Which comic? Spiderman? Fantastic Four? Manga?

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Which comics would you buy?

Superman
1
3%
Spiderman
7
24%
Batman
3
10%
Fantastic Four
1
3%
X-Men
5
17%
Legionnaires
0
No votes
Justice League
3
10%
Manga - any
6
21%
Ghost Rider
3
10%
 
Total votes: 29

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Which comic? Spiderman? Fantastic Four? Manga?

#1 Post by Gronagor » Wed May 25, 2005 8:47 am

Ok. This poll is simply to see whether the Google adds will show comic adds.  :lol

Edit: Guess not.  :p

Edit: Oh no... there they are!

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#2 Post by Swift » Wed May 25, 2005 12:44 pm

Spider-Man comics. Peter Parker is just so adorable.

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#3 Post by Klytos » Wed May 25, 2005 1:02 pm

I'd have to say Justice League. Only because I think the best comics coming out at the moment are Green Lantern, and he's in the Justice League.

There's logic there if you look for it...  :rollin

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#4 Post by Broomie » Wed May 25, 2005 2:32 pm

Frank Miller's Sin City.

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#5 Post by Alias » Wed May 25, 2005 3:12 pm

I vote for Justice gang.  ;) I'm a comic fanatic. Talking about green latern the original green latern was white and the new one is black, I dont see why they changed the colour of his skin?

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I dont think its right to re write classics to appear different, Im not being racists or anything but they should stick to the original origins like the rest of the super heroes.

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#6 Post by Wizard » Wed May 25, 2005 4:43 pm

Yeah, I don't like that either


I choose spider man. I love it. I am even subscribed to it, along with The Ultimates

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#7 Post by Relight » Wed May 25, 2005 7:28 pm

Comics are cool. You forgot the "Other" option.

Read Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon. It's astonishing!

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#8 Post by Wizard » Wed May 25, 2005 7:29 pm

Hrmm....

P.S. No one seriously likes ghost rider

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#9 Post by Ghost_Rider » Thu May 26, 2005 12:30 am

What's wrong with Ghost Rider?   :p

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#10 Post by Gronagor » Thu May 26, 2005 6:14 am

Relight wrote:Read Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon. It's astonishing!
Yeah. That's currently the only comic I'm buying.

Wizard wrote: P.S. No one seriously likes ghost rider
I just included it to see whether there would be Google adds for the upcoming movie. I don't like GhostRider that much, but there are a few... otherwise the comic would have been cancelled like... Electra etc.

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Re: Which comic? Spiderman? Fantastic Four? Manga?

#11 Post by Angelus3K » Thu May 26, 2005 8:48 pm

Gronagor wrote:Ok. This poll is simply to see whether the Google adds will show comic adds.  :lol

Edit: Guess not.  :p

Edit: Oh no... there they are!
Strange, only ads I get are:

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#12 Post by Gronagor » Fri May 27, 2005 6:36 am

Angelus3K wrote:Strange, only ads I get are:

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It usually works on the second or third visit. Don't know why. But I get stuff like 'Buy Spiderman T-shirts', 'Heritage Comics', 'Cheap Comics', 'Bid for Comics' etc etc etc.

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#13 Post by Ghost_Rider » Sat May 28, 2005 2:53 pm

Ghost Rider was actually a nickname given to me by a friend, after he saw me riding around on my old motorcycle.  I had my head shaved, was wearing my trench coat, and of course no helmet.  Why would I need a helmet?  (I like to think that I've become a little wiser since then)

The bike is a 1959 Honda.  Looks like the German bikes from the second World War, just without the sidecar.

Anyway, I guess the old bike, shaved head, and my slim figure reminded him of a skeleton riding a motorcycle... hence the name Ghost Rider.  I've used it online for years now.

It's one of the few nicknames I've been given that I like   ;)

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#14 Post by Charlemagne » Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:34 pm

Where's the "none of the above" option? I don't read comics.

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#15 Post by KKuhlman » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:46 pm

Or "other" option? Since my voice goes to Praedor-comics.

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#16 Post by Gronagor » Wed Jun 01, 2005 6:22 pm

Start your own poll.  :p

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#17 Post by Broomie » Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:39 pm

Charlemagne wrote:Where's the "none of the above" option? I don't read comics.
Then you don't participate in the poll. ;) Heh, nobody likes a smartass.

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#18 Post by Vildern » Sun Jun 05, 2005 2:29 pm

I've always had a weak spot for Spider-Man...  ;)

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#19 Post by Klytos » Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:40 pm

Alias wrote:I vote for Justice gang.  ;) I'm a comic fanatic. Talking about green latern the original green latern was white and the new one is black, I dont see why they changed the colour of his skin?

I dont think its right to re write classics to appear different, Im not being racists or anything but they should stick to the original origins like the rest of the super heroes.
The First GL you pictured was Hal Jordan, a test pilot for Ferris Aircraft. He got his ring from a dying alien when the alien's ship crash landed into earth. The ring detected two humans who would be great GL's, Hal and another dude by the name of Guy Gardner. Hal was closer and as the alien was dying quickly, the ring brought Hal along. Guy Gardner was later given a ring to make him a "reserve" Green Lantern.

When Guy was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone for over a year (comic time) another person was picked as the "reserve" Green Lantern. He was the second pic you posted, John Stewart.

Fast-Forward a few years and heaps of stuff has happened. Guy is back, he and Hal had a punchup over who was going to be GL of earth. Hal won. Happy Hal then went totally nuts and tried to destroy the universe to bring back a city that he was sworn to protect was destroyed by an evil yellow guy named Mongul (with the help of Hank Henshaw another bad guy).

That's probably the reason they use John Stewart in the Justice League television series. Which isn't a bad show but it's nothing on the comics.

Also just this month DC brought back Hal. He's a good guy again! Not a bad series to bring him back either.

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#20 Post by Alias » Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:49 pm

I think he may be back in the new series called Justice League Unlimited, with all the other heroes like super girl, green arrow...

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#21 Post by Klytos » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:22 pm

Really? Thats cool. I will never understand why the brough back SuperGirl though! I used to love her then they killed her off in the awesome mega-hit Crisis on Infinite Earths #7. There's no reason to bring her back. Stop messing with continuity DC you're starting to piss me off!

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#22 Post by Gronagor » Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:38 am

Hehe! That's what's so nice about reading the Marvel-letters. People keep asking 'Where's my fav character?' Then Marvel replies: "He died a year ago". And one can't help but to ask 'What's your point?'. They ALWAYS find a way to bring them back.

At least it sounds like Cyclops is about to die. About time!!

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#23 Post by MasterG » Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:52 pm

I have to reply to this, sorry about the bump...

The whole conversation about John Stewart reminded me of something on the DC Comics forums a while back.

People were talking about which Green Lantern they prefered, and this guy chimes in with "Y DOES GREEN LANTERN BLACK JOHN STEWART HAV 2 B BLACK?". No joke. I said "Because his mommy and daddy were" and somebody else said "I think he fell into a vat of molasses."

Anyway, as to what I'm reading... Astonishing X-Men for me as well, Villains United, which is actually truckloads better than I thought it would be a cool miniseries, Justice Society of America, and I have to catch up on the Flash, Fantastic Four and Spidey. Also, I just finished the last Hellboy mini, the Island. Was a good read, looking forward to more HB stuff.

As for Ghost Rider... well, he had no comic when this was started. However, a six-issue miniseries about him written by Garth Ennis just started coming out this week, and it looks to be good. I have yet to pick it up, though. Here's a little interview with Garth Ennis about it: http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/ ... gi?id=5846

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#24 Post by The Avatar » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:20 pm

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Fantastic 4
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hmm.. these were the adds that were at the top when I visited.. Ebay, Target & costume shops.. no movies :(

My favorite comic is Superman!  Go Superman!!  I like smallville the TV series -it's the only tv I watch.. and really, i only buy the DVDs for the season when they come out and watch them from DVD!  They are excellent.

I'm also looking forward to the Superman movie coming out in 2006.  Superman Returns by Bryan Singer, starring Brandon Routh as Superman, and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luther!!  Check it out on IMDB:
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(i wonder if this post will change up the google ads!  :D  )

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#25 Post by Gronagor » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:52 pm

I've never been much of a fan of Smallville. I don't know whether you've noticed (even in the first few series) that certain characters appeared, but they never got the attention they should have got. (They've used their real names... not their nicks) In fact... some of them were supposed to be good guys, but ended up being bad guys in the series. But I know a lot of people who love Smallville, who previously didn't like Superman at all.

Unfortunately it seems that the movie won't be influenced by Smallville. I think that's a big mistake.

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