Colossus (remember Vertigo in Mutant Massacre), ok it’s very rare but this time was so cool
MAgik in Exiles
i’m sur we can find much more
Colossus also killed Kevin McTaggart, or Proteus, by bunching through him.
Other heroes that kill, off the top of my head:
The Spectre
The Savage Dragon
Huntress
I’m sorry, I know it was a typo but it just struck me as funny somehow.
“What happened?”
“He-he bunched him to death!”
Also, you can add Stormwatch to that list.
Does it make a hero more or less “heroic” if they kill their enemies? Not indiscriminate bloodshed, but in order to stop them from hurting others?
Like if the Batman killed the Joker? Ok, I’ve run that particular obsession into the ground. I’ll drop it now.
Though he really should kill him.
Whoops! That is funny.
Ya know, I make “B”-“P” typos all the time.
Thanos is getting his own series. As a long time fan of Ol’ Purplepuss, I’m very excited about this.
He’s been all powerful a few times. It didn’t work out. He tried living a simple life on the farm. It didn’t work out.
I’m hoping that the series will address Thanos’ relationship with his brother Eros. Sure Eros, under the name Starfox, is an Avenger. But, Thanos has achived godhood several times. Having a sibling who’s been the most powerful being in existence on several occasions has got to make you feel inadequate.
And there’s Nebula. This blue space pirate chick claims to be Thanos’ granddaughter. I’ve never been able to find out whether she claims to be the child of Thanos’ son or daughter, or who she claims Thanos had a child with.
I always found Thanos to be much more interesting than his DC counterpart Darkseid. Darkseid was always just evil for the sake of it, whereas Thanos just had a crush on the wrong “lady.” I really liked that cover where it was just him with the Infinity Gauntlet saying (more or less) to everyone else “Come and get it!”
Really? When did this happen? I always hated that character. Maybe I’ll throw a little party.
gonzoron, He died fairly recently in Azreal #100 (the last issue of his series).
DocCathode, I’m also excited for the return of Thanos. He’s the most interesting cosmic being in the Marvel Universe besides the current insane incarnation of Captain Marvel.
My picks for Wednesday:
*1602 #1- This mini-series by Neil Gaiman starts off fairly well and it’s interesting to see a good portion of the Marvel heroes and villains reimagined in the 1600s.
*Fables #16- My pick for best book of the week.
*Gotham Central #10- A good ending to an excellent storyline. Greg Rucka has a pretty good handle on Two-Face’s character. I also wanted to give Rucka props for handling Renee’s coming of the closet in a realistic manner.
*Ultimate X-Men #36- It was okay but I don’t feel this storyline is going anywhere but hopefully Bendis proves me wrong next month.
*Fantastic Four #502- I can’t believe Mark Waid is getting kicked off the book. This issue was outstanding.
Note: I dropped the Hulk because Bruce Jones’ writing no longer appealed to me.
Anyone else pick up anything?
Fables #16 was my only pick for the week…Willingham writes a damned good story.
OK, here’s a truly trivial trivia question for my fellow rabid fans: what ever happened to Marinna? Little greenish-yellow alien-looking girl with an affinity for water, used to be a member of Alpha Flight, eventually married Narmor? I was wondering how many times she’s been killed, retconned, and written out of existance since the wedding.
Suzene