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"Meh.
I also hear Peter Parker shoots webs from inside his wrists, Steve Rogers is now called Captain Nomad and Barry Allen got his powers from a space gnome."
"Actually, the lack of information is brilliant.
On this and a bunch of other blogs, boards, etc., the result of the announcement has been massive speculation about what would be changed, and list upon list of preferences for what those…"
"If they do renumber Action, Detective, Superman and Batman, in how many months will they restore the old numbering?"
"Wanted to follow up on this - I decided to do a smorgasboard of selections and ended up giving him a stack of volumes almost half his height - he was done with them in about a week and a half. Loved them all.
So again, thanks for the…"
"Pluto - an updating of the Astro Boy concept was one of the best comics I read last year. Really thought-provoking writing and fanastic art by the creator of Monster."
"This is great - thank you all for suggestions"
"I have no idea of your son's likes but I enjoyed the Yu-Gi-Oh collections I have. I heard good things about One Piece, too."
"I've only read a little of One Piece, but I liked it, and I'm not a huge manga fan. It is the best-selling manga title world-wide; Naruto is the best selling in the U.S., so that's worth considering as well. I thought the first volume…"
"A couple more...
Dr. Slump - Akira Toriyama's farcical look at a scientist who invents a robot teenage daughter.
Reborn - About a five year old hitman. Once again, not as violent as one might think."
"Bear in mind that what the Japanese think is age appropriate and what we think is age appropriate can be vastly different.
That being said, I can recommend a few things:
Yu Yu Hakusho - reasonably simple Shonen manga with some great battles…"
Manga Recommendations for New Teen
My son is turning 13 soon and reads a fair bit - I am trying to think of some birthday presents he may like that are more thoughtful than just an Amazon gift card.Recently, he has started reading some manga - it started after watching xxxHolicxx on the Funimation channel, which he enjoyed. I think he had read all of the Holic books. I am pretty much an old capes and cowls superhero fan and lack any expertise. Anyone here willing to add some thoughts on titles or creators? Are CLAMP works…See More
"The Trouble with [Lester] Girls, Volume 2.
Been waiting 20 years"
"The bracelet modification makes some kind of sense to me - like they are almost caestus
The rest of it is dopey"
"Yeah, but I'm over 30 and Cap is supposed to be older and wiser than me (and not just because of suspended animation)..."
"Bah humbug - too young"
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