All things Marvel Legends/Marvel Select/Marvel Universe

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[Mara]

Love the new suits! Don’t love how the infinity stones will still have a role. Is that time stone not in a different timeline?

 

[punisher1974]

Looks like Elvis with the sideburns and glasses.

 

[screamingmetal]

Looks like Elvis with the sideburns and glasses.

It's from Warren Ellis's Nextwave, it's supposed to be Rockabilly Modok, the other guy is called the Captain.

 

[screamingmetal]

Fantastic likeness and the only one I'd get from the wave, but I hope he comes with an alternative classic J Jonah Jameson with flat top head. The bald one just doesn't look right.

 

[punisher1974]

It's from Warren Ellis's Nextwave, it's supposed to be Rockabilly Modok, the other guy is called the Captain.

Gotcha haven't read any marvel since Civil War. I agree on Jameson. Needs his classic flattop hairdo.

 

[screamingmetal]

Gotcha haven't read any marvel since Civil War. I agree on Jameson. Needs his classic flattop hairdo.

I quit buying comics around the same time too, had to look this up just to figure out.... why.

 

[punisher1974]

I quit buying comics around the same time too, had to look this up just to figure out.... why.

I understand that. I pick up trade paperbacks for storylines I read years ago but around then the comics just changed so much and the characters were no longer very interesting to me. Too many gimmicks and log crossovers. I do like alot of the action figures and movies obviously though.

 

[screamingmetal]

The stories at the time didn't go anywhere, often cyclical with everything building to a bloated summer crossover event, the art took a major dive almost insulting for the price they asked, and what was being done to the X-Men at the time just soured me completely from buying comics. I still pick up trades, there were a lot of holes in my collection so it's nice to get a complete story for once. Best stuff is from the 70's -80's.

 

[punisher1974]

I agree on the 70's and 80's stuff being the best. I have been buying alot of the Marvel essential trades since the collect around 20 issues in a volume. Been able to revisit alot of storylines i read as a kid and some I could never track down an issue for.

 

[Victοr]

The only Big 2 thing I'm still reading is HiX-Men. It's totally different from what the average X-Fan liked before the 00s and the influx of moviefans, but I like Hickman's brand of writing and it's an enjoyable SyFy book. Honestly, no matter which way you cut it the average Capebook is pretty bad and we're attached to them because they remind us of periods of our lives. They go through the same motions and nothing really progresses or has any meaning. I'm slowly trying to build an Omnibus/Absolute/HC collection, and I watch all those guys with whole rooms filled top to bottom with 100$/book of capes and I just don't see the point. It's all a mess of genres and titles and nothing stands out. Nobody will notice your Sandman Absolutes if they're surrounded by tons of other things. I'll get a run per character/team to represent them and that's it. Stuff like Sandman, Lucifer and the such, self-contained stories, I genuinely want. With X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman and the such, it's more of a case of "just buy the damn thing to put it on the bookshelf" than genuine interest. As time goes on, I find less and less fondness for all of them. I have some favourite runs, some favourite characters, but I find that I like the concepts more than the execution.

For my money, Marvel is better in that regard as they do more reprints and have more options. You have the Omnibus, then you have the Masterworks which slowly cover entire runs, and you also have the cheaper Epic Collection TBPs. DC has the Absolutes that look really cool, but they don't collect as much stuff in such formats and editions.

 

[loki2371]

Man, FedEx is such a ******* joke. I had to ship 2 things in my POL from BBTS (MS Hulk & that shirtless SW BS Maul). Was waiting for the MS Silver Centurion & Titanium Man to hit, but of course they were delayed..

Anyhow, they shipped from MN, arrives in NJ facility, shipped to another NJ facility, On truck for delivery next business day (7/4), then 7/5 went back to facility and now today shows Departed NJ and arrived in PA..

WTF??? Sheer stupidity. Sure, raise prices because dumb employees like to waste resources and ship **** around the country for no apparent reason..

FedEx used to be the one service I never had problems with. Always early or on time, even last year.

 

[guyver1]

I finally found Wanda from WV at my local Target..that is the only one in the wave I never see

 

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[VincentVegaFFF]

Needs a thumbs up hand.

 

[guyver1]

I preorder Hercules at BBTS..but might cancel it later

 

[lttgtimaatisgdaicfi]

Finally...a classic Hercules sans pants!

 

[loki2371]

Patiently waiting for Amazon to list the new Hercules.

 

[Neal136]

A lot of us knew it was coming, but ..... damn.

 

[chrisstbh]

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