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Even on its so far perfectly regular schedule, The Wild Storm just isn't enough for me, I want more. More! The retrieval going tits up and ensuing action scene was great but really, I could just read Jenny pootling about the world in all its various forms all day. Nice touch with the Martian Manhunter cameo too.
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Sentinel Red posted:Even on its so far perfectly regular schedule, The Wild Storm just isn't enough for me, I want more. More! Me too, maybe go easy on the spoilers until my comic shop opens, okay?
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Apr 19, 2017 12:33
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It's Wednesday and the shops are open dude.
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Apr 19, 2017 12:46
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Sentinel Red posted:It's Wednesday and the shops are open dude. It's not even seven freaking am dude
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Apr 19, 2017 12:47
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Superman is good go buy it. I shouldn't have to keep saying that but I will.
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Apr 19, 2017 13:34
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purple death ray posted:It's not even seven freaking am dude I'm EST, so it was 7:30AM when I posted. My shop doesn't open 'til 11, and I'll be there by 10:30 and they'll open up early. I'm not waiting around on getting my books. It's not hard to use spoiler tags, Sentinel, so have a little mercy. Most of us wont get a chance to read their issues until after work tonight, I'm lucky enough to have most of the day free.
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Apr 19, 2017 13:36
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Jesus Christ I read every major release 12 hours ago and you don't see me ruining people's mornings.
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Apr 19, 2017 13:47
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Rhyno posted:Jesus Christ I read every major release 12 hours ago and you don't see me ruining people's mornings.
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Apr 19, 2017 14:14
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Y'know, I think Lana's turmoil in Superwoman would've been a little more believable if even one of the preceding issues of her series had been straight up superheroics, and not a deep dive into mental health, grief, and dealing with terminal illness. Which isn't to say those aren't interesting topics, but it would have been nice to see her enjoy having super powers before being mopey over not having super powers.
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Apr 19, 2017 14:24
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Guys, forgive me if I'm wrong but has it not been the BSS rule for years now - Wednesday is fair game, no need for spoiler tags. And it was past noon where I am so  . You want to petition X-O for a new rule that explicitly says nothing untagged until Thursday instead then by all means, do so and I'll comply. Otherwise please stop being moany old buggers. It's not even like any of the actual important plot stuff was revealed anyway...
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Apr 19, 2017 15:45
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If there has to be a rule to tell you not to be a dick before you know not to be a dick I guess you're probably kind of a dick
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Apr 19, 2017 15:51
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Sentinel Red posted:Guys, forgive me if I'm wrong but has it not been the BSS rule for years now - Wednesday is fair game, no need for spoiler tags. And it was past noon where I am so How hard is it to use a loving spoiler tag? People do it all the time for poo poo that's been out for months. It's just common sense not to be an rear end in a top hat. Some people don't buy their poo poo as soon as their shop opens because they have loving jobs and lives. Hell, I may not buy my stuff until I get back from vacation. It's just polite not to ruin it for everyone. But if you can't fathom that, maybe Rhyno needs to ruin poo poo for you in return.
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Apr 19, 2017 16:02
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I get off work at 2:30, probably get home with my comics at 3:30, and then I have to finish my research paper before I read anything. 
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Apr 19, 2017 16:18
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Roth posted:I get off work at 2:30, probably get home with my comics at 3:30, and then I have to finish my research paper before I read anything. Academia sucks,bro
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Apr 19, 2017 16:33
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pubic works project posted:How hard is it to use a loving spoiler tag? People do it all the time for poo poo that's been out for months. He's not wrong that it's a rule to not use spoiler tags in discussion threads. But it's also common sense to refrain from posting spoilers at 7 AM. (I don't personally care since I'm weeks behind on comics - Booster Gold/Flintstones wasn't very good and the Jetsons preview did a good job of ensuring I don't buy the series! - but I understand that other people do.)
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Apr 19, 2017 16:43
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I work all day Wednesday and then have classes at night so Thursday has become my Wednesday comic book day. I still refer to everything I do on Thursday and my Wednesday routine.
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Apr 19, 2017 16:56
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Part of the logic of "no spoiler tags on Wednesday" is that you make a conscious decision to enter a thread discussing current comics on a New Comics Day and so if you come into (say) a Spider-Man thread on the day a new issue of Spider-Man comes out you should expect people to be talking about the new issue of Spider-Man and if you haven't read it yet it might not be a bad idea to not check in on the conversation about a book you don't want spoiled. Though given the trend over the past few years for these catch-all megathreads, I can see the attitude of "I don't care about BUTTON BUTTON WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON spoilers but I also don't want The Wild Storm spoiled" which does make things more confusing. I know I personally avoid these threads if I really don't want to get spoiled on a book I might have to wait hours/days to read.
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Apr 19, 2017 17:02
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Edge & Christian posted:I know I personally avoid these threads if I really don't want to get spoiled on a book I might have to wait hours/days to read. "WELL it WAS like 6am my time" is really a dick excuse, his enthusiasm aside.
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Apr 19, 2017 17:25
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I'm bummed about Jon's neighbours revealed as evil/Watchmen/whatever but Superman was incredible. Gleason was on fire. edit: and it was on an end of page post, so I'll repeat that The Button kicked off great. If King is in charge of the main event, we might have nothing to worry about. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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Apr 19, 2017 18:36
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Wild Storm spoilers did not affect my enjoyment in the negative at all. Issue was definitely kicking things into a higher gear. I never read the old stuff, but I feel like it's getting closer to form. And I like it. So pretty, and a lot of slick design choices that help to give it a unique feel.
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Apr 19, 2017 18:53
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Agreed, I was feeling terribly skeptical of the button business, but this first issue has turned me around on it. The button has gone from :upside-down smilie: to  Also, the comparison between comics and hockey is pretty apt. Some fans show up out of loyalty to nostalgia/brand/legacy, others for entertainment, and some just want to see a bloody fight.
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Apr 19, 2017 18:55
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Edge & Christian posted:Part of the logic of "no spoiler tags on Wednesday" is that you make a conscious decision to enter a thread discussing current comics on a New Comics Day and so if you come into (say) a Spider-Man thread on the day a new issue of Spider-Man comes out you should expect people to be talking about the new issue of Spider-Man and if you haven't read it yet it might not be a bad idea to not check in on the conversation about a book you don't want spoiled. Though given the trend over the past few years for these catch-all megathreads, I can see the attitude of "I don't care about BUTTON BUTTON WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON spoilers but I also don't want The Wild Storm spoiled" which does make things more confusing. There's no real rule for spoilers now that I can see. I think maybe we could have something like a 2 day rule where spoilers have to be marked? Or even bring back the bought and thought threads each week where spoilers have to be marked, and leave these threads open for unmarked spoilers?
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Apr 19, 2017 19:04
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Teenage Fansub posted:edit: and it was on an end of page post, so I'll repeat that The Button kicked off great. If King is in charge of the main event, we might have nothing to worry about. Just finished that and holy poo poo that was a fantastic issue. I don't know the backstory with that hockey game. I assume this is a callback to some prior event that I didn't read, or just forgot about if it's a Watchmen thing.
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Apr 19, 2017 19:10
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Returning after Green Lanterns to whoop and holler about it, too. After a shaky start, it's become one of my favorite DC comics and I'm glad it comes out twice a month.
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Apr 19, 2017 19:13
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If the comics are out then it's free reign. E&C has it right, if you don't want spoilers on Wednesday don't come into that thread. That being said people can be a little more respectful on exactly what they post so early on Wednesdays. And the Wild Storm post above clearly stated it was about Wild Storm before it spoiled anything, you could have stopped reading after that first sentence.
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Apr 19, 2017 19:30
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Shovelmint posted:Just finished that and holy poo poo that was a fantastic issue. I don't know the backstory with that hockey game. I assume this is a callback to some prior event that I didn't read, or just forgot about if it's a Watchmen thing. I don't know if there's anything to it other than Saturn Girl being from the future and remembering an infamous hockey game as the tipping point for bad stuff. Someone theorized The hockey stick and circle opening make a countdown clock, though Edit: I mean, historically. There's definitely a deeper point to it. The announcer questioning "fun" and all. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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Apr 19, 2017 19:59
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Eobard...! Noooooooooooooo...!!! Holy poo poo. That issue of Batman was....AMAZING!!!
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Apr 19, 2017 20:04
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What exactly did people enjoy about Kitty Genovese on Ice: The Comic? I've sort of accepted that people are going to be fans of Nick Spencer's Cap and there have been lots of conversations about that, but Tom King's Batman is just so.. faux profound/clever? Is that what people are enjoying, or is there some other aspect of it I'm missing? The entire inciting incident of the comic is "oops I put down one fart machine next to the other and it made a LIGHTNING FART? Oh no, now I'm being attacked for 60 panels".
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Him playing around with evil other-dimensional evidence in the open was admittedly a dumb part of it. Edit: But yeah, I think most people would echo your thoughts on the run generally. I'd be surprised if anyone could say they were completely into King's Batman. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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Apr 19, 2017 20:59
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I haven't read it but I got enough Watchmen shenanigans out of Trinity and possibly even Superman this week. I think they've way overplayed their hand with Mr. Oz at this point and I feel he's probably not Ozymandias anymore because every time they bring him up they make it really try to seem like he is. Superman was really good again but the stuff with the neighbors was kind of lame and disappointing. Are they supposed to be related in some way to the Watchmen as well? Or do these writers even know what they're writing toward at this point?
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X-O posted:I haven't read it but I got enough Watchmen shenanigans out of Trinity and possibly even Superman this week. I think they've way overplayed their hand with Mr. Oz at this point and I feel he's probably not Ozymandias anymore because every time they bring him up they make it really try to seem like he is. Superman was really good again but the stuff with the neighbors was kind of lame and disappointing. Are they supposed to be related in some way to the Watchmen as well? Or do these writers even know what they're writing toward at this point? You are making this sound like Countdown/Death of the New Gods all over again. Please please please don`t be Countdown/Death of the New Gods
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Apr 19, 2017 21:27
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Madkal posted:You are making this sound like Countdown/Death of the New Gods all over again. Please please please don`t be Countdown/Death of the New Gods I'm not trying to suggest that, I just hope everyone is aware of where the finish line with this Watchmen stuff is. I mean it seems like a rather important issue of Trinity for a fill-in writer to be on with it dealing with the drastic fallout of Superman Reborn and working on the build to the Watchmen story. I just hope they actually filled him in so he knows what he was writing towards.
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Apr 19, 2017 21:35
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Speaking of Trinity. gently caress you DC. You don't need to rub in our faces that Superbro is gone 
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Apr 19, 2017 21:45
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Yeah, it would be much better if he was never, ever mentioned again and especially never referred to as "Superbro"
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Edge & Christian posted:What exactly did people enjoy about Kitty Genovese on Ice: The Comic? I've sort of accepted that people are going to be fans of Nick Spencer's Cap and there have been lots of conversations about that, but Tom King's Batman is just so.. faux profound/clever? Is that what people are enjoying, or is there some other aspect of it I'm missing? The entire inciting incident of the comic is "oops I put down one fart machine next to the other and it made a LIGHTNING FART? Oh no, now I'm being attacked for 60 panels". The main thing I've enjoyed about King's Batman is the presentation usually feels very interesting to me, even if the substance itself isn't that great. That issue where Bruce and Bane's lives are mirrored in the panels for instance.
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Apr 19, 2017 22:43
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Roth posted:The main thing I've enjoyed about King's Batman is the presentation usually feels very interesting to me, even if the substance itself isn't that great. I have to agree with this. I don't think the writing is particularly bad or anything, but what sells the book for me is how cinematic it feels. The bit two issues ago where Bane realizes he's been duped and the lightning flashes illuminate Batman opening the door and luring him into Arkham was really slick.
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Yeah this week was maybe a tad heavy with the "Rebirth" plothreads, having...four?...maybe even five counting Justice League?...books with their four/five different writers dealing directly or indirectly with it in different ways (there was also a little dash of it in Superwoman this week) (and, ugh, I hate that I'm gonna say it 'cuz I really like Phil Jimenez, but that book is already kinda better with another writer at the helm). I don't quite get the impression that writers don't know what they're doing (except Bryan Hitch...I get the constant impression he doesn't know what he's doing  ), it's just that they're five different writers writing about a plot that they're not allowed to actually resolve in any substantial way yet, so at this point we're kinda ending up with multiple series going "Wow, things are sure mysterious. Tune in next week to find out if they're still mysterious! Spoiler alert: they super are!" all at the same time.And yeah I'd agree that King's Batman has a really interesting presentation with pretty flimsy substance, though I wouldn't exactly say that in a complimentary way. I thought this issue was fine, but it's really not hyping up King as some stellar writer for me. The thing about his..."idea"...of Batman is that this guy seems to be constantly overwhelmed by every little encounter he has and seems to just barely manage to pull through these perils with sheer gumption or violence, and I'm not sure that totally jives with the stuff I like about Batman. It was really cool here when he attacked Thawne's feet, like, oh yeah, he's using strategies! He's totally on top of this!...but then his "strategy" turns out to be just punching Thawne some more, stalling for time...and then when he's managed to stall for that time, lol oops, turns out he miscalculated anyway. That's...kinda dumb, dudesters. That sequence with Thawne at the end was pretty  , though.
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So Thawne's actually back now? Maybe that'll give the Flash series a bit of a jumpstart as the speeder stuff in there got real dumb before I dropped it. I might pick it back up if there's going to be a Thawne story coming out of all of this.
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He popped up to fight Batman a little, picked up the Comedian button to figure out what its mystery was, got transported somewhere, came back disintegrating in blue fire. He dead lol.
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BrianWilly posted:He popped up to fight Batman a little, picked up the Comedian button to figure out what its mystery was, got transported somewhere, came back disintegrating in blue fire. He dead lol. Well. That sucks. I'm sure it'll be undone but it still kinda sucks. X-O fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Apr 20, 2017 |
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