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Teenage Fansub posted:Anything funny in the Spanish dialogue from today's JL? It's funny how broken it was.
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I am constantly amazed how good Aquaman is. It's one of my top DC titles after Batman, Superman, and Detective.
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Dec 20, 2017 22:26
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Honestly, I think I've kinda turned around on Dark Matter. I think I was mostly just disappointed that there wasn't any news about Legion, JSA, Shazam, or anything else. Now, I'm just kinda interested in a few titles that seem alright. Teriffics is probably going to be a standout title for me.
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Dec 20, 2017 22:46
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Roth posted:Honestly, I think I've kinda turned around on Dark Matter. I'm still disappointed that we have no news on that front, but yeah I'm going to give Terrifics a read for a few issues. It seems really interesting to me.
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Dec 20, 2017 22:49
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pubic works project posted:I am constantly amazed how good Aquaman is. It's one of my top DC titles after Batman, Superman, and Detective. There's been a huge quality spike since the Underworld story began and Sejic came on for a brief stint on the art. The new artist is still fantastic so I'm glad that side of things hasn't dipped. Aquaman is easily in my top for Rebirth along with Green Arrow, Deathstroke and it looks like Priest on JL is gonna end up there too if he keeps this up. In all honesty I've found Rebirth incredibly underwhelming and safe so it's nice to start seeing some quality titles start to show up for me. Here's hoping Terrifics is great and I'm really hoping Lemire on Hawkman Found means a Lemire Hawkman run coming up later on.
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Dec 21, 2017 01:59
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AFoolAndHisMoney posted:I'm really hoping Lemire on Hawkman Found means a Lemire Hawkman run coming up later on. H:F is a legit good story marred by Bryan Hitch's art.
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Dec 21, 2017 02:18
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This was my favorite issue of Batman. It was so good!
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Dec 21, 2017 03:38
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They're starting to put their New Age of Heroes in the books for advertising purposes. Looking at the lineup, anyone else feel that they look like a lineup of parody comic, like what a 40 year old dude from the 1990s would think comics were like? They just don't look appealing. I might pick up the terrifics and sideways, but that's just because of like the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man and they are blatant ripoffs.
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Dec 21, 2017 03:45
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pubic works project posted:This was my favorite issue of Batman. It was so good! It was wonderful. Covok posted:They're starting to put their New Age of Heroes in the books for advertising purposes. Looking at the lineup, anyone else feel that they look like a lineup of parody comic, like what a 40 year old dude from the 1990s would think comics were like? They just don't look appealing. I might pick up the terrifics and sideways, but that's just because of like the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man and they are blatant ripoffs. Damage #1 is pretty good. I'm about to read Silencer #1 so I'll let you know how that is shortly. Edit: Silencer #1 is also not bad, I like the hook for #1. Sideways #1 is also pretty good but the b&w and watermarks made it harder to read. Rhyno fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Dec 21, 2017 |
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Dec 21, 2017 03:55
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Covok posted:anyone else feel that they look like a lineup of parody comic, like what a 40 year old dude from the 1990s would think comics were like? That's kinda the point. It's (mostly art) guys from the 80's and 90's heading the comics (their names come before the writers) and not so secretly ripping at Marvel. They introduced the line with a video called The Master Class with these middle aged guys introducing the characters, and this was after Axel Alonso made a statement about artists not driving comic sales.
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Dec 21, 2017 04:26
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Teenage Fansub posted:That's kinda the point. I mean, what's the point? It seems a bit of a waste of time to just make a bunch of rip-off characters that probably won't sell. I mean I might be wrong, but I really have a lot of trouble looking at these covers and seeing big success. I could be wrong, and I'm not talking about the quality of the series, but I can't see any of these things flying off the shelves. They look, in many places, too much like a rip-off.
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Dec 21, 2017 04:33
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Well, The Terrifics had a little more of a point when it looked like Marvel were in no way interested in making a new F4 series. Also, these were advertised as breaking out of Metal, but there's really only been vague mentions of the old Challengers and Immortal people. Not much springboarding with just two issues to go. e: And when Doc's on Terrifics it's gonna look fresh as hell. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Dec 21, 2017 |
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Dec 21, 2017 04:42
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I haven't read 4 yet, but I'm really not seeing what Metal has to do with the upcoming stuff at all.
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Dec 21, 2017 05:08
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Roth posted:I haven't read 4 yet, but I'm really not seeing what Metal has to do with the upcoming stuff at all. As far as I've noticed: Vandal Savage is gathering the immortal characters (Immortal Men), The Challengers of the Unknown's mountain base is what popped into Gotham after investigating the dark stuff. They're all dead, so (New Challengers,) Mr. Terrific and Plastic Man as an egg and hanging out with Hal (The Terrifics.)
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Dec 21, 2017 05:21
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I probably just need to re-read it when it's over in one go for things to really click.
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Dec 21, 2017 05:29
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It's been a long time since I've read a Batman comic that gave me the feels but this week's Batman gave me all the feels. I am seriously loving how King is writing the relationship and the interaction between Selina and Lois is superb. This is becoming my favourite Batman run, even more so than Snyder and possibly Morrison.
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Dec 21, 2017 06:14
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If they distanced this Return of Evil Tim-Batman story in Superman from the Det storyline by, like, a year, that might've been interesting, but just a month?
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Seemed like they wanted to showing of the other Teen Titans. For some reason. Superman's been very nice since Rebirth. It was weird having an issue that focused mostly on ex-Robin beating up Batman and Superman. Then in Super Sons drugging Lois and beating up more heroes. Rather than calling it the Super Sons of Tomorrow spanning four issues of ongoings, they could have just made a four issue mini and not bothered people enjoying their regular comics. Maybe because they already have limited about an ex-Robin becoming an extremist. Good for Tim Drake fans, I guess, but I don't exactly read Superman and Super Sons (or anything else) for Tim Drake. I suppose that's always a complaint about events, though.
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Dec 21, 2017 10:24
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With the DC sale, I've been thinking of getting some trades of the Nu52 Detective Comics run, specifically the ones with Manapul's art and/or the Gordon Batman period. Are they at least decent?
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Dec 22, 2017 04:13
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The Manapul and Gordon Batman volumes are all boring as gently caress
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Dec 22, 2017 04:33
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Ah drat, I'll just get Pak's Action Comics run then!
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Dec 22, 2017 04:49
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Manapul needs something creator owned to get his writing legs. I've never been able to stick with any of his DC series.
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Dec 22, 2017 05:01
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I liked his Flash run. It wasn't by any means amazing but it was a solid run with great art and basically better than any Flash run that came after it and was certainly better than some of the Flash stuff that was immediately before it. It really hurts to not have a good Flash comic in a while.
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Dec 22, 2017 05:36
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I tried Manapul's Flash and Detective Comics. His writing never impressed me (especially all his changes to the Rogues), but I love his art. I think he's one of the best artists working today, especially at DC throughout the New 52 era.
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Dec 22, 2017 06:25
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I haven't seen much of his modern stuff, but his Adventure Comics with Geoff Johns made my heart happy.
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Great interview with Lobdell about his work on RHATO. Scott Lobdell posted:I will say that, traditionally, in the past, readers of RHATO and Red Hood/Arsenal can notice where stories were set-up and set-up and set-up, only to have the conclusion of the story go careening off the tracks. I can say that there have been many times where I’ve started a story and someone from upstairs decreed that a particular plot thread had to be dropped, or a whole other plot thread needed to be added, or an entire story arc had to be gutted in the middle of the story. Those times have been very frustrating for me—but as a professional writer of some thirty years, I’ve always felt that part of the profession means that I need to turn in the story the editor/publisher wants and not always the story I want to write, or begin, or end. This actually explains a lot.
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Dec 22, 2017 06:38
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I like Manapul not just because of his art, but also because he's half-Filipino. There's a good number of Filipino artists working for Marvel/DC, hope they do some creator-owned stuff too.
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Open Marriage Night posted:I haven't seen much of his modern stuff, but his Adventure Comics with Geoff Johns made my heart happy. That book was so good. Speaking of abandoned Johns ideas, I was thinking today that I'd love to see them do something with the spectrum of rings again. Maybe go balls out and launch a Blue Corps ongoing or a Star Sapphire book.
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Schneider Heim posted:I like Manapul not just because of his art, but also because he's half-Filipino. There's a good number of Filipino artists working for Marvel/DC, hope they do some creator-owned stuff too. That has historical precedent, DC and Marvel recruited a lot of artists from the Filipino comics community in the 70s. Artists like Alfredo Alcala, Tony DeZuniga, Ernie Chan and Nestor Redondo.
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pubic works project posted:So is Michael Cray's mini-series going to just be him taking out the Wildstorm's versions of the Justice League? Really weak poo poo. with some weird added race element. i thought it was just his dad in the earlier issues then i saw cray's all-black hit squad and thought hmmmmmm where is this going (cray himself hadn't indicated he shared any of his dad's views). maybe it'll pay off with bendix's racism and not feel so strangely tacked on. speaking of which... new main Wild Storm series issue was an okay lull . not as good as many of the others. bendix being far too jokey continues to irritate me. particularly jarring given i'm also reading ellis' stormwatch run where bendix becomes downright reptilian as he goes nuts. which leads me to the one thing that did get a chuckle out of me in this issue: when bendix reveals what he's after with one thing he's doing after some espionage and plotting talk to be alien reptilians. of course he's talking daemonites and tying them into the reptoid conspiracy theories makes a lot of sense but i didn't see it coming. Neurosis fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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Dec 22, 2017 08:15
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I don't want to read a Scott Lobdell interview that isn't him admitting being a sexual harassing piece of poo poo
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Blockhouse posted:I don't want to read a Scott Lobdell interview that isn't him admitting being a sexual harassing piece of poo poo
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Rhyno posted:That book was so good. I recently moved, and put my box of Johns Green Lantern up to Blackest Night in my closet, ready for a first reread this winter.
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Dec 22, 2017 09:28
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Sideways preview: http://www.dccomics.com/reader/#/comics/434995 It's millennial, livestreaming Spiderman 100%. They're not pretending one iota. 
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Rhyno posted:That book was so good. Yeah I for one would like the Blue Lanterns to finally be an actual Corps and not just one dude. They constantly get the shaft. Open Marriage Night posted:I recently moved, and put my box of Johns Green Lantern up to Blackest Night in my closet, ready for a first reread this winter. This is a good move. I'll be bagging, boarding, and organizing stuff this weekend and I'll probably end up reading some old stuff. Pretty excited.
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Dec 22, 2017 15:31
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Is the Bizarro mini (2015) good?
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Dec 22, 2017 19:27
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Sure, if you like silly jokey stuff.
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Dec 22, 2017 19:52
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What issue of Batman did the thing with Salina start, I think the double date finally convinced me to pick it up
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Neurosis posted:with some weird added race element. i thought it was just his dad in the earlier issues then i saw cray's all-black hit squad and thought hmmmmmm where is this going (cray himself hadn't indicated he shared any of his dad's views). maybe it'll pay off with bendix's racism and not feel so strangely tacked on. They may be using his father against him in this but it's not exactly a weird race element. Hector Morales was Powerhaus from DV8, Leon Carver Frostbite from the same crew. Victoria Ngengi was Flint, from Stormwatch and later Stormwatch: PHD. quote:speaking of which... new main Wild Storm series issue was an okay lull . not as good as many of the others. bendix being far too jokey continues to irritate me. particularly jarring given i'm also reading ellis' stormwatch run where bendix becomes downright reptilian as he goes nuts. which leads me to the one thing that did get a chuckle out of me in this issue: when bendix reveals what he's after with one thing he's doing after some espionage and plotting talk to be alien reptilians. of course he's talking daemonites and tying them into the reptoid conspiracy theories makes a lot of sense but i didn't see it coming. Yes, they're apparently doing a particularly good job at hiding. Also they don't seem to be about destroying the kherans. I'm wondering if they're going with the New 52 thing, where they've established Earth as a nest and are trying to protect humanity because they've bred with them and are waiting for a genetic bounty to come forth. I'd have really liked the reveal about Cray to come in his own issue, but I suppose it's a justified conceit that anyone reading Cray is also reading Wild Storm.
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site posted:What issue of Batman did the thing with Salina start, I think the double date finally convinced me to pick it up You want the I Am Suicide trade, #24 and ongoing from #33, incl. Annual #2. Her answering his proposal is at the end of 'The War of Jokes and Riddles.' Each issue is framed with them in bed and Bruce relaying the storyline to her, but it's not really a substantial part if you're not interested in anything else. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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