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Review Group Week #261: Heroes for Hire #3

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by Punchy » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:47 am

Vicious Squid wrote:
You didn't ever get a copy, did you? They're literally everywhere, I could walk outside and probably catch a sealed Hickman deathbag on my tongue right now.

There are none where I live.

I could have bought a copy of the Cassaday variant for £10, but even I'm not that dumb. I'm waiting for the 2nd print now.

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by Punchy » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:47 am

Vicious Squid wrote:
You didn't ever get a copy, did you? They're literally everywhere, I could walk outside and probably catch a sealed Hickman deathbag on my tongue right now.

There are none where I live.

I could have bought a copy of the Cassaday variant for £10, but even I'm not that dumb. I'm waiting for the 2nd print now.

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by BlueStreak » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:48 am

Vicious Squid wrote:
You didn't ever get a copy, did you? They're literally everywhere, I could walk outside and probably catch a sealed Hickman deathbag on my tongue right now.

There is a 30% chance of Deathbag flurries today. And a Deathbag Storm Advisory for over the weekend.

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by BlueStreak » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:48 am

Vicious Squid wrote:
You didn't ever get a copy, did you? They're literally everywhere, I could walk outside and probably catch a sealed Hickman deathbag on my tongue right now.

There is a 30% chance of Deathbag flurries today. And a Deathbag Storm Advisory for over the weekend.

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by Windom URL » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:50 am

BlueStreak wrote:
There is a 30% chance of Deathbag flurries today. And a Deathbag Storm Advisory for over the weekend.

Gawd I'm sick of shoveling those things off the walk! :roll:

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by Windom URL » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:50 am

BlueStreak wrote:
There is a 30% chance of Deathbag flurries today. And a Deathbag Storm Advisory for over the weekend.

Gawd I'm sick of shoveling those things off the walk! :roll:

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by Zero » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:49 pm

I bought all the spare copies in Punchy's town and they paid for me getting drunk tonight. Raaarrrgh,.

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by Zero » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:49 pm

I bought all the spare copies in Punchy's town and they paid for me getting drunk tonight. Raaarrrgh,.

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by Eric Ratcliffe » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:45 am

great pick!

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by Eric Ratcliffe » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:45 am

great pick!

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by ****** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:20 pm

Has GHERU selected the follow up to the rip roaring good time that was Robocop yet?

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by ****** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:20 pm

Has GHERU selected the follow up to the rip roaring good time that was Robocop yet?

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by Windom URL » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:22 pm

I read this, it was a little annoying how they kept working the title into the dialogue. "Are you for hire, hero?" Maybe it was just a few times, but damn that would get old fast.

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by Windom URL » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:22 pm

I read this, it was a little annoying how they kept working the title into the dialogue. "Are you for hire, hero?" Maybe it was just a few times, but damn that would get old fast.

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by BlueStreak » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:22 pm

Johann Snow wrote:Has GHERU selected the follow up to the rip roaring good time that was Robocop yet?

No, he's too busy reading the Darkwing Duck trade I sent him yesterday.

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by BlueStreak » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:22 pm

Johann Snow wrote:Has GHERU selected the follow up to the rip roaring good time that was Robocop yet?

No, he's too busy reading the Darkwing Duck trade I sent him yesterday.

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by ****** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:23 pm

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No, he's too busy reading the Darkwing Duck trade I sent him yesterday.

You should have held the duck book hostage until he made his pick.

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by ****** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:23 pm

BlueStreak wrote:
No, he's too busy reading the Darkwing Duck trade I sent him yesterday.

You should have held the duck book hostage until he made his pick.

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by BlueStreak » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:24 pm

Johann Snow wrote:
You should have held the duck book hostage until he made his pick.

Let's Get Dangerous...after you pick the freaking book! :smt013

I think this will be my new standard PM reminding people to pick their books.

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by BlueStreak » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:24 pm

Johann Snow wrote:
You should have held the duck book hostage until he made his pick.

Let's Get Dangerous...after you pick the freaking book! :smt013

I think this will be my new standard PM reminding people to pick their books.

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by Rockman » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:26 pm

Squid Vicious wrote:I read this, it was a little annoying how they kept working the title into the dialogue. "Are you for hire, hero?" Maybe it was just a few times, but damn that would get old fast.

When I read that line I though "Hey that would be a great tag line for a tv show".

Which made me thing that a Heroes 4 Hire cartoon would be a great showcase for a lot of these charactes which probably wouldn't have a strong enough fanbase to support their own show.

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by Rockman » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:26 pm

Squid Vicious wrote:I read this, it was a little annoying how they kept working the title into the dialogue. "Are you for hire, hero?" Maybe it was just a few times, but damn that would get old fast.

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by BlueStreak » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:33 pm

I think that line is a hold over from the original series. The whole thing has a 70's TV show vibe to it, which isn't a bad thing.

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by BlueStreak » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:33 pm

I think that line is a hold over from the original series. The whole thing has a 70's TV show vibe to it, which isn't a bad thing.

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by Windom URL » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:57 pm

BlueStreak wrote:I think that line is a hold over from the original series. The whole thing has a 70's TV show vibe to it, which isn't a bad thing.

Yeah, but where's the beef? You can kiss my grits.

(Eh, I think there's a reason TV shows and sit-coms have moved away from the "catchphrase era". :lol:

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by Windom URL » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:57 pm

BlueStreak wrote:I think that line is a hold over from the original series. The whole thing has a 70's TV show vibe to it, which isn't a bad thing.

Yeah, but where's the beef? You can kiss my grits.

(Eh, I think there's a reason TV shows and sit-coms have moved away from the "catchphrase era". :lol:

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by BlueStreak » Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:01 pm

Squid Vicious wrote:
Yeah, but where's the beef? You can kiss my grits.

(Eh, I think there's a reason TV shows and sit-coms have moved away from the "catchphrase era". )

Touche.

Another thing I've enjoyed are the done in one missions. Satanic weapon deals, Savage Land slave trade? They're neat little ideas that tie in play up on the idea of crime in the Marvel Universe.

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by BlueStreak » Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:01 pm

Squid Vicious wrote:
Yeah, but where's the beef? You can kiss my grits.

(Eh, I think there's a reason TV shows and sit-coms have moved away from the "catchphrase era". )

Touche.

Another thing I've enjoyed are the done in one missions. Satanic weapon deals, Savage Land slave trade? They're neat little ideas that tie in play up on the idea of crime in the Marvel Universe.

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by Windom URL » Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:05 pm

BlueStreak wrote:
Touche.

Another thing I've enjoyed are the done in one missions. Satanic weapon deals, Savage Land slave trade? They're neat little ideas that tie in play up on the idea of crime in the Marvel Universe.

Yeah, it was pretty good for a Supes book, using some characters I've never been a huge fan of. It was relatively fast-paced as far as hyper-modern comics go at least. The catchphrase thing was just a minor thing that occurred to me when I was reading it, it definitely makes you think of it like a TV show, you're right. I kept expecting Ka-Zar to pop out of the woodwork though.

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by Windom URL » Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:05 pm

BlueStreak wrote:
Touche.

Another thing I've enjoyed are the done in one missions. Satanic weapon deals, Savage Land slave trade? They're neat little ideas that tie in play up on the idea of crime in the Marvel Universe.

"Being offended is not to be confused with a state of grace; it’s the occasional price we all pay for living in an open society." -- Ian McEwan