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Simon
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions?  Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:05 am |
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I'm thinking of getting the two trades, and I just wanted to read some of the thoughts of my fellow IMWANkers.
Is this series worth a look for an old-school Spidey fan who dislikes almost everything Marvel currently produces?
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Rawburn
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:08 am |
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I haven't even peaked at any of Marvel's Noir books.
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Simon
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:51 am |
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Nor have I, really. The Spider-Man one sounds interesting, though.
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:50 pm |
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Biker Librarian
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I wasn't even aware that Marvel was doing a series of "noir" events. Are these black-and-white miniseries or something?
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Rawburn
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:53 pm |
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IIRC its the characters recreated in a film noir and pulp fiction style setting.
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:55 pm |
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Rawburn wrote: IIRC its the characters recreated in a film noir and pulp fiction style setting. I figured it was something high-concept. But if they really want to do noir, it's got to be in b&w!
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Simon
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:56 pm |
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:59 pm |
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Rawburn
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:06 pm |
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Some of the character designs looked cool.
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Simon
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:10 pm |
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Okay - that settles it. Fun, good character designs; I'm in!
Thanks Monk, Rawburn and Meddlin' One!
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Rawburn
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:57 pm |
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:47 pm |
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Simon wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Noir
(Spoilers) I just skimmed through this. Sounds more like the stories in "weird menace" pulps than actual noir. Not my thing at all. Although it makes more sense to adapt superheroes into a pulp style than a film noir style. Guess they thought "noir" sounded classier than "pulp".
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:58 pm |
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That meddlin kid wrote: Simon wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Noir
(Spoilers) I just skimmed through this. Sounds more like the stories in "weird menace" pulps than actual noir. Not my thing at all. Although it makes more sense to adapt superheroes into a pulp style than a film noir style. Guess they thought "noir" sounded classier than "pulp". Possible. Also DC used "Pulp Heroes" several years ago as a theme for a bunch of annuals, so they might have wanted to avoid that word.
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:09 pm |
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Jeff wrote: That meddlin kid wrote: Simon wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Noir
(Spoilers) I just skimmed through this. Sounds more like the stories in "weird menace" pulps than actual noir. Not my thing at all. Although it makes more sense to adapt superheroes into a pulp style than a film noir style. Guess they thought "noir" sounded classier than "pulp". Possible. Also DC used "Pulp Heroes" several years ago as a theme for a bunch of annuals, so they might have wanted to avoid that word. Oh yes, that's right, DC already used "pulp". Guess I paid about as much attention to that batch of Elseworlds as to this one!
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Simon
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:40 am |
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I'm an Elseworlds/What If? fan from way back, so I thought this would be my kind of thing. 
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Post subject: Spider-Man Noir - Opinions? Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:08 am |
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Simon wrote: I'm an Elseworlds/What If? fan from way back, so I thought this would be my kind of thing. +1
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