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Brad Krawchuk
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Re-Numbering.
Twelve issues shy of 600! But hey, over at DC Superman is finally going to be back in Action Comics when it hits 900, so it's like a draw.
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Darren De Vouge
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| Posted: 08 January 2011 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | 2
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Way to guarantee no casual readers: shrink wrap in a black plastic bag *** Perfect. A little garbage bag. How appropriate!
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Michael Lee
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My money's on Johnny biting the big one. I can't recall him ever having "died" before.
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Brian Joseph Mayer
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I agree because of that. Ben died most recently, Sue before that, then Reed. But, based on the story alone, they are all in dire situations. It reminds me of reading Harry Potter 5, knowing someone will die, and then geter turned left or right over and over thinking "this is the moment." The story does have me on the edge of my seat.
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Jeremiah Avery
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I remember in the 90's they "killed" both Reed and Dr. Doom in an issue of "Fantastic Four" (Dr. Doom grabbing Reed's hand and then detonating an explosive he had on himself), so this isn't exactly a novel idea.
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Andrew Hess
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Killing off a main character in a comic is nothing new: they killed Alfred in the early 60s to boost sales on Batman/Detective, which were in danger of cancellation. (I think the sales were below 250,000 or some such.)
It's just in modern comics that they telegraph the death, with all of the "this time we really mean it, *this* character is going to stay dead!" rhetoric. How long did Capt America stay dead?
Let's feign surprise when the character comes back in issue 600.
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Tony Midyett
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^ I can't remember how long Reed was dead back then, but it was quite a long time, relatively speaking. Sue took over leadership, and Scott Lang was hired as the team's new tech guy, IIRC.
My money's on Reed to die again. He's like James Hudson from Alpha Flight---he's the lynchpin of the team, and if he dies, it creates a lot more "what do we do now?" plots than if one of the others dies. Could be any of them, but I'm predicting Reed.
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Brian Joseph Mayer
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Here is an article on comic books in today's local paper. It is certainly a fun one. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110112/NEWS/10112 0355/1001/NEWS/
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Francis Grey
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It says here that Archie comics plans to release their stories in digital versions the same day the comics are released. That almost seems like releasing the DVD of a movie the same day it hits the theaters. Not that it couldn't work, it could be a successful experiment. 
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Brian Joseph Mayer
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Think of the television market. I can now watch NBC shows on demand via my cable company the day after they premiered. I don't have to DVR. I don't have to anything. I just watch. If you think of the potential audience for comics, imagine all the individuals who do not have a LCS close. They may have greater access to a computer or the ability to digitally download something they want to read.
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Paul Kimball
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As an aside, you know how when you read a word a number of times, it starts to sound funny?
Green lantern is getting that way to me. What's your name stranger, mine's Red Sofa. Here's magneta carpet and vermillion coffee table.
Sorry, just getting goofy.
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Francis Grey
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Lantern is kind of an archaic word. Not really in common use in everyday life. The hero has kind of taken over the word.
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