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Isn't Supergirl's robot house the new Eradicator?
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Jul 6, 2013 18:44
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This week's Action wasn't awful like the vanilla title, but it's very much a fill-in story. Things are just kind of... there. The only thing I genuinely enjoyed about this month's Action was in the backup, with the science guild's bodysuits being a nod to the Byrne-era Kryptonian outfits. Beyond that, I'm just glad I only have to get through next issue and villains month and we'll have the Pak/Kuder combo righting this title again. Unless it gets immediately roped into the Back To Krypton story.
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Jul 6, 2013 18:47
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HitTheTargets posted:Isn't Supergirl's robot house the new Eradicator? Could be both thanks to time travelling bulshit. I mean, since Lobdell's first issue he has set a doomsday cult on Krypton lead by the Eradicator and H'el was send to Krypton's past at the end of H'el on Earth so v  v
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Jul 6, 2013 18:58
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Space_Butler posted:This week's Action wasn't awful like the vanilla title, but it's very much a fill-in story. Things are just kind of... there. The only thing I genuinely enjoyed about this month's Action was in the backup, with the science guild's bodysuits being a nod to the Byrne-era Kryptonian outfits. Is it good enough to bother buying? Because I was just planning on skipping Action Comics until Lobdell scuttled away to write his crap stories in his own book.
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Jul 6, 2013 19:55
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What happened with the Diggle issues? Did more than one come out? Does the story go anywhere? I dropped the book when Morrison left but Unchained didn't really grab me. Gotta have my Supes.
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Jul 6, 2013 23:24
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Bitchin Kitchen posted:What happened with the Diggle issues? Did more than one come out? Does the story go anywhere? I dropped the book when Morrison left but Unchained didn't really grab me. Last "Diggle" issue is out. He left after his first and the rest were just based on his plot. Wait for #25 when Greg Pak takes over and go buy Batman Superma #1 right the hell now.
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Jul 6, 2013 23:31
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That's so insane. I'm not that into Daniel but Diggle usually keeps me entertained. I love Pak and Lee so I guess that's now on my to do-list. I was considering waiting for the trade until I realized it would probably be two years until they release it in softcover. Is Superboy still garbage? I love Conner Kent and that Lemire book was A+ for me. I imagine none of that possible exists anymore?
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Jul 6, 2013 23:36
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Bitchin Kitchen posted:Is Superboy still garbage? I love Conner Kent and that Lemire book was A+ for me. I imagine none of that possible exists anymore? That's pretty much been the problem with the series from the get-go is it's a solo title that's never been allowed to be solo. From the beginning he was tied up as a companion book to Teen Titans from the perspective of the bad guys, then it got involved in The Culling, then it was tied down to stuff happening in The Ravagers, then the H'el On Earth story in Superman, and now the H.I.V.E. thing happening in Superman. And after this it sounds like it's going to tie into Lobdell's "Back To Krypton" arc. Jordan is a great writer, anyone that's reading his Shadowman over at Valiant can attest, but he's clearly not being allowed to do his own thing at all. The book is tied to the whims of whatever Lobdell is doing, which is just tiresome at this point.
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Jul 7, 2013 00:24
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Bitchin Kitchen posted:Is Superboy still garbage? I love Conner Kent and that Lemire book was A+ for me. I imagine none of that possible exists anymore? The Superboy you know and love no longer exists. The current Superboy is a clone, and he may call himself Conner, but that's it. They can do whatever they want with his title, nothing is going to fix it. This character is one of the New 52 revisions that got messed up the worst. There is no saving it.
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Jul 7, 2013 03:26
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Revol posted:The Superboy you know and love no longer exists. The current Superboy is a clone, and he may call himself Conner, but that's it. He's always been a clone, though.
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Jul 7, 2013 04:33
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Mimir posted:He's always been a clone, though. That was the point. This Superboy is a clone, like the last one, and he calls himself Conner, like the last one, and that's basically where the similarities end because New 52 Superboy is just horrid.
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Jul 7, 2013 07:58
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:That was the point. This Superboy is a clone, like the last one, and he calls himself Conner, like the last one, and that's basically where the similarities end because New 52 Superboy is just horrid. You know what origin they should use? The one from this letter.  I wonder whatever happened to that kid and what he is doing now? Also what does he think of this new Superboy?
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Jul 7, 2013 08:02
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Maybe it's time for me to switch gears. How is the Supergirl book? I've never really read anything with her. The original Crisis maybe. A little Batman/Superman.
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Jul 7, 2013 16:20
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The Supergirl book moves slow as hell, but the writing is tight enough and the art is gorgeous. I'd recommend giving it a shot.
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Jul 7, 2013 16:54
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Skip the H'ell on Earth crossover and it's all pretty neat.
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Jul 7, 2013 21:12
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I didn't get to read it til today but this week's Adventures of Superman chapter might be the finest thing Tom DeFalco has written in close to a decade. The art style was gorgeous, too, and the throwback costume worked perfectly. It's so nice that while the superman titles are being dominated by mediocrity, there's at least this one shining example of how to do comics right.
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Jul 9, 2013 18:01
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Space_Butler posted:I didn't get to read it til today but this week's Adventures of Superman chapter might be the finest thing Tom DeFalco has written in close to a decade. The art style was gorgeous, too, and the throwback costume worked perfectly. It's so nice that while the superman titles are being dominated by mediocrity, there's at least this one shining example of how to do comics right. I also find it hilarious that global warming deniers are equal to Superman deniers.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:53
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Now that it's wrapped up, you guys should check out Calamity Jon Morris's Villains of Steel series, wherein he drew 75 different villains who have challenged Superman across various media for 75 years. All the hits, plus lots of deep-rear end cuts in there.
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Jul 9, 2013 20:53
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Space_Butler posted:I didn't get to read it til today but this week's Adventures of Superman chapter might be the finest thing Tom DeFalco has written in close to a decade. The art style was gorgeous, too, and the throwback costume worked perfectly. It's so nice that while the superman titles are being dominated by mediocrity, there's at least this one shining example of how to do comics right. Pete Woods is a dope Superman artist and I loved his work on the title in the mid-aughts when Kurt Busiek was writing it (totally different style than in this week's AoS though - but equally pretty.)
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Jul 10, 2013 06:35
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Bought some Detolfs at Ikea a few weeks ago, tonight I got the last one sorted out.
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Jul 16, 2013 03:41
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Once again Adventure of Superman is the best Superman title on the market.
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Jul 16, 2013 03:43
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bobkatt013 posted:Once again Adventure of Superman is the best Superman title on the market. That sequence with Brainiac is genuinely clever. Man, it kills me that Injustice outsells AoS beyond the point of comparison. We really do get the comics we deserve.
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Jul 16, 2013 04:16
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Benito Cereno posted:Now that it's wrapped up, you guys should check out Calamity Jon Morris's Villains of Steel series, wherein he drew 75 different villains who have challenged Superman across various media for 75 years. All the hits, plus lots of deep-rear end cuts in there. I saw that and loved the bookends.
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Jul 16, 2013 07:15
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Justin Jordan has walked off Superboy. I was expecting this sooner or later, due to Lobdell's 2nd huge Super-title crossover about everyone going back in time to Krypton. I don't know why DC brings new writers on just to make them tie into events plotted by different people a couple issues later. Ah well, this is the last push I needed to drop Superboy without any reservations.
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Jul 17, 2013 19:37
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So anyone notice that the majority of walk-offs seem to happen almost exclusively under Eddie Berganza's titles, nowadays?
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Jul 17, 2013 19:37
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How in the world does Lobdell get so much creative control? First he craps all over one of my favorite characters in the new 52 (Superboy), and now he's dragging down practically every single Superman title with not only his terrible writing but also his insane love of crossovers. How well can his word block comics actually be selling?
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Jul 18, 2013 05:01
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Yawgmoft posted:How in the world does Lobdell get so much creative control? First he craps all over one of my favorite characters in the new 52 (Superboy), and now he's dragging down practically every single Superman title with not only his terrible writing but also his insane love of crossovers. How well can his word block comics actually be selling? His comics are fun but to be honest I don't think that the crossovers are Lobdell's choice, that reeks more to Editorial interference. Since Snyder's bullshit crossovers sells like hot cakes on Batman it should be the same with Superman, right? 
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Jul 18, 2013 15:45
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Semper Fudge posted:So anyone notice that the majority of walk-offs seem to happen almost exclusively under Eddie Berganza's titles, nowadays? I've been toying with the idea of doing deep research on this exact thing, but that's a story for another thread.
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Jul 18, 2013 15:57
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Snyder's bullshit Batman crossovers? Take another look over Death of the Family and compare it to H'ell on Earth. At least the ancillary books there were just that. You could solely read the Batman arc, but meanwhile some of the side stories were really decent. H'ell was totally invasive crud, done in the worst way where you're required to read every drat thing across titles or be lost for the next issue of your preferred comic.
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Jul 18, 2013 16:00
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Teenage Fansub posted:Snyder's bullshit Batman crossovers? Take another look over Death of the Family and compare it to H'ell on Earth. That's a matter of perspective, while I admit that H'el on earth ended on a whimper I didn't found invasive at all on the other titles and frankly, I like better when a story is told between various titles that when the plot is hijacked by a random crossover just because.
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Jul 18, 2013 16:07
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Teenage Fansub posted:Snyder's bullshit Batman crossovers? Take another look over Death of the Family and compare it to H'ell on Earth.
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Jul 19, 2013 13:40
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Johnston is reporting that DC is offering John Romita Jr his own Superman book to lure him away from Marvel once his contract is up. I have no idea about him as a writer, but I think his art has been pretty atrocious from his Avengers run onward (and especially with how lazy his Captain America has been getting), so this might be the fastest "pass" from me yet. If it happens.
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Jul 21, 2013 21:21
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Space_Butler posted:Johnston is reporting that DC is offering John Romita Jr his own Superman book to lure him away from Marvel once his contract is up. He'd do a good Superman but his Image mini series he wrote was horrible. This will end up being as bad as everything Tony Daniel wrote.
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Jul 21, 2013 21:49
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I love the current Cap art. I hope its a bit of Chinese Whispers and he's not writing a book, but taking over Unchained from Lee. That might get me to not dump that series like a pile of bricks.
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Jul 21, 2013 22:54
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Bad times coming for Lois Lane.quote:We were given hints into the Superman Annual with Scott Lobdell and Dan Jurgans, that it would be primarily Lois centred, but here was a hesitant caution given as to what is done to Lois. “The good news is that she has this brilliant spot light on her and it’s going to be huge, but the bad news is what we do to her is really bad. This seems to be a common tactic, especially from DC. "You know that character you like? Well, their life is about to become HELL. LITERAL, loving HELL. THEY WILL WISH FOR DEATH, BUT IT WILL NEVER COME."
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Jul 22, 2013 03:21
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Hey fans you all miss Lois Lane right? Well guess what we're going to give you an issue all about her as she has her arms ripped off by Superboy Prime
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Jul 22, 2013 03:27
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A while back I said that if Man of Steel's (awesome) take on Lois led to her gaining renewed attention in the comics, that alone would justify the movie's existence. All my friends loved Adams and said this made them finally see what I've seen in the character, and given how movies bleed into comics I figured we'd get Lois back as a major character soon. So naturally they announce Superman/Wonder Woman, and then this. Well, A+ for confounding expectations, I guess? 
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Jul 22, 2013 04:02
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ISpace_Butler posted:Johnston is reporting that DC is offering John Romita Jr his own Superman book to lure him away from Marvel once his contract is up. Ever since as a wee child I saw JRjr's artwork, I have always hated it. I cannot for the life of me understand why he is so well regarded and how he still gets work. The only effect this will have on me is to somehow reduce my desire to buy Superman comics even further, which I thought was impossible. As a gigantic Superman fan you have no idea how much it depresses me to write that 
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Jul 22, 2013 04:03
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Mike From Nowhere posted:A while back I said that if Man of Steel's (awesome) take on Lois led to her gaining renewed attention in the comics, that alone would justify the movie's existence. All my friends loved Adams and said this made them finally see what I've seen in the character, and given how movies bleed into comics I figured we'd get Lois back as a major character soon. The first arc of that comic should end with them breaking up and it becomes Superman/Lois Lane
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Jul 22, 2013 04:04
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The Goon posted:Ever since as a wee child I saw JRjr's artwork, I have always hated it. I cannot for the life of me understand why he is so well regarded and how he still gets work. I've actually always been surprised at how much people seem to dislike JRJR online. He's not my absolute favourite and he can be incredibly sloppy when he's rushing to hit deadlines (hello AvX!!), but I've loved a lot of his work over the years.
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