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Name: thomas walmsley

I started out reading x-men during the onslaught saga (a bad time I know) but was young and impressionable and got hooked. I moved away from comics through most of secondary school due to no personal wealth to speak of and extreme distance from my local comic book store. However, I went to university and got a student loan and blew the lot on Marvel comics and have not looked back since. I want to expand my reading into other publishers if possible but can never summon up the nerve to actually spend my hard earned cash on anything new. If anyone can suggest something I just have to read please feel free to educate me.




Kick-Ass Teaser Trailer

On Nov 10, 2009 9:35 PM

I just love the fact that the kid who played mclovin is playing the red mist. I'm very excited about this film.

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Who is... the Wolverine?

On Nov 2, 2009 12:36 PM

I think the thing you are all missing about the current wolverine characterisation is that he gets respect despite his murderous past (recent of otherwise) because it is not strictly speaking, in his character to be murderous. He rarely revels in his killings like a villain and rarely holds any great animosity toward his victims. The Punisher really WANTS to kill his victims and sees nothing...

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Whatever Happened to the No-Prize Hunter?

On Oct 12, 2009 11:56 AM

oh my lord. i laughed so hard at the bit about chicken at the end, very funny! Couldn't agree more with the sentiment of the article. I cant count the amount of times i read some poster on the marvel website being a massive troll about something that would be resolved so easily if he just remembered he was reading FICTON!

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First Impressions of Characters Can Last a Lifetime

On Sep 29, 2009 9:00 AM

I might get laughed out of town for this but my defining interpretations are Joe madureira's x-men. I was gutted when storm changed from the the weird bob haircut with exceptionally long front bits to her more classic look. I have subsequently lost any love for storm so I dont care so much anymore but at the time I was furious.  I also agree with the cyclops comments, he should def be s...

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Super Villains: The 4 Major Food Groups

On Sep 24, 2009 12:00 PM

its interesting how people here are defending the punisher so veremently, despite the fact he has done many things as bad or worse than his vilains. Just because the recipient of maimings and death are bad doesnt mean its right. But i suppose that position is more prevalent in a society where capital punishment is common. The punisher is clearly a villain in a very real sense. Maybe not as much...

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Can Someone Just Stay Dead?

On Sep 2, 2009 12:00 PM

its an interesting discussion. I personally feel that characters should stay dead as long as possible. Ressurection is fine in general because it ties in with the fantastical nature of superhero comics. However, comics are always seeking more legitimacy in wider culture, which I think is a good thing, and constant ressurections weaken the whole genre from the outside looking in. People, in...

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BREAKING NEWS: Disney to Acquire Marvel

On Aug 31, 2009 10:01 AM

this is really disappointing for me. I don't like corporate behemoths(spelling?), especially when they are in the culturally sensitive creative industries. Obviously Marvel is no small fry but this makes it much worse. The homogenisation of culture and entertainment just got a little more entrenched. As a Brit it is sad to see yet more of the small amount of  American culture that I like,...

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Factored Out

On Aug 24, 2009 11:30 AM

I liked this book at first but, seemingly like a few of you guys here, I really stopped enjoying it after a while. I picked up the cross over issues with she-hulk (which PAD ruined incidentally) and Stroman's art, along with a story which didn't really make sense to me, reassured me of my earlier choice to drop this book. I get why people like it, but its not for me... and for that reason, i'm ...

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Things I Love! The August 2009 Comics Edition!

On Aug 20, 2009 8:37 AM

I love:  ifanboy's! Who's positivity and insight are a constant boon and without whom I would not have read I Kill Giants.  I Kill Giants The Ultimate Universe re-boot/launch ( i have wanted to get into this for so long) Getting to know DC comics after over 10 years of having zero interest (I'm still not sure about some of it, but some of it is great!)  Even after all this ...

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User Reviews Will Be the First Into Berlin

On Aug 3, 2009 8:47 AM

is it love or is Josh wondering why you bought such a terrible comic?

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