Topcow City of Heroes #2

[doc thunder]

I got mine today. Anyone else get there issue? I wont give out spoilers.(unless you want them)

[inkblaster]

I got mine today, and what did Sister Psyche mean about he stopped the buses?

[Overbite]

Any way you can scan the cover...

[Malibu Sally]

Dammitall! I don't have #12 of the old series yet. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Magna Harrier]

Same deak, Sally. I've just given up on it, sadly enough.
Still, while this issue is better than number one, in my opinion, at least, we've still got the Freedom Phalanx bickering like mad. I really do think we could have used at least ONE issue of seeing them as an effective unit.
And it appears States is suffering from sudden jerk syndrome. Probably caught it from JLU- Superman.

[doc thunder]

I dont have a scanner. I did find this large image of the cover here.
http://www.topcow.com/store/product.php?productid=824&cat=0&page=1

[Necra]

I never even recieved the first issue. I swear someone has been stealing the mail again in my neighborhood. :grr:

[Masked Revenger]

Dammitall! I don't have #12 of the old series yet. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Hey, I haven't received an issue since #6.

Chris

[Malibu Sally]

Honest to God, if they are going to be this lax in delivery then someone aught to scan and post the things on the web.

Still have not heard from customer support either.:mad:

[Astartus]

http://uk.cityofheroes.com/

Read the news of June the 3rd (or all the other news)

[Randomus]

Manticore just got "props," is all I will say.

[Exodus]

*Runs out to check his mail*



*returns empty handed :( *

[Malibu Sally]

http://uk.cityofheroes.com/

Read the news of June the 3rd (or all the other news)

Huh?

"To download the zipped PDF files, left-click on the links that can be found in the City of Heroes Updater window (the first window that opens when you start the game)."

What links in the updater window? I see nothing of the sort. :mad:

[Quakester]

For those of you who get the comic on time I just wanna say, I hate you all. :p

[ChairLegOfTruth]

Huh?
What links in the updater window? I see nothing of the sort. :mad:

http://uk.cityofheroes.com/images/comics/issue1_uk.zip
http://uk.cityofheroes.com/images/comics/issue2_uk.zip
http://uk.cityofheroes.com/images/comics/issue3_uk.zip
http://uk.cityofheroes.com/images/comics/issue4_uk.zip
http://uk.cityofheroes.com/images/comics/issue5_uk.zip
http://uk.cityofheroes.com/images/comics/issue6_uk.zip

Now don't say I never do anything for you ;)

[Morcalivan7]

Got mine today as well. Haven't missed a comic yet. For that matter I haven't ever gotten mine late and some times got mine a couple weeks before the month it's suppose to be for. I guess they know who's important and who's not. :p

:lol:

Covers look cool, but I don't like Statesman's backround one bit.

[Randomus]

For some reason all the Canucks seem to get the issues on time without any problems.

Probably because we secretly control the entire gaming industry.

Woops. I mean... look, a half-naked antihero!

[Gold Rush]

I may have mine, but I tend to be a bit lazy checking my PO Box. I know it's been talked to death (I have to check the archives), but the first issue by Top Cow really did not rock my boat; No time to get emotionally involved with these characters. Heck, I know some of these characters, but seems like they changed the looks of many (of course, they seemed to change them in-game, too: No more black Sister Psyche).

And although Issue 12 was obviously rushed and had to quickly fill in an ending to a story that was suppossed to last much longer, it was a bit bitter sweet actually AND there is some emotional conection to the characters, even though it is rather tenious (sp?).

Gold Rush

(When I get back from RL, I'll be in-game a bit more and trying to work on a SiG again :P )

[Xanatos]

Hey Gold Rush! Not seen you for a while!

Oh and about the comics - i've bought every single one except #12 - the one Xanatos is in. :( My comic store didn't have it in stock.

My honest opinion on this comic is a little jaded. The Surviving 8 don't really seem like the epitome of heroism*. More like regular people who lord it over others just because they're powers are fancier. I mean Sister Psyche was a mess, synapse was a...weirdo, Positron was just paranoid, and Statesman's motives made little sense for such an "inspirational leader". (The fact he's constatly trying to angst it out lone wolf style irritated me no end.) Manticore...well Manticore made sense to me, and he seemed a damn better leader than Statesman.

There also seemed a lack of unity in the team. But then maybe i'm used to seeing supergroups that are like a family. These guys just seemed like co-workers who weren't even on first name terms. (Might work for big tems - but for a five "person" group there needs to be a bond.)

The whole "you live for arguing" line absolutely irritated me. It made no sense - a superhero would NEVER say it - and it was just a prompt for the badguy to make a monologue from which Manticore could reply with a badass "no". OOOH SILENT BUT DEADLY! Pfah!

[Kills the rant before it grows]

In brief - the comics:
-Set up character lines too simply - they were predictable
-Didn't have inspirational characters
-The Lines the characters had weren't that good
-Character motivation needed improving
-More focus needed on the CoH Game World.
-"We hate heroes" - shut up pedestrians. We're not Xmen.

Oh a more...um...positive note, I thought the comic was well written (not the story though) And the artwork was bloody awesome. Still - I did prefer the story of the old one. Oh and ODYSSEUS WAS IN IT! WOOOO!

*Unlike the CohGuru heroes - who are SO much better written in my opinion. :)

[8 Ball]

For some reason all the Canucks seem to get the issues on time without any problems.

Probably because we secretly control the entire gaming industry.

Woops. I mean... look, a half-naked antihero!

Yep, got mine yesterday....and Rand's, there are a couple rather burly people that would like to "chat" with you about revealing our secret :P.

[Amoeba Man]

My honest opinion on this comic is a little jaded. The Surviving 8 don't really seem like the epitome of heroism*. More like regular people who lord it over others just because they're powers are fancier. I mean Sister Psyche was a mess, synapse was a...weirdo, Positron was just paranoid, and Statesman's motives made little sense for such an "inspirational leader". (The fact he's constatly trying to angst it out lone wolf style irritated me no end.) Manticore...well Manticore made sense to me, and he seemed a damn better leader than Statesman.I'm wondering if we're seeing things that way because Manticore is narrating this issue. I think that might be giving the writers too much credit, and it sure as hell would confuse a good portion of the fan base, but I happened to think of it and figured it would explain some things. Anyways, just a thought.

Oh, and Statesman's new origin is lame. :rolleyes:

[Duchess]

Issue 2 looks good. there are alot of spoilers on the offical forums.

[Gold Rush]

Hey Gold Rush! Not seen you for a while!

Yeah, RL has been keeping me jumping. Also needed a bit of a break from the game so it wouldn't burn me out. Now I am doing smaller jumps, so hope to at least be in game more and post here a bit more :)

Oh and about the comics - i've bought every single one except #12 - the one Xanatos is in. :( My comic store didn't have it in stock.

Small pic in the background, but sweet nonetheless. It is a wideshot. :)

My honest opinion on this comic is a little jaded. ... (snip)...

In brief - the comics:
-Set up character lines too simply - they were predictable
-Didn't have inspirational characters
-The Lines the characters had weren't that good
-Character motivation needed improving
-More focus needed on the CoH Game World.
-"We hate heroes" - shut up pedestrians. We're not Xmen.


Yeah, I am gonna have to agree with all of your points. Manticore shined over all. Just so much blah-de-blah-blahness in the rest of the characters and the world (and hardly any set-up as to WHAT went down that caused the heroes to run and hide). Heck, even the "crazy lady" is so bland! :sarcasm:

Gold Rush

(I will take Top Cat over Top Cow... I bet Hanna-Barbera could do better! )

[doc thunder2]

hey why did i get banned.

[Masked Revenger]

I gotta agree with Xanatos on this one for the most part. As I saw on a website posted somewhere here, the old comic may have been poorly written and drawn, it was at least recognizable as City of Heroes. This new comic isn't recognizable as the game we actually play in any way shape or form.

Also, if Lord Recluse only got rid of the powers of heroes in Paragon City, what are the rest of the worlds heroes doing? And what about all the natural and tech heroes that have no powers? This whole storyline bugs me, it's not only inconsistent with the game world, but it's inconsistant with itself.

Chris

[Xielos]

I think the spell dampened all advanced gadgetry as well, and only within Paragon City. Like Manticore said in issue 1, most of the heroes left for other cities.

[Tsarmina]

hey why did i get banned.
Huh wha?

[Esbat]

He's a sneaky one he is... *does that Can you smell what the Rock is cooking look*

[Masked Revenger]

I think the spell dampened all advanced gadgetry as well, and only within Paragon City. Like Manticore said in issue 1, most of the heroes left for other cities.

It's still lame. "All advanced gadgetry?" But cars and computers still work... TV's still work... Guns still work, and so I assume AR/Dev blasters would still work. And Natural Martial Arts heroes have no powers, where did THEY all go? I find it hard to believe that ALL the heroes would simply give up because they have no powers, nevermind the US FREAKING GOVERMNET!! Where's the army battling against Recluse's hold over the city?

Chris

[Esbat]

People seem to like the little droid thingies fixing everything that and I'd like to see a bunch of MAs, ARs, and Archers take on Hamidon. :p

[Masked Revenger]

People seem to like the little droid thingies fixing everything that and I'd like to see a bunch of MAs, ARs, and Archers take on Hamidon. :p

They wouldn't have to, the power nulifier got rid of him too.

Chris

[ChairLegOfTruth]

Statesmen's new origin smells of Mark Waid changing character backgrounds to fit them into some lame-ass plot instead of fitting the lame-ass plot into the esrablished backgrounds. Mark Waid do this whenever he take over a comic book because he is Mark Waid. :mad:

Hey I buy (yes Buy) this freaking comic because I want to see my own characters appear within it (Yeah like that'll happen) not to read some poor excuse for a rehash of greek mythology. I expect super-powers to come back by issue #6 is not issue #3.

[inkblaster]

Another issue I have is, there's 3 villains helping Statesman, who lost control of their powers like Positron, a Paragon Protector shooting energy, a CoT Life Mage doing magic, and a Reaper/Mortificator shooting fire???? Since when do Reapers and Mortificators do anything but hack and shoot poison darts?

Also, I don't think it's a Mark Waid thing, still think it's an future archetype/in game mechanics thing that's making States have such a cheesy origin. Remember he was originally magic item with his helmet.

[Magna Harrier]

The whole new origion has been around at least as long as the Heroclix figure... it has the Lightning of Zeus (or some such) as an ability.
And while the new origion might be lame, I do like it better than "Hey, I went East, looked inside myself, and now I'm Superman." I'm sure it SOUNDS cool and all philosophical, but it also sounds like a background for a martial arts scrapper, not a guy who has lazer eyes, can fly, and live forever.

[inkblaster]

Ok, Statesman Origin is now on it's 3rd incarnation(forgive the pun).

Pre-prebeta it was magical artifact, his helmet, and it was a full helmet not just the face mask.

Then, after NCSoft came on, it was inner will, also he hinted to some correlation to the City of Pax, when the Scrapper archetype walk through came out. The people in Pax also had powers related to their inner will.

Now, after launch, and HerClix figures, it's I drank from some fountain I found, that nobody else had found yet, or since, and I'm Zeus.

This one may have to stick though as they probably have this new archetype worked out.

[Druid]

Moving on to the fan fiction. Was I seeing things or did Mercedes Lackey.. MERCEDES LACKEY, send in a fan fiction? Whoa they've got celebrities writing for them now.

[Xanatos]

Moving on to the fan fiction. Was I seeing things or did Mercedes Lackey.. MERCEDES LACKEY, send in a fan fiction? Whoa they've got celebrities writing for them now.

Who?

[Tsarmina]

She's rumored to play CoH AND post over on the boards too.

[Morcalivan7]

Who's ML?

*Bites Mina*

[Tsarmina]

*sprays Morc with Morc Be GONE!*
She's a popular fantasy (http://www.mercedeslackey.com/) author.

[Gold Rush]

*sprays Morc with Morc Be GONE!*
She's a popular fantasy (http://www.mercedeslackey.com/) author.

Heard any other rumors of any other famous people who play CoH from time to time?

Still have to make a stop to my PO box to read this issue, but you know what.... This Statesman=Zeus origin thingie; I know it's probably to introduce a new hero-type in the game, but it pretty much smacks of Thor's origin in Marvel comics , although one poster did point out Shazam/Capt. Marvel.

Still smells more like Thor.

Or a VERY successful Ponce De Leon :P

Gold Rush

(Speed is of the essence in my world. Well, at least when I am driving on the freeway. ;) )

[Takeda]

Moving on to the fan fiction. Was I seeing things or did Mercedes Lackey.. MERCEDES LACKEY, send in a fan fiction? Whoa they've got celebrities writing for them now.

She is (or was, haven't seen her post anything on the official boards in a while) a player. I believe her board handle was VickieVee. She was even helping players flesh out their bios for a time and she wrote some fan fiction that was really neat. Neat enough that I wanted to read some of the stuff that she gets paid for (she is a fantasy author, do a search for her on Amazon.com).

[Jade_Dragon]

She is (or was, haven't seen her post anything on the official boards in a while) a player. I believe her board handle was VickieVee. She was even helping players flesh out their bios for a time and she wrote some fan fiction that was really neat. Neat enough that I wanted to read some of the stuff that she gets paid for (she is a fantasy author, do a search for her on Amazon.com).

Man. I don't really get into begging for the artwork (maybe a little) but beg for some fanfic from a professional writer? Yeah, I can see myself doing that. :D

I would actually like to see her takes on some of my characters.

[suburbanhell]

Just got my hands on this....all I can say is ending was PREDICTABLE.

[Mosquito]

Rather annoyed to see the "Hi, here's my origin" method of character introduction continue. One thing that I've been wondering, and I may as well ask here, is where are Bastion, Numina, and Backalley Brawler? Aren't they Phalanx members? Actually, now that I think about it, wouldn't Bastion and Numina be dead, since their powers are basically what keep them alive? (Bastion - dangit, I just can't call him Citadel - being a robot, and Numina being a spirit magically bound to this world) I'm probably thinking about it too much....

[Yin]

The art is nice. :P

[Krypto]

Man, Statesman's a dick. He's no Superman (http://www.superdickery.com/dick/1.html), but the way things are going, he could certainly give him a run for his money!



Spoiler down below, in black.

And you can tell that Manticore has definitely thought about shooting Statesman before. He totally deserved it too, the bastard.

[Takeda]

Man. I don't really get into begging for the artwork (maybe a little) but beg for some fanfic from a professional writer? Yeah, I can see myself doing that. :D

I would actually like to see her takes on some of my characters.

At the risk of further hijacking the thread here's the link with contact information.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2775596&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1