Shadowland

There's a comic shop where I'm staying at so I flipped thru this book (this was sold out immediately quick, alas I had no money and couldn't buy myself a copy) and I must say that was a killer of an ending (pun not intended).

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Yeah, it sold out at my LCS almost immediately. I got there about two hours after they put the books on the shelves, and they had already sold out. Luckily I had it in my pull so I got a copy.

Haven't read it or gone to the comic store today but going by the spoilers, the Hand brings people back all the time so meh. The book still looks good from the preview though so I'll probably get it in a few months like I said before,

I really hope that I remembered to preorder this. Well, I'll see tomorrow if I get a copy or not.

comicgeekelly wrote:I really hope that I remembered to preorder this. Well, I'll see tomorrow if I get a copy or not.

Just get it on Ebay- it'll be there for regular price

Shadowland #1

I enjoyed this.

I like DD's new costume. I still prefer his regular red costume, but the new one is a nice (temporary) change.

Something has to be up with Matt. Sure, he's been through a lot lately, and the Hand has been pushing him to the brink, but this is a big change. I'm wondering if he's being controlled. He had red eyes like White Tiger did in the last few issues. I'm sure they are just part of the costume, but he could be being controlled. I'd much prefer it if he has an endgame and this is all just part of it.

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I can't wait to see where this goes.

I did infact preorder so my copy was waiting for me when I got to my LCS. Issue 1 was a pretty fast read, that' really my only complaint. It was well written and it look great, I just read through it faster than I would have like to.

Shadowland #1

This was solid. It didn't live up to my high expectations going in, but it was still good. I just feel like it didn't have the same intensity that's made the Daredevil book so great since Diggle took over. I do like where things are going though with Matt and the inevitable confrontation with the Avengers.

Bigtymin504 wrote:Shadowland #1

This was solid. It didn't live up to my high expectations going in, but it was still good. I just feel like it didn't have the same intensity that's made the Daredevil book so great since Diggle took over. I do like where things are going though with Matt and the inevitable confrontation with the Avengers.

Yeah I was a bit similar to you. It was okay but didn't quite live up to what I was hoping for. A lot of this was set up and getting things going so, considering how it ended, I'm expecting this issue and Daredevil to well and truly pick things up.

I didn't really care much for Tan's art in this issue. Just didn't seem as good as when I previously have liked his stuff. Not sure what it was - just seemed a bit off.

There's no way this is the end of Bullseye and, in fact, as far as we know he's not even dead yet. I realise this is out there (it is comics though) but Matt could have deliberately missed all Bullseye's vital organs.

Regarding Bat's "something must be up with Matt" comment above - here's what I'm hoping for - obviously Matt is being manipulated by The Hand but I would absolutely love if it turns out that Matt is on to them and actually producing his own form of subterfuge and manipulating The Hand himself.

Daredevil 508 was a nice Shadowland 1.5. I was kind of hoping for more Daredevil though. There were several cliffhangers set up so I'm thinking that Shadowland 2 will be pretty kickass.

Aussiemandias wrote:
Regarding Bat's "something must be up with Matt" comment above - here's what I'm hoping for - obviously Matt is being manipulated by The Hand but I would absolutely love if it turns out that Matt is on to them and actually producing his own form of subterfuge and manipulating The Hand himself.

Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for as well.

I read Daredevil in trade and was planning on catching up on this Shadowland business that way, but everything I've heard about it sounds really disappointing. I guess I'll wait until it's all over to see if it's worth getting.

Oh man, Shadowland 2 was TERRIBLE.

How many random Marvel references were in there? "Locked up tighter than J Jonah Jsmison's pension check" "Yeah, and I'm Fin Fang Foom" Just plain bad.

I don't really think issue #2 was terrible. I wouldn't say it was great though either. It's quite disappointing since Diggle's run on Daredevil has been great so far.

The Marvel references didn't really bug me.

I've never really been sure what the Shadowland mini series was going to be exactly but now it appears it's about this battle within Shadowland. It could all be over in one issue also so I could be wrong but I think this is what it is. Most of the players have converged on there now and it looks like the fight is on and I think it's a pretty interesting cross section of characters. While not up there with the level of Diggle's work on Daredevil I think it should be fun.

I liked Moon Knight's approach to getting into Shadowland.

Billy Tan's art on this has been a little disappointing for me. I've seen it look better. The tiny heads he draws on the male characters compared to their bodies is a bit distracting at times.

Have to say I quite enjoyed Spidey's entrance.

After reading Daredevil 509 I have to say that I'm enjoying Daredevil way more than the main Shadowland book. I'm liking writing and the art much more.

how was Blood on the Streets?

Shadowland: Moon Knight #1


Meh, just meh. I didn't hate it, but I didn't really care for it either.

The art wasn't the best. It was very uneven. Also, what was up with the coloring of Marlene's hair? She seemed to go from blonde (which she should be) to brown hair. It was weird.

I find it hard to believe that with a killer on the loose calling him out, Moon Knight would choose to go and get himself captured on purpose to enter Shadowland.

Yeah, I liked Moon Knight SL but it wasn't that great.

Can someone clear something up.. Just because DD killed Bullseye, how does that make him a flat out villain now? I mean, I can understand going to jail for murder and losing respect with other heroes, we've seen that kind of stuff before. But has he gone evil? I'm unclear on that

LordD3r3k wrote:Can someone clear something up.. Just because DD killed Bullseye, how does that make him a flat out villain now? I mean, I can understand going to jail for murder and losing respect with other heroes, we've seen that kind of stuff before. But has he gone evil? I'm unclear on that

It appears that something is controlling DD though. So, we don't know exactly what's going on yet. Though to other heroes he's starting to be seen as a villain. They tried to talk to him, but he attacked them.

LordD3r3k wrote:Can someone clear something up.. Just because DD killed Bullseye, how does that make him a flat out villain now? I mean, I can understand going to jail for murder and losing respect with other heroes, we've seen that kind of stuff before. But has he gone evil? I'm unclear on that

I just flipped through two issues but yeah, Matt is a lot more 'evil'. He went all Jason Todd/Red Hood basically. Set up a Hand dojo/prison in the middle of the city and justifies shit as long as he's behind it.

And his eyes glow...

LordD3r3k wrote:Can someone clear something up.. Just because DD killed Bullseye, how does that make him a flat out villain now? I mean, I can understand going to jail for murder and losing respect with other heroes, we've seen that kind of stuff before. But has he gone evil? I'm unclear on that

I'm actually not convinced Bullseye is dead yet either. I realise it looks that way but I'm not totally convinced. We haven't seen a whole lot of the body after it happened.

Overall there's a distinct impression something fishy is going on.

After reading 3 I have no idea where this is going now.


So you can just summon ghost rider and you can't get hurt by him if you do so? Think that info would have came up before

Zombie bullseye? Sure why not

And of course there is a hand demon behind it all, ninjas aren't cool enough let's throw a demon in there too.

I did like the whole, I'm not the master of kung fu anymore pout, because. Shang chi didn't win one fight, has he never lost ever in comics?

Over all still digging the story but getting a bit weird, should have just called in a Thor air strike

I think that issue 3 was the best thus far.

Did anybody else get the impression that the person who wrote the recap page hasn't been paying much attention to the book?