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Sentath

(2,243 posts)
14. A mix of 'Comic Books' and superhero prose
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 12:41 AM
Apr 2016

Marvel:
A-Force (of course)
Planet Hulk (the one with the tribal Captain America)
Doctor Strange (I Missed #1 )

Prose:
Caped
Curveball Year One: Death of a Hero (Curveball Omnibus Book 1) - Both books, liked it. right amount of grit (And compiling this I see that there are single issues I can grab
Goon Squad 1-9 - Obviously I like it, I've been buying them slowly as they come out between his other projects. Brit flavoured low powered sanctioned heroics.
The Villain's Sidekick (The HandCannon Files Book 1) & The Devil's Right Hand: HandCannon: Origins (The HandCannon Files) Ex-Henchman cleaning up his act.
Firedrake Vol 1 & Tales of the Emergence - on a single line 'cause it's single author, same world. Medium power scale and comic book style government sanctioning.
Just Cause: Revised & Expanded Edition - 4 Color heroics with a little realism around the edges? Series start and I've liked what I've read.
The Good Fight - Free & Good
The Good Fight 2: Villains - A really nice compilation supporting a good cause
Wearing the Cape (Wearing the Cape Series Book 1) - Superheroism with a Catholic Woman protagonist. Good enough I'm buying it on paper.
Cape High Series - Gad that one's goopy, purely a coping mechanism during a crisis. Xtian Relationship Highschool Romance Drama with a powereds skin. Still, skillfully enough written that I can't say it was bad. Just syrupy.

Tried and Rejected:
Zephyr: Phase One - Found it a bit gritty for my taste
Miss Marathon: Earth's First Superhero - Juvenile acceptance of consequence free violence amongst military chain of command. 0 stars
Good Intentions: A Supervillain Story - Yeaaaaah .. his intentions weren't that good
Super: Origins - I apparently like the author, but this is like a militarized Charlies Angels with a little relationship abuse (isolation, control issues, suspicion) thrown in.

Yeah, OK it isn't hero but good enough to mention:
The Shambling Guide to New York City (The Shambling Guides) - I have liked the greater part of her writing and this one is a gem

Please pardon the Amazon links, but that is the only place I can find some of these.

Recommendations

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I have too many titles pulled each month Goblinmonger Oct 2013 #1
Kind of a ridiculously long list, actually. Codeine Oct 2013 #2
Pretty strongly in the DC universe Goblinmonger Oct 2013 #4
Marvel doesn't do it for me much at all. Codeine Oct 2013 #5
Nothing anymore Broken_Hero Oct 2013 #3
I hate it when they screw up my pull. Codeine Oct 2013 #6
mine would miss pulls every week Broken_Hero Oct 2013 #7
My pull list white_wolf Oct 2013 #8
I must be the only person who really can't stand the art on Green Arrow. Codeine Oct 2013 #9
Have "Blankets" On Order btrflykng9 Feb 2014 #10
Mostly horror for me GOLGO 13 Jun 2014 #11
My subservice list at the moment: McCamy Taylor Dec 2014 #12
That's a solid list. Codeine Dec 2014 #13
A mix of 'Comic Books' and superhero prose Sentath Apr 2016 #14
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