Comments on: Astonishing X-men: Gifted (and Dangerous)

By: Loki

Loki — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:37:47 +0000

I’d think so, yes. I’m only buying paperbacks, and I’m running out of space even so.

By: Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

Terje Phlegmont Mendoza — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:58:43 +0000

I rarely read things right after buying them anyway, so that doesn’t matter much to me.

But paperback versus hardcover…
Paperbacks don’t take up as much space as hardcovers, but hardcovers should be more durable, so…

Come to think of it, that should perhaps matter more to me: I don’t have too much room to spare, and the durability of the paperbacks seems to be just fine. So maybe I should get the paperbacks if I decide to start reading Ultimate Spider-Man…

By: Loki

Loki — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:34:42 +0000

Well, it’s still wasting money. Reason I buy stuff at Outland is to get it straight away, when you’re going to have to wait anyway, why pay as much as you’d have to pay to get them immediately? O.o

By: Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

Terje Phlegmont Mendoza — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:12:29 +0000

Fun fact: Hardcovers from Amazon.co.uk cost about as much as paperbacks from Outland, if I remember and convert correctly.

And UX without Magneto tends to get really unfocused.

By: Loki

Loki — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:01:34 +0000

HARDCOVERS?

The man’s made out of money. O.o

And yes, UX with Magneto is ten shades of brilliant, UX without him, not so much, especially after Bendis and Millar left.

By: Terje

Terje — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:57:16 +0000

Yeah, I’ve got the first “The Ultimates” hardcover, and that one was rather interesting, seeing as I didn’t know anything of the characters in it prior to reading it, except the few glimpses I’d seen of them in “Ultimate X-men”. And I’m considering to waste next summer’s pay on a couple of “Ultimate Spidey” hardcovers, possibly all of them.

As for UX-men, I agree about the last volume: The story where Magneto was sprung from his glass prison in the Triskelon was rather good (as was the one in which he was captured), and carried in it so much promise. I guess saying this to you is pretty redundant, but I’ll do so anyway: It’s bloody Magneto, for Balder’s sake!

By: Loki

Loki — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:31:54 +0000

Yeah, once Millar and Bendis get done with “Ultimate X-men” it loses a lot of its quality, though by volume 14 it’s rather good again.

“Ultimate Spider-man”, however, holds much higher quality through and through, you might want to check out that one. Or “The Ultimates”, which has just two volumes yet and thus is way more affordable.