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If anyone's looking for any extra incentive to read the original Suicide Squad, CBR just put up a huge freaking love letter to the series. 
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redbackground posted:If anyone's looking for any extra incentive to read the original Suicide Squad, CBR just put up a huge freaking love letter to the series. Now if DC could just release the whole thing in trade form instead of just the first story arc (twice!).
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Jul 24, 2015 16:18
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Oh I had a Green Lantern related question also, what are the storylines between Green Lantern Blackest Night and the new 52 relaunch, which I was told just continues the previous storylines.
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Jul 24, 2015 16:35
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The trades are w brightest day: Gl, War of the Lanterns, reboot, gl: sinestro, gl: revenge of the black hand, then those trades in that sale you bought.
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Jul 24, 2015 20:40
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Just to be clear, Brightest day green lantern is different from the deadman story? I wasn't a big fan of that one.
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Jul 24, 2015 20:42
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Kurtofan posted:Just to be clear, Brightest day green lantern is different from the deadman story? I wasn't a big fan of that one. It's a tie end but it doesn't have much to do with that story. CharlestheHammer fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Jul 24, 2015 |
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Jul 24, 2015 21:24
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I wanna post the last page of Bombshells #1. Okay, bye. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Jul 28, 2015 |
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Jul 28, 2015 13:57
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Is the JSA a thing in New 52?
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Jul 28, 2015 17:11
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Kurtofan posted:Is the JSA a thing in New 52? Only on Earth-2 and I don't think they've ever been called the JSA...also they're nothing like the original JSA...so no.
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Jul 28, 2015 17:18
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There still hasn't been a New 52 Doctor Midnight, has there? Hopefully he shows up Earth 2: Society. And his N52 reimagining lets him rotate his head 180 degrees with no explanation.
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Jul 28, 2015 20:54
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So I read Cyborg #1. My question... Vic mentions three times he almost died. The first was the Apokaliptian (Apokaliptic?) invasion, the second was the Grid taking over his bionics and separating from his body. What was the third? When did he upgrade from the post-Forever Evil armor? Also, I liked his C-gear symbol. DC should've kept it if he's going to be pushed as one of the icons.
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Jul 28, 2015 23:03
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Dario the Wop posted:So I read Cyborg #1. My question... Vic mentions three times he almost died. The first was the Apokaliptian (Apokaliptic?) invasion, the second was the Grid taking over his bionics and separating from his body. What was the third? When did he upgrade from the post-Forever Evil armor? The sneak peek for the series http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/dc-sneak-peek-cyborg-dc-comics-2015
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Jul 28, 2015 23:09
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Teenage Fansub posted:The sneak peek for the series http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/dc-sneak-peek-cyborg-dc-comics-2015 There's too much terrible to go into detail with on this but holy poo poo, more arms getting cut off.
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Jul 28, 2015 23:13
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Madkal posted:It took me a minute to get the HALFASS joke. I also loved the end-of-life care bear. drat the book can be dark and hilarious at the same time. I'm dumb, could you explain that first bit? :c
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Jul 29, 2015 00:24
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Teenage Fansub posted:I wanna post the last page of Bombshells #1. Well I like the look of Waller much better then I do in Suicide Squad. She actually has some bulk on her.
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Jul 29, 2015 01:17
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Didn't they introduce some subplot in that terrible Suicide Squad comic that Waller started breaking her diet?
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Jul 29, 2015 01:40
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Teenage Fansub posted:The sneak peek for the series http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/dc-sneak-peek-cyborg-dc-comics-2015
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Jul 29, 2015 02:40
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Dario the Wop posted:Thank you! I am willing to see this series through the first arc, despite the now-standard DC trope of arms being severed. Between DC's comics and Marvel's films (phase two, at least), there must be a subliminal prosthetic arms ad somewhere.
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Jul 29, 2015 04:05
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MonsterEnvy posted:Well I like the look of Waller much better then I do in Suicide Squad. She actually has some bulk on her. With Viola Davis playing her in the movie I wouldn't be surprised if we get a more curvy and less skinny 25-year-old supermodel version of her sooner or later. Still not the Amanda Waller of old, but at least a bit more like her.
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Jul 29, 2015 08:00
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Decius posted:With Viola Davis playing her in the movie I wouldn't be surprised if we get a more curvy and less skinny 25-year-old supermodel version of her sooner or later. Still not the Amanda Waller of old, but at least a bit more like her. She's still a supermodel on TV.
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She's also a terrible character on Arrow who will probably be phased out anyway thanks to the movie similar to Deadshot.
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Jul 29, 2015 12:18
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Well, Viola Davis is a beautiful woman, but she's also very blatantly not a beautiful woman by the conventional standards of society. She herself has talked about this, and the shows and movies she's appeared in has addressed it directly. I think that dichotomy a great fit for Waller; frankly the best casting decision in the DCCU to date. e: ...okay, rereading this post, it sounds a little like I'm saying "She'll be a great Waller 'cuz she's ugly!!" which is not quite what I was going for. 
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Jul 29, 2015 12:21
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I've never read a Green Lantern comic in my life but I've decided to try jumping in with the two post-Convergence series, Lost Army and the regular GL book. Is there anything specific I need to know or should I pretty much be able to pick it up? I'd like to go back and read some of the old New 52 stuff and the well-known Johns GL run eventually, but that probably won't happen for a while, so I was hoping they weren't vital.
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Jul 29, 2015 22:57
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The biggest thing to get clued up on is Krona in Lost Army http://www.comicvine.com/krona/4005-27246/ to see why him just hanging out like, "Hey guys I'm just a scientist guy, how's it going?" is a big thing. I haven't been reading Venditti's GL recently, but I think the new status quos are starting all in medias res where you're supposed to be in the cold. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Jul 30, 2015 |
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I know I asked about the rogues before, but what are good flash stories in general? New 52 or before.
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Kurtofan posted:I know I asked about the rogues before, but what are good flash stories in general? New 52 or before. Waids run and Geoff John Wally run. The start of 52 was also really good and stop after the author change.
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BrianWilly posted:Well, Viola Davis is a beautiful woman, but she's also very blatantly not a beautiful woman by the conventional standards of society. She herself has talked about this, and the shows and movies she's appeared in has addressed it directly. I think that dichotomy a great fit for Waller; frankly the best casting decision in the DCCU to date. I would stab each and every one of you for a single kiss on the cheek from Viola Davis.
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Anyone else underwhelmed by this weeks Superman? I also think they're kinda using him going nova a bit too much just to have him be more vulnerable as an easy out to write stories where he can't solve his problems with him being "Superman". I feel like the Action Comics storyline would work just as fine if he still had his normal power set. Jeans and t-shirt for the win though.
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I kinda have to agree. GLY's run has been a bit lacking and the Super Flare spamming is silly. Action Comics is by far the best story in this Truth event. It's a good thing it reasonably stands on its own.
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Jiro posted:Anyone else underwhelmed by this weeks Superman? I also think they're kinda using him going nova a bit too much just to have him be more vulnerable as an easy out to write stories where he can't solve his problems with him being "Superman". I feel like the Action Comics storyline would work just as fine if he still had his normal power set. Jeans and t-shirt for the win though. The nova seemed to be part one of their plan. They showed a dude going up to him and doing something to him and causing the power loss.
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Batgirl Annual was a series of pitch-perfect crossovers, goddamn what a great setpiece for DC's new potential.
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Space Fish posted:Batgirl Annual was a series of pitch-perfect crossovers, goddamn what a great setpiece for DC's new potential. It was awesome. I hope Bengal gets a regular book. 
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Space Fish posted:Batgirl Annual was a series of pitch-perfect crossovers, goddamn what a great setpiece for DC's new potential. I found the writing incredibly mediocre. Helena, Dick and Steph were horribly out of character and for supposedly a single storyline, the whole thing was very disjointed. Art was pretty but nothing more. The Lobo annual on the other hand was pretty drat good, it showed both Lobo and Sinestro doing wha they do best and set a pretty interesting setup for the two books' next arc. Jiro posted:Anyone else underwhelmed by this weeks Superman? I also think they're kinda using him going nova a bit too much just to have him be more vulnerable as an easy out to write stories where he can't solve his problems with him being "Superman". I feel like the Action Comics storyline would work just as fine if he still had his normal power set. Jeans and t-shirt for the win though. Yeah, it felt like they only wanted a Superman depowered and exposed but they didn't gave a lot of thought at the why of those changes. Oh and if anyone's intrested, I've kept doing the Red Hood reviews. Is pretty fun.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:I found the writing incredibly mediocre. Helena, Dick and Steph were horribly out of character and for supposedly a single storyline, the whole thing was very disjointed. Art was pretty but nothing more. I don't know about Steph because I haven't been reading Catwoman, but I agree that Grayson and Helena seemed... off. I like the concept of doing a big story where Batgirl kinda hops around teaming up with all the various heroes in Gotham since there are so many books set there (hell, I like the idea of any character doing that, like I said, it's a great concept) but the execution was a little sloppy. I mean the transition from Batwoman to Gotham Academy was literally "Oh poo poo the villain broke out of her cuffs off panel while we were listening to exposition and no one noticed, better go to the next crossover".
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MonsterEnvy posted:Well I like the look of Waller much better then I do in Suicide Squad. She actually has some bulk on her. Is there a reason for the obsession with Waller being overweight? Coming from someone on neither side of the fence it seems odd to pigeon-hole a character who, as I understand it, is almost sociopathic and pursuant to her ideologies which I'd assume also meant being as physically fit as possible. But then again I really don't have the history with the character so I'm genuinely curious.
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Fuckstick Electric posted:Is there a reason for the obsession with Waller being overweight? Coming from someone on neither side of the fence it seems odd to pigeon-hole a character who, as I understand it, is almost sociopathic and pursuant to her ideologies which I'd assume also meant being as physically fit as possible. But then again I really don't have the history with the character so I'm genuinely curious. There are no fat black ladies in comics, she is one.
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Yeah it makes her rather unique in a world where visually most characters look similar or the same as each other.
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Fuckstick Electric posted:so I'm genuinely curious. Spend a buck and find out https://www.comixology.com/Suicide-Squad-1987-1992-1/digital-comic/31707?ref=c2VyaWVzL3ZpZXcvZGVza3RvcC9ncmlkTGlzdC9Jc3N1ZXM
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Sexying up the one lady in comics who never needed it seems desperate and lame. It was great they had someone so different but effective, and then they literally threw it away when nobody asked for it.
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Fuckstick Electric posted:Is there a reason for the obsession with Waller being overweight? Coming from someone on neither side of the fence it seems odd to pigeon-hole a character who, as I understand it, is almost sociopathic and pursuant to her ideologies which I'd assume also meant being as physically fit as possible. But then again I really don't have the history with the character so I'm genuinely curious. She was a short, chunky black single mother who had the clout to command a team of super-villains and out-maneuver Batman when he tried to shut her down. All these things made her incredibly unique and it was a fascinating character to unpack. I haven't read much of the character in n52 but I think I read she's not a single mother any more, so she's even less unique. You've got her pegged sort of wrong, I wouldn't say she's sociopathic. She's certainly driven. I doubt she considers herself a 'good' person, she does have ethics. She's just willing to sacrifice her own ethical code to do what she thinks is going to benefit her country more. Also being fat wasn't a huge part of her character which was incredibly rare in comics. She was just fat, that's how she looked. They didn't feel the need to draw her scarfing Ho-Hos every issue. It's a refreshing take on the shadowy government operative cliche. In a world where even like Professor X is drawn with biceps and washboard abs it was nice to see a character drawn more like a real desk jockey. e: AND she did all that without falling into the 'sassy thick black lady' cliche. Goddamn Ostrander was the man. purple death ray fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Jul 30, 2015 |
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