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Travis343 posted:When DC rebooted their universe into the 'New 52' continuity, the Superman from the old universe was shuttled off into a pocket world by Brainiac who was collecting cities from all eras of DC comics publishing. During this time he and Lois had a kid, Johnathan Kent. A little after, the family made their way into the New 52 universe, where there already was a Superman and a Lois Lane (who were not married and in fact had a rather contentious relationship). So Superman, who has a beard now, saved people secretly, and Lois wrote books under a pseudonym. The younger Superman native to this world recently died, and now time-displaced Clark has shaved his beard and started wearing the costume and being Superman publicly. Johnathan is slowly developing his superpowers. Oh, so they're going to be redoing the first couple of volumes of 'Invincible'
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Teenage Fansub posted:Superman (2016) #1 "Then one time, Dad gave me cake because I helped him shore up all the flood waters around our farm. And the farm next door got flooded. And I asked Dad what to do and he told me to eat my Hero cake, because I deserved it....While he went and saved the farm next door. And all the farms in the town from flooding. Because my Dad is cool like that."
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Travis343 posted:When DC rebooted their universe into the 'New 52' continuity, the Superman from the old universe was shuttled off into a pocket world by Brainiac who was collecting cities from all eras of DC comics publishing. During this time he and Lois had a kid, Johnathan Kent. A little after, the family made their way into the New 52 universe, where there already was a Superman and a Lois Lane (who were not married and in fact had a rather contentious relationship). So Superman, who has a beard now, saved people secretly, and Lois wrote books under a pseudonym. The younger Superman native to this world recently died, and now time-displaced Clark has shaved his beard and started wearing the costume and being Superman publicly. Johnathan is slowly developing his superpowers. I thought Jonathan Kent was around before New 52? Not long before, but I thought he was introduced then. Or is this not the same one?
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Jun 19, 2016 23:15
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Idran posted:I thought Jonathan Kent was around before New 52? Not long before, but I thought he was introduced then. Or is this not the same one? You're thinking of Christopher Kent, who was Zod's kid that Clark and Lois adopted for a while
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Jun 19, 2016 23:20
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The Question IRL posted:"Then one time, Dad gave me cake because I helped him shore up all the flood waters around our farm. And the farm next door got flooded. And then when no one was looking, Lex Luthor took Jonathon Kent's cake and 39 more cakes from the other farms. He took 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.
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Jun 19, 2016 23:21
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drrockso20 posted:You're thinking of Christopher Kent, who was Zod's kid that Clark and Lois adopted for a while Ah, okay; thanks!
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Travis343 posted:When DC rebooted their universe into the 'New 52' continuity, the Superman from the old universe was shuttled off into a pocket world by Brainiac who was collecting cities from all eras of DC comics publishing. During this time he and Lois had a kid, Johnathan Kent. A little after, the family made their way into the New 52 universe, where there already was a Superman and a Lois Lane (who were not married and in fact had a rather contentious relationship). So Superman, who has a beard now, saved people secretly, and Lois wrote books under a pseudonym. The younger Superman native to this world recently died, and now time-displaced Clark has shaved his beard and started wearing the costume and being Superman publicly. Johnathan is slowly developing his superpowers. I love that DC's solution to the complexity of their continuity is and has been for the last 3 decades "Establish the existence of multiple realities/timelines and then burn most to the loving ground". How many of these events have there been now?
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Jun 19, 2016 23:56
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*Noticing that in the flashback Alfred is drinking tea from bone china while in the original issue he's drinking from a mug, the writer sighs and starts storyboarding the resurrection of the Anti-Monitor*
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Jun 20, 2016 00:00
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Breetai posted:How many of these events have there been now? It doesn't matter, because there'll be another one in about 5 years.
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drrockso20 posted:You're thinking of Christopher Kent, who was Zod's kid that Clark and Lois adopted for a while Wasn't he also 1/2 of the Fabulous Night-wing and FlameBird?
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Jun 20, 2016 00:03
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Sorry, tired, VERY wrong thread
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Jun 20, 2016 00:14
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Breetai posted:*Noticing that in the flashback Alfred is drinking tea from bone china while in the original issue he's drinking from a mug, the writer sighs and starts storyboarding the resurrection of the Anti-Monitor*  Whenever you notice something like that... an alternate universe Superman did it.
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Jun 20, 2016 01:23
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Well, I thought it was a sweet few pages 
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Jun 20, 2016 08:02
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Oh, it absolutely is, we're just grumpy and jaded.
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Jun 20, 2016 11:57
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Also it doesn't work so well in comic when a few pages later Jonathan heat visions his cat to death, leaving only a charred skeleton.
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team overhead smash posted:Also it doesn't work so well in comic when a few pages later Jonathan heat visions his cat to death, leaving only a charred skeleton. Curse you Dr. Manhattan! Stealing all the good from the universe! Thank god we have Geoff Johns here to assure our comics are happy and optimistic now.
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Jun 20, 2016 23:47
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team overhead smash posted:Also it doesn't work so well in comic when a few pages later Jonathan heat visions his cat to death, leaving only a charred skeleton. "I had a cat once. I buried his rear end on the moon"
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Jun 20, 2016 23:48
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The cat scene was kind of heartbreaking and was played that way, it was just a kid trying to protect his pet and his powers overwhelmed him.
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Jun 20, 2016 23:49
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X-O posted:The cat scene was kind of heartbreaking and was played that way, it was just a kid trying to protect his pet and his powers overwhelmed him. Sad, but also counter to the earlier scene with Superman and the horses. With the horses, it's classic old school DC. Superman saving the day and doing unambiguous good, looking out and caring for everything - while his son, the new legacy for the Superman family - watches on. Then a few pages later it's Jonathan Kent and his horrible tragic inability to control his powers and the angst and pain that act causes. If it had kept the former tone, I'd have been really happy. I love that All-Star Superman/Whatever happened to Truth, Justice and the American Way representation of Superman. As it is it's like they really wanted to add some modern Man of Steel style angst to Superman & Son, which is exactly the kind of stylistic decision I was hoping Rebirth would move away from.
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team overhead smash posted:Sad, but also counter to the earlier scene with Superman and the horses. It's going to him learn how to use his powers. This is him realizing that he needs to learn how to control his powers. With Clark it was breaking Pete Ross's arm.
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Jun 21, 2016 02:11
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Breetai posted:I love that DC's solution to the complexity of their continuity is and has been for the last 3 decades "Establish the existence of multiple realities/timelines and then burn most to the loving ground". It's ridiculous, but it makes for a nice big spectacle and the ability to reset whenever they want. All it costs is a massive chunk of the audience's goodwill and ability to be invested in the stories and huge headaches to all the writers. None of that makes much of a difference to editors.
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team overhead smash posted:. I love that All-Star Superman/Whatever happened to Truth, Justice and the American Way representation of Superman. Do you mean "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" or "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?"?
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Jun 21, 2016 02:30
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bobkatt013 posted:It's going to him learn how to use his powers. This is him realizing that he needs to learn how to control his powers. With Clark it was breaking Pete Ross's arm. "I accidentally broke someone's arm" and "I horrifyingly murdered a pet" are not remotely on the same spectrum.
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Jun 21, 2016 02:47
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Whatever happened to Pete Ross anyway? It feels like he kinda got left out development wise compared to the other small-town chars
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Breetai posted:How many of these events have there been now? Ok, let's see if I have been paying attention Crisis on Infinite Earths - Multiverse becomes just a few universes Zero Hour - Did nothing? Except kill Paralax? Infinite Crisis - Multiverse is back Identity Crisis - Justice League is full of douches and being a civilian loved one is dangerous Final Crisis - Killed Darkseid Flashpoint - Everything happened in the past 5 (10?) years. Yes, Batman has gone through more Robins than you have pairs of shoes in 5 years time. Rebirth - All the stuff that happened because of Flashpoint was because Dr. Manhattan stole hope and love from DC comics I don't know if Rebirth counts as a "crisis" style event, but you could argue that it is. So 6 or 7? I think I'm missing one or two.
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CzarChasm posted:Ok, let's see if I have been paying attention Well, Convergence, but that wasn't a reboot either.
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Travis343 posted:Well, Convergence, but that wasn't a reboot either. Well it completely retconned and invalidated Crisis on Infinite Earths. Literally. They went back and changed the outcome of that event.
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Jun 21, 2016 03:47
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Every event was better than Armageddon 2001, though.
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Toshimo posted:Every event was better than Armageddon 2001, though. Yes. As I've said before, that was the first time as a kid I found out that comics could disappoint me. The big bad is Hawk of all people. I understand now years later that it wasn't supposed to be, but man it just sticks in my head because it was the first time comics had kind of fell flat for me.
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It's ok, dp. They fixed it all better when they
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Zero Hour was the launch point for Starman, so there's that at least.
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CzarChasm posted:Zero Hour - Did nothing? Except kill Paralax? IIRC, Zero Hour was meant to fix some stories that were kind of broken after the first Crisis, like Hawkman's backstory, and the Legion of Superheroes.
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I think Waverider discovers an anomaly in time which he deduces as The Crisis/Multiverse. But yeah, it's a softy-soft realignment that didn't really do much to DC as a whole aside from nudging the JSA into Legacy status (though it tinkered with individual character history: Bats doesn't arrest/confront Joe Chill in his personal history, Guy Gardner has alien heritage now, there's more of a sliding time to stories since Superman's appearance is pegged to a nebulous '10 years ago' instead of a hard date, and a bunch of possible/alternate futures get wiped). Final Crisis was also supposed to be "DCU gets reimagined by SuperWish to be a more hopeful place" but then they ran dick first into, like, Blackest Night after that and no one got Morrison's memo. FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Jun 21, 2016 |
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Infinitum posted:"I had a cat once. I buried his rear end on the moon"    EDIT: Don't know the issue sorry. Infinitum fucked around with this message at 09:39 on Jun 21, 2016 |
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Jun 21, 2016 09:32
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Sorry if it'll inspire massive derailments every time, but if the new Superman is anything like the team's last comic*, a touching and or poignant scene of Superman and or Son WILL be posted roughly every two weeks. I'm not sorry  * 
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Teenage Fansub posted:Sorry if it'll inspire massive derailments every time, but if the new Superman is anything like the team's last comic*, a touching and or poignant scene of Superman and or Son WILL be posted roughly every two weeks. Damian is just full of cute moments, hopefully we'll get some good ones during both Teen Titans and Super Sons(really want to see how both his teammates and Jonathan react to finding out about his menagerie of pets, especially Goliath and Bat-Cow)
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CzarChasm posted:Ok, let's see if I have been paying attention Millennium was supposed to be, but very little came out of it. Invasion! is full of small, important changes happening. (G-Mo starting his version of Doom Patrol, Maxwell Lord gaining his powers, etc) invasion! is a fun read nobody ever remembers...
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Infinitum posted:
Oh man I have a cat and I haven't seen her in months since I moved overseas and this hit way to close to home. Stupid mooncat.
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Jun 21, 2016 18:12
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It's me, I'm crying in zero gravity
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Has there been a Damian/Jonathan team up yet?
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