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Jiro posted:The art has always been just amazing I love Pat Gleason so much.  He's so similar to Doug Mahnke, who I also love and Mahnke will be on Superman/Wonder Woman with Tomasi real shortly. It's bittersweet losing a Charles Soule book for that, but I'm pretty pumped for that combo.
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Jiro posted:Like I've said before the most solid and consistent Bat Book since the farting out of Nu 52 has been Batman and Robin/???????. The art has always been just amazing you get some new-ish over the top villains for them to take down, or redrawn Joker that is miles better than Capulo's take, and fleshed out Damian to a degree where when he finally died it felt like it meant something. Oh and bitchin Bat Armors and Apokolips adventures. And some really good grieving issues after Damian died. It's overwrought and awful. And at least half the time, the faces on the female characters look straight out of rescue rangers.
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Nov 13, 2014 14:40
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I finally got around to reading Batman #36. I understand that Joker cut off his face and he had the crazy looking strapped on face during Death of the Family, but how did he get a normal face, and his old face back? Is this something that happened in Eternal or is this something yet to be explained?
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Nov 15, 2014 04:02
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Yet to be explained. The orderly has had these appearances http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/11/12/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-batmans-eric-border-before-you-read-batman-36/ and then there's #36.
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Nov 15, 2014 04:55
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Ugh, Eternal is getting harder to defend each passing week. It just seems to be "raising the stakes" every single issue to the point of it becoming ridiculous. Did Bruce really stockpile military grade weapons in highly populated areas and then send a comparative rookie (who happens to be Alfred's daughter) to shoulder an incredibly deadly mission less than a year after his own son was KIA? Literally how did he not expect both of these things to shoot him in the foot almost immediately? 
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Nov 19, 2014 22:44
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Bedtime Stories posted:Ugh, Eternal is getting harder to defend each passing week. It just seems to be "raising the stakes" every single issue to the point of it becoming ridiculous. Yeah it's almost like this Batman has learned no lesson from War Games....Oh, wait.
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Nov 19, 2014 22:55
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See? In Eternal things happens for the shock value disregarding characterizations or logic. Bruce actions on Eternal are specially jarring when you compares it with the other books he shows in. On other hand, Batman Superman was pretty drat cool, great setup and excellent art. I loved this page: 
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Nov 19, 2014 23:08
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...although I have always liked the "Batman is a dangerous loose canon who can't be trusted by the public/police" interpretation from the Year One era the most, so if Eternal reinstates that status quo for a while I'd be all for it. This "Totally-Not-Iron-Man" thing that's been going on for the entire New 52 is really bad.
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Nov 20, 2014 00:43
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Batman and Robin was one giant "badass" scene. The comic was also quite good.
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Nov 20, 2014 01:39
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In honour of Batman being 75 and capitalism being all about excess, DC is putting 750 Batman comics for sale on Black Friday.
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Nov 21, 2014 01:49
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Madkal posted:In honour of Batman being 75 and capitalism being all about excess, DC is putting 750 Batman comics for sale on Black Friday.
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Nov 21, 2014 02:02
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lotus circle posted:I guess they can't let the year slowly end without talking about Batman some more. I assume this sale will extend to comixology though. Yep and its the same one they had earlier this year. Bullshit too since they have not added the run that introduced Ra's al Ghul
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Nov 21, 2014 02:05
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The Batman sale is on Comixology. What are the good Legends of the Dark Knight issues? I got the first three and #1 is about Alfred paying a bunch of crooks to beat up Batman and prove his point? That did not sit well with me.
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Schneider Heim posted:The Batman sale is on Comixology. What are the good Legends of the Dark Knight issues? I got the first three and #1 is about Alfred paying a bunch of crooks to beat up Batman and prove his point? That did not sit well with me. Issue 32-34 is Blades and it is amazing and has amazing Tim Sale artwork.
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Nov 26, 2014 01:05
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Is this a different Legends of the Dark Knight series because I thought it started with Shaman which is kind of a weak Year One coattail rider but nothing at all like that happens in it.
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Nov 26, 2014 01:13
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I mean the one that started in 2012, sorry. Both that and the old one are on sale.
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Nov 26, 2014 02:53
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Someone read Gotham By Midnight and let me know how it is, TIA
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irlZaphod posted:Someone read Gotham By Midnight and let me know how it is, TIA It reads like a poor man's Constantine, then again I'm not a fan neither of this take on Corrigan or the art. So is Eternal gonna cram every Batman story into itself? And Julia helping went extremely poorly, who would've thought? 
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Man, I've been waiting for Bruce's admitting of WayneTech's involvement with Batman to blow up in his face basically since the moment it happened. Such a stupid an unnecessary status quo shift. So this issue was pretty great for me. Is Broken City worth the $6 on Comixology right now?
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Nov 26, 2014 22:51
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I love that story so yeah I'd highly recommend it for $6. Just bear in mind that it's a much quieter murder mystery kinda story that's very gritty and Miller-ish rather than a more NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME kind of event.
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Bedtime Stories posted:Man, I've been waiting for Bruce's admitting of WayneTech's involvement with Batman to blow up in his face basically since the moment it happened. Such a stupid an unnecessary status quo shift.
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lotus circle posted:Batman Inc, in general, is pretty stupid for this reason. How no one thinks Bruce is Batman is kind of ridiculous when he says he's financing Batman and just so happens to have as many sons as there are Robins.
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Senor Candle posted:You must really hate every Superman comic huh. 
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Nov 27, 2014 02:52
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lotus circle posted:I have come to accept and live with the glasses. Plus the "posture" explanation helps as well Think of it like Iron Man, would the average guy think billionaire Bruce Wayne would risk his life being Batman or pay a series of guys to be Batman? And now that 1% prick has bought each of his spoiled little poo poo kids an underage poor child to be a Robin? Occupy Gotham.
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lotus circle posted:Batman Inc, in general, is pretty stupid for this reason. How no one thinks Bruce is Batman is kind of ridiculous when he says he's financing Batman and just so happens to have as many sons as there are Robins. To be fair, there's no indication that he actually adopted Dick, Jason or Tim on the N52.
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irlZaphod posted:Someone read Gotham By Midnight and let me know how it is, TIA It was fun, and the art, while fairly indistinct in a lot of spots, was atmospheric as all heck. Great coloring. Honestly, I enjoyed it, but I don't know if it hooked me hard enough to keep me reading for more than a few issues; it was good but I don't know if it was 'spend money' good, if that makes any sense.
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irlZaphod posted:Someone read Gotham By Midnight and let me know how it is, TIA It was okay! Ben Templesmith's art is getting easier to follow, and having him teamed with a decent writer's always the key with getting the best out of him. Not a particularly showy first issue but the introduction of more supernatural stuff to Gotham is...interesting? Might be worth waiting for the trade to see how this first storyline pans out, and how far they take the spooky stuff. I like how it seems to spinning off the occult things Snyder's been hinting at, and have been appearing in Arkham Manor and Gotham Academy. Oh, and side note: I went to the Thought Bubble convention in Leeds last week, which included a Gotham panel with Snyder, Brendan Flectcher, Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr and Becky Cloonan. Super interesting, apparently the lot of them (and possibly the Manor people) are all going to meet up soon to see how better to interconnect their books, which sounds fun?
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lotus circle posted:Batman Inc, in general, is pretty stupid for this reason. How no one thinks Bruce is Batman is kind of ridiculous when he says he's financing Batman and just so happens to have as many sons as there are Robins. I don't really have a problem with this; it's very silly, but then lots of things about Batman are. I had a much bigger issue with Year One where everyone goes "oh, of course Batman is Bruce Wayne!", because while that's obviously what would actually happen having it happen in the world of the comics put a great deal of strain on the whole thing to me. I sort of feel the same way about lots of attempts to make Batman feel more realistic than it ever could be, such as the times when a comic has to pretend "Edward Nygma" is a totally sensible name.
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I kind of want to check out Gotham Adventures...it looks fun and I really miss TAS sometimes. Any recommendations there?
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Zoe posted:I kind of want to check out Gotham Adventures...it looks fun and I really miss TAS sometimes. Any recommendations there?
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Zoe posted:I kind of want to check out Gotham Adventures...it looks fun and I really miss TAS sometimes. Any recommendations there?
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lotus circle posted:Batman Inc, in general, is pretty stupid for this reason. How no one thinks Bruce is Batman is kind of ridiculous when he says he's financing Batman and just so happens to have as many sons as there are Robins. I approximate it to the Koch brothers and their kids, or Sergi Brin's pet projects. Yes, you know Sergi does a bunch of computer code work, hes the visionary of Google, while Larry runs the thing. But honestly, aside from the carefully controlled projects or press packets, these guys usually have a small army of press editors & PR firms to trawl the internet + media for any sort of gossip. How many photos of the Brin kids or Koch grandkids do you see on the internet ? While Brin outright said he was going to donate his time to study AI and self driving cars, did anyone bother to pick up he's an advisor to the national security council of Eschelon ? I'm guessing not. Can any goon name 4 projects Ed Koch or Zuckerburg do on their off hours ? Fwd.US doesn't count. Hell, a bunch of guys are going on Seal training with Pershing Square. And thats the tame end of the spectrum. Now before we have a full spergout and someone says "Hal_2005" you're being creepy again, go see what you can find on Lawrence Steinberg. If you follow Wall St gossip you may hear about Bruce Wayne once or twice a year, maybe a photo of him in his 20's. But in nu52, I'd wager very few people are aware of his wards, and fewer still could pick Bruce Wayne out of a line at a Gotham Starbucks. Hal_2005 fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Nov 29, 2014 |
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redbackground posted:Not lying, the Adventures line was great from beginning to end. You could reasonably pick up any issue and have a good time. The final version of the series, Batman Adventures, was more into longer-term plotting than what came before, and there is a lot of Riddler gold to be found. The Batman Adventures, Batman & Robin Adventures, and Batman: Gotham Adventures are more like the original show, with more standalone issues. You really can't go wrong anywhere in the mix. I just grabbed the first six issues to check it out and yeah, they were pretty great. I would've gotten more but I also discovered Mega Man comics were a thing that exists, so now I am poor but my inner 10 year old is very happy. Is Adventures always 99 cents or are they just on sale now? I definitely want to pick up some more after payday.
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Zoe posted:I just grabbed the first six issues to check it out and yeah, they were pretty great. I would've gotten more but I also discovered Mega Man comics were a thing that exists, so now I am poor but my inner 10 year old is very happy.
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"Batman Eternal" sale including Rucka & N52 Batwoman, Steph Brown Batgirl and Morrison Batman & Robin. https://www.comixology.com/World-of-Batman-Eternal-Sale/page/4483?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC9kZXNrdG9wL2xhcmdlQ2Fyb3VzZWw
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I guess this all but confirms Dr. Hurt will be appearing in Eternal, judging by those Batman and Robin issues on sale. (I can't actually recall if he has appeared yet but I'm going to wager a "no.") Kind of weird to put Batwing on sale but also include the David Zavimbe issues. Not that I'm complaining because the book was far more interesting with David.
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Maybe Damian's gonna pop in like Robin Rises happened between two issues. e: If I needed to hype up Dr Hurt I'd use Batman RIP issues rather than all of B&R. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 10:26 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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lotus circle posted:I guess this all but confirms Dr. Hurt will be appearing in Eternal, judging by the fact that he is a character that existed at a point in Bat-history. ftfy. Seriously that's the barrier to entry for Eternal.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Maybe Damian's gonna pop in like Robin Rises happened between two issues.
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I was being facetious, but Tomasi was put on the Eternal reigns months ago when he obviously had to drop plans for Carrie Kelley. I'm assuming because of Snyder n' co's induction of Julia Pennyworth making the batcave a bit too full of young ladies. I wonder if they'll even try to make it work out logically. All of Robin Rises, including a future issue of B&R (judging by the solicited cover) take place while they use the batcave. Meanwhile the Batman slightly into the future in 'Batman' presumably still doesn't have access to the manor. e: I looked up Peter Tomasi's Twitter and he'd posted what the French collections look like.  Jeeeez
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