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    What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?

    Marvel, Steampunk And Misfits Rule This Week's Comics

    How To Steal An Election, Science Fiction Style

    Seven Addictive Scifi Comic Books Free Online
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    08/04/09

    In reply to What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?
    I have to be honest. I think the superhero gone bad bit is past its prime. Too bad because I'm a Waid fan.
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    08/05/09

    @Zyg: I would agree, but then I read the last issue, which was awesome beyond words.
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    08/04/09

    In reply to What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?
    Secret Six, can't wait! Just such a fun series to read.
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    08/04/09

    In reply to What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?
    Revelations was one of the worst of the Final Crisis tie-ins there was, though.
    Actually, the only good one I can think of is the one with the Flash rogues gallery.
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    Image of Islandkiwi Islandkiwi
    08/04/09

    @DocSeuss: I thought it was probably the best tie-in. Revelations, Rogues, and Last Will and Testament were must reads for me....more so than the actual crisis, really.
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    08/04/09

    In reply to What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?
    Oh, and I saw a poster at Midtown Comics promoting the final issue of Planetary due in October. All I can say is - THANK. YOU. LITTLE. BABY. JESUS.
    I've been waiting for that sucker for what feels like years (and what actually might be years...).
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    08/04/09

    In reply to What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?
    Absolutely no comic book fan should pass up on Doom Patrol. Giffen and DeMatteis + a bunch of loser heroes = epic win
    And no mention for Chew #3? It's a pretty fantastic series so far.
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    08/04/09

    @SenorDoucheoisie: Big fan of Chew so far. Funny, and loving the art.
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    Image of silentstriderm silentstriderm
    08/04/09

    In reply to What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?
    Wait, so is this new Armor Wars a retelling of the original? Or is it a spin off of Fraction's awesome Invincble Iron Man?
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    Image of TrueCrime TrueCrime
    08/04/09

    In reply to What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?
    It's good to see Irredeemable get its just due here. Between this and Incognito, it's been a good year for stories about super-villainy.
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    08/04/09

    In reply to What's Worse: A Superhero Gone Bad, Or A Killer Robot Who Won't Kill?
    It's a sad day for robotkind when a robot won't do what it's supposed to do!
    "Kill ALL HUMANS, baby!"
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    08/04/09

    @ManchuCandidate: But if Asimov's laws dictate that robots can't harm humans, but are programmed to harm, but can't defy their programing, but can't break laws aws aws aws
    /robot brain 'splodes
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    08/04/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Did someone trip his preset kill limit?
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    Image of TrueCrime TrueCrime
    08/04/09

    @Robotic Bilbo Bagins has no use for fleshy ones: The Killbots? A trifle! It was simply a matter of outsmarting them.
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    08/04/09

    @ManchuCandidate: HK-47 approves of this, meatbag.
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    04/07/09

    In reply to Marvel, Steampunk And Misfits Rule This Week's Comics
    Locke & Key!
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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    04/07/09

    In reply to Marvel, Steampunk And Misfits Rule This Week's Comics
    My Marvel pulls are down to Invincible Iron man, Mighty Avengers (soon to be dropped, I think) and Thunderbolts. Savage She-Hulk sounds fun though. But, speaking as a former loyal Marvel Zombie, I just don't care all that much what happens in the Marvel Universe these days.
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    Image of ChibaCityCowboy ChibaCityCowboy
    04/07/09

    @Ed Grabianowski: For me , Dark Avengers, Spider Man, maybe the Punisher. I think the Dark Reign storyline is going to get tedious in the long run. The villians win is a great storyline but if it goes on for over a year ....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    04/07/09

    @ChibaCityCowboy: It just seems like Marvel has been careening from one "epic cross-over" to another for like five years now. I guess you could say the same for DC, but DC just seems to have executed it better.


    Part of the problem is that the Marvel crossovers keep infiltrating every book they put out, so all the writers end up slaves to the grand design. No one ever gets to spend time fleshing out their own corner of the universe (Moon Knight was a nice exception for a little while). To borrow from Charlie Jane's post last week, Marvel has been all plot, no story for way too long now.

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    11/04/08

    In reply to How To Steal An Election, Science Fiction Style
    Interface was good...


    How about "Invent a terrorist attack and instigate nationalistic fervor while blaming the evils of the world on your political opponents and cracking down on dissent." ala V for Vendetta?


    Wait, that sound awfully familiar somehow...

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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/04/08

    @Gearhead_42: It's a familiar fantasy, yes.
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    11/04/08

    In reply to How To Steal An Election, Science Fiction Style
    Another good one is Neal Stephenson's "Interface," a novel he co-wrote with his uncle under the combined pen name Stephen Bury. In it, an underdog presidential candidate suffers a stroke, and his handlers use his hospital stay as an opportunity to plug a chip into his brain that allows them to alter his thoughts. So if he's giving a speech and it's not going over, they hit a few buttons and alter his mood, and the speech changes. There's a lot more going on in it, but I have to say, without question and by far, THIS IS STEPHENSON'S BEST BOOK. It's a damn shame no one knows about it.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/04/08

    @fanfilmbook: Oh yeah... I've read that one -- it's awesome! Not sure it counts as election rigging though.
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    11/04/08

    In reply to How To Steal An Election, Science Fiction Style
    Heroes hacked an election in the first season using Micah's ability to "talk" to the electronic voting machines.


    Lex Luthor claimed a clone did all the criminal activities he had become known for, wiping the slate clean and preventing any vetting while making him a sympathetic character, then ran on a platform of technological advancement and freedom from fossil fuels (incidentally, I think he might have a shot this year).

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/04/08

    @Balius: Oh duh... I had the Heroes example written down on my list and then forgot to stick it in there! I'll add it in now...
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    11/03/08

    In reply to How To Steal An Election, Science Fiction Style
    "...the Master stepped up his game and got himself elected Prime Minister of England..."


    Prime Minister of 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', aka Britain.

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/03/08

    @Shell_Kracker: Oh duh... I knew that. Will fix it.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/03/08

    In reply to How To Steal An Election, Science Fiction Style
    eh?


    what about the classic 'The Stainless Steel Rat for President' by Harry Harrison?


    how could you miss that one.....?

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/03/08

    @KhaiJB: Oh, I've read it... can't remember how he rigs the election though. Must check.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/04/08

    @Charlie Jane Anders: he does'nt ;)

    he lets the other guy rig it, (using electronic voting machines..), then proves it's rigged... and gets the election recast fairly, (paper ballots) and wins it :)
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