Episode 1576 Talkback - Previews
Adam_Murdough
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Trick or Treat, smell our feet, here's this month's Previews! We go through the October catalog for items shipping starting in December. (1:57:18)
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Other than Regular Show, which I'm watching on Hulu at the moment.
Also, Private Eye is what I'm most excited about this month.
Also, thanks for carrying on solo. Appreciate your efforts.
Also, Adam asked for feedback concerning this "studio-free" episode of CGS, and my feedback is: it sounded great! Both the audio quality and host chemistry sounded on par with studio productions. Another great couple of hours of CGS goodness.
One of the few times I've ever disagreed with one of Chris' recommendations ... I've been extremely disappointed with "We Stand On Guard." Thought the principle was quite compelling, but the execution has been underwhelming. Was ready to drop it after issue #4, but now that I found out it's only going 6 issues, I'll likely ride it out. In good conscience, I can't recommend it.
The prequel to "The Massive" sounds interesting. That one got a little loopy near the end, but I still enjoyed it. May give this one a try.
I noticed that the Darkseid War has been mentioned in a few episodes now, and I have to agree with, I believe it was Shane, in saying that it is actually been very good. I've been enjoying the story a lot, but I do have to admit that I hope they wrap it up in a few issues. As good as it is, I think I've had my fill of Darkseid as the "big bad" for a while. He seems to have dominated the DCU for some time now, and for me, it's time for someone/something different.
I agree also with Chris and Adam that the Marvel offerings are a bit overwhelming. I also found them to be a bit underwhelming as well, though. I have really been enjoying the Secret Wars main book, but the new solicits really don't grab me in any way, which is disappointing because they have some really great writers at Marvel. I guess I was hoping to see Steve Rogers come back as Cap, Sam Wilson return to being Falcon, and Wolverine return to his "old" self instead of remaining his OLD self. As overused as Wolverine was, this new old Wolverine doesn't cut it for me. I get that they're "All New", but some things should remain standards. I'll probably try a few titles off the shelf though. Like I said, they do have some great writers, and there will probably be a few gems in the bunch.
I also kind of get the feeling that this batch of Marvel titles feels a little transitional. Does anyone else get that feeling too? I know that nothing is permanent in comics, but it feels like a lot of these might go for about 10-12 issues before they get cancelled and something new comes along.
Agreed.
I see "All New, All Different Avengers eventually going back to just "Avengers", which seems obvious, but I also can't see this lineup lasting either. I know the Avengers lineup has changed often, but just having the words "All New, All Different" in the title, screams temporary to me. There will also always be X-Men titles of course, too, but they seem to always be rotating these days (titles AND characters). I like the X-Men, but there are just way too many of them to really keep a continuity that I really care about anymore. I also imagine there will always be a solo Iron Man, title too, but they seem to be always restarting those too.
Also not long for this world (IMO) are any of the Inhumans titles, SpiderGwen, Spiderman 2099, and maybe even Guardians of the Galaxy if they keep rotating members. I really don't understand why they shook up the member list of Guardians in such a drastic way lately. I get that Star Lord has a pretty major storyline to finish up himself now, but the newer members feels like they had some popular characters with nowhere else to go with them right now.
Deadpool (45)
Guardians of the Galaxy (27)
Nova (31)
Captain America (25)*
Iron Man (28)**
New Avengers (33)
Avengers (44)
Uncanny Avengers (25)***
The Superior Spider-Man (33)****
All-New X-Men (41)
Uncanny X-Men (36)
* Sam Wilson became Cap, relaunched.
** Post-Axis, Stark is amoral, relaunced.
*** Title became the Axis event, relaunched post-Axis.
**** Otto no longer Spidey, relaunched.
The most impressive there is Nova running 31 issues right up until Secret Wars.
(My own encounter with Dorkin was bad enough that I went from being a huge fan to someone who stopped buying his work entirely... he can be pretty unfriendly.)