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>>149147189

Fuck. This is such a goddamn good book.

>>149147164
>>149147170
Damn
This nigga got that game on

>>149147174
This nigga DOESN'T have that game on

And that's it. If you liked these, support your LCS or whatever.

>>149147179
Seems like there's a story behind why they left D.C., I'm guessing it has something to do with John's old partner that we've seen in flashbacks.

>>149147077
bump

>>149147088
>get in the car loser, we gotta go huff the sweaty fumes of the noosphere
God I love this goober, he just looks so cool

>>149147114
The sheer camp of all of this, while nevertheless being played straight; I love it

>>149147228
It really is. This shit just feels impossibly good for the kind of work we get out of the Big Two for a while now, especially for something positioned in a highlight spot like this. I mean, the Absolute line in general has some surprisingly good books, like Wonder Woman has been pretty nice as well, but this is just so fukken rad.

>>149147243
Steve looks like a fag

>>149147331
Diana should kill herself

These really are the two best books of this series.

>>149148151
Since the first issue.

>>149148528
based

Amazing how absolute Diana absolutely mogs mainline Diana as a character. She’s so likeable.

>>149148151
Steve to>>149148408
o

>>149149135
I need to go to sleep, I didn't even notice lmao

the propaganda of the fetid queef who writes Manhunter is unfortunate, but I love the book regardless. Maybe itll work and by the end of the series I too will believe another guy should fuck my wife and that sectarian violence amongst European whites in modern America is relevant fodder for subtext.

>>149147109
Couldn't think of better sectarian tension than the English vs the Irish Camp?

>>149149388
He did but opted for not being canceled by twitter

Both these books suck.

>>149149441
I don't think Camp could get cancelled from comic Twitter at this point he still to much of a golden boy for them

How come these two books are so much better than the rest of the Absolute line?

>>149149388
of course not. Typical brownoid leftist. Needs to justify his own presence in another peoples country and encourage more.

>>149147324
Woo, minotaur buddy!

>>149147331
Fish people, smug cunt, gotta be Atlantean, first I've ever heard of her

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Clea

>>149148408
Agreed.

>>149149749
That explains the Haitian bakery last issue.

>>149147073 (OP)
>Drops during a heat wave
Did they know?

>>149147077
>"You know what? Fuck you 100 degrees outside"

>>149147088
>We can't stop here, this is Batman country

funnier than the NY Times!

>This whole issue is just his old lady is on the rag.
Wow is this the power of comics?

>>149147331
>Those platforms
Womanlet

>>149150595
even then she's standing on the knees of the fishmen, Diana is going to dwarf toss her through every wall to get out of there.

>>149147077
Ok

>>149150595
Which is ironic since originally she was a giantess.

>>149147273
Baby Diana being a loving friend to hellspawn might be one of my favorite pieces of characterization

>>149147273
Why are they wearing burlap sacks?

>>149151297
Oh it's a "working man's" Wonder Woman... Ick!

>>149147088
God, his wife is hot.

>>149147145
>>149147109
Man, White Christians of Anglican heritage are so violent, aren't they? Thanks so much for bringing this our attention *squints* "Deniz Camp."

>>149151367
>Man, White Christians of Anglican heritage are so violent, aren't they?
Yes, especially around World Cup season.

>>149148408
I like Batman

>>149151367
>Man, White Christians of Anglican heritage are so violent, aren't they?
Yes, they had riots on the streets all the fucking time over religion.

>>149151938
not terribly relevant in the book's context of a modern American polyglot 3rd world melting pot city. Camp is just a fucking pussy leftist who would rather be beloved than honest.

>>149152109
Do you think Camp would what, shy away from having Pakistanis and Indians fighting each other? Do you think that’s not well trodden ground somehow?

>>149152389
It's not well-trodden in American Cape comics

>>149152389
'White christians bad' isnt well trodden?

>>149152549
not really the right lesson to take from post-Roman European history but you do you i guess

is there a panel devoted to the violent eccentricities of Islam in this series? IIRC the initial suicide bomber, maybe?

>>149152583
explain

>Bums are lit on fire but Gays thrown from rooftops is a bridge too far.
Comics!

>>149152604
No, closest would be issue 2, but that's more about a mass shooter going after Syrian refugees.

>>149147164
>>149147170
Incredible

>>149147170
>Three human flames with CYM colours
There's a fourth missing one. A black one. Unless it's the guy that exploded in issue one.

>>149147164
>>149147170
Tom King has been a detriment to the industry.

>>149147138
>Exposing myself to brain damaging amounts of vitriol and retarded shit takes in /co/

>>149147145
Bottom left panel goes pretty hard.

>>149147331
Oh shit, I just realized this is probably how Absolute Atlantis is introduced

>>149147097
Am i crazy or is that meter maid really cute ?

>>149149747
they hired imaginative artists who actually care about drawing comics. the rest of their line is drawn by hacks who trace 3d models for everything.

>>149152583
still waiting for you to stick your neck out and explain, retard.

>>149147214
>>149147221
>>149147227
Heavy foreshadowing on these pages.

>>149147299
>>149147307
Absolute Ferdinand being hot wasn't something I expected but I'll take it

>>149153904
no

>>149147077
What the fuck was his problem?

>>149147324
this book is just more rucka cocksucking with an edgy coat

>>149147164
>>149147170
His wife is fiiiiiiiiine

>>149149388
It is about settled problems. O'Terrrorists are solved while the ones you are thinking about still have active war/killing.

>>149153904
he's ugly as shit, like always

>>149148408
Wonder Woman is really meh but this Martian Manhunter is pretty good even by capeshit standards

>>149147324
>Ferdinand the bull

people buy this shit lol

Damn no one cares about this

>>149156115
No.

Absolute martian manhunter is so fucking good, jesus.

>>149152549
How uncultured do you have to be to not get the reference

>>149147164
Holy shit Im buying this trade.

>>149156804
explain

>>149147273
Top mom

>>149152813
The darkness they cause is the black.

>>149152821
This doesn't piss me off anywhere near as much as King's writing genuinely does

>>149156692
Good art, at least.

I'm realy loving Martian Manhunter, what are some other comics with the character that I should read?

>>149147105
The Huwhite Martian is the good guy here btw.

>>149159387
the JLA run in the late 90s beginning with Grant Morrison going into the 2000s has a bunch of him, particular the Burning storyline, also the 80s Justice League/Justice League International run by Giffen, DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire, his ongoing by Ostrander in the 2000s has some neat stuff in it too.

>>149150194
he's half turkish half filipino
rootless cosmopolitan of the first order

>>149159387
Ostrander?

>>149147130
>unprovoked police shootings
>"carefully planned" retaliations

ell
emm
ayy
ohhh

>>149147265
There are multiple "pretty ladies" to watch out for lmao

>>149158204
def not as bad as king

How the actual fuck is Absolute Martian Manhunter this good?

>>149147160
>>149147164
>>149147170
The phrase "What happens in your head also happens" keeps spinning in my mind.

Bumping again for readers.

>>149147195
oh, shit.

>>149153934
>>149155232
Cowards, the both of you.

>>149147077
Reading

>>149160813
Is it, though?

>>149159387
None of them are anything like this.

What you should read is more Deniz Camp books or Javier Rodriguez books.

It’s not the character that’s making something good, it’s the creators. Especially here with how different he is from the usual versions

Is it just a coincidence that John's wife is named Bridget Jones?

>>149162777
>None of them are anything like this.
Absolute Martian Manhunter owes a lot to the 90s Vertigo comic Shade, The Changing Man.

>>149162777
This applies to any comic.
Checked.

bump reading now

>>149147092
Why were you drinking coffe in this heat in the first place? Even if it was cold coffe that shit still sucks

>>149147077
>>149147195
this must be our first look at the white martian then, the dark figure

>>149147138
Its just a game man, so what if Smokeys toe went over the line

>>149147138
SNIFFFFF

>>149163507
Well, yes. Exactly. Thanks for proving my point.

>>149158204
King feels like Slott at his worst intentionally doing shit to get a reaction out of people

>>149161631
thanks

>>149158886
I think the writing is pretty decent, better than most contemporary capeshit at least. That's a bit damning for the current state of it but still.

>>149162777
Deniz Camp doesn't have a lot of books under his belt

>>149159387
dcyou series and dc rebirth series both are good, but dcyou is better than the 2017 one

>>149150481
art is great.

Why the fuck do people still pretend Deniz Camp isn't just another fucking pretentious hack trying to be Grant Morrison?

>>149147073 (OP)
Bump

>>149147077
Nigga moment

>>149152830
Some people love the autism stench on the morning.

>>149147073 (OP)
absolute martian covers
Absolute Martian Manhunter #4 Cover B Tirso Cons Variant
Absolute Martian Manhunter #4 Cover C Derrick Chew Variant
Absolute Martian Manhunter #4 Cover D 1:25 Riley Rossmo Variant
Absolute Martian Manhunter #4 Cover E 1:50 Marguerite Sauvage Variant

top left is very frank miller

Absolute Wonder Woman #9 Cover B InHyuk Lee Variant
Absolute Wonder Woman #9 Cover C Reiko Murakami Variant
Absolute Wonder Woman #9 Cover D 1:25 Ivan Talavera Variant
Absolute Wonder Woman #9 Cover E 1:50 InHyuk Lee Virgin Variant

>>149149265
What we need is diversity, the day a true arab gets to write for the big two is the day you'll see the shitting on arabs and islam.

>>149147331
These are good comics, but I'm actually going to go feral.

>>149167020
that one with the gods covering her eyes is great

>>149167313
They're really not.

>>149147331
Those leggings shows look like a bitch to put on

>>149147331
sexo

>>149147073 (OP)
Sure, art is fine an all. But what's the point of the absolute line? A quirky re imagining for modern audiences (tm) that commits the exact same mistakes that made the original stop selling? It's pointless.

>>149147160
>>149147164
>>149147170
The use of color is pretty nice and thoughtful.

>>149147189
Neat parallel combination of figurative and literal explosions.

>>149147138
booba

>>149147202
Huge Doomguy energy from Diana here, it's kinda rad actually.

>>149151263
>>149151321
Anon they're literally exiled to hell

I really don't understand why people love AMM so much, it feels kinda boring to me.

>>149170112
I really like the art, and I like how it approaches the nature of a being like the martian. It seems to be playing with the concept of a higher dimensional alien being that exists on such a different level from humanity that its portrayal in the comic itself is abstracted. I mean, I'm probably not doing a good job of articulating it, but I find that really fascinating and I want to see how they handle it going forward. I also think it has really interesting artwork and that martianvision panel from the first issue was a neat idea. Not a new one, sure, but it's fun to still see stuff like that in a modern book.

I can understand how it might not click with some people though. It's a shame but I get it.

>>149169710
Entertainment.

>>149169710
>Same mistakes
Depending on pointless crossovers that add nothing and bloat the universe by mixing stories that should be strong enough to stand on their own?

>>149163827
it's basically a milkshake

>>149163837
we saw a head icon in issue 2

>>149163827
coffee is good anytime, in any weather, zoomie

>>149170783
more like enterbrainment

>>149170087
That's gay.

>>149147265
uoooh

>>149172797
Fuck off, newfag.

>>149147331
Thank you for the thread.

>>149149388
They didn't want to get a mean comment on reddit

>>149172797
uoooh

>>149147077
reading

>>149149388
>sectarian

>>149175825
What's the problem with describing it as sectarian?
The main conflict between Ireland and England is defined by one being majority catholic and the other Protestant, it's been that way since the 1640s

>>149152583
>but you do you
cringe

>>149147073 (OP)
Absolute Superman and Green Lantern are probably the worst of the lot and neither are awful.
They are mostly just boring.

>>149147138
kek

>>149177404
Don't forget Absolute Flash, that's also pretty boring, like they tried to sell its big thing similar to Superman about how he has no other speedster to take cues from but so what

>>149176406
Because it's not just religion anymore.

>>149173826
Obsessed.

>>149172604
Holy fucking cringe.

I still don’t understand why Diana has to be so ugly.

>>149177404
>>149179184
The worst three.
Boring is awful.

>>149147073 (OP)
bump

>>149152964
Absolute Aquaman when?

>>149169710
It's fun, nigga.

>>149177404
I don't know, Absolute Green Lantern is pretty damn bad.
Three issues and nothing has happened, and the art is God-awful. The story is also boring without much action

>>149183783
>instead of an Absolute Titans, we get nobody's favorite character, Aquaman
yay...

>>149183783
just read adams book

>>149183993
Who the fuck likes a team of sidekicks? That's a double whammy.

>>149183993
I like Aquaman, he's awesome. Talks to fish, rules Atlantis. He kicks ass.
You can't have the Absolute Teen Titans since Absolute Batman doesn't have a Robin, there is no Kid Flash, and Absolute Wonder Woman has no Wonder Girl. Not that that stopped the original Teen Titans, I suppose.

>>149160813
They actually got someone with some sort of vision.

>>149162722
The standards are astronomically low for modern capeshit so anything that actually tries to tell a decent story looks like a masterpiece in comparison.

So... Do you think John still exists? Is he just "entangled" with the martian, or is he the martian, convinced he's still John? That crazy asshole in the other issue might not have been totally off base. "They don't even know they're doing it".

>>149184363
I mean in the absolute universe there doesn't need to be a kid flash. Wally is alrady a teen superhero and so him being brought onto a bigger team makes sense.

>>149185211
Is it supposed to be a combined universe? It really shouldn't be. Almost the entire appeal of these stories has been their ability to be their own self-contained worlds.

>>149184363
They could very well just start with absolute nightwing right away. Hell, that could even be the theme of the book, all these side kicks growing up without a hero to help them.
>>149185279
Batman already cameod in martian Manhunter like twice at this point

>>149185211
But he's already inevitably going to be forced into the Absolute Justice League, so I don't think that will work.

Also the core Justice League members have always been Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Aquaman. Arthur Curry is the sixth/seventh wheel depending where you place Martian Manhunter.

>>149147077
Bump.

>>149147073 (OP)
GL, Flash and Superman would fine if they actually moved the plot faster.
The last issue of Flash was a step up from the previous ones I guess.
GL has weird art

>>149185206
For the sake of his hot wife I sure hope that blank autist's still in there

>>149185380
Any Aquaman-focused Justice League stories?

>>149183838
I mean Martian manhunter is the only one that’s even remotely enjoyable. The rest are awful.

>>149182871
Batman and Wonder Woman are shit too.

>>149184026
That shit sucks though, hasn’t been a good Aquaman book since they kicked abnett off for KSD

>>149186267
I MISS ANTI VILLAIN ORM

>>149185339
>Batman already cameod in martian Manhunter like twice at this point
I dunno if a picture in a barely-visible newspaper article is anything other than an easter egg.

>>149185206
the way i see it there are a few options
>The Martian is actually just riding along with John
>The Martian took John's place and split its mind in the process
>The Martian took John's body and whatever is left of John is there for guidance
>John was The Martian all along who went sleeper on earth to wait for White's coming and The Martian we see is the original self manifesting after something triggered a partial awakening.

I'm partial to the last one because it ties into his kids weirdness in issue 1 with knowing what the Martian looks like and saying its his father. If the hid was Half Martian it would explain things.
>>149185279
It is a combined universe, the Lazurus Corp in Superman its tied to the League of Assasins who trained the joker in Batman and so on.

>>149186276
Regardless you know they are doing a crossover eventually, dont be obtuse. I do wonder how it will be tho, with all them edgy heroes, and then theres just John in the middle whos just a guy. Can MM protect his body?

>>149186301
That's an interesting idea, the last suggestion. "I'm the same man I've always been," said with the Martian's face, and also in issue 3 the lady on fire called him J'onn J'onzz.

My hang up is that the martian urges John to breathe deep his life, to enjoy his time with his family. And Bridget implies she previously was able to sense his emotions more easily and now it's more mixed up. That doesn't necessarily disprove you but it makes me uncertain.

>>149184464
>The standards are astronomically low for modern capeshit so anything that actually tries to tell a decent story looks like a masterpiece in comparison.
Sure, but you can also compare the best stuff of today to older stuff and it doesn't hold up so well.

>>149186301
John and the Martian are the same being. In order to balance his work, home, and Martian life, he needed to separate. My take is that the White Martian targeting Earth has required John and J'onn to coexist, which is disrupting his life's balance. That's why the color disappears when he fully focuses on his wife, but then the Martian's work interferes and the color slowly starts to return.

>>149186995
Well that's what I'm saying, it's pretty good by the standards of now which is just a universal solid. It has a nice gimmick, the art is fun, the story is novel, and the presentation is different enough to make it interesting and it's kinda sad that most capeshit can even reach that low bar.

>>149147246
Barbara needs to hurry up and become Cheetah

>>149147138
Imagine the smell

>>149162777
>Deniz Camp books
He should definitely not do this. Virtually all of them are dog shit.

>>149188081
what should he read instead?

>>149188081
20th Century Men and Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E. are alright.

reading

>>149189789
Still reading?

>>149190459
Im a slow reader, okay?

>>149147073 (OP)
Thanks OP

>>149190459
Yeah

>>149147077
Absolute Cringe

>>149147077
How does this work? he's making everybody think it's warmer than it really is?

>>149190459
correct

>>149192831
liar

>>149189789
NTA, but sure

Thank you for the storytime, OP.

I'm not reading

>>149147077
reading

>>149147331
I just realized that Clea is not letting her feet touch the ground.

>>149147138
Just fuck your wife bro. Maybe spare some time to play ball or CoD with the kid.

>>149147195
All this arguing and he could've fucked his wife. Problem solved for a few days.

>>149192364
It's like putting a lens over the sun that infects everyone with a particular kind of agitation. "It's not the fire, it's the smoke". It's not the heat, it's the anger. The desire to fight.

>>149199095
>>149199117
Exactly.