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Post by spideyfan914 on Jan 21, 2010 19:50:55 GMT -6
Wait, the Aunt May therapy issue happened before #40? I don't really know the numbers that well (I have a bunch of hardcover books which don't bother to tell you which number on you're on), but I thought that the X-Men arc went through #40 and that the Aunt May one was right after that, so it would 44 or 45 or something.... Oh well. Yeah, it did. I have read past the issue 40 and I just popped itnto my head...so yeah! Side Note: The X-men arc was my least favorite so far! Yeah, I think that the first 6 arcs are my favorite ones, though I love others just as much - like Cats & Kings, Ultimate Six, Warriors, Hobgoblin, and Ultimate Knights, to name a few.
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Post by Frostbite200 on Jan 21, 2010 21:02:08 GMT -6
Yeah, it did. I have read past the issue 40 and I just popped itnto my head...so yeah! Side Note: The X-men arc was my least favorite so far! Yeah, I think that the first 6 arcs are my favorite ones, though I love others just as much - like Cats & Kings, Ultimate Six, Warriors, Hobgoblin, and Ultimate Knights, to name a few. Yeah,I liked most of the arcs so far...thpugh I did like the first half of the X-men arc,I found the second half a little dull. I liked the Goblin and Venom arcs the most of all!
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Post by sportsfan23 on Jan 21, 2010 21:14:41 GMT -6
can you briefly describe the x-men arc? I dont remember that very well...
also, I hope black cat makes a reappearance soon, it was nice for a mention of her in UCSM #6, but she was so great in USM.
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Post by cradleman on Jan 21, 2010 21:22:26 GMT -6
the Geldoff arc. Peter and MJ meet at the party, meet the kid who blows up cars. eventually, Peter talks to him on top of a rooftop and he meets the X-Men, who take spidey and geldoff to Prof X. But halfway through the ride Geldoff wakes up and blows the plane up. Spidey gets saved from a fall and wakes up at the X-Mansion. He talks to Prof X then goes home.
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Post by dcmarvelfanguy on Jan 21, 2010 21:25:41 GMT -6
the Geldoff arc. Peter and MJ meet at the party, meet the kid who blows up cars. eventually, Peter talks to him on top of a rooftop and he meets the X-Men, who take spidey and geldoff to Prof X. But halfway through the ride Geldoff wakes up and blows the plane up. Spidey gets saved from a fall and wakes up at the X-Mansion. He talks to Prof X then goes home. Nice summary.
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Post by dcmarvelfanguy on Jan 21, 2010 21:26:32 GMT -6
USM is awesome and I loved all the Kingpin arcs. I also really enjoyed Ultimate Six
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jan 21, 2010 22:25:33 GMT -6
the Geldoff arc. Peter and MJ meet at the party, meet the kid who blows up cars. eventually, Peter talks to him on top of a rooftop and he meets the X-Men, who take spidey and geldoff to Prof X. But halfway through the ride Geldoff wakes up and blows the plane up. Spidey gets saved from a fall and wakes up at the X-Mansion. He talks to Prof X then goes home. The one thing that I have to give that arc a LOT of credit for is the subtle humor in it. The entire thing is just completely absurd, with random thing after random thing happening to Peter, and in the end, nothing changes. It just ends, and that's it. I find it funny.
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Post by cradleman on Jan 21, 2010 23:08:24 GMT -6
Oh, i enjoy it immensely. i think some of the funniest dialogue of all of USM is in there.
Jean: "I just want to thank you, you're the first guy i've met in awhile who hasn't instantly pictured me naked. . . Unitl now." (and the whole convo with peter lying about stopping. so funny)
Kitty's line about her jean and storm being the cute x-men. or the part where peter imagines taking geldoff away from the X-men. a lot of classicly funny stuff. Oh, and the whole party scene with MJ in the wig and leather outfit and her convo with peter was funny.
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Post by sportsfan23 on Jan 22, 2010 16:50:27 GMT -6
hahahahaha! I almost fell out of my chair between that Jean Grey/Peter talk! I died! and I love that arc, I just didn't call it the X-men arc, I called it the Geldoff arc, that's what confused me...that's the same arc where Mj gives Peter the letter, right? (The letter is probly my favorite Peter/MJ moment other than when he told her he was Spiderman
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Post by Frostbite200 on Jan 22, 2010 22:25:04 GMT -6
Arc 1: (#1-12 / Power and Responsibility) One of my favorites so far!,Liked it how Bendis changed enough to make it a whole new story and yet keep the stuff that makes that story what it is! And that's hard to do with a story that been told a number of times! I really loved the fight at the school! Arc 2 (#8-13 / Learning Curve) I think I read this arc before,my brother got it out or bought it or something. I liked the slight twist they gave the Kingpin and the Enforcers were,OK,I guess. What Aunt May says to Peter and MJ.... Arc 3 (#14-21 / Double Trouble) It was hard to tell where they were taking the story and that is another thing that I loved about USM. I didn't think they would kill Hammer,BIG surprise! and I didn't think that he (Spider-man) would beat Kraven that... easy!!!! One down side though...I really didn't like the Sandman issue!,it was...a little dull. Arc 4 (#22-27 / Legacy) Tied with for first spot with the Carnage and Venom arcs. When I first hared about the bridge scene,I though it would be more of a prodigies then a real serious story.....but was I wrong! I loved the bits where you see every thing from GG point of view that was weird...maybe a little to much,but anyway! Loved the new GG and found him more....evil?....then his 616 self! Arc 5 (#28-32 / Public Scrutiny) I liked most of it! I think it was a littler early for Stacy to go...he really hadn't been develipted enough. And the killer being just some ranbom guy, didn't real feel right with me. Though I did like the sub-plot with him getting shot ,that was awesome and that ending....WOW,that hurt!!!! Arc 6 (#33-39 / Venom ) I usually find aftermath relationship stories annoying,but this was done really well and not in the slightest annoying. I'll admit it,I also don't find Venom that interesting of a villain...but this one did fall pray to that,that tapes and the "You won't even remember her name" stuff, made you really kind feel awkward about him and that worked for me! Love Fury"s guy talk!. I'm tired right now so I'll post the next four arcs later
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Post by cradleman on Jan 22, 2010 22:45:03 GMT -6
Double Trouble is my favorite arc. Doc Ock + Joke Kraven + Bagley art + Bendis at his best = pure awesomeness. The first four arcs are probably the best written of all the arcs imo.
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jan 23, 2010 0:49:06 GMT -6
I love Kingpin and all of his arcs - he's easily the best Ultimate villain, and Ultimate Kingpin is probably one of the greatest villains of all time. If they ever get to use him in Spectacular, THAT'S how I want to see him!
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Post by sportsfan23 on Jan 23, 2010 10:04:51 GMT -6
^Ditto^
and I agree the earlier comics were a lot better all around, if i had to choose a later arc, I'd probably go Warriors
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Post by cradleman on Jan 23, 2010 10:17:56 GMT -6
my favorite of the later arcs was the Clone Saga. a tad rushed at the end, but it was still great overall. and the best Immonen arc was easily Ultimatum, too bad Jeph Loeb can't write like Bendis.
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jan 23, 2010 10:44:51 GMT -6
No, the best of Immonen arcs wasn't actually an arc - #122, easily.
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Post by cradleman on Jan 23, 2010 11:23:34 GMT -6
oh, well, duh. I meant his actual arcs, i think Ultimatum was the best. but poor guy was stuck with alot of lousy arcs. DoTG, Amazing Friends, Omega Red, WoTS. none were terrible, but none of those were that good either.
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jan 23, 2010 11:35:38 GMT -6
Actually, WotS WAS terrible. (PS: Omega Red wasn't an arc, either.)
Requiem had some Immonen in it, by the way. That was brilliant.
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Post by cradleman on Jan 23, 2010 12:48:33 GMT -6
yeah, but Requiem was mostly Bagley, so i can't say it was immonen's best arc. and yeah, i know omega red wasn't an arc, but if you include TWDiPPL as a good arc, i can include omega red as a bad one, lol.
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Post by spideyfan914 on Jan 24, 2010 13:50:33 GMT -6
Yeah, okay, plus Bagley was one of the reasons Requiem was so good....
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Post by zane on Jan 24, 2010 16:46:57 GMT -6
I'm Back.
(War of the Symbiotes FTW)
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