Episode 1537 Talkback - Previews
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Be it ever so humble, there's no catalog like Previews! We go through the February catalog for items shipping starting in April.
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This actually doesn't surprise me much, as Marvel even balked on doing Big Hero 6 comics; the manga is being put out by Yen Press, while the American comics and novels are being put out by Joe Books. I think that Disney is trying to use Marvel Comics exactly as intended when they bought them: to bring boys into the Disney fold. For anything that isn't action-packed, superhero related, or now Star Wars related, Disney is more than willing to let others publish that material.
My other point relates to Vision. @Adam_Murdough and @ShaneKelly weren't sure if he was in the new movie or not.
SPOILER SPACE
Yup, he's in Age of Ultron. And played by Paul Bettany, aka the voice of the J.A.R.V.I.S. AI! So I guess we know where they're planning to go with Vision in the movies. Here's a good look at what he'll look like in the film:
And finally, I know you were in a rush at the end of the episode, but if one of you guys could re-state the Off The Racks for the month here on the forums, it'd be appreciated!
Rebels #1 (Dark Horse)
Wonder Woman '77 Special #1 (DC)
Uncanny Inhumans #0 (Marvel)
I agree that the creative teams and stories for Convergence looked cool & DCBS really did have a spectacular price for the bundle, but I looked at my wall full of long boxes and asked myself where I was going to put all these 2 issue mini-series. In the end, it looks like the core 8 (or is it 9 issues with #0?) Convergence series will lead directly into the newly Divergent DCU where it looks like we'll have stories set on various Earth's as recently laid out by Grant Morrison in the Multiversity Guidebook. So I might save myself space by waiting to see what kind of trades or omnibus editions will be offered of all the Convergence material and just buy them so I can store them on my bookshelves instead of in long boxes.
Similarly, I noticed on the DCBS website that they are already offering Secret Wars #1 by Marvel (with a ton of variously priced variants) even though it doesn't appear yet in the Marvel catalog! Just something you Marvel buyers might want to be aware of. I will be taking the same path with Secret Wars that I'm taking with the DC events and be buying them in trades. My days of long box filling will have to consist mostly of smaller press material as "the Big Two" become more bookshelf reading.
"Getting asked this in a lot of interviews and people seem to want to know; to be clear, The Tithe is not an attack on religion. This isn't my atheist manifesto. The two main FBI guys, one is an atheist the other is a Baptist Christian. It's not the central theme of the story, it's just part of their character background. Not giving much away, this much is in the first few pages, but the churches that are being robbed were already under FBI scrutiny for fraud. The hacker group targeted them because they hacked the list from the FBI.
If you follow my feeds you know I actually bag on condescending atheists and the difference between these two on their religious stance is more a source of amusement than anything.
So if you're looking for a deep philosophical atheist attack on religion, sorry, I don't think I'll ever do that. If you want to read a fun heist story where churches are being robbed as the central plot theme then check it out."
Seriously, though, I enjoyed the first one. Anyone who had fun with the cards as a kid and/or enjoys indie comics should check the GPK comics out.
Convergence: Some of the one-shots sound interesting but I'm not sure I'm willing to invest in the actual mini.
Marvel: Besides my usual haul I'll be getting Thanos: The Infinity Relativity. It's Starlin, it's cosmic, it's a no brainer. Oh, how I want the King-Size Kirby HC!