My favorite comic series is the X-Men. I like Spiderman and the Hulk and some of the Avengers. I also liked X-Factor and The New Mutants, as well as Generation-X. Also liked X-Calibur.
Marvel used to publish special books that were about the origins and history of the characters in the Marvel Universe. In fact, I think those comics were actually called Marvel Universe. They were set up alphabetically, and included characters like the Wasp, She-Hulk, Doc Samson, Iron Fist, etc... I got to learn a lot about characters that I'd never seen in comics before. I learned from Marvel Universe, that Kingpin can lift about 800 lbs. He's not so much fat as he is dense (physically). I learned that Rogue can lift approximately 40 tons (using the strength she stole from Ms. Marvel, or Carol Danvers...) I learned about Wolverine, The Watcher, The Abomination, Rocket Raccoon...
I don't know if they still issue comic specials like Marvel Universe, but I remember loving those issues as a child...
Yeah, those were pretty sweet, because they told you origins, powers, and if they were active, affiliated or deceased! Pretty informative. I think that the X-Men were always my favorite, but I really like Image comics and CrossGen! The art and story lines are kicka$s! McFarlan art is the best, (Spawn) and he's even done some art on Spider-Man and a couple of other Marvel comics.
I haven't really gotten into Spawn, for some reason... Maybe it has to do with part of my initial impression of the comic being formed by the crappy movie... The movie did incorporate some cool CGI effects (like Spawn's cape), but I was very dissapointed in the movie. Bad acting, poorly-paced story... Theresa Randall was hot as always, but the lead actor was crap. Why would anyone give him a leading role in anything? He can't act....
That movie did suck!!! Bigtime! I didn't even want to watch the whole thing! But you have to check out the animated version. They actually have a couple of them out, and they have kicka$s art, story-line, and....they are unedited.
Is that part of McFarlane's appeal? The grittiness of Spawn? Is there swearing in Spawn, or did they not push things that far yet?
Maybe I'll go grab an issue tonight or tomorrow...
Oh, and by the way, I did give it a second chance. I watched one of the animated versions. The one that has Spawn's character voiced by the same guy who voiced Goliath in Gargoyles. I enjoyed the animated version. It was worth the time I gave it...
That's my man! HECK, between my brother and I, I think we had 4... We lost ALL of them though... Moving 6 or 7 times in 6 years will do that to you...
I forgot about Iron Man... I never collected DC comics. How have they lasted so long? You'd figure that MARVEL would've bought them out a long time ago... Especially when DC was struggling to survive, and splintered Superman into 4 different characters... Superman was killed by some pathetic beast alien guy... That issue was so terrible... Was it because that beast had shards of kryptonite all over him? So, stand back and sear the bastard with heat vision... Oh well... It's in the past.
I could talk all day about the X-Men and the mutant storylines. I like Cable, and X-Man, but I haven't been able to collect very many of the issues, so I know very little about his life, save that he's Nathan Summers, son of Scott and... Madeline Pryor?? The Goblin Queen?
I cannot stand DC! But that Marvel and DC crossover was pretty cool! Where the characters merged together when the two Universes were merging. Wolverine merged with Batman and looked pretty damn cool!
What's Mr. Sinister's story? Was he some mad scientist from the dark ages, who found a way to lengthen his life through DNA manipulation? Is he like the High Evolutionary, in a way? Both can seem nuts at times, huh?
I don't remember the DC/Marvel crossover... When did that happen? Sometime during Onslaught?
Onslaught's another character I never got to fully understand. He was purely psionic, right? Created from the emotions and psionic energy from both Xavier and Magneto, when Xavier wiped Magneto's mind, but didn't do a good job? I never fully got Onslaught, because the storyline arced through so many different series... Part of the story was in X-Men, other parts were in other comics like X-Calibur, etc... I never got the full picture...
Apocalypse... Now there's a guy I need to read up on. I only know that he was the first mutant, born in ancient egypt... I still don't know what his powers are, or why he does what he does...
Oh, Apocalypse, damn, what was the name of the comic....I have the series, but all my comics are buried! But his real name was En Sabah Nuhr and he had like superhuman strength, longevity, and such at first. Then, he gained his megamorphic abilities, teleportation, and more when he entered that freaky space ship and came out with his metallic body. Then Mr. Sinister empowered him even more!
As for Mr. Sinister, he's been around for a very long time too. I have a comic in it where he pretended to be a rich nobleman (a loooong time ago) I think his name was Nathaniel Essex, and when a lady he was in love with discoved that he could change shape...she freaked, then died, he nutted up and the rest is history! I know that he has total control of his body and plasma powers, telepathy, and a few other abilities.
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