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I haven't been following Batman, do you guys think there's any truth behind this? https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05/22/tom-king-taken-off-batman-last-issue-will-be-85/
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fadam posted:I haven't been following Batman, do you guys think there's any truth behind this? https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05/22/tom-king-taken-off-batman-last-issue-will-be-85/ That’d be absolutely insane given he JUST did that Hollywood Reporter interview, which if his comments weren’t approved by WB/DC would be even wilder. (I’ve actually liked his Batman run, but I’ve been reading it in trade form.)
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May 22, 2019 14:55
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blast0rama posted:That’d be absolutely insane given he JUST did that Hollywood Reporter interview, which if his comments weren’t approved by WB/DC would be even wilder. The rumor is that the decision was made this past weekend, which would have been after that interview was conducted and published. Seems crazy, and I'd of course take it with a huge grain of salt, but it wouldn't be unprecedented for DC to get cold feet about a previously approved storyline.
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May 22, 2019 15:25
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It's the top selling comic each month. Why would they do this? I know it gets poo poo on a lot here by the more vocal posters, but I've enjoyed all of King's Batman run.
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May 22, 2019 15:26
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frameset posted:It's the top selling comic each month. Why would they do this? if the rumor is true, my guess would be that it has to do with DC (and WB?) reversing their approval of whatever the huge plot development King was hyping up in that THR interview was
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May 22, 2019 15:52
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I can believe it. Someone up top probably wanted him to change the ending after this far into the story, and things just broke down from there. If it’s true, you can see why Hickman went back to Marvel. He probably wanted assurances that DC wasn’t willing to give. DC won’t even change that ugly rear end Batman logo, of course they’d get cold feet about fundamentally changing the character.
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May 22, 2019 16:25
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If it’s true it’s hilarious. Perfect ending to a run that did nothing but disappoint me whenever I paid attention to it.
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May 22, 2019 16:33
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Not a confirmation, but not exactly a denial. Getting a feeling that Rich is legit on this one. https://twitter.com/TomKingTK/status/1131214891451338759
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May 22, 2019 16:50
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Oh man now I really want to know what his planned ending was.
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May 22, 2019 16:59
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Batman beats Bane and marries Catwoman, probably.
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May 22, 2019 17:10
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Two Tone Shoes posted:Batman beats Catwoman and marries Bane, probably. Now this I would buy.
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May 22, 2019 17:11
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Is this the same story that Tom King said he had to go to the higher up at Warnerbros and like phone companies that put out Batman licensed games to really shake up Batman's status quo?
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May 22, 2019 17:40
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Yeah. It was a planned hundred issue mega story that’s ending after eighty. Just cutting it off at the beginning of the third act. We’ll never see Kite Man become the head of Gotham’s organized crime. Hell no.
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May 22, 2019 18:09
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The link was scrubbed what did it say?
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May 22, 2019 18:39
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Jiro posted:The link was scrubbed what did it say? Tom King was told this weekend at MegaCon in Orlando that his run on Batman was being scrapped as of issue 85, 15 issues ahead of his planned 100 issue run. It being pulled is interesting...
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May 22, 2019 18:40
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Bleeding Cool posted a rumor/bullshiit story without any proof or confirmation? pull the other one
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May 22, 2019 18:43
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frameset posted:It's the top selling comic each month. Why would they do this? I've actually liked it too for the most part. Aside from the wedding fake out that literally everybody saw coming that still pisses me off. I think a whole lot of the ill will towards his Batman is just the hatred overflowing (rightfully so) from Heroes In Crisis.
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May 22, 2019 18:44
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blast0rama posted:Tom King was told this weekend at MegaCon in Orlando that his run on Batman was being scrapped as of issue 85, 15 issues ahead of his planned 100 issue run. Finally, Flashpoint Thomas Wayne found a full proof way for his son to stop being Batman. Ingenious
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May 22, 2019 18:48
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The timing just seems weird to me. Even if it was going to suck rear end, surely it's less expensive and less bad PR to just let the final 15 issues play out then clean house after.
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May 22, 2019 19:15
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Let him finish. Or pull him. I don't know which would be funnier or result in better comics.
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May 22, 2019 19:18
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The article wasn't pulled though, I can see it fine.
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May 22, 2019 19:22
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Mr Hootington posted:Let him finish. Or pull him. I don't know which would be funnier or result in better comics. Pull him and force him to write Red Hood instead.
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May 22, 2019 19:26
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Maybe the book is 'canceled' and suddenly we get one of his patented Vision/MM type maxi-series about Batman instead, and it was all some weird PR game. I buy it! e: Tweets from one of his main collaborators https://twitter.com/MitchGerads/status/1131256531129839616 https://twitter.com/MitchGerads/status/1131216502579900416 Maybe Snyder's JL thing is gonna make everyone relaunch and move their books to an alternate universe for six months, or something. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 19:40 on May 22, 2019 |
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May 22, 2019 19:29
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Pull him and force him to write Red Hood instead. MODS
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May 22, 2019 19:32
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I don't like King but even I wouldn't force him to write Red Hood.
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May 22, 2019 19:34
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DT has clearly hacked Happy Noodle Boy's account.
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May 22, 2019 19:36
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X-O posted:I don't like King but even I wouldn't force him to write Red Hood. Someone could force him to read Red Hood.
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May 22, 2019 19:39
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Rhyno posted:DT has clearly hacked Happy Noodle Boy's account. Let me tell you about giant anime crowbars
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May 22, 2019 19:44
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Let me tell you about giant anime crowbars MODZ
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May 22, 2019 19:46
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Edit: dang double post
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May 22, 2019 20:25
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I dunno how *~unpopular~* this will be but if King really did propose something ridiculously controversial and out-of-character for Batman -- or for any other character -- then I'm glad someone up high actually did their job and told him "no" in clear certain terms. They should've done so plenty of times before, and not just for King. ...If this really happened of course.
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May 22, 2019 21:35
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CBR is also reporting that King is leaving Batman at the end of the year: https://www.cbr.com/tom-king-leaving-batman/
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May 22, 2019 22:47
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Given that CBR is PR-spin city, I assume this is true.
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May 22, 2019 23:08
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 We Vertigo now. It there's at least one thing Dial H has going for it in this run, it's that it's super into running headlong into different artsyles reflecting the hero summoned. The last issue was straight from Manga. This one is from the 80s.
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May 22, 2019 23:16
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Dial H is good all over. CBR's article seems about as confirmed as BC's. They're still just talking to sources (probably the same ones) and posting tweets. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 23:20 on May 22, 2019 |
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May 22, 2019 23:17
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BrianWilly posted:I dunno how *~unpopular~* this will be but if King really did propose something ridiculously controversial and out-of-character for Batman -- or for any other character -- then I'm glad someone up high actually did their job and told him "no" in clear certain terms. They should've done so plenty of times before, and not just for King. King just mentioned the other day he got permission to make this major change. Why would you immediately jump to assume that him leaving the title means they went back on it when it just as easily could mean the opposite?
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May 22, 2019 23:20
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His most controversial thing was that he didn't fundamentally change the status quo of Batman.
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May 22, 2019 23:22
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Why did they cut him short if not to cancel that thing whatever it was?
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May 22, 2019 23:27
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Nevvy Z posted:Why did they cut him short if not to cancel that thing whatever it was? I was trying to imagine, for example, a bigger name who would want Batman they'd throw him under the bus for.
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If the extension meant his big finish wouldn't land on 100, maybe someone has a different 100 plan and King will move his finish to another book, like Morrison jumping from the main book to Batman and Robin. (Batman and Catwoman?)
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