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Xander B Coolridge posted:Are there any other Superman stories similar to Birthright? Secret Origin by Geoff Johns is the same idea but it's drenched in the Silver Age. It's a good story but vastly inferior to Birthright.
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Xander B Coolridge posted:Also I'm kind of confused with continuity. The way I understand it, the Superman from the New 52 is the same character as the Action Comics t-shirt Superman? Comics are hard.
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Jul 19, 2014 05:16
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Try Greg Pak's Action Comics (#25+) if you aren't digging Grant Morrison's. There isn't much Clark at all, but there's an awesome classic adventure vibe and Lana Lang as a fantastic supporting character. It's in the past with t-shirt Superman for the first issue since it was tying in to a Batman origins event of the time (which you don't need to know to read. It's just a setting) but jumps forward to modern day right after. Alternatively, there's Superman #32 from last month where Geoff Johns starts his run. It's a fresh start with a lot of classic elements missing since the reboot, like a focus on the Daily Planet, Lois and Jimmy. It even avoids the current Doomsday crossover running, so you can just pick it right up and not face Lois having psychic Braniac powers or whatever's been happening. e: I loved Morrison's Action a whole lot, though. It ends up going really crazy and fun and confusing in the way Morrison does, but there's a whole lot of heart in there. There's an issue dedicated to an alternate Earth's black president Superman and a Halloween special which should be crazy touching if you've ever liked a dog 
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Jul 19, 2014 13:44
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Teenage Fansub posted:
It also is about how DC screwed over Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
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Jul 21, 2014 21:29
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Adventures of Superman #15 is a hell of a good Superman story with some purdy art.
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The Goon posted:I will never, ever believe that Clark Kent Superman, even if he is the Earth 2 version, would ever do what he did in this issue, or that he would be so absolutely brainwashed as to be able to do that. The entire "Brutaal" plot smacks of a cheap ploy to justify him getting killed off to make way for his replacement. Better that he had just stayed dead. You are right Clark Kent Superman would never do what he did in issue 25. He still died a hero. bobkatt013 fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Aug 6, 2014 |
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Aug 6, 2014 17:16
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I didn't buy the book but I read a spoiler that it was Earth 2 Bizarro the whole time? Any truth to that?
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Aug 6, 2014 19:23
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horsepeen posted:I didn't buy the book but I read a spoiler that it was Earth 2 Bizarro the whole time? Yup!
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Aug 6, 2014 19:25
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In a shocking turn of events I find myself enjoying the poo poo out of the DOOMED event.
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Aug 6, 2014 20:29
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Rhyno posted:In a shocking turn of events I find myself enjoying the poo poo out of the DOOMED event. I wonder why that is? Could it be them dropping the dead weight?
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Aug 6, 2014 20:31
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bobkatt013 posted:I wonder why that is? Could it be them dropping the dead weight? And it's honestly been fun as poo poo since the one shot. Pak and Soule are loving killing it.
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Aug 6, 2014 20:32
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This Doomed week was such a blast. I love Aaron Kuder a lot.
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Aug 6, 2014 22:49
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Teenage Fansub posted:This Doomed week was such a blast. I love Aaron Kuder a lot. He's got so much talent, I'll be really bummed when DC pushes him off to JL to work with Johns. You know this will happen.
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Aug 6, 2014 22:52
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Well, off topic, but I think the Luthor and Cold inclusion is turning Justice League into a really fun Geoff book. But I agree, just because JL is keeping Doug Mahnke employed.
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Aug 6, 2014 23:04
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Teenage Fansub posted:Well, off topic, but I think the Luthor and Cold inclusion is turning Justice League into a really fun Geoff book. I want Manke back on a solo Superman book so bad, maybe Batman/Superman when Lee is bored with it.
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Aug 6, 2014 23:16
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I read all three Doomed issues this week. Did I miss something or did Cyborg Superman get defeated off screen? He was alive and fine in SM/WW Annual 3 but come Action Comics 34 all that's left is a disembodied cyborg hand floating around. What happened there?
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Aug 7, 2014 04:50
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AFoolAndHisMoney posted:I read all three Doomed issues this week. Did I miss something or did Cyborg Superman get defeated off screen? Superdoom ripped his arm and then he gloated about just being a diversion, he showed up for a few panels on Action Comics when activating the portal.
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Aug 7, 2014 05:35
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:Superdoom ripped his arm and then he gloated about just being a diversion, he showed up for a few panels on Action Comics when activating the portal. Oh I see it now, the floating robot arm is just the one doom ripped off that he later regenerated. Has cyborg superman ever showed up in other nu52 stories and are they any good?
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Aug 8, 2014 04:46
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AFoolAndHisMoney posted:Oh I see it now, the floating robot arm is just the one doom ripped off that he later regenerated. Has cyborg superman ever showed up in other nu52 stories and are they any good? He popped up in Villains month and then 4-5 issues of Supergirl and he was actually not a bad reimagining. He's Supergirl's dad
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Aug 8, 2014 04:48
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Rhyno posted:I want Manke back on a solo Superman book so bad, maybe Batman/Superman when Lee is bored with it. Not solo, but tada! http://www.newsarama.com/21887-superman-wonder-woman-gets-new-creative-team-damian-inspires-the-bat-family-in-november.html New Superman/Wonder Woman team of Peter Tomasi and Doug Mahnke as of issue #13.  I'm cool as long as Soule gets another comic.
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Aug 15, 2014 15:50
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Teenage Fansub posted:Not solo, but tada! Bleh. I just cannot get behind that at all.
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Aug 15, 2014 15:53
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Teenage Fansub posted:Not solo, but tada! Wow, ask for and ye shall receive! Soule is writing like 18 books. Let the dude take a break.
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Aug 15, 2014 18:52
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It is probably only the coloring, but Superman there is missing his left eye.
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Aug 15, 2014 18:55
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It's a shame that of all the books Soule had to give up this one, considering this was by large one of his best, but the new team seems pretty solid so I'll give it a shot.
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Aug 15, 2014 19:25
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 Variant cover for Superman #34  It would/could never happen but drat what I would give for Romita Sr. interiors to Superman.
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Aug 15, 2014 22:24
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Ever wanted to own an essentially mint-condition Action Comics #1? Now you can! 
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Aug 19, 2014 10:46
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If you haven't yet, don't buy this week's Supergirl as a chapter for Doomed. It just goes over stuff we've seen. Also it wasn't a good issue of Supergirl. Not that I minded her falling for a crippled boy her own age, that's pretty neat. It just wasn't well done. In case you missed the solicits, Mike Johnson, one of the original N52 Supergirl writers is coming back on it in November, co-writing with a new-to-comics female author. That should be a pretty good thing.
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Teenage Fansub posted:If you haven't yet, don't buy this week's Supergirl as a chapter for Doomed. It just goes over stuff we've seen. It makes me remember an interview with the writer of Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures of the fifth Grade and how it was mentioned there's no all-age Supergirl stories, I'm not sure why she's being written so poorly; she was wrote as a peppy teenager before and even though DC had a dozen plucky blond teen heroes, now they have zero.
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Aug 21, 2014 19:04
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They have one in Stargirl in JLU. I think her loner alien attitude works at least in these early years. It made the Banshee relationship pretty nice when she was trying to break through it, before H'el on Earth killed the vibe just as she was starting to have fun. I've liked her over in Red Lanterns and the Doomed appearance as a Red where she she told Superdoom to just let it out by smashing things in space like she'd been doing. e: Especially her crazy psychopath grin in that issue.   I actually really liked the series before Bedard when it wasn't crossing over with Lobdel's events. I'm pumped for the original writer to get back on. It's maybe not all-age because of a boob jokes or two, but I recall the one with SG and Power Girl fighting her fortress being a really good comedic issue. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Aug 22, 2014 |
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Aug 22, 2014 00:06
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Teenage Fansub posted:They have one in Stargirl in JLU. Yeah, Red Daughter of Krypton and that whole ordeal with the Reds has been pretty good. Makes sense, Charles Soule is a great writer and I expected good things from it. I just do kind of almost wish she'd stuck around as a major player in that book for a while. It's not like her actual book has her doing anything interesting. She's always good in her secondary books.
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Holy poo poo does Pak write a great Lois. I wonder where they are going with Lana, but I assume that it will end with her getting her faith back. I also love how they made John Corbin a hero
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bobkatt013 posted:I also love how they made John Corbin a hero I'm kinda bummed we don't actually get to see all the stuff that splash page is saying happened. I'd have taken Action doing a World Without Superman thing for a few months instead of the time jump just to see Baka and Krypto superheroing. After months and months of this crossover, ending with all the crying and reflection, I liked how suddenly silly the cliffhanger in this issue was. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 12:29 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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Oct 1, 2014 12:24
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What the gently caress is happening to Scott Snyder? First he drops the ball on the Wake (seriously, that finale was total poo poo) and now on Unchained. I know the fault lies with Lee but that issue was not worth the 7 months of delays we had to suffer through.
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Unchained felt completely phoned in from the start, it's weird that Snyder went on about how this was the superman he always wanted to tell if he could only tell one because the whole thing has been really dull. It was just decent at the time it first came out because Lobdell was ruining both superman and action comics.
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AFoolAndHisMoney posted:Unchained felt completely phoned in from the start, it's weird that Snyder went on about how this was the superman he always wanted to tell if he could only tell one because the whole thing has been really dull. It was just decent at the time it first came out because Lobdell was ruining both superman and action comics. On the other hand Action Comics this week is pretty great. Superman has joined the Beard Avengers.
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bobkatt013 posted:On the other hand Action Comics this week is pretty great. Superman has joined the Beard Avengers. Pak has been killing it on Action Comics and Johns has been doing good work too, it also helps that both of them have been throwing out all the crap Lobdell introduced. Superman has been pretty awesome lately.
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Nov 6, 2014 10:56
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I think Greg Pak just killed the N52 version of All-Star's suicide girl. So, the famous rear end scene.  Batman/Superman #16  Batman/Superman #17  I imagine her first name is Regan in rear end, but that can't be a coincidence.
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Dec 19, 2014 08:06
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I think Felicity is the character that Superman saves from jumping in Grounded so it could be an amalgam of both that he's using there.
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Dec 19, 2014 09:54
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gently caress you Greg Pak
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He's loving awesome. Batman Superman and Action Comics are easily the best Superman and Batman books being published right now 
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