BB Review Group voting thread for 11/15

[Thudpucker]

Quick summary of what this thread is:

This thread is for everyone to determine what book we will review in the BB Review Thread. In the past we took turns picking a book but now we are openly voting for titles we would like to see reviewed. Everyone is welcome to participate, no need to ask.

After visiting the Midtown shipping list (or another one you prefer) and looking over the choices please nominate one book. At the end of the week (thread closes on Tuesday at Noon EST) the title with the most votes wins. Feel free to lobby for your choice as much as you please :)

There are no restrictions on what you can nominate and vote. Any publisher (no matter how small) any price (singles, trades, hardcovers ect) and import titles are all fair game.

We will do a new thread every week to do these votes

Here's the list of what is shipping 11/15:

http://www.midtowncomics.com/eshop/weeklyrelease.asp?crypt=HPcog%3F%28NPcog%3F%28Wugt KF%3F852645927%28WutPcog%3F%28WutV%7Brg%3F%28WutNg xgn%3F

Time to pick next weeks book :)

[Ray G.]

Up early! Sweet! :D

I'm going to go with Birds of Prey #100. After the last incredible issue, and considering the big changes going down this issue(possibly giving a higher profile to a very popular character on this board), I think our own Ms. Simone deserves to her flagship title reviewed.

[Shwicaz]

I am going to nominate

White Tiger #1

[Shwicaz]

there is a preview of white tiger #1 here:

http://popcultureshock.com/?p=40333

Roaring out of the pages of Daredevil, the new White Tiger makes a ferocious debut, courtesy of the dynamic scripting of NY Times best-selling fantasy author Tamora Pierce (Trickster’s Queen, The Will of the Empress) and masterful penciling of
rising star Phil Briones (La Geste des Chevaliers-Dragons, Les Seigneurs d’Agartha). Angela del Toro knows pain: Her uncle Hector Ayala, the former White Tiger, killed. Her FBI partner, murdered. Her career, ruined. Her mentor, Matt Murdock, jailed. And the hurt is just beginning….The Yakuza’s bloodthirsty Sano Orii returns, a genocidal shadow organization appears, and a new-but-old super-powered madman is looking to put the squeeze on White Tiger. Armed with mystical amulets—and finally in costume—White Tiger demands answers! But will she survive long enough to ask the right questions?
40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

[Ray G.]

I am going to nominate

White Tiger #1

I knew you were going to nominate that! I is s-m-r-t! :D

No, seriously, I looked at the list and thought to myself "only two real choices here". It's a good week, but most of the good stuff coming out isn't at a friendly jumping-on point.

[Thudpucker]

Nothing really jumps out this week, so I'll nominate a trade that I've been looking forward to:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/thudpucker/waterloosunset_tp01.jpg


WATERLOO SUNSET TP

written by ANDREW STEPHENSON
art & cover by TREVOR GORING

WATERLOO SUNSET is a maze of mysteries... Beware of too easy assumptions. They will perish, as truths are laid bare.

Thirty years ago London's heart was stripped of what a modern city needs - food, water, power, medicine, transport, communications, security... The wreck survived.

Now a stranger arrives, bearing an urgent message. In days the destinies of London and of Earth will change.

[NickT]

Iron Man #13, Civil War arc begins.



Both the above work well to me though.

[Shwicaz]

I knew you were going to nominate that! I is s-m-r-t! :D

No, seriously, I looked at the list and thought to myself "only two real choices here". It's a good week, but most of the good stuff coming out isn't at a friendly jumping-on point.


I figured it was a good book to nominate, if only because the majority of us have read Bendis/Maleev's Daredevil, and saw the character from 'point zero', if you will.

I was kind of curious to see where she goes from there, and especially in another writer's hands.

Also, the fact that the writer is female also intrigued me. We don't have enough of them in 'mainstream' books.

[Ray G.]

I figured it was a good book to nominate, if only because the majority of us have read Bendis/Maleev's Daredevil, and saw the character from 'point zero', if you will.

I was kind of curious to see where she goes from there, and especially in another writer's hands.

Also, the fact that the writer is female also intrigued me. We don't have enough of them in 'mainstream' books.

The cool thing is that the writer of my pick is female too. This is like the comic geek version of a Condi/Hillary Presidential race. :lol:

[YouStayClassy]

I want to vote Iron Man #13, but I'm afraid it won't live up to the hype.

And since I won't be getting Birds of Prey #100 for another couple of weeks, I'm voting White Tiger #1.

[Vonn Hennigar]

I'll go with a pick that has no chance of winning but i'd like to see reviewed regardless.

Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC

I've been trade-waiting this book and i've heard so many different view-points on the difference and quality of the relaunch versus Supreme Power. Seems like good Review Crew material and discussion to me.

[Shwicaz]

I'll go with a pick that has no chance of winning but i'd like to see reviewed regardless.

Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC

I've been trade-waiting this book and i've heard so many different view-points on the difference and quality of the relaunch versus Supreme Power. Seems like good Review Crew material and discussion to me.


I have them all in singles already--

correction. I would have, if I didn't drop the title with issue 5.

[Criden]

Vonn Hennigar, if you're a big fan of the Supremeverse, as I guess they're calling it these days, you should dig the book.

Thud, did you read Waterloo Sunset in singles? What a book.

[Thudpucker]

White Tiger #1 -2
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Iron Man #13 - 1
WATERLOO SUNSET TP - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

[Vonn Hennigar]

I have them all in singles already--

correction. I would have, if I didn't drop the title with issue 5.

Obviously, it wouldn't be required to actually buy the HC for those who already own the singles. Just a re-read and review.

But like i said it won't win and i'm fine with that. White Tiger # 1 is a great pick and i'm looking forward to that as well.

[Ray G.]

You trade voters are Nadering the process. :mad:

I love these threads, if you can't tell. :lol:

[Thudpucker]

Vonn Hennigar, if you're a big fan of the Supremeverse, as I guess they're calling it these days, you should dig the book.

Thud, did you read Waterloo Sunset in singles? What a book.

I've been waiting for trade but this one was hard to wait for, it looks fantastic. Glad to hear you liked it too, now I can't wait to read it! :)

[Thudpucker]

You trade voters are Nadering the process. :mad:

I love these threads, if you can't tell. :lol:

:lol:

[YouStayClassy]

You trade voters are Nadering the process. :mad:

I love these threads, if you can't tell. :lol:

*standing ovation*

Well played, good sir!

[Ray G.]

:lol:

Seriously, the voting has made this thread 100 times more fun, I think. Especially when I drove half the group nuts by spearheading two weeks of Superman. :D

[Shwicaz]

Seriously, the voting has made this thread 100 times more fun, I think. Especially when I drove half the group nuts by spearheading two weeks of Superman. :D

i bowed out of the second Supes.

:Oops:

reading more than one superman issue a year might kill me.

:twisted:

[Thudpucker]

Seriously, the voting has made this thread 100 times more fun, I think. Especially when I drove half the group nuts by spearheading two weeks of Superman. :D

:lol: poor Kirby almost had a conniption on that second win

[NickT]

Seriously, the voting has made this thread 100 times more fun, I think. Especially when I drove half the group nuts by spearheading two weeks of Superman. :D
I'm tempted to change my vote now, just to spite you in retaliation :razz:

[Ray G.]

I'm tempted to change my vote now, just to spite you in retaliation :razz:

I'll be reading whatever the pick is this week(unless one of the trades pulls a Rutgers), but I can't afford to pick up any new titles right now. Fortunately, my store owner is very understanding, and won't complain when I read White Tiger in the store while he rings up my other twenty books. :lol:

[The Human Target]

White Tiger #1

Don't know if its gonna be good or its gonna suck.


But its new, and it aint Superman.

[ClintP]

White Tiger. I am on the fence about it, but if the group pics it, I will try it out.

[Thudpucker]

WATERLOO SUNSET TP - 146
White Tiger #1 -4
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Iron Man #13 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1









:shifty:

[Ray G.]

WATERLOO SUNSET TP - 146
White Tiger #1 -4
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Iron Man #13 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1









:shifty:

Damn Diebold! :mad:

[The Human Target]

WATERLOO SUNSET sounds neat, but I'm poor and my shop may not even get more than one copy in.

[JABSEN]

Absolute DC New Fr....Nah.... White Tiger #1

[Boris the Blade]

Bop #100

[Thudpucker]

White Tiger #1 -5
Birds of Prey #100 - 2
Iron Man #13 - 1
WATERLOO SUNSET TP - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

[Andreas]

Now here's our chance to review what is one of the flagship tites of European comics. I nominate...


http://www.asterix.co.nz/books/cover1small.jpg

ASTERIX AND THE FALLING SKY, by Alberto Uderzo (http://www.asterix-international.de/asterix/uderzo.shtml) (translated by Anthea Bell and Derick Hockridge).

"The Gauls have only one fear: that the sky may fall on their heads tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes, says Chief Vitalstatistix. Or does it? It looks as if it's come at last for Asterix, Obelix and the other villagers."

Andreas

[Blandy vs Terrorism]

Absolute DC New Fr....Nah.... White Tiger #1

Hell, someone's voting for a premiere hc, why not an absolute edition?

[Olivier E.]

white tiger

[Adrian B AWESOME]

Eh, fuck it. Iron Man #13. Lot of people hated Knauf's Execute Program, but frankly, I thought it was really well done and just a superbly told story. I'm excited to see what he has to say about Civil War Iron Man.

[Criden]

i'll go with iron man #13, as well

(but i'm happy to read white tiger)

[RebootedCorpse]

I don't like shitty comics. Guess that makes me the freak, eh? :wink:
anyhoo, I'll go with White Tiger #1.

[Thudpucker]

Now here's our chance to review what is one of the flagship tites of European comics. I nominate...



Andreas

I would love to review an Asterix comic! :eek:

Even though it won't win I'm changing my vote to support it.

[Thudpucker]

White Tiger #1 -7
Iron Man #13 - 3
Birds of Prey #100 - 2
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

[Ray G.]

I would love to review an Asterix comic! :eek:

Even though it won't win I'm changing my vote to support it anyway.

Personally, I'm really not excited about White Tiger. So I'd like to change my vote to Iron Man #13. I'm really interested to see if here, at last, Tony Stark gets a sympathetic view.

[Thudpucker]

Personally, I'm really not excited about White Tiger. So I'd like to change my vote to Iron Man #13. I'm really interested to see if here, at last, Tony Stark gets a sympathetic view.

Sounds good, Iron Man might actually have a chance.

White Tiger #1 -7
Iron Man #13 - 4
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

[Ray G.]

Sounds good, Iron Man might actually have a chance.

White Tiger #1 -6
Iron Man #13 - 4
Birds of Prey #100 - 2
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

I was actually a Birds of Prey vote. :oops:

[Thudpucker]

I was actually a Birds of Prey vote. :oops:

oookay, fixed. :)

[MagicGamer]

For those on the fence w/IM #13, I got it in the mail yesterday. It was pretty good, I think it showed him in a good light and had a heck of a cliff hanger, so I guess I'll vote for it.

[John Drake]

Iron Man #13.
Zircher's art looked amazing in the preview. Strangely, way better than the past arc.

[Thudpucker]

White Tiger #1 -7
Iron Man #13 - 6
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

[Mo_Soar]

I read Waterloo Sunset in singles and loved it. It's definitely a ... niche book though, and not for everyone. So, while I'll be buying the trade, I'm thinking it's not a good choice for the review group.

Iron Man - I didn't hate Knaufs' run on this, I just didn't think it was anything really special. I really enjoyed Carnivale and was hoping for some of the depth and strangeness of that in the comic. Didn't happen though, the Iron Man arc seemed pretty standard. I'm buying this issue to see how they bring it forward into Civil War, but I'm not feeling heaps o' love. So it doesn't get my vote.

I'm actually buying and reading New Avengers #25 this week - have not liked this run AT ALL but I really want to read this issue and the next one (Maleev's gorgeous art insures I'll like 26 even though I may not like how two of my very favorite Marvel characters get handled.) The problem is, I had to promise someone I know that I would keep my &^%$#@ mouth shut if I didn't like NA #25. So it doesn't get my vote for the review group.

The two titles I'm looking forward to this week the most are Astro City and Death Jr. The problem there is that Astro City is the second volume of this run, continuing the story of the Royals, and if someone didn't read V1, I'm doubting they'd like it or be able to follow some of the nuance. Death Jr., being an Image book, is just as likely not to ship as scheduled as it is to ship, so it's probably not a good choice.

So, in wordy conclusion, White Tiger #1.

[Thudpucker]

White Tiger #1 -8
Iron Man #13 - 6
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

[ClintP]

I am now interested in the dick that is Tony Stark. You can change my vote from White Tiger to Iron Man. I am not overly excited about WT anyways.

[Mo_Soar]

Vote tampering! Election fraud! Right here on Jinxworld!

Recount!

[Eric Williams]

White Tiger #1.

[Shwicaz]

would anyone else be happy with the 'if you vote--that's it' rule.

Or do we like people changing votes constantly every week?

[Ray G.]

would anyone else be happy with the 'if you vote--that's it' rule.

Or do we like people changing votes constantly every week?

Absolutely not.

I see the early voting as casting your vote in a primary, while you can change it later as the vote narrows. I thought BOP would be a real contender when I voted for it.

[NickT]

would anyone else be happy with the 'if you vote--that's it' rule.

Or do we like people changing votes constantly every week?
Providing people clearly state they are changing FROM ____ TO ____, and we don't get people changing more than once, I'm fine with it.

[Thudpucker]

I'm fine with people changing thier votes, it kills some of the fun to impose rules that arn't needed. Just let me know if I miscount and I'll fix it.

White Tiger #1 -8
Iron Man #13 - 7
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

Close race!

[Ray G.]

I'm fine with people changing thier votes, it kills some of the fun to impose rules that arn't needed. Just let me know if I miscount and I'll fix it.

White Tiger #1 -8
Iron Man #13 - 7
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

Close race!

Will do. ;)

You actually didn't take a vote away from White Tiger(for Clint's vote) and give it to Iron Man, you just added the Iron Man vote. It's actually 7-7.

[Thudpucker]

Will do. ;)

You actually didn't take a vote away from White Tiger(for Clint's vote) and give it to Iron Man, you just added the Iron Man vote. It's actually 7-7.


White Tiger #1.

;)

[Criden]

Ooh...the heat is on! I'd be happy for either, really.

[Ray G.]

;)

That's why it's good there's two of us. :lol:

[Icaruss]

Teh Hiron Mahn.

[The Human Target]

I vote three more times for WHITE TIGER.

[Adrian B AWESOME]

Latino female superheroes? pfft, give me the white man any day.

[The Craig]

Iron Man please.

OMAC

[SteveZegers]

White Tiger #1

[Thudpucker]

White Tiger #1 -9
Iron Man #13 - 9
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Iron Man, cause dammit I'm tired of my DCBS books getting selected for this thing :-P

[JABSEN]

I think the Absentee ballots'll decide this thing

[greg donovan]

i vote for white tiger #1.

[Adrian B AWESOME]

Can't we just call it a tie and do a first ever DOUBLE REVIEW!?

EGAD!

[Jef UK]

Iron Man

[The Human Target]

I'd be down for a double review.

[Thudpucker]

Can't we just call it a tie and do a first ever DOUBLE REVIEW!?

EGAD!


I'd go for that if it does end up a tie, that might be fun :)

Right now Iron Man is winning though:

Iron Man #13 - 11
White Tiger #1 -10
Asterix and the Falling Sky - 2
Birds of Prey #100 - 1
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years HC - 1

[The Human Target]

There have been 30,000 comicbook issues starring Iron Man.

Its not like any of us dweebs don't know who he is.

This is the WHITE TIGER's first issue. Lets try something newishkinda.

[Ray G.]

There have been 30,000 comicbook issues starring Iron Man.

Its not like any of us dweebs don't know who he is.

This is the WHITE TIGER's first issue. Lets try something newishkinda.

I can safely say I'm much more interested in the first major crossover tie-in told from the villain's perspective than in yet another celebrity writer launching a title with a niche character.

[Vonn Hennigar]

I can safely say I'm much more interested in the first major crossover tie-in told from the villain's perspective than in yet another celebrity writer launching a title with a niche character.

Translation.

White Tiger's not a teenage girl.


:)

[The Human Target]

I can safely say I'm much more interested in the first major crossover tie-in told from the villain's perspective than in yet another celebrity writer launching a title with a niche character.

And to think, if the new WHITE TIGER had only been 14 I'd have had you on my side.

[The Human Target]

Translation.

White Tiger's not a teenage girl.


:)

DAMN! :)

[Gavin]

White Tiger #1

[JABSEN]

White Tiger #1WooHoo!

[adamgreenberger]

Civil War #5 is my vote.

[Mo_Soar]

I can safely say I'm much more interested in the first major crossover tie-in told from the villain's perspective than in yet another celebrity writer launching a title with a niche character.

That's the problem with reviewing the Iron Man issue - it has a lot of baggage outside the title. Does it get reviewed solely as an issue of a comic about a guy named Tony Stark who puts on a tin hat and fights evil? Or does it get rated on how it fits into Civil War, how it stacks up against Bendis' and Millar's characterizations?

If we were going to do a compare-and-contrast review, we should have picked NA #25 and this issue of Iron Man. And maybe thrown in Civil War #5 for good measure. Or we could just call it "Iron Man Special" and take a look at all of them and how they do or don't fit together.

[Criden]

I dunno, Mo--I think people are welcome to mention how it ties in if they want, and if they don't want to, they can just review the issue on its own merits (or lack thereof). I assume it'll be a little different for each of us. Let's see if we're even reviewing it, though.

[Adrian B AWESOME]

It's a tie! Call it now!

[The Human Target]

I agree!

We can have a Review Group THUNDER DOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[ClintP]

I agree!

We can have a Review Group THUNDER DOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Score!

[ClintP]

I want a funny thunderdome hat thingy and a chainsaw!

[Masculine Todd]

We've yet to review Robin, despite how amazing it has been since OYL. It is truly one of DC's most consistently solid titles and I am officially nominating it.

[The Human Target]

We've yet to review Robin, despite how amazing it has been since OYL. It is truly one of DC's most consistently solid titles and I am officially nominating it.

Good luck with that. :)

Is it even at the beginning of a story arc?

[Icaruss]

We've yet to review Robin, despite how amazing it has been since OYL. It is truly one of DC's most consistently solid titles and I am officially nominating it.

Yeah, but it's Robin.

I mean... that's, like, one step over Betty & Veronica Digest Magazine.

[Ray G.]

Yeah, but it's Robin.

I mean... that's, like, one step over Betty & Veronica Digest Magazine.

It's really not. It's a great story by a talented writer, and it's a stand-alone issue. I would have nominated it myself, but I knew it stood no chance. :)

[JABSEN]

We've yet to review Robin, despite how amazing it has been since OYL. It is truly one of DC's most consistently solid titles and I am officially nominating it.I bet you voted for Nader,too.

[Criden]

I bet you voted for Nader,too.

and you didn't?

[Thudpucker]

The vote is a tie!

Instead of breaking it lets give reviewing both a shot, see how it goes. :)

[Thudpucker]

We've yet to review Robin, despite how amazing it has been since OYL. It is truly one of DC's most consistently solid titles and I am officially nominating it.


We review Nightwing once, isn't that the same thing?

[RebootedCorpse]

The vote is a tie!

Instead of breaking it lets give reviewing both a shot, see how it goes. :)

Civil War!

That's not a vote, that's a prediction.

[The Human Target]

Sweet!

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Awesome.

[Shwicaz]

a Tie works for me.

[Ray G.]

I'll give White Tiger a look in the store, see if it exceeds expectations for me. :)