2022 October
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Previously This is the second post in my continuing insane effort to try to read EVERY MARVEL COMIC EVER PUBLISHED. You can see previous posts using the tag "complete-marvel-run". We are tackling the older/longer series first, and going in "MCU Order". (These posts of course, are often just excuses to post a bunch of comic screenshots/excerpts) Incredible Hulk (1962-1969) - 379 issues After Iron Man, the next big character (literally) in MCU order was the Hulk. But when I loaded up the oldest Incredible Hulk series on Marvel Unlimited, I was surprised to find that it started with numbers #1
2022 August
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Previously About a month ago, I had the insane idea to try to read EVERY MARVEL COMIC EVER PUBLISHED. This is less insane than it sounds because the Marvel Unlimited service now exists, making it easier to access the really old ones, though it's still not complete. It's kind of mind-boggling because there are an estimated 30,000 Marvel comics already published, with roughly an additional 1,000 new ones every year. I estimate that before this year, I've read maybe 5-6k individual comics. So I have maybe 25k to go. I think the whole effort could take around 5 years. This
2022 April
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One of the Wonder Twins turns into a bucket of water just so Aquaman can be splashed lol
Justice League (2018) no. 65 #comicbooks
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Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week. When I was growing up, Holy Week was traditionally a quiet time of prayer and reflection; my grandmother would chastise us if we were noisy, especially from Thursday through Saturday. The period feels a lot less sacrosanct in the modern world, either because I'm an adult now or because people usually just take this time to go on vacations or whatnot, or maybe some combination of both. The World Putin's invasion of Ukraine is now in its 7th week. More and more Russian war atrocities are coming to light. PH/Politics:
2022 February
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Finished watching Peacemaker last week. This is the HBO Max spinoff series starring John Cena's character from The Suicide Squad (2021). It's a wild, foul-mouthed, witty, irreverent, violent and totally-not-for-kids ride. James Gunn once again has managed to take an obscure comic book character and wring a good amount of story out of him. The show has this ridiculous opening sequence which has the main cast doing a choreographed dance. It follows directly after the events of The Suicide Squad (there is a short recap). In-between all the craziness, the show manages to make some commentary on important issues such
2021 September
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If you think you are bad at naming characters or variables, just remember Marvel has a character named BlackBolt whose real name is Blackagar Boltagon #comicbooks
2021 August
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Well, comic strip collections, collecting the kind that comes out in daily newspapers, not the Marvel or DC stuff that comes out monthly. (Click photos to view full-size) Early this year, someone gave me a stack of them. I decided to go through them about a month ago after the last book I read, taking up my regular book reading slot. These aren't even the most well-known ones like Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert or Foxtrot, most of these I hadn't heard of before. I don't think they've ever been syndicated to newspapers here; if I hadn't gotten them for free,
2021 April
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Falcon and Winter Soldier review (with some spoilers): more action-packed and straightforward compared to Wandavision, jumping straight into the action from the get go some great performances here, especially from Sebastian Stan (Bucky), Wyatt Russell (John Walker), and Daniel Bruhl (Zemo) Bucky and Sam have great chemistry, even though they start out annoyed at each other pacing is a bit odd at times; feels more like an extended movie than a weekly episodic series (especially compared to Wandavision, which took advantage of the weekly format really well) although a complete story by itself, this one felt more of a setup
2021 March
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Winter Soldier #sketchdaily 85/365 #procreate #Marvel #comicbooks
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#WandaVision spoiler-free review: Overall, I really liked it, and I think they did well with the one-episode-per-week format. The show certainly would not have been this hyped if it all came in one drop Really difficult to not spoil. If you have somehow avoid being spoiled by the internet until it all dropped, good for you! A very emotional story of Wanda dealing with the aftermath of Infinity War/Endgame good usage of the sitcom tropes fantastic performance by Elisabeth Olsen lots of fan service for comic book fans to dig into. Maybe too much even; don't overthink or overhype it
2021 February
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Action Comics #1 (1938) / Superman and Lois S01E01 (2021) #comicbooks #comics
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2021 January
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Web of Spider-man (1985) no 1, Spectacular Spider-man S01E12, Spider-man 3 (2017) #comicbooks
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2020 December
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Did this population number only happen during Hickman's run? I forget if there was a mass resurgence of mutants post-decimation
2020 August
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I had nothing to contribute to tonight's quiz night, so this is what I did instead.
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2020 June
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Posted on r/comicbooks: What is Miles' "new history" after they got merged into the 616?
Do Miles, Ganke, Miles' family etc remember the Ultimate universe? Or Ultimate Peter Parker dying? Or were their histories "re-written" and merged into the main universe?
I'm not up-to-date with the Miles comics, but I don't remember this being explained after Secret Wars
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Far Sector #5 #BlackLivesMattters #comics
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2019 December
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I'm looking forward to the eventual storyline where he makes a deal with the devil for everyone to forget this reveal in exchange for ending his marriage.
2019 October
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While you slept, the world changed. I haven't reviewed any comics on this blog for a while, so today we'll talk about Jonathan Hickman's triumphant (so far) return to Marvel: House of X/Powers of X and the upcoming Dawn of X wave of books. Spoilers abound so be aware. Also while writing this I realized how absurd comic books must seem to nonreaders, but really that's what makes it all fun! (I mean, the Justice League is also crazy right now too!) For the unaware, House of X and Powers are X are two 6-issue miniseries to chart a new
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isnt gorgon one of the inhumans
2019 September
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i hope we get somehing like this in the upcoming disney+ show. Like maybe Clint saved Kate during the battle of new york