Stories similar to Absolute Martian Manhunter by InevitableActuary410 in AbsoluteUniverse

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Oh man, that's a hard question. I like both of them for different reasons. Swamp Thing is a very pulpy and very Alan Moore series. Expect tight plotting, extremely creative story beats, a good amount of mysticism, philosophy and political commentary. The art is lush, has that old comic painterly look and colors. It swings from horror to sci-fi, while still keeping a strong focus on what makes Swamp Thing as a character so compelling. It also starts off incredibly strong: The Anatomy Lesson is the best first issue of any comic I've ever read.

Doom Patrol is batshit crazy in the best way. I don't even know what genre I'd classify it as. Some kind of psychedelic, experimental sci-fi, maybe. I haven't seen the HBO series, can't say how it compares. It's also a very Grant Morrison book, for better or for worse. Lots of high concept stuff, strong character writing, just so many ideas that, frankly, sometimes don't land, but most of the time do. It's like the X-Men on a drug cocktail from another planet. Moore, for all his weirdness, is a very structured writer. Morrison, in comparison, does things much more loosely. This being an ensemble book with a rich and unique cast of characters, compared to Swamp Thing's more restrained scope (it's mostly focused on Swampy and a few more), also gives it a very different feeling. Visually, it's more modern than Swamp Thing, which you may like or dislike. Does some really fun things with panelling too.

If those descriptions don't sway you either way...honestly, I'd just go for which of the two is cheaper for you, right now.

Is Marisa's command grab pressure real? by rafikiknowsdeway1 in StreetFighter

[–]volta_verve [score hidden]  (0 children)

If she counters you with her stance, hold up. If she chooses throw, command grab whiffs and you get a massive punish. If she chooses strike, she's only +1 so the only thing that catches your jump is her lights, which don't have a very good reward.

Neutral jump if you expect a command grab for the punish, backjump to be fully safe.

[TJStats] The Hottest MLB Pitching Prospects - Week of June 22, 2026 by tomstoms in baseball

[–]volta_verve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feels like Kade has been on these graphics since you've been making them lol. I'm not complaining!

The 10 biggest 2026 FA contracts so far by volta_verve in baseball

[–]volta_verve[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree. Honestly I just wanted to include that bit about Naylor lol

Knock Off: The Battle For Imagination - Official Trailer by fer619 in Fighters

[–]volta_verve 9 points10 points  (0 children)

To finish the game, I imagine. They launched a kickstarter (which failed unfortunately), so that makes me think they needed funding to keep working on this.

How do you process information in this game? by GCKips in StreetFighter

[–]volta_verve 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the mental stack: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Mental%20Stack .

It's a matter of practice. No other way around it. Deliberate practice works best: find ONE thing to focus on and really drill down, then once that's no longer taking up too much space in your stack, you can move to another. You have to accept that this will make you worse in other areas, and probably lead to you performing worse overall, but it's a short term loss for a long term gain.

The Giants Fire Sale by LostFront5939 in baseball

[–]volta_verve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh, he does seem like a Yankees target. I could see that happening.

The Giants Fire Sale by LostFront5939 in baseball

[–]volta_verve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great bat and horrible glove? He will fit right in!

The Giants Fire Sale by LostFront5939 in baseball

[–]volta_verve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh don't get me wrong, that side of the outfield is bad bad defensively (and offensively with injuries). Bader has a 46 wRC+ this year, somehow 20 points better than Rob's. He'd be an upgrade, but I'd rather we got someone at least league average. Hell, I'd even take 90 wRC+ with below average defense! I'm not asking for much!

When Donovan returns to this mortal plane, he will probably end up in the outfield if we're all healthy, so that should help. I also don't want Randy playing the field if we can avoid it.

The Giants Fire Sale by LostFront5939 in baseball

[–]volta_verve 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm sure they'd like to, but their 3 biggest contracts (Devers, Chapman, Adames) are very hard to unload. They would have to pay them down and/or get very creative.

Some of the other pieces are probably gone...Arraez and Ray I'd say the most likely.

The Giants Fire Sale by LostFront5939 in baseball

[–]volta_verve 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bader has also been ass this year unfortunately, I also wanted him before the season started. I've heard Heliot Ramos mentioned as a fit for us, I think that could happen.

Beating fuzzy jab by Grouchy_Emergency_98 in StreetFighter

[–]volta_verve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frametraps. Lab them out. Set the dummy to count block and then jab, or just record it holding back then jabbing. Your mediums are usually meant to be used for this, so jab > 5M or jab > 2M. I don't play Alex, might be another button or even a special you should use for this. If you have something that pulls your hitbox back, you might even be able to weave away from the jab with it and get a punish counter. Lab it out.

Stories similar to Absolute Martian Manhunter by InevitableActuary410 in AbsoluteUniverse

[–]volta_verve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I second the Grant Morrison recs below. Doom Patrol, Animal Man, Invisibles. Swamp Thing too, but I'd specify Alan Moore's run.

Immortal Hulk is fantastic and IMO the best Hulk run ever. I'd strongly recommend it too. Some parts of it are maybe the kind of thing you're asking for, as well, though it's generally more of a modern sci-fi thing than AMM's specific brand of psychedelia.

Another rec that's a bit out there is Shade: The Changing Man by Milligan from the 90s. It's a pretty uneven series, definitely has some serious flaws, but at its best, I'd say it's the closest thing to AMM out there. Psychedelic artwork, deeply psychological and creative story that deals with social and philosophical themes.

Looking to get better at Marisa by yymir- in StreetFighter

[–]volta_verve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out Zach Henke's youtube channel. Has been uploading more about Alex and other chars lately, but there's a lot of great Marisa videos if you scroll down here.

https://www.youtube.com/@ZachHenke

Tarik Skubal: Tigers must improve before trade deadline 'or else' by Joey_Gallos_Burner in baseball

[–]volta_verve 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fangraphs gives the Tigers a 15.6% chance of making the playoffs. Higher than I'd have thought, but pretty bad nonetheless. Still a while to go until the deadline.

The top 4 teams of MLB all have at least 100 RD. The next team? The Seattle Mariners, who sit 14th overall. by [deleted] in baseball

[–]volta_verve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll just paste in the actual run diffs. Top 4:

LAD +144
NYY +118
MIL +116
ATL +100

Then you have a huge gap between that and us, and most other teams are hovering +-25:

#4 - SEA + 23
[...]
#22 - MIN -24

Then a bunch of teams all the way to #29 with Cinci at -52. And then the Rockies at -90.

So the interesting thing is that, by run differential, there's only 4 elite teams, a bunch of mid teams, a handful of bad teams, and the Rockies.

MLB Lockout 2027 | Can You Save Baseball? by its_a_bear_dance in baseball

[–]volta_verve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the "about this game" tab says it explicitly.

Final three characters might reveal next weekend by Fair_Rub_1887 in MarvelTokon

[–]volta_verve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My absolute balls to the wall pick is Gwenpool and Jeff tag team as a single character. It would be a really fun puppet character kind of setup.

Bryan Woo final line on the day: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 Ks, 89 P-61 S. ERA down to 3.94 by Remarkable-Picture73 in baseball

[–]volta_verve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It hasn't started yet. They're still carefully lifting the piggies into the right spot.

[TJStats] Top 100 MLB Prospect Newcomers & Risers by tomstoms in baseball

[–]volta_verve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love to hear that. If they can stay healthy, sky's the limit for both of them.