Seriously, I hope Tony gets some licks in before putting down this miserable bastard

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Nah. Just let her blow him away. It's punishment enough for him to know he's gone to meet his maker at the hands of a black woman. That's gotta be worse than any sort of "torture" she could do.

Excellent issue, JB. I'm hoping all our cast come thru this hale and hearty. If they do, I think I've figured out how. IF they do, of course.

Tony's storyline has become the most interesting to me. Even knowing what was to happen to her leg, I was still shocked when I saw it. She's got some grit, that one. ( And I loved how this issue came out the day after the anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, and Tony was waiting for the end of it. Was this on purpose?)

Wondering just what the hell is going to happen to Nathan.

Interesting that Jasmine's delirium brings the name "Nathan" to her lips.

This is just top-notch work, JB. ( As I was reading, I found myself wondering if the passage of so much time between series had honed your craft and maybe things wouldn't have been so "good" had this come out in '95.)

Great issue! The pain keeps coming. Is there any hope for our heros? I also hope Zeb gets what's coming to him. Crazy-Beth sure picked some interesting times and places to park her friends. The timelines are going to get all mucked up.

Got the issue yesterday, the day it came out, and was lucky enough to grab the last issue off the shelf. It was a LCS I have caught up with before while on the road for work (in Sarasota). I am thinking they better be ordering more issues if I grabbed the last one on the day they came out.

Now another 4 weeks, arrgghh.

"Also thought it was very interesting that Gil hasn't let Bethany who he is just yet. "

Makes sense. Remember that the other Next Men don't know that Gillian was living in Danny's head. As far as they know, Gillian was Danny's sister that died as an infant in the Greenery. Gil's identity reveal to Beth will require quite a bit of explanation. Best to wait until things calm down!  

Matt: Nathan, as a shop owner I can tell you that while there are a fair amount of customers that would not mind the blunting of a corner and still purchase the comic book, the majority of comic shop buyers would complain and expect to buy an undamaged copy. And to be fair, this happens even with grocery stores, where dented cans, or crushed boxes of cereal and such are marked down in price because the customer will not pay full price due to the condition of the container. And think about the fact that such product, unlike comics, is not considered to be a potential "collector's item."

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Hey Matt-

I know that's how many people think -- but I feel the comic industry would be healthier if they didn't.

When I buy a magazine I don't check all the corners and look for dings and minor damage... that way of thinking seems crazy to me. I save my Playboys -- I have a subscription. They get a little banged up in the mail. So what? Am I going to sell all this stuff someday? No. I collect these things because it's fun -- I'm happy to own the comics in my collection.  

To each their own............................ I read my copy of JBNM yesterday!

It's wild to think there are only 4 issues left!

Enjoyed each of the issues, including 35/5.

Even though I read the original run, and 2112, it's been so long that I simply can't remember what happened, other than bits and pieces.

Can anyone recommend a good web site to get caught up?  I know I could buy the phone books and re-read, but I'm looking for more of a summary.

I am smitten with this book, but I think I've been away from comics too long, because it's killing me to tear through the 22 pages and then to have to wait a month for the next bit.

I guess I've lost my taste for serialized fiction...! But this is just thrilling stuff. Not thrilled that it's ending - this is, in my opinion, JB's best work since the original JBNM, and the first that I can really get into since Doom Patrol, but hopefully the follow-up series will keep the flame alive... I hope!!

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And that should be a flame about THIS high. . .

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A rather important point that seems to have been lost upon many readers. Bad writing on my part, or yet another manifestation of that tendency to impart to the characters things than only the readers know?