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Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.

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commented on Hulk - Volume 3: Hulk No More by Jeph Loeb (Hulk (2008), #10-13)

Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness: Hulk - Volume 3: Hulk No More (Hardcover, Marvel)

I have to be honest, for Jeph Loeb I'm pretty underwhelmed... Three volumes in and it's basically a lot of unconnected stories that are just a lot of punching (even for the Hulk).

For example, in this volume we just had three issues of a giant PvP battle, with a different Hulk, (not the one we've been following) with teammates from other multiverses, who were all resurrected and had their memories wiped afterwards, to then learn absolutely nothing at all...

And this is also after the "filler" second volume... What's going on?

quoted Starter Villain by John Scalzi

John Scalzi: Starter Villain (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.

Sure, …

"We did almost invite a woman once," Petersson said. "The Australian." "Roberto blackballed her," Harden said. "One of us in mining is enough," Gratas said.

Starter Villain by  (Page 149)

Gina getting a mention as a potential member of the summit of supervillains: 👨‍🍳👌

John Scalzi: Starter Villain (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.

Sure, …

"So we're like Spotify, but for evil." "We're much less evil than Spotify. We actually pay a living wage to the people whose work we're selling."

Starter Villain by  (Page 104)

Reminds me of the stat that for the average price of a single song purchase from Bandcamp (US$1.20?), you would need to stream that song every day for two years straight in order to generate the same revenue for the artist from Spotify.