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Got some extra checkouts now with Hoopla so my list is getting bigger! Plus going to try out the Thor series.

Marvel Unlimited
Get Fury 1?
Get Fury 2?
The Ultimates 1
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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MU's release calendar was wrong. They've changed it and there's nothing new there for me this week.

Marvel Unlimited
Get Fury 1?
Get Fury 2?
The Ultimates 1
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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Quote from: Jeff on Sep 09, 2024, 01:19 PMDC Universe Ultra

Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262

3 issues? WHAT?
Okay, "JIMMY"
;)

Another small Big Two week, but that's fine, enjoying the older stuff from them anyway. No idea what Hoopla will have this week (I've tried guessing from the "comics releases" the last couple weeks and it has been hit and miss so I'm going back to just waiting), but if it isn't much, I will add something from my "favorites". I have about two more issues of Dungeon left to get through to wrap that up.

Marvel Unlimited
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #1 (Juan Jose Ryp on art? Yes please, the ONLY reason I am giving this a try. I hope the writing is decent)
Iron Fist #1 (1975)
Iron Fist #2 (1975)

DC Universe Ultra
Green Lantern #14
Legion of Super-Heroes #259 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #260 (1980)

Hoopla
Dark Spaces: Dungeon (collects issues 1-5)
And... ????????????

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1.....1!! MARVEL book...Amazing Spider-man 51. I'm along for the ride!

I guess since they released all the end of X books, we have to wait 3 actual months before it's all out again!

Oops, got the numbering wrong on the Legion issues. I already read that #259 last week. Forgot to update it. And as I have nothing good to say about it, I'll move on.
;D

Marvel Unlimited
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #1 (Juan Jose Ryp on art? Yes please, the ONLY reason I am giving this a try. I hope the writing is decent)
Iron Fist #1 (1975)
Iron Fist #2 (1975)

DC Universe Ultra
Green Lantern #14
Legion of Super-Heroes #259 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #260 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #261 (1980)

Hoopla
Dark Spaces: Dungeon (collects issues 1-5)
Void Rivals v2 (collects issues 7-12) <-- Added

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Dungeon - Not sure how I feel about this. The idea is kind of... off, but it is also good and creepy. I don't want to say what the problem I had with it was until I know if Jeff is going to read this. He read the first mini of Snyder's Dark Spaces brand (Wildfire) so he may read this one, or the rest of them (there is, I think, four mini's in total, but the other two are written by other writers: Hollywood Special and Good Deeds). But hey, as a "free" trade, I won't knock it too badly as I did find parts of it enjoyable, if not predictable, but that said... there is one ludicrous aspect that I just can't over look.
:-\
6 outta 10 enclosed spaces

Yes, I added Dungeon into my Hoopla favorites and will get to it when I can.  I didn't know there were others out also.

Marvel Unlimited
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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Immortal Thor 1 - This was just as uninteresting for me the second time as it was the first.  Now I remember why I had decided to skip this.  But my friends swear it gets really good so I will persevere and continue on.  :)

Immortal Thor 2 - still not liking this.  Especially because of how Loki is written.

Immortal Thor 3 - a little better? Maybe? But at least this act is finished and the promise of next issues guest star has me more interested.

Quote from: Perry on Sep 09, 2024, 07:16 PM

Quote from: Jeff on Sep 09, 2024, 01:19 PMDC Universe Ultra

Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262

3 issues? WHAT?
Okay, "JIMMY"
;)

I'm just getting ahead of what I know you two will do to me by the end of the week.   ;)

Marvel Unlimited
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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Rook: Exodus 5 - Not my favorite issue of the series but understandable why this was needed.  Our hero should now be ready for an epic battle to come.

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Rook: Exodus 5 - Not my favorite issue of the series but understandable why this was needed.  Our hero should now be ready for an epic battle to come.

Ah, I quite liked the issue! A big turning point for the whole series to date!

Marvel Unlimited
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #1
Iron Fist #1 (1975)
Iron Fist #2 (1975)

DC Universe Ultra
Green Lantern #14
Legion of Super-Heroes #259 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #260 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #261 (1980)

Hoopla
Dark Spaces: Dungeon (collects issues 1-5)
Void Rivals v2 (collects issues 7-12)
Phantom Road v1 (Collects issues 1-5) <-- Added
Green River Killer  <-- Added
TMNT (J.Aaron) #2 <-- Added

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Wolverine - I only read this as I thought it was a one-shot. It wasn't bad, primarily due to my love of all things Juan Jose Ryp (some panels just look so damn amazing in their detail), but I really have no interest in reading more. Though I will probably add each issue that hits, just to look at the art  ;)

Lantern - Very enjoyable issue. No spoilers, but I enjoyed the gadgets and the use of them as well as where it left us. Also, I was going to skip the back-up story, especially when I saw who was writing it, but I saw that Derrick Robertson was doing the art so I gave it a try. Pretty good, surprisingly, and I think the end may have a big impact later down the line. Or it will never be talked about again. Hard to tell  ;D
EDIT - also forgot one thing...

Spoiler

I think we just saw (from Task Force VII originally) the creation of a character that will sacrifice himself to end the turmoil or a character that will be around after this event, now that he/it has a name: Jadestone!!

[close]

Legion - Well, surprisingly, not the worst issue I've read from this title in the last 5 or 6 issues, so that's a plus. Nothing grand, but yes, better.

Spoiler

I did find it funny, the relevance of "The Circus", in the political theater, that they would be important, but different times are different times. Ha. Also noticed that Star-Boy goes to his deep drop V-Neck costume here. Ha. Put him and Cosmic Boy beside each other and you have a very odd looking team-up.

[close]

Enjoyed the last panel's cliff-hanger. 

Iron Fist - Classic 70's hero vs. hero issue but having early John Byrne art and early Chris Claremont writing is kinda cool. There is most certainly a fill in artist in this issue however, who receives no credit. I wonder who it was, but it sure as hell isn't Byrne. The issue was not on my current reading order, issue #2 was, but I decided to go back on my own to read it, but it is a continuation of a Marvel Premier story so I can see why it came earlier in the order than #2. They recapped pretty well, but still odd to start a new title with the end of a story from a different title. Odd for me, not so for Marvel at the time. Hahah. I will also say one of the biggest mistakes Stan Lee made during his tenor was noticing that Iron Man had no nose on his mask, and so he created the mandate that from now on he would have a nose. It looks horrible, but Byrne hides it as best he can, so it isn't too, too bad, though Gil Kane's cover doesn't look too darn bad with it in place ;)
Luckily Lee later agreed that it looked bad so allowed the mask to return to not having a nose.

(https://i.postimg.cc/SR74xbf0/Leg260.jpg)  (https://i.postimg.cc/ZqBhydxx/Ifist1.jpg)

Absolute Power Task Force VII #5 & #6
Jonny Quest #2...with only a mere 19 variants.
Masters of the Universe: Revolution #4
Space Ghost #5
Ultimate Black Panther #8

Flipped through Nightwing Uncovered. Beautiful collection but looks better on their shelves.
I was kinda surprised that X-Force #1 got a second printing. The first two issues are good, but not THAT good.

Marvel Unlimited
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #1
Iron Fist #1 (1975)
Iron Fist #2 (1975)

DC Universe Ultra
Green Lantern #14
Legion of Super-Heroes #260 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #261 (1980)

Hoopla
Dark Spaces: Dungeon (collects issues 1-5)
Void Rivals v2 (collects issues 7-12)
Phantom Road v1 (Collects issues 1-5)
Phantom Road v2 (Collects issues 6-10) <-- Added
Green River Killer
TMNT (J.Aaron) #2

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TMNT - Really enjoying this series so far. Maybe it's nostalgia, maybe its the writing and art, but I suspect its all of those. I now eagerly await issue three featuring Leonardo (Drawn by Cliff Chang) and even more excited for issue four's Donatello's story (with Chris Burnham's art)

Green River - Not an action packed book, but I am very glad to have read this. A 'based on a true story' tale, about Seattle serial killer Gary Ridgeway and the cops who worked with him in an effort to try and find some of his missing victims. Written by the son of the lead detective on the case. 

Phantom Road - Had only planned on reading the first volume, but when I saw that Walta art, I kept reading and knocked that out this morning, while waiting for lab work. The end left me wanting more, so I had to jump in on volume two and finished that when I got home and wouldn't you know it... it ended with a more impactful cliffhanger than the first volume did. Arrrhhhh. Now I have to wait for volume three? What the hell??
;D

Marvel Unlimited
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing - A good story this time with Nightwing and Failsafe.  Not a must read for the event but a fun read nonetheless.

GREEN LANTERN 14 - Excellent tie in issue.  Ties into Absolute Power and still furthers the continuing arc.  This seems to remain the most consistently enjoyable book out by DC month to month.

Marvel Unlimited
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260 & 261 - Two part murder mystery on a circus world.  I liked it. Pretty good cut and dry story with a good mix of legionaries on the case.

Quote from: Gay Titan on Sep 11, 2024, 08:33 PMMasters of the Universe: Revolution #4

There's more He-Man? Or is that the old volume from DC?!

Quote from: Jimmy T on Sep 12, 2024, 11:56 PM

Quote from: Gay Titan on Sep 11, 2024, 08:33 PMMasters of the Universe: Revolution #4

There's more He-Man? Or is that the old volume from DC?!

It wraps up a four issue mini-series. New material on the origin and relationship between Skeletor and Hordak.

Marvel Unlimited
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #1
Iron Fist #1 (1975)
Iron Fist #2 (1975)
Mystic #1 <--Added

DC Universe Ultra
Green Lantern #14
Legion of Super-Heroes #260 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #261 (1980)

Hoopla
Dark Spaces: Dungeon (collects issues 1-5)
Void Rivals v2 (collects issues 7-12)
Phantom Road v1 (Collects issues 1-5)
Phantom Road v2 (Collects issues 6-10)
Green River Killer
TMNT (J.Aaron) #2

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Legion - Not back to being terrible, but not quite as "not bad" as the first part of this. I am just counting down the issues for Conway's departure from this title.

Void Rivals - There is a lot of good stuff here, I like the connections with the properties (not spoiling anything if there is anyone that is not aware of those very connections) and I liked the tease of what happens when the two [gems] touched, but at the same time, I just don't care for anyone here. I do like the Proxima character, but... yeah, this is just okay.

Marvel Unlimited
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262 - wasn't sure what I would think of Jim Sherman's art in this issue but ultimately I liked it.  It was very different but fun to look at for the most part.  The one shot story wasn't bad either.  All in all I liked this issue.  maybe Gerry Conway had a turn and got better?

Marvel Unlimited
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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Phantom Road Volume 2 -  a just when I get even more sucked in, the volume ends! I want to read more!  A fascinating Lemire book with a lot of moving parts and characters.  I almost wish this would drop monthly on Hoopla so I don't have to wait!

Marvel Unlimited
Immortal Thor 1
Immortal Thor 2
Immortal Thor 3

DC Universe Ultra
ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #4 - Nightwing
GREEN LANTERN 14
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 260
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 261
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 262


Hoopla
Rook: Exodus 5
Phantom Road Volume 2 - (Collects issues 6-10)
Injection Vol 3 - (Collects issues 11-15)

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Injection Vol 3 - Wow! This turned out to be my favorite one of the series.  At first I was thinking it was just a normal arc and I was having a decent time following along. But when the crap suddenly hit the fan in the third issue I was completely sucked in and had to finish it. Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey have spun one heck of a fun story.

I must have forgotten to hit enter on my last post...

MARVEL
Amazing Spider-man 51

DC ULTRA
Action 1038
Green Lantern 14
A.P. Task force Nightwing

hoopla
TMNT Last Ronin - a fun little read. Perhaps there was more depth to this if I had read all of the IDW Turtles stories before this, but it certainly, along with Aaron's new run, has inspired me to read some more of this!
Hunger & the Dusk v2 #1 -lets get the next part going! I do want to know how it's going to end

Marvel Unlimited
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #1
Iron Fist #1 (1975)
Iron Fist #2 (1975)
Mystic #1 

DC Universe Ultra
Green Lantern #14
Legion of Super-Heroes #260 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #261 (1980)

Hoopla
Dark Spaces: Dungeon (collects issues 1-5)
Void Rivals v2 (collects issues 7-12)
Phantom Road v1 (Collects issues 1-5)
Phantom Road v2 (Collects issues 6-10)
Green River Killer
TMNT (J.Aaron) #2

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Iron Fist - Ha, well, an odd little story introducing us to the plant life on K'Un-Lun. And by plant life I mean live plants... the H'ylthri. Yeah, they are not well known, but man are they pissed. I guess the temple landed on the realm and pretty much took over. Not sure if they show up outside of this title (and Pwer-Man and Iron Fist #75.. one of my all time favorite issues) but after seeing the female Badoon in the Defenders last week, and then this all leaf covered life-form, I can tell the Bullpen Borrowing was in full swing. Haha

Mystic - Just opening this brought back so many good memories. most associated with CrossGen, but I even got some Perez nostalgia seeing the "eyes in the sky" again. As for the issue's main goal, not reminding me of how much I love Perez in the 70's and 80's, this was a good introduction to the main characters and I had fun with it. Marvel did goof by me adding this to their digital library, I hope they do even better and add the rest of the CrossGen stuff... I really do. 

I finally got the Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Special #1 delivered (eBay purchase) and loved it. Great time bending story with Waverider and the Legion of Super-Heroes. The only thing I did not like was the new artist every three or four pages. Distracting in parts and absolutely ugly in others. A great issue overall, though.