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Post by toddluck on Jun 28, 2005 10:20:37 GMT -5
I've sampled one or two of all the New Universe titles except Spitfire. Most were kinda bland, not something I'ld really follow. Most writers didn't understand you can't just have the universe be bound by real science and then have the characters talk like Marvel stereotypes. The realism needed to be in the character developement too. Ofcourse, a few superpowered villians would've helped too.
But here are the ones I did enjoy:
Mark Hazard, Merc- Great characterization, action, humor. I can see why Peter David became such a hot writer.
Star Brand- One of the most developed characters in the entire line. He was a bit of a aimless loser though, and this series could've used a supervillian or two. But good art and very interesting stuff. Shooter tried out a lot of concepts he would later perfect with Solar.
Nightmask- Really intrigueing concept, awesome art. A little less exciting on the execution and some of the villians are over the top, but interesing none the less.
DP 7- I can't honestly recomend the book itself. But I gotta say that giant guy rocks.
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Post by Defiant1 on Jun 28, 2005 17:39:07 GMT -5
Star Seed- One of the most developed characters in the entire line. He was a bit of a aimless loser though, and this series could've used a supervillian or two. But good art and very interesting stuff. Shooter tried out a lot of concepts he would later perfected with Solar. I see a BIG typo. Have you checked out Mark's messageboard? www.whiteevent.comdefiant1
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Post by toddluck on Jun 28, 2005 21:49:52 GMT -5
Star Seed- One of the most developed characters in the entire line. He was a bit of a aimless loser though, and this series could've used a supervillian or two. But good art and very interesting stuff. Shooter tried out a lot of concepts he would later perfected with Solar. I see a BIG typo. Have you checked out Mark's messageboard? www.whiteevent.comdefiant1 I accidently put an "ed" on the end of "perfect"? BIG is a relative term I guess. Kinda quite on his board. It's tough getting things like this started.
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Post by Brother J on Jun 30, 2005 5:17:47 GMT -5
I accidently put an "ed" on the end of "perfect"? BIG is a relative term I guess. Kinda quite on his board. It's tough getting things like this started. I think he was referring to you calling Star Brand "Star Seed". That's a fairly big slip, I suppose...
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Post by toddluck on Jun 30, 2005 8:48:08 GMT -5
I accidently put an "ed" on the end of "perfect"? BIG is a relative term I guess. Kinda quite on his board. It's tough getting things like this started. I think he was referring to you calling Star Brand "Star Seed". That's a fairly big slip, I suppose... Yeah, I'm suffering from a horrible affliction called TMC... Too Many Comics ;D.
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Post by Defiant1 on Jun 30, 2005 16:59:12 GMT -5
It's tough getting things like this started. Yes, and no. Everything starts as a seed. If you plant the right seeds, you get the right fruit. Once a seed bursts out of the ground, it needs water and sunlight. I arrange both, but I can't guarantee lawnmowers won't come through or weeds won't try to take advantage of it. Pruning has merits. Defiant1
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Post by xohobojoe on Jul 1, 2005 9:36:28 GMT -5
It's tough getting things like this started. Yes, and no. Everything starts as a seed. If you plant the right seeds, you get the right fruit. Once a seed bursts out of the ground, it needs water and sunlight. I arrange both, but I can't guarantee lawnmowers won't come through or weeds won't try to take advantage of it. Pruning has merits. Defiant1 The biggest problem for me is putting down too much fertilizer . . .
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Post by Defiant1 on Jul 1, 2005 10:50:34 GMT -5
Yes, and no. Everything starts as a seed. If you plant the right seeds, you get the right fruit. Once a seed bursts out of the ground, it needs water and sunlight. I arrange both, but I can't guarantee lawnmowers won't come through or weeds won't try to take advantage of it. Pruning has merits. Defiant1 The biggest problem for me is putting down too much fertilizer . . . Ha! It won't stop either. Defiant1
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Post by toddluck on Jul 1, 2005 13:14:18 GMT -5
The biggest problem for me is putting down too much fertilizer . . . Hey Hobo what's the image you're using as an Avatar? Where's it from? It looks like Bloodshot in a Punisher paraody cover but it's hard to make out.
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Post by Defiant1 on Jul 1, 2005 16:34:12 GMT -5
Hey Hobo what's the image you're using as an Avatar? Where's it from? It looks like Bloodshot in a Punisher paraody cover but it's hard to make out. It's easy to make out if you right click, "copy image location" and paste the link into the address field of the browser. or, to make it easier.... Defiant1
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Post by toddluck on Jul 1, 2005 16:45:24 GMT -5
Wow. Cool ;D
Thanks. Where is this from? A commisioned art piece?
That rates up there with the one someone commisioned of Magnus laying waste to Trade Federation droids.
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Post by Brother J on Jul 1, 2005 18:41:59 GMT -5
nice work there, Hobo!
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Post by toddluck on Jul 2, 2005 9:39:40 GMT -5
Back to the subject of the New Universe. I've got to recommend Justice 15 through the end of the series. Peter David takes this book over and really rocks it. Awesome stuff ;D. One of the few books whose later issues are actually better than the early ones.
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Post by starbrand on Apr 2, 2008 8:43:06 GMT -5
Back to the subject of the New Universe. I've got to recommend Justice 15 through the end of the series. Peter David takes this book over and really rocks it. Awesome stuff ;D. One of the few books whose later issues are actually better than the early ones. I must say, though David wrote good stories on Justice, he threw out what had gone before him and went on. Justice was a character who dealt out justice to whomever he saw fit, but when David took over he only saw fit to deal out justice to paranormals. Totally changed the character. Though many of the books were lame before David's run, I felt the best ones happened before his run. How's that for a quick reply to a post?
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Post by Defiant1 on Jun 13, 2009 16:04:01 GMT -5
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Post by Brother J on Jun 14, 2009 9:49:25 GMT -5
I really liked quite a bit of the New Universe stuff, especially Star Brand and DP7. I found myself at the end of DP 7 #32 (last issue) wondering what was going to happen to the characters next. Sadly, nothing did. Even though the whole destruction of Pittsburgh/Pitt thing was, in my opinion, a big F U to Jim Shooter, I thought "The Draft" and "The War" stuff that came later was some good stuff, as well.
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Post by Defiant1 on Jun 14, 2009 10:23:47 GMT -5
I really liked quite a bit of the New Universe stuff, especially Star Brand and DP7. I found myself at the end of DP 7 #32 (last issue) wondering what was going to happen to the characters next. Sadly, nothing did. Even though the whole destruction of Pittsburgh/Pitt thing was, in my opinion, a big F U to Jim Shooter, I thought "The Draft" and "The War" stuff that came later was some good stuff, as well. For me, I don't want another Valiant/Defiant/U2K where the story builds me up and just stops. I especially don't want a story that builds me up and then gets bastardized due to a personal vendetta. This is the main reason I'm not interested. It's also a likely reason that I may never buy another new DC comic again. The debacle with the last Legion story Jim did is not acceptable to me at all. Defiant1
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Post by thebluescout on Jun 14, 2009 15:00:57 GMT -5
Perhaps Star Brand isn't smart enough to have realized how to host it. I've heard that guy lacks certain site building skills, regardless of how simple they may be.
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Post by thebluescout on Jun 14, 2009 15:02:20 GMT -5
I really liked quite a bit of the New Universe stuff, especially Star Brand and DP7. I found myself at the end of DP 7 #32 (last issue) wondering what was going to happen to the characters next. Sadly, nothing did. Even though the whole destruction of Pittsburgh/Pitt thing was, in my opinion, a big F U to Jim Shooter, I thought "The Draft" and "The War" stuff that came later was some good stuff, as well. The quality of DP 7 was never touched by Byrne's Vendetta. A 32 issue run isn't bad. For me, I don't want another Valiant/Defiant/U2K where the story builds me up and just stops. I especially don't want a story that builds me up and then gets bastardized due to a personal vendetta. This is the main reason I'm not interested. It's also a likely reason that I may never buy another new DC comic again. The debacle with the last Legion story Jim did is not acceptable to me at all. Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Jun 14, 2009 15:37:27 GMT -5
The quality of DP 7 was never touched by Byrne's Vendetta. A 32 issue run isn't bad. For me, I don't want another Valiant/Defiant/U2K where the story builds me up and just stops. I especially don't want a story that builds me up and then gets bastardized due to a personal vendetta. This is the main reason I'm not interested. It's also a likely reason that I may never buy another new DC comic again. The debacle with the last Legion story Jim did is not acceptable to me at all. Defiant1 ??
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Post by Defiant1 on Jun 14, 2009 15:42:28 GMT -5
Perhaps Star Brand isn't smart enough to have realized how to host it. I've heard that guy lacks certain site building skills, regardless of how simple they may be.Perhaps Star Brand isn't smart enough to have realized how to host it. I've heard that guy lacks certain site building skills, regardless of how simple they may be. I think the guy is capable of working it out. After all, I started working with web pages because I saw a CBS news article about 12 year old girls making their own web pages. I've been at it 11 years and I might even be able to compete with a 14 year old girl. Defiant1 P.S. Nice Avatar
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Post by Defiant1 on Jun 14, 2009 15:47:38 GMT -5
I think Starbrand may be able to use his domain name for free at fateback.com. He could make a huge site there, but the risk exists that they could go belly up like the other free hosts I was using.
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Post by Defiant1 on Aug 16, 2009 22:28:12 GMT -5
The fateback host dumped all my pages, so here is the new link for my New Universe page. In addition, I made some updates to it during the transition of hosts. nuc.50webs.com/New_Universe_Checklist.htmlI'll let Mark guess what changed between version 1.00 and 1.01. Defiant1
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Post by thebluescout on Aug 17, 2009 13:12:50 GMT -5
This is a great page.
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Post by Defiant1 on Jan 31, 2010 1:15:50 GMT -5
I don't have a lot of the New Universe books, but I found one! Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #1 Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Jan 31, 2010 9:19:57 GMT -5
I believe I have a complete set of the New Universe books. Most of them were pretty good, although a few of the titles were weaker. They did a pretty good job of weeding out the poorer titles around the time the Pitt crossover came out.
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Post by Defiant1 on Jan 31, 2010 10:57:39 GMT -5
People ask me why I don't buy them and all I can say is that I know their fate, so I don't see the point in being emotionally invested in the stories. Broadway & Defiant are books I bought when they came out. To be honest though, titles like Spitfire don't even look interesting to me.
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