The comic discussion thread

Decided to start the new Green Lantern. Really interesting plot. Sinestro is kind of like the Lord Sidious to Hal Jordan's Anikan Skywalker.

Wow Green Lantern #3 is crazy! Makes me really wonder where they're going with this series.

Hal Jordan has been disintegrated inside the Sinestro Corps' Core. And Sinestro doesn't seem like it was his idea.

Jimmy -- are you reading this through the comixology apps? How does that work, is it like a monthly subscription for all you can eat comics or is it like a pay as you go thing like regular comics?

Yeah, I'm using comixology on the iPhone. I'm not sure if they have a monthly subscription (I should look into this), but I just buy them individually ($2-3 per issue) and it works its way through my Apple Store ID charges.

This is all my experience from the DC ap, though. Haven't downloaded or used the Marvel one yet.

Basically it seems you pay physical comicbook store prices, but with the convenience of storing everything digitally, and not having to go down to the store and fight your way for a copy on release (One reason I switched, was I was tired of going to the shop and being told they had no copies (Despite it being just after opening on the release).

I am going to try out the Marvel Digital Comics version, for about $5 a month (with annual plan + an additional 20% off coupon you can find thru google) it seems to be a cheap way for me to catch up on a lot of older issues. Seems to work like the comixology app. Not sure if they have the newest stuff though which is a shame because it would be killer if they did.

Makes me want an ipad though!

All I've heard about Marvel is that people were upset that cover prices remain the same (Whereas DC drops the price $1 after the newest issue is released).

And yeah, an iPad would be great for these aps. My sister has one, but since I have an iPhone, I haven't really thought about getting one (Since it's essentially a giant iPhone).

I'm digging it so far -- read a few dozen comics since last night catching up on the x-men Messiah Complex and Second Coming story lines. Their app works very much like the comixology app it seems and Marvel is doing a good job digitizing the older issues but its not sorted by story arch so you have to find which comic has the next chapter and look it up. Most are there but I found a few that were not and I had to skip over it which is annoying if not totally unexpected.

Messiah Complex was great. The writers did a great job with the cat and mouse hunt between Bishop and Cable. Second Coming was pretty good too -- Nimrod! -- but they could've expanded things a little and had a few more adventures of x-force in the nimrod future, on the run and trying to survive. That could've been a mini-series by itself.

Does Marvel have all the extra stuff Comixology does? Like pencil sketches, inkings, author commentaries, character bios, etc?

I will have to check -- they have character bio's (free of charge I believe) with a cool bar graph comparing their stats versus the reader rankings for it.

Here's the one to Spiderman.
http://marvel.com/characters/bio/1009610/spider-man

Finished Walking Dead books 4 & 5. One thing I like about the series is that no character is off limits. There is not a single moment where you don't actually believe any one of the main cast will be killed or horrifically maimed at any moment (And it usually happens).

I'm kind of an A-Hole, but I was totally fine with what happened there. I mean I felt bad for Rick and Carl, but otherwise. . . She was wearing thin on me.

Just finished Action Comics #4. Introduced Metallo as the retro version, moreso than the modern. Same with Brianiac too. Steel was also introduced.

Finished Book 7 of the Walking Dead. Quite an epic segment in those final pages. Would be awesome to see acted out, but I doubt the show would ever do it (Subject material and the fact it's like 5 years away, if the series even lasts that long (AMC cut Breaking Bad short, so I imagine a show like Walking Dead could go just as easily)?)

Caught up on Action Comics #5. A Legion of Superheroes type issue. Kinda jumed away from the current story. Wasn't too bad, though.

Caught up on Action Comics #5. A Legion of Superheroes type issue. Kinda jumed away from the current story. Wasn't too bad, though.

I know this is old by now, but DC finally unveiled that the hooded women from Flashpoint and the First 52's first issues is "Pandora". No word if it's a formr Vertigo property or an entirely new character, but she's got her own 'role' in the JLA comics now with a short comic at the end of this week's issue.

Picked up 'Hark a Vagrant' by Kate Beaton. Apparently her horse is what inspired the horse in Adventure Time (Ice King's spy costume).

With DC using the new logo, I'm surprised they haven't updated the App to reflect the new logo.

Speaking of which, gotta download Action #8