JSA Storytime: Mr. X

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>>94516831

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>>94516855

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>>94516880

>>94516904
Important page.

>>94516904
>Mr. X fights Black Panther in a coal mine

>>94516921
That's racist.

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>>94516914
those fucking Hickman white pages

>>94516934
What? That Wakanda uses anything other than vibranium?

>>94516940
Better or worse than the charts?

There are currently more 4th World threads on /co/ than I have ever seen due to TOMORROW

Don't worry I'm not here to spoil anything

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>>94516963
The charts had a goofy charm to them

Also FUCK YOU CHARTS TONY

>>94516940
>1938
Cute.

>>94516980
I like how many people have already made up their mind on it.

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>>94516980
I've been reading actual buks all day

>>94516984
>second panel
I didn't realise Cranky was in this comic desu

>>94517009
I still think he has neat ideas on Scott.
But it's funny to be branded a characterfag

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>>94517016
>hmmm, Steve Root

>>94516980
People will be triggered, comic will likely be good at the very least on technical level and thread will be a shit show comprised of Batfags, 4th worldfags and /pol/babbies if comic ends up being political.
This comic is going to be enjoyable as fuck man.

>>94517016
I spent the weekend clearing shit out and holy shit I have too many books. Had to turn a wardrobe into a bookshelf, which indicates sad things about my life. That said, what're you reading?

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>>94517068
I'm sad I'll miss all the real time shit tomorrow

not really, but, you know

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>>94517068
I only just realised this is Kings first mid-Batman comic. God damn it, im gonna save trying to have a discussion about it for the next JSA thread because it ain't worth it otherwise

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>>94517106
Got back to Dread Wyrm and Plague of Swords because Fall of Dragons is out October 31

Just bought the new Kencyrath book because holy shit they are so good on so many levels despite seemingly being YA, they are really not

>>94517133
I imagine all Dutch playgrounds are literally this.

>>94517068
Those covers are goddamn great in any estimation

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>>94517164
There's something to be said for the idea of a Mr. X comic that's really not at all about sequentials but is about astoundingly inventive architectural drawing

>>94517106
I've got P. Craig Russell's adaptation of Ring of the Nibelung coming in the mail any day now on OP's recommendation.

Hope it's good, shit was expensive.

>>94517009
Indeed see >>94517068
so silly

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>>94517208
<3 <3 <3

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>>94517229
Mercedes has survived quite a long time in this comic, given her tropes

>>94517208
I've been meaning to get that for a long while on the same rec. I was just thinking today about how sweet all the Elric stuff with PCR is. And Ironwolf, which has Mignola pencils and PCR inks. He's really terrific on fantasy.

>>94517068
just going to avoid the threads, might go to my LCS to pick it up same day but idk I'm lazy af too

>>94517164
Is Fall of Dragons the last one? Dude in my work is currently listening to all the Traitor Son Cycle audiobooks.

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>>94517285
PCR <3 opera, there's 3 vol of his adaptations

>>94517316
yep, and then author has some new stuff coming out next year IIRC too

there's vocab in those books I have to stop and look up for armor/munitions/etc.

>>94517208
I bought it after OP storytimed it a while back, shit was indeed good

>>94517276
I guess because it's useful to have a sane person to point out how damn crazy everything is.

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>>94517106
Tender is The Night. I'm exclusive reading early to mid 20th century entry level literature.

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>>94517362
>COCAINE?

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>>94517385
Also on the docket: digging more into Heart of Europe and then The Pursuit of Italy, a contrarian take about the conventional narrative of unification of Italy=good

>>94517385
>Angel Love collection never

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>>94517424
come on DC

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>>94517437

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>>94517467
that last panel is begging for an 'anon' edit

random reminder to pick up your glasses for the eclipse so your eyes don't die, some libraries are giving them out

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>>94517504
...what

>>94517372
That's my fave Fitzgerald thing (apart from the weirdness of The Diamond as Big as the Ritz).

I've been trying to read up myself on some early 20th century female fantasy/SF authors recently, like Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Everill Worrell, Weird Tales people. Comes from backtracking from C.L. Moore..

>>94517504
No, oh great and mighty Ra, please free me from the curse of Twitter, 4chan and comics by taking my sight, the gift I have abused to read fecalposting.

>>94517504
Neat.

>>94517528
The thought just came to me, I don't know why. Maybe X's glasses?

>>94517504
I thought only the Skull Knight could protect me from the eclipse.

>>94517490
The middle right panel is really fantastic in a non-memey way.

>>94517490

Wait, Katsuda is a lawyer? I thought she was a cop?

>>94517545
relatable

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>>94517490
Like this?

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>>94517611
yesssss

>>94517590
No, she's been called a lawyer several times.

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>>94517627
welp

I started reading like 3 1000+ pg doorstoppers at once and while they're good it's like "uh I need a break"

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>>94517627
>A DISTRAUGHT portal. The ill-conceived psychetecture of this building is causing the entranceway to exist one several planes at once.
This is such crazy bullshit and I love it.

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>>94517731
which ones

>>94517738
It's a Mr. X thing this series really leans into and I like it, the buildings as prime motivators

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>>94517755
these covers aren't the god-tier that volumes 1/2 were

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>>94517789

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>>94517837
so what else is out tomorrow other than you know what

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>>94517853

>>94517853
Newsboy Legion Special

>>94517755

Caro's 3rd LBJ and Lonesome Dove

>>94517853
Hal n Pals doing its own New Gods story that will probably be kinda shitty, Secret Empire 8 (holy fuck this is 10 issues long now? christ)

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>>94517887
dang, that's some serious Texana

>>94517898
Bucky on the cover of 9 kills my already low interest unless Helmut gets him again

>>94517853
chaykin fuckery, lobdell and the outlaws, detective comics...

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>>94517922
>now playing: METROPOLIS

>>94517922
yeah I knew it was going to be a fakeout, but I could still hope

I guess if Spencer really wanted to piss twitter off he could kill Bucky AGAIN but for real this time, now there's a twist

>>94517656

huh, guess I need to pay better attention then.

>>94517922
Really hoping for that "The Marvel Universe Kills Bucky Barnes" in the September solicits.

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>>94517940
does anyone still care about Chaykin or has the outrage train moved on once they realized it's mainly offensive to the eyes because of the colors/inks/art/etc.

>>94518098
I haven't heard a lick about Chakyin.

People were harping on Waid being a doxxer for longer.

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>>94518098
this and the previous are a great two pages

>>94518098
Yeah all that outrage about Image publishing that cover and other creators not publicly chastising Chaykin went quiet pretty fast

Isn't Chayking doing the Newsboy Legion one shot? Are we getting double Chaykin tomorrow?

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>>94518176
Yeah, he's doing Newsboys.
Which means Guardian.

Might be cool.

And he's doing the T+ rated Hanna Barbera coimc

>>94518098
>>94518155
Yep, they're really good. The cracks in the wall in first page panel 3 make it my favourite one. Pages like this make me want a comic in print.

>>94517898
>>94517922
Hoping we generally get some momentum going toward that "Zemo saves the day" bingo box.

>>94518098
People might suddenly remember it again when the issue comes out.

I'm sure some page will make the rounds completely out of context.

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>>94518209
I've given up most hope on that front

I just want him to not get pooped on

>>94518209
I'd like some kinda salvageable Thunderbolts to come out of SE.

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>>94518251

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>>94518273
dare we to sigil again

Priest Inhumans is this week too

>>94518251
it's still plausible imo, the whole story has a lot of nothing happening though as it just goes through everyone reacting to the Hydra status quo

>>94518334
That means I will have to fite the anon who dislikes it IRL. RIP anon.

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>>94518327
I shared the YA story with comparatively normie friends and they went "O__o those poor kids"

Gotham Academy finale too, though I'm not really that invested anymore.

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>>94518432

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>>94518472
Jedi mind trick

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>>94518522

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>>94518546

I find this guy a bit obnoxious on Twitter but this is pretty cool.
https://twitter.com/RyanHigginsRyan/status/895043344245563394
I hope this series sells well enough and DC does more books with this tone.

>>94518522
Is this a flashback? Because Katsuda looks a lot younger than I'm used to her looking.

>>94518600
This was her soft butch phase.

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>>94518628
Yeah, she's not quite looking herself

>>94518590
that's a real investment on his part

>>94518590
that's pretty awesome

kinda interesting to see a retailer who's willing to risk money out of pocket to promote a book like that

I know he's also selling Legacy off the shelf for 2.99 and giving it to subscribers for free but that's because he's pissed at Marvel for making it 5.99 or whatever

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>>94518590
It's weird how everyone liking it makes me pre-emptively distrust the quality. I've been on 4chan too long.

>>94518705
I'm hoping it's good on its own merits.

>>94518374
I could get endless mileage out of various lines from that article.

Twitter is like a window into a madhouse where none of the people inside realize they're not in the real world.

>>94518590
He's a bit self-righteous but he at least does try to give good comics a good start.

I was thinking a while ago that with Marvel returning to "legacy" numbers, low issue numbers no longer matter and #1's will have more meaning. I think Marvel should just offer #1's for free across the board.

They have done similar things a couple times but the fact is most people aren't going to spend $4 on a book they don't know anything about and that doesn't have all their favorite characters on it.

And hey, if they do the thing like that guy's doing and give the #1 for free only when you're buying a related mainstream book, it makes Marvel's shipment numbers inflate and we all know how much they love that.

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>>94518705
Humans have a natural contrarian streak and I won't lie and say the degree of praise doesn't make me a bit wary

still no spoil

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>>94518750
"And I've been in prison" is the pull quote of all time

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>>94518773
MISTER X POETRY SLAM

Ulti-mate seems to be going through Hellblazer now, which means that he might be doing all of it, if 100 Bullets is anything to judge by.

>>94518773
For me way better than the article itself is the in-real-time reaction to it. Behaviors that objectively no one would consider healthy, that the article identifies, are being used in response to it. Doubling down forever with no self awareness.

The whole us vs. them dynamic and the performative aspect of social grief, hurt and anxiety is so disturbing online. And not at all linked to like, specifically YA or social justice (very present in anti-social justice as we all know). Some of the people that engage in this are so... *not this* in their regular lives, y'know?

>>94518679

> Couldn't even stop to tell best girl goodbye.

Damnit Santos!

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>>94518829
If you want some fun look up A** M*rdoll's response to the whole thing

also link any of the best ones you found

>>94518863
The best girl has been Katsuda since very early on in Mr. X IMO.

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>>94518877
where's my Mr. X /34/

>>94518909
NO

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>>94518909

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>>94518916
you know the rule

thanks for reading, we'll finish this tomorrow *and* you can shitpost to your hearts' content

>>94518909
Quick, to the drawthreads!

>>94518979
Thanks and goodnight.

>>94518590
It's like being offered a bag of puke alongside your load of shit.

>>94518979

heh

> Mister X watches you fap.jpg

>>94519139
And then tells you you can reach a better orgasm if you do it in a different spot in your room.

>>94519174
Why can't all feng shui be so sexy?

>>94519174
I think Morrison did that for me one time

>>94516831
oh HEY the Caliber comics. This was when I started buying new ones instead of having to hunt down old issues. Good shit, storytimer.

>>94519587
I remember Morrison legitimately asking his readers to wank over a magic sigil to save one of his comics. Maybe that's where we've been going wrong.

>>94519640
Hey, I've been doing my part. What's YOUR excuse?

>>94518979
thanks again OP

>>94517424
>>94517437
Given that DC's most recent collections move was to cancel the Hawkworld (vol. 2) trade....

>>94520055
aw, really? I fucking knew it

>>94520055
Shit, just how powerful is Ostrander's contract?
I found out in another thread that the Books of Magic ongoing series reprint/first time collection is apparently cancelled too before the first one even came out

>>94520191
It's kind of a fucked up business model when the books live or die based on pre-orders, but the price you pre-order at is orders of magnitude higher than what it will be at release or shortly after release.

>>94520191
has any of the Piranha Press books ever gotten collected

>>94520262
Not in Canada, ha ha :(
But really, pre-order price is the cheapest things get in Canada, unless you have a good store that is willing to give you the U.S. MSRP as a discount.

>>94520262
I had preordered that collection, too!

Although I also picked up the entire run in singles recently to hedge my bets, so.

>>94516831
These covers are consistently fantastic.

>>94517133
Righ so, in the middle we have this weird ball pit with some tunnels at the bottom and a bunch of weird ass uneven planks.

I assume, the way kids play on this is to climb up to the top and jump into the middle, clambering out of the tunnels after the balls cushion their fall.

And while that sounds like something I would very much enjoy as a child, I feel is important to note, viewed from certain angles the structure kind of look like a skyscraper.
Fucking Somnopolis, this place is preparing it's citizens to kill themselves from fucking childhood.

>>94520602
Now somebody had to have done that on purpose.

>>94520765
Aside from the artist?
Well, if this were real life, I might agree with you. But I have a more chilling theory. The Psychetecture of Somnopolis influenced some poor fuckhead into making it like that.
Guy probably thought he was just making a fun way for kids to get a unique thrill. Not a way to practice their own damn suicide.

Now this is horrifying, because if it can affect people to that degree, how can we be even remotely certain it's not doing the same to other people on a bigger scale.

How can we know that Mr. X isn't following the same path as the guy who designed that playground, trying to break the pattern that makes Radiant City so lethal to live in but instead, unknowingly reinforcing it?

>>94521422
>psychetecture is actually a living entity that propagates itself through subliminally suggesting human minds to create more of it