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Big Box o’ Physical Comics
Sep. 28th, 2023 11:06 amWhen we went up to Uticon in 2022, Xannoside was cleaning out his comic collection and gave us three big boxes of trades to sell. We sold two of them, but I sorted out a full box’s worth of comics I wanted to read and possibly keep. I read a pile of them in fall of 2022 (along with a miniseries I picked up at Uticon) but never actually wrote out the reviews because I got distracted to reading other things.
Books read in 2022:
Slapstick (Issues #1-6) – I thought I was buying a full set of the original mini, but this was actually a reboot / sequel to the original miniseries that changed around a few of the rules of Slapstick’s cartoony powers but remained entertaining in a strict niche sort of way.
The Sentry – One of Marvel’s many overpowered Superman take-offs, this one is insane and hallucinates his evil archnemesis who may or may not be his split personality.
Dynamo 5 (volumes 1-2) – The five illegitimate children of a Superman-type each have inherited one major power and the Lois Lane character becomes their handler as a super-team against various threats. Cute idea, middling execution, fun read.
Supreme Power (volumes 1-3) I actually already own in hardcover and was just re-reading, though they lead into Supreme Power: Hyperion and Squadron Supreme (volume 1) which are interesting but honestly kind of water down the world-shaking setup of the first few volumes.
Ms. Marvel (volumes 1-3) – The Carol Danvers edition of “Ms. Marvel”, and they clearly didn't really know what to do with her.
There was a random volume of Gen-13 that seemed really familiar, to the point I’m 90% certain I have a copy in the stacks somewhere. It was four unconnected stories.
Alias (volumes 1-4) – The original set of stories of Jessica Jones that was built into the Netflix series. It’s very different from the TV show, stronger in some ways but weaker in others, and still very good. This was one of the few things from the box I decided to keep for my collection after reading.
Then, we have the stack I’ve read more recently:
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Overall: It’s nice to actually read an era of Marvel books I hadn’t before and re-read a bunch of bits and pieces of other 90s material, but I can see why Xannoside was ready to let the collection go.
Books read in 2022:
Slapstick (Issues #1-6) – I thought I was buying a full set of the original mini, but this was actually a reboot / sequel to the original miniseries that changed around a few of the rules of Slapstick’s cartoony powers but remained entertaining in a strict niche sort of way.
The Sentry – One of Marvel’s many overpowered Superman take-offs, this one is insane and hallucinates his evil archnemesis who may or may not be his split personality.
Dynamo 5 (volumes 1-2) – The five illegitimate children of a Superman-type each have inherited one major power and the Lois Lane character becomes their handler as a super-team against various threats. Cute idea, middling execution, fun read.
Supreme Power (volumes 1-3) I actually already own in hardcover and was just re-reading, though they lead into Supreme Power: Hyperion and Squadron Supreme (volume 1) which are interesting but honestly kind of water down the world-shaking setup of the first few volumes.
Ms. Marvel (volumes 1-3) – The Carol Danvers edition of “Ms. Marvel”, and they clearly didn't really know what to do with her.
There was a random volume of Gen-13 that seemed really familiar, to the point I’m 90% certain I have a copy in the stacks somewhere. It was four unconnected stories.
Alias (volumes 1-4) – The original set of stories of Jessica Jones that was built into the Netflix series. It’s very different from the TV show, stronger in some ways but weaker in others, and still very good. This was one of the few things from the box I decided to keep for my collection after reading.
Then, we have the stack I’ve read more recently:
( Read more... )
Overall: It’s nice to actually read an era of Marvel books I hadn’t before and re-read a bunch of bits and pieces of other 90s material, but I can see why Xannoside was ready to let the collection go.
