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Thread: Seven Soldiers of Victory series discussion (spoilers)

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    Seven Soldiers of Victory discussion

    Is anyone other than myself and Our Chair reading this?

    So far I've loved The Gaurdian and Zatanna, but I can't get Shining Knight for some reason. Morrison's done a good job so far of tying things together losely, without forcing it all together. News reports, the right person in a support group, none of it feels forced.

    I think I'm looking forward to Mister Miricle the most. I really want to see an update on him work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Baxter
    Is anyone other than myself and Our Chair reading this?

    So far I've loved The Gaurdian and Zatanna, but I can't get Shining Knight for some reason. Morrison's done a good job so far of tying things together losely, without forcing it all together. News reports, the right person in a support group, none of it feels forced.
    It's actually compound who collects The Guardian, but now I'm jealous he's got dibs on it because as you probably already know, I loved Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart's collaboration on Seaguy.

    compound can't really afford to pick up all the Seven Soldiers titles because comics are proportionately expensive here, but I'm still figuring out if I can afford to pick up at least one other title, maybe Zatanna or something else.

    If anything, I'm hoping DC puts these titles into trades.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ourchair
    It's actually compound who collects The Guardian, but now I'm jealous he's got dibs on it because as you probably already know, I loved Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart's collaboration on Seaguy.

    compound can't really afford to pick up all the Seven Soldiers titles because comics are proportionately expensive here, but I'm still figuring out if I can afford to pick up at least one other title, maybe Zatanna or something else.

    If anything, I'm hoping DC puts these titles into trades.
    Zatanna's worth it. There are 2 splash pages in it that after I read them I almost couldn't figure out how it was laid out to make sure that you read it all corectly. And there's a bit of an easter egg for SSoV 0 readers in it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Baxter
    And there's a bit of an easter egg for SSoV 0 readers in it.
    I'd like to think of myself as a pretty observant guy, but I can't figure out what exactly you're referring to.

    You might as well spoil it, because nobody else seems to be contributing to this thread...

    Was it just the appearance of *plot details*Gimmix during the super-power support group?

    Or did I miss something else that was mentioned during Zee's *plot details*astral travels?

    Did the *plot details*"man of her dreams" have some obvious connection to *plot details*The Harrowing, which I failed to notice?
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    Quote Originally Posted by compound
    I'd like to think of myself as a pretty observant guy, but I can't figure out what exactly you're referring to.

    You might as well spoil it, because nobody else seems to be contributing to this thread...

    Was it just the appearance of *plot details*Gimmix during the super-power support group?

    Or did I miss something else that was mentioned during Zee's *plot details*astral travels?

    Did the *plot details*"man of her dreams" have some obvious connection to *plot details*The Harrowing, which I failed to notice?
    I was refering to Gimmix, but I wouldn't be supprised to see more of it all tie together as we go
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    7 Soldiers is very good. I'm enjoying it a lot. My favourite though, by far, is Zatanna. Maybe because I prefer the art, I'm not sure, but they're all good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Baxter
    Sweet Jeebus! Personally, the art looks gorgeous -- reminds me of Ted Naifeh (sp?), of Courtney Crumrin and How Loathesome fame. The color scheme is suitably creepy, and I love the pilgrim-like visual motifs. It's also got a Tim Burton-esque vibe, and I mean that in the best way possible. I'm very intrigued.

    But honestly, I worry that its approach will not do new readers any favors -- I was expecting the individual parts of this crossover/event/whatever-it-is to resemble more straightforward 'mainstream' DC books, aesthetically, but with Morrison's trademark sense of manic wonder, and inventive concepts driving the story forward. Instead, it's looking more and more like 'Vertigo house style invades the DC Universe' with each new title.

    Zatanna was immensely entertaining, no doubt, but I still felt like it was "Promethea lite" with a more sassy, down-to-earth attitude.

    And with Klarion it seemingly takes a further step into superheoric mysticism, rather than mystical superheroics (if that makes any sense).

    I'll probably hold back on Klarion until I check out Bulleteer and Mister Miracle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by compound
    Zatanna was immensely entertaining, no doubt, but I still felt like it was "Promethea lite" with a more sassy, down-to-earth attitude.
    Yes, I felt so too. But I didn't think neccessarily of "lite" in a condescending way, but rather, it's less pure than Promethea as it is part-superhero too.

    I'm particularly looking forward to Mister Miracle.
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    Man, Klarion #2 was cool, especially the way it linked into The Manhattan Guardian. Morrison is really doing a good job of linking the world together, but not the plot, thereby actually fulfilling the promise of seven mini-series that are linked, but don't require you to read them all to understand.

    Also, I don't think the magic dice in Klarion and The Manhattan Guardian is the same as the one in Zatanna. If you look, the one in Zatanna uses roman numerals, not dots. While it could be an artist's mistake, I find it odd that Zatanna would come out before Klarion if the case is that the stone will go from Klarion's hands to Zatanna's apprentice's. It might still do, though.
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    Okay Bass, you've got to check THIS out.

    Scroll down, a comprehensive breakdown of Seven Soldiers so far. Mine was a bit more DCU minded, color of the "true lantern" in Shining Knight, things like that.
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    Zatanna's hot

    Anyways, these seem interesting, so I'm waiting for a trade to magically appear

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    My brain hurts. I will look at it.

    Though I'm a pit peeved at Morrison. The fourth issues of Shining Knight and Manhattan Guardian, I thought, were poop.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bass
    My brain hurts. I will look at it.

    Though I'm a pit peeved at Morrison. The fourth issues of Shining Knight and Manhattan Guardian, I thought, were poop.
    I was fine with Guardian, but I didn't like Shining Knight atall. The entire mini felt too loose, wile the others have been alot more focused.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bass
    Though I'm a pit peeved at Morrison. The fourth issues of Shining Knight and Manhattan Guardian, I thought, were poop.
    My only real problem with the latter half of Guardian was that it completely marginalized its own title character. Jake's story was practically the B-plot. Sure, he's at the center of the action, and he no doubt SPOILER! comes across looking like the real hero, at the end of the mini-series. And yet, none of this is really happening BECAUSE of him, is it?

    If anything, the resoltion of Guardian at least wraps up a lot of nice loose ends from elsewhere in the cross-over: SPOILER! the dark secret of Ali-Ka-Zoom's cabinet, the possible origin of Gimmix, more info about the Terrible Time Tailor and Slaughter Swamp. And I loved the Kirby-esque sense of insanity that pervades the final issue.
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