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catlord posted:Why did the pre-N52 Batgirl collections not have numbers on their spines? I seem to remember other collections didn't either, but Batgirl stood out to me for a few reasons. ALmost nothing did.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Batman and Robin (pre-N52) doesn't either. Only if you have the rest of Snyder/Capullos run because the stuff in Zero Year is mentioned suprisingly often early on in the run. gently caress its fantastic, though.
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Yeah as a huge fan of Year One and all that early years Batman that came out in the 80s and 90s I had held off on zero year for a long time. I finally caved and read it and it might really be better than Year One.
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I wouldn't say it's better than Year One, just because I hold up Year One to such a high standard but it was really drat good and this is coming from someone that wasn't feeling either Court of Owls or Death in the Family. It really does manage to do an interesting, modern, Batman origin story and most importantly makes it feel fresh. The bit with Alfred at the end as well is such a ridiculously well done gut punch.
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As far as I can recall you could do the #0 issue and Zero Year without reading the rest of the series. edit: Action Comics #25 is worth a look as a tie-in. It contributes nothing really. It's just shirt and jeans Superman helping during a big storm that features in ZY, but it's a great issue and the start of Pak's run. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 09:24
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Reading Zero Year made me admit to myself that I'm actually tired of reading about Batman fighting mobsters. It was a hard thing to do. Thanks to this thread for praising it so much, that's what finally got me to read it.
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Zero Year is fantastic. It's my favorite Batman story Snyder has done.
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Chris Sims over at ComicAlliance put it pretty well when he said that Batman Year One is a Batman story written by a Cleveland guy who had just come to New York in the 80's and got mugged. Zero Year is written from a post 9/11 world perspective. While both origin stories, they are like two different time capsules. I loved Zero Year though, even if it was as realistic as Year One, and the Capullo artwork was amazing (ditto for the colouring).
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redbackground posted:Clarification as to why this happened: The original trade releases left out a bunch of issues because DC. When they were re-relased (first in hardcover, than softcover, both with large yellow titles/credits at the tops and bottoms of the front covers to differentiate them from the original trades) all the issues were finally collected (yay!), so arcs got moved further and further downstream, and the new volumes did not line up with the old versions (since a bunch of issues were added back in). If you order new copies of the trades like from Amazon, you will get the best versions, so that's good--just avoid the old trades. Thanks for this. My local shop at both versions for some reason so I went by the later publication date. Good to know I made the right choice.
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Aug 11, 2014 16:19
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 First look of Gotham Academy art http://karlkerschl.com/post/94447340122/olive-and-maps-in-the-hot-seat-coloured-panel
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By the way, Gerry Duggan quitting 'Arkham Manor' after only six issues apparently came from Scott Snyder himself. He frequently visits my local comic shop and he told them about it the last time he was there. Story is that he was pissed off at how DC functions compared to Marvel, considering he's been doing Deadpool for three years now without a complaint.
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Aug 11, 2014 19:32
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Can't wait to read his five issues and then bug him on twitter about what happened on the issue six that was redone by the new writer without him knowing.
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From what I understand, it's now going to be a miniseries of six issues rather than continue with another writer. 'Arkham Manor' was idea to begin with, so I guess the least DC could do is let him end it the way he wants instead of yanking it away from him.
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Scott Snyder holding a bean spilling comic shop guy in complete confidence over something like that sounds a little fishy to me. E: Arkham Manor sounds like a short-lived thing anyway. I assume keeping inmates in Batman's house isn't a permanent idea. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Teenage Fansub posted:Scott Snyder holding a bean spilling comic shop guy in complete confidence over something like that sounds a little fishy to me. It sounds fishy to me as well, but everyone including the owner were talking about it, and Snyder is there like once a month.
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EDIT: Sorry wrong thread.
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Man by the end of the year the excluding some junk like Red Hood the Bat-line will probably be the best of the big two.quote:Gotham By Midnight tells the story of the Gotham City Police Department’s horror beat, the “midnight shift” that deals with monsters, ghosts, and a creepier class of creep. The book is headlined by a familiar name from the Bat-universe, Detective Jim Corrigan — who happens to be host to the vengeful divine force The Spectre. It sounds like Gotham By Midnight has the potential to be a very left-of-center Gotham Central. 
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Waterhaul posted:Man by the end of the year the excluding some junk like Red Hood the Bat-line will probably be the best of the big two. Red Hood is edited by the Superman office for some reason though  I'm a little peeved at the Spectre changes though, they're ignoring everything DeMatties set up on the Dark line just to turn Corrigan into a Constantine lite.
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This sounds like the kind of comic that would be right up my alley, but is this the same writer who wrote Corrigan in Batman Eternal? I didn't much care for his depiction there, what little I read of it, but it does seems like they will be going for a different tone for this comic.
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Waterhaul posted:Man by the end of the year the excluding some junk like Red Hood the Bat-line will probably be the best of the big two. Definitely spanning out of Eternal and using Eternal as springboard. Good move. I am rather hit and miss with Fawkes though, so I might give it one or two issues before deciding to commit to it fully. Seems like the Bat office is going into overdrive with new titles covering different territory. If the Batman titles become there own little corner universe divorced from the rest of DCU I would be quite happy. As it stands I am already buying Batman and Grayson. Look forward to adding Batgirl, Gotham Academy.
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It's a shame Ray Fawkes had been so boring on jld, Constantine and pandora. This looks like a book I'd love but I've yet to read a good book by Fawkes. Having said that, Doyle should be in charge of all the lines if he's the reason the Batfamily has gotten this interesting .
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AFoolAndHisMoney posted:It's a shame Ray Fawkes had been so boring on jld, Constantine and pandora. This looks like a book I'd love but I've yet to read a good book by Fawkes.
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redbackground posted:Yeah, I haven't read anything by him that's been super interesting. It's a nice concept, but I am not going to be surprised if the execution does not live up. Same here, but a DC book getting me to give it a chance is a step in the right direction.
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Soonmot posted:Same here, but a DC book getting me to give it a chance is a step in the right direction.
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I'd be really interested in that book if I didn't know DC would ruin anything good about it within less than 12 issues.
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"Rubber lasers. Honest."
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Does Batman only have one hand in that picture?
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Who's the one on the left? Cullen?
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Who's Lark?
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What the gently caress is this? Bat-Dredd?
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It looks kind of like Morrison's re-imagining of the Batman of the 31st Century. I can't find a better image than the one below, which is from the "Time and the Batman" trade.
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It has to be from the next Batman arc, which jumps forward to take place after Eternal, and in B-Man #28 we already saw Harper as this character on the right with a big ol' electricity rifle, probably similar to what Batman's holding. Snyder hates contemporary settings and Batman sleeves.
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Teenage Fansub posted:
Mad Max Batman is the best Batman.
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Surprised that no one's talking about Duggan's Batman issue, it was pretty drat good and the art complemented it perfectly.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:Surprised that no one's talking about Duggan's Batman issue, it was pretty drat good and the art complemented it perfectly. I had no idea Duggan did an issue outside of the upcoming 'Arkham Manor'. What was it?
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Pope Corky the IX posted:I had no idea Duggan did an issue outside of the upcoming 'Arkham Manor'. What was it?
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Pope Corky the IX posted:I had no idea Duggan did an issue outside of the upcoming 'Arkham Manor'. What was it? Batman 34
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Thanks, I appreciate it. While I wait for Zero Year to come out in softcover, I've been catching up on Batman '66 and working my way through Gotham Central and Black & White.
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I really enjoyed Batman #34. The ending panel was really freaky though. I also have a quick question for the thread. For the New 52 Batman I've read: Court of Owls, Night of Owls, City of Owls and Death of the Family trades. I read Year Zero on an issue by issue basis. Maybe it's because I didn't start reading individual issues until Year Zero but why is Jim Gordon in jail?
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