Marvel Noir

[Powder]

I just read up about the series & its caught my interest. I've been bored with marvel for a while now, a good 5 years at least... These any good? X-men noir seemed the most interesting to me...


What say you, drome?

[Powder]

Im surprised, no one here has read any of it? I guess I'll just have to try nabbing some issues for sampling...

[Samhain]

Just saw this thread. Im digging the whole concept, I must admit. Spidey, set in the great depression. I just love the whole arc of the series.

[Spitfire]

I want to check this out actually. I've been waiting to get some cash so I can buy some of the trades.

I'm also very interested in this Shadowland story arc.

[joe-eyeball]

Punisher Noir was just alright. I will probably check out some of the others. I heard that the iron man one was pretty cool.

[Powder]

Thanks, fellas. Its good to finally see some input here, a month & a half later LOL.

[Samhain]

Thanks, fellas. Its good to finally see some input here, a month & a half later LOL.

Heh, I would posted sooner had I seen this thread. Sucks tho, I think this section sometimes gets forgotten.

[Spitfire]

Just finished Spider-man Noir. I loved it. They finally took his character in a different direction. They weren't afraid to change his morals which is what really made the book for me. I also thought it was really clever. I plan on reading the X-men one next.

[pl212]

I'm also very interested in this Shadowland story arc.

Same here :D
Has anyone read it yet ?

[Spitfire]

I asked a local shop to pull every Shadowland related book for me. I don't know when they start coming out but as of last week they didn't appear to have any, they might have started coming out this week or they sold out.

[pl212]

It was released this week around my way

[Slap-Happy]

I am looking forward to Deadpool Noir. It looks awesome.

[Spitfire]

I figured it was only a matter of time before he got one. I just bought the 2nd Spider-man book as well as Wolverine, and Punisher. When I can I'll probably end up getting the others. I don't even like Luke Cage but even his sounds interesting.

I'm reading the X-men one right now. I don't know as much about X-men as Spider-man so some of the name drops are flying over my head but I like where it's going so far.

[Brodie]

What kind of characters are getting name dropped? I wonder if they're going obscure with Noir, and using really strange ones...

[Spitfire]

What kind of characters are getting name dropped? I wonder if they're going obscure with Noir, and using really strange ones...

So far the names I didn't recognize are Unus the Untouchable, Sean Cassidy, Anna-Marie Rankin, Steven Lang, and Eugene Judd.

By looking them up I discovered most of them are just the identities of characters I do know, like Rogue and Puck. I just never knew their real names.

[Brodie]

Sean Cassidy is Banshee, the others though, I wouldn't know their alternate identities. Strange. It seems like a neat kind of pandering to fans, but so obscure that it might not be as good as they hoped.

[Spitfire]

It gets a bit hard to understand too cause some of the story assumes you know who they're talking about. I think it worked better in Spider-man cause it was less obscure for one and they didn't require you to know about a characters previous background.

[Slap-Happy]

So far the names I didn't recognize are Unus the Untouchable, Sean Cassidy, Anna-Marie Rankin, Steven Lang, and Eugene Judd.

By looking them up I discovered most of them are just the identities of characters I do know, like Rogue and Puck. I just never knew their real names.
Stephen Lang was Quartich in Avatar. Lol

Just finished the Spider-Man Noir series. I liked it a lot.

[Brodie]

I just picked up the X-Men Noir book for $5, and passed on the SPider-Man hardcover for $10. But I haven't dug into it yet.

I know this is a bit old, but I know Spitfire and Powder were gonna look into these. Did you guys?

Thoughts?

Also, did you guys get single issues or the collected volumes?

I noticed the Hardcovers were normal format, but the book I picked up for X-Men is just a bit bigger than digest size, in terms of height/width.

[Venom]

I've read Spider-Man and loved it. Alternate takes on mainstream characters are always fun for me. I've dickered around about checking out the others even though they interest me greatly.

You can find most of them in the $1 bins at you LCS...at least I can anyway.
That and Tales Vol.2 issues/minis if anyone needs anything.

[Spitfire]

I read them all collected. I have all of them but Luke Cage. The Punisher one is neat. It has villains from the MAX series and his normal series. The Wolverine one was okay. Wolverine being a down and out detective who has to watch over his seemingly retarded brother wasn't exactly that engaging. It was a story about betrayal and his problems with "Sabertooth". Honestly wasn't different enough for me. The X-men one would have been better if it was less convoluted. By the end I was left with a sorta "Eh" feeling about it. I need to re-read it because I didn't understand a lot of it and the artwork made it hard to tell who was who sometimes.

Both Spider-man books are great and I look forward to a 3rd one, which they set up for. Daredevil was surprisingly good too. I didn't know what to expect because I normally hate that artist but it fit this story perfectly. I also like how it's told in a non-linear fashion.

If they do more I'll probably look into them. Not sure how I feel about Deadpool Pulp but I was never a big fan of his character anyway.

[Powder]

I know this is a bit old, but I know Spitfire and Powder were gonna look into these. Did you guys?

Thoughts?

Also, did you guys get single issues or the collected volumes?

I noticed the Hardcovers were normal format, but the book I picked up for X-Men is just a bit bigger than digest size, in terms of height/width.

I actually totally forgot all about it, this thread included. After reading over everyone's opinions, I really wanna check out the Spiderman books & will do so soon. Spit posted his feelings just above me.