Agonus

Bit of a trend in this thread, that. "All men would do this!" "No woman would do that!" etc, etc.

This. If it can be done with a hard mask that doesn't pancaking move in V for Vendetta, it can be done with Spider-Man's cloth mask. Also, bigger eyes plz. =-p



Peter going from a magic markered sweat-suit to a full-on painstakingly detailed lycra costume bugged me to no pancaking end in the Raimi movies.

So that's a StJ/Shield Scrapper, DP/Dev Blaster, Inv/Mace Tank, TA/Arch Defender, SS/Regen Brute, and... whatever Iron Man translates to. (NRG/NRG Blaster?)

Because North American comic book art is so realistic, right? Perennial cover artists like, say, Adam Hughes, Ed Benes, Paul Renaud and J Scott Campbell must be so popular because of all the ugly/old/overweight female characters they always draw.

I can see the news reports now "Coming up next, we have EXCLUSIVE footage of Kim Kardashian breaking a nail, followed by early word on the cosmic abominations that have come to devour our souls. BUT FIRST! We have the casting for the next season of Single Teen Junkie Mom! And now for our special in-depth report on Britney Spears having gained 2 pounds..."

Dunno who's joking and who isn't, but I've read interviews from various artists where they've mentioned going to strip clubs for "research."

Dr Manhattan's an interesting example, in that he had a normal, thin-ish build before his accident. Then he reforms himself into the statuesque musclebound blue skinned man. (I don't remember the in-story explanation, if there was one.) He wears a costume at first, but starts wearing less clothing as he gets more out of touch with humanity. But even when he's fully nude and by himself on Mars, he still keeps the musclebound physique.

Regardless, blame the circus. That's where they got the idea for the capes and tights superhero costumes in the first place.

Erm... but doesn't oni mean "demon" (or "ogre") too? Where's the "blade" aspect in Oni Kouma? Or would the translation not really work that way?

The overall theme I was aiming for with the name seems to be shot. But I'm curious now and thusly asking here, as you guys broke the translator sites I've been using.

The general idea behind "The Devil of Blades" is an evil man who is an expert with any kind of bladed weapon.

This. Still no "talon" option for Claws to complete a werewolf, but I'd have bought a power that transforms you into a four legged canine in a heartbeat if it was a wolf form and not a coyote. But I also figured they could just add skins to the Rocket Board, rather than releasing an entirely new yet similarly themed travel power like Magic Carpet.

But considering this...

I'll just wait for a wolf transformation.

Some of the advertised pairings are interesting.
Red Hulk vs Colossonaut
Ms Marvel vs Namor
Cyclops vs Captain America

And some of the pairings are head scratchers.
Iron Man vs Magneto? Even if it's IM in a non-metallic suit, still, poor Tony.
Thor vs Storm? Really? o.0

Doesn't seem like Xavier's involved, but Frost should still be able to shut down most of the Avengers before they can do much of anything.

The talent's not spread thin. Liefeld will be on THREE DCnU books here shortly, aaannnddd in theory, all at the same time. That's just... an inexplicably bad creative and business decision on so many levels it's frightening.

You're thinking too narrowly. You could even ask what the last new character was that the Big 2 introduced that was successful. Which would probably be Deadpool, back in 1991. And really, he only "hit it big" in the last few years. The Big 2 have enough trouble introducing ANY new characters, let alone minority ones. One could probably argue that Marvel isn't even really trying to introduce new characters anymore, they're building themselves around Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Avengers. DC has Batman, but at least they're kinda sorta trying with books like Mister Terrific, Static Shock, Men of War, whatever the new Firestorm book is called, and the new Ray mini.

Neither title was written to be a best seller. They were both opportunities for Morrison to indulge in his wacked-out Morrisson-ness. Vanity projects, if you will.

Are we talking par for the course comic sales drop-off? Like what's expected from 98% of the titles out there? Or something excessive? Two other things to note about Batman Inc were the fill-in artists and the delays on the issues.

Simone seems to have finally fallen from the zomgshesthebestestwriterevereverever pedestal some fans put her on. From what I gather, she found her consistent niche in Secret Six, but her work on solo books (Wonder Woman) and team books (Birds of Prey) doesn't get anywhere near the night universal praise it used to.

All points considered, being on-set with him was also a rather... enlightening... experience.

They didn't have a full stadiums worth of fans during filming. But 1:11 in the trailer doesn't look like a full stadium to you?

The Gotham Rogues logo also being a stylized headshot of the Shadow is a nice touch.

Sooo... maaaybe it's just my friend and me, but I'm morbidly curious. Does Donna ever progress past our initial overwhelming impression of her (up to Partners in Crime, anyway) that the writers were trying to find something to counter how entertaining Tennant was?