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Got Rebirth 1 and read it today and it interests me. I plan on moving my normal subscriptions over to their post-rebirth counterparts as well as subscribing to a few new titles. My question is: do I need to read all the Rebirth 1 shots to wrap up this story that they are telling in Rebirth 1 or are all the 1 shots just introductions to the various 'new' series'?
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May 26, 2016 10:16
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Alucard Nacirema posted:I hope Dr. Manhattan kills Cyborg and Jamie Reyes once and for all. Two poo poo characters that Didio loves shoving in my face. You and I are enemies now. (But seriously, why would you hate Jaime? His New 52 stuff was garbage, but the original run & most of the adaptions have been excellent).
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May 26, 2016 10:54
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darkwolf220 posted:Got Rebirth 1 and read it today and it interests me. I plan on moving my normal subscriptions over to their post-rebirth counterparts as well as subscribing to a few new titles. My question is: do I need to read all the Rebirth 1 shots to wrap up this story that they are telling in Rebirth 1 or are all the 1 shots just introductions to the various 'new' series'? They should just be intros to the series'. I think I read that they'll be one-&-dones and arcs will start at the #1s, kinda like longer, not free versions of the DCYou Sneak Peeks. e: Danny Miki's been posting early Batman art from David Finch and... am I nuts for thinking this looks really good?   Like, this is Finch from Forever Evil.   What? I suppose those don't show any close-up faces for us to see if those creepy doll eyes still exist, but do we not need to worry about this dude? It can only look better with Bellaire's colors too. e: That meticulous environmental signage, even. Veg posted:Shocking news: artists with talent are awesome when not glued to the DC house style. So he was forced to make FE look like that against some hidden real subtle talent that he's now free to express? Geoff demanded those faces? Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 12:42 on May 26, 2016 |
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May 26, 2016 10:58
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Shocking news: artists with talent are awesome when not glued to the DC house style. Finch can be amazing, given the freedom and time. Looks like he has been given both for this run.
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May 26, 2016 12:25
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Finch is pretty literally DC house style, though. Even when he was working for Marvel, it was like that. Which is fine, honestly, there's room for DC House Style. That said, I think the coloring is a really big part of the DC look, and we haven't seen that yet.
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May 26, 2016 14:04
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Yvonmukluk posted:You and I are enemies now. His original comic is one of my favorite comics of all time. He is a great character, great supporting cast, and hope this feels more like that then the 52 stuff. It's like what they did with Bart, take a great teen character and remove everything that makes him great.
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May 26, 2016 14:11
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Alucard Nacirema posted:
Scudder.
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May 26, 2016 14:32
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Late to the party, but here is what I'm interested in. Batman -Tom King has been doing so well on Vision that I'm more than willing to give this a try, even if I think the new Gotham character is a little silly. Wonder Woman - Rucka back on one of his favorite characters. Sign me up. Hellblazer - Hoping this keeps a similar or better quality as the previous run. I hear the writer worked on the Vertigo series at some point, so that's probably a good sign. Gotham Academy - Been reading and enjoying this title for a while, mostly thanks to Maps. Suicide Squad - Rob Williams did a surprising job on Martian Manhunter, so I'll give this a try. Trinity - Manupal did good work on Flash early in the New 52, and his art is always gorgeous. Blue Beetle - Giffen has done good work on the character before, here is hoping he can recapture the magic. Everything else I'm going to wait and see. I'm somewhat interested in Detective Comics for the team, but I'm not sure I can afford it with all the double shipping comics I'm already planning to read.
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May 26, 2016 15:42
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Reading Justice League 50 and then Rebirth is loving hilarious. Especially when Johns then tries to call out other people for their dark and depressing stories.
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May 26, 2016 16:01
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Codependent Poster posted:Reading Justice League 50 and then Rebirth is loving hilarious. Especially when Johns then tries to call out other people for their dark and depressing stories. No, see, that wasn't him, that was Alan Moore's fault for writing a book Geoff didn't read that closely!
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May 26, 2016 16:05
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Those two new caped heroes in Gotham that were looking at the Bat signal are totally Nite Owl and Silk Spectre aren't they.
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May 26, 2016 16:08
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glitchwraith posted:Late to the party, but here is what I'm interested in. Just you wait until Gotham is revealed to be Nite Owl. Then you'll be the silly one. EDIT: Yes, what he said ^^^ X-O fucked around with this message at 16:12 on May 26, 2016 |
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May 26, 2016 16:10
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Dang, I hadn't considered that.
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May 26, 2016 16:10
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How do you even have Nite-Owl hanging out with Batman. Like the two of them are teamed up and fighting and after the fight Nite-Owl is breathing just a little too heavily and Batman is creeped out. End story?
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May 26, 2016 16:15
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Somehow, some way, it will turn out that Nite-Owl and Silk Spectre are actually Owlman and Superwoman.
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May 26, 2016 16:19
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JoshTheStampede posted:Somehow, some way, it will turn out that Nite-Owl and Silk Spectre are actually Owlman and Superwoman. Aren't they both dead? I read that Superwoman was killed in JL 50 and that Owl Man was vaporized by Dr. Manhattan after stealing the Mobius Chair.
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May 26, 2016 16:25
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X-O posted:Aren't they both dead? I read that Superwoman was killed in JL 50 and that Owl Man was vaporized by Dr. Manhattan after stealing the Mobius Chair. Yeah, but vaporized is an easy way to explain being actually transported or whatever. Like Batman getting blasted backwards in time.
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May 26, 2016 16:36
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X-O posted:Just you wait until Gotham is revealed to be Nite Owl. Then you'll be the silly one. That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Clearly they need to hang out with Blue Beetle instead.
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May 26, 2016 16:45
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To change subjects very slightly, can Rhyno or someone else in the comics retail side of things tell me if anyone, and I mean ANYone is buying Bloodlines?
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May 26, 2016 16:47
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I read Rebirth and really liked what I read. It's definitely a very meta storyline, but I'm happy to have one. I'm happy to see someone point out how broken the DC Universe is. Having the flaw be that the love and legacy of the universe was literally ripped out is pretty great. At least that's how I see things. The scene with Wally and Barry actually got me good. I wasn't sure if he was going to be able to pull him out. The Watchmen...huh. I mean I saw the spoiler image, but since I'm not good at comics I just put it out of focus. This looks interesting enough to me. I'll probably buy some books from Bats and his kids. Flash and Superman as well.
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May 26, 2016 17:26
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Wait. There's a new Bloodlines?
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May 26, 2016 17:32
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glitchwraith posted:Hellblazer - Hoping this keeps a similar or better quality as the previous run. I hear the writer worked on the Vertigo series at some point, so that's probably a good sign.ord it with all the double shipping comics I'm already planning to read. he did the Chas: The Knowledge mini which wasn't bad but also didn't focus on constantine e he also wrote FBP/Collider which is....less encouraging
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May 26, 2016 17:38
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Alucard Nacirema posted:I hope Dr. Manhattan kills Cyborg and Jamie Reyes once and for all. Two poo poo characters that Didio loves shoving in my face.
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May 26, 2016 17:42
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It feels like every other Big Event in DC Comics is "hey remember this story from several decades ago?"
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May 26, 2016 17:58
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Kurzon posted:It feels like every other Big Event in DC Comics is "hey remember this story from several decades ago?" As opposed to New 52 which was explicitly "Hey forget about everything older than 5 years ago"
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May 26, 2016 18:03
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Gaz-L posted:To change subjects very slightly, can Rhyno or someone else in the comics retail side of things tell me if anyone, and I mean ANYone is buying Bloodlines? I sold one.
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May 26, 2016 18:03
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JoshTheStampede posted:As opposed to New 52 which was explicitly "Hey forget about everything older than 5 years ago" "except when you shouldn't"
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May 26, 2016 18:24
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I'm a big fan of there suddenly being a reboot thread, which got closed so everything could be shuffled back into the familiar conversation once Rebirth came out. Well-played X-O.  Although you should have found a way to retroactively blame the new thread on d00gz or something.
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May 26, 2016 18:26
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I liked Rebirth, but I don't understand why I was told to read JL 50 or Superman 52 first. Like... what was I supposed to get out of that, other than "holy gently caress it's a weaponized baby who turns into baby Darkseid, this is idiotic" and "hey look Bad Superman died and turned into a statue or something"? Was it just to remind me why the New 52 sucked and was stupid and I'm happy to see it gone?
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May 26, 2016 18:58
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Endless Mike posted:Finch is pretty literally DC house style, though. Even when he was working for Marvel, That was Comics house style. CapnAndy posted:I liked Rebirth, but I don't understand why I was told to read JL 50 or Superman 52 first. Because they happened first and came out the same week. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 20:06 on May 26, 2016 |
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May 26, 2016 19:52
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I like that Dr. Manhattan apparently created the New 52 and there were at least two Dr. Manhattans in that world. One was a guy from Frankenstein. I believe his story was that when he was used during Vietnam, he simply stuck around there to be worshipped. I might be remembering it wrong. He ended up being killed by Frankenstein. Then there's New 52 Captain Atom, whose series was basically "Dr. Manhattan with a normal man's mentality." Instead of Manhattan's robotic know-it-all bullshit, he was more the kind of guy who would go, "JFK's going to be assassinated in a few years? I should probably go do something about that" and it would blow up in his face. Coincidentally, one of the stories was about his god complex causing him to evolve throughout the decades/centuries. He goes from his usual self to something less "muscle man" to a kind of Indian god and eventually becomes a nihilistic and uncaring cloud of energy. I wonder if they might go in that direction where Manhattan, completely unchecked, gradually lost touch with his humanity again and became something worse.
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May 26, 2016 19:56
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I feel as if once you're writing a story about weaponized babies, you'd better be Carlton Mellick or you've got some explaining to do.
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May 26, 2016 20:01
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CapnAndy posted:I liked Rebirth, but I don't understand why I was told to read JL 50 or Superman 52 first. It wasn't "you have to read these to understand Rebirth" it was "Rebirth spoils these so if you are going to read them, read them first"
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May 26, 2016 20:51
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Yvonmukluk posted:You and I are enemies now. We're probably enemies too cuz I hate Cyborg and his being in the League at the expense of Martian Manhunter. He's a Titan dammit!
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May 26, 2016 20:59
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JoshTheStampede posted:It wasn't "you have to read these to understand Rebirth" There would be more questions in the question thread about why there's a baby Darkseid and everyone being sad at some smoke in a field.
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May 26, 2016 21:02
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SeannieDarko posted:We're probably enemies too cuz I hate Cyborg and his being in the League at the expense of Martian Manhunter. He's a Titan dammit! Actually, given the rosters, he'd be a Teen Titan. However, it's still bizarre to me that they decided what we need in 2016 is a Silver Age Titans roster. Like, if Damian's team was all new legacy heroes like the gay Aqualad and black Wally and, like, Natasha Irons Steel or something, and then Nightwing was leading the New Teen Titans roster, I'd get it.
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May 26, 2016 21:12
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Gaz-L posted:Actually, given the rosters, he'd be a Teen Titan. I wish OG Wally was on the Teen Titans, because I don't care about most of the Old Titans roster except Roy and maybe Donna, but the TT roster seems more interesting to me. But I am a Wally guy so I am gonna read Titans anyway. Are we sure Wally will be in Flash? Is it like a Flash Family book?
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May 26, 2016 21:16
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To distinguish the two Kid Flashes named Wally West, I propose referring to red suit Wally as "White Lightning".
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May 26, 2016 21:23
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Actually, that's a good question - do you think OG Wally will use some other name? If Barry is Flash and kid Barry is Kid Flash?
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May 26, 2016 21:27
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JoshTheStampede posted:I wish OG Wally was on the Teen Titans, because I don't care about most of the Old Titans roster except Roy and maybe Donna, but the TT roster seems more interesting to me. But I am a Wally guy so I am gonna read Titans anyway. Well it's gonna have dozens of speedsters in it so if there's a way to introduce flash family members that's part of it. It's not confirmed that Wally is in The Flash but it's heavily implied by the same spoiler warning Titans got, saying you should read DC Universe Rebirth first and newWally has a mysterious mentor who isn't Barry. Who else is gonna give him his old Kid Flash costume? JoshTheStampede posted:Actually, that's a good question - do you think OG Wally will use some other name? If Barry is Flash and kid Barry is Kid Flash? Booth's twitter says he's just going by Flash. It worked fine for, what, 15 years during Wally's run so I don't see why it'd be a problem now. Two Tone Shoes fucked around with this message at 21:34 on May 26, 2016 |
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