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Skwirl posted:Halagar Barryagon Harold and Bartholomew. I forget sometimes that Barry is just another shortening of Bartholomew. And Death Metal #1 was pretty cool, even if I’m not a huge fan of The Batman Who Laughs, and the Dark Multiverse crap.
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Jun 21, 2020 19:29
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Lord_Hambrose posted:I am always extremely amused with how popular Miles Morales has become that DC already had a book that was Black Spider-Man but just didn't want the Milestone guys to get a cent. Static Shock was a really fun book and he is a perfect way to do a young solo character that isn't just instantly shoved into Teen Titans. I am glad a combination of mass protests and Bendis always aggressively pushing for more diversity has finally maybe caused DC to offer a better selection of books. Miles's dad needs to get renamed though. A black cop named Jefferson Davis is just off in so many ways.
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Jun 21, 2020 19:38
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Dawgstar posted:Vixen. Black Lightning's daughters Thunder and Lightning. Bronze Tiger, who is not currently on the Squad. The specification was "currently in a book" and I don't think any of those characters are. Actually I don't even think Thunder and Lightning even exist in current continuity.
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Jun 21, 2020 20:29
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My first thought was that the Flash's full first name must be Barrington.Dawgstar posted:Vixen. Black Lightning's daughters Thunder and Lightning. Bronze Tiger, who is not currently on the Squad. I'm not sure Bronze Tiger has appeared in anything other than cameos since the early part of Tom King's Batman? I am 99% sure that Black Lightning's kids didn't exist in the New 52, have they been brought back since, because the DC wikia says neither has appeared since 2011. Has Vixen been appearing anywhere outside of group shots since Steve Orlando's side JLA book ended? I don't think Steel's done much outside of appear in group shots since Rebirth either. Also DC does not and has never owned any of the Milestone characters, which explains at least part of why they haven't used Virgil or anyone else to their full potential. The entire 'return' of the characters from 2008-2012 was generally badly handled in a way that doesn't give me a lot of faith in this latest revival via DC, and whatever is going on behind the scenes that led McDuffie's family to file lawsuits drains things even more. I'd love to see something get worked out between the Milestone founders, but "inject them into the DC Universe!" is not my top pick for how to bring any of those characters back.
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Jun 21, 2020 20:30
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barry is actually short for fionnbharr
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Jun 21, 2020 22:35
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Missed opportunity not retconning Hal's full name to Halcyon
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Jun 22, 2020 00:01
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The 60s Metamorpho and Metal Men series are extremely good. I recommend them.
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Jun 22, 2020 00:15
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Edge & Christian posted:Has Vixen been appearing anywhere outside of group shots since Steve Orlando's side JLA book ended? I don't think Steel's done much outside of appear in group shots since Rebirth either. Steel was a major character in the Superwoman book along with Natasha I believe.
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Jun 22, 2020 00:30
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Roth posted:Black Lightning and Duke in Batman and the Outsiders I totally forgot that Batman and the Outsiders existed, but it is a pretty good book. I was only able to easily think of Wally West, Cyborg, and the main character of Far Sector. I don't know why I spaced on Young Justice but them being created by the leading voice for diversity at a major publisher makes a ton of sense. Still, I think my point is pretty apparent.
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Jun 22, 2020 02:29
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Aqualad and Black Manta were also cut off that list.
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Jun 22, 2020 04:15
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Oh lord please don't let my nightmare about the Three Jokers be some excuse for BWL or Bruce to be the 4th Joker because every deck needs a full suite
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Jun 22, 2020 04:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkk7RracXCQ this got recommended to me on Youtube so now you all have to see it too.
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Jun 22, 2020 04:27
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I was avoiding clicking on that recommendation for a reason.
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Jun 22, 2020 05:14
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Thanks, I hate it.
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Jun 22, 2020 05:21
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FilthyImp posted:Oh lord please don't let my nightmare about the Three Jokers be some excuse for BWL or Bruce to be the 4th Joker because every deck needs a full suite but there are only 2 jokers in a deck of cards...
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Jun 22, 2020 05:55
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FilthyImp posted:Oh lord please don't let my nightmare about the Three Jokers be some excuse for BWL or Bruce to be the 4th Joker because every deck needs a full suite Chip Zdarsky made a joke on twitter a few years ago about how if his Marvel contract negotiation didn't go well he'd walk over to DC and slip them a note saying "a fourth joker." he deleted it and I don't know when he deleted it but my theory is it was shortly after Matt Fraction or Kelly Sue Deconnick got hired and some said to them "tell Chip to cool it with the 4th joker thing."
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Jun 22, 2020 06:00
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BrianWilly posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkk7RracXCQ I'm amazed at how terminally uncool BatJoker is, like a parody of himself.
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Jun 22, 2020 17:07
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TheHan posted:I'm amazed at how terminally uncool BatJoker is, like a parody of himself. They're lucky they struck gold with that poo poo because it's the perfect band-aid to getting rid of Gen5. I at least like that they had fun with that video
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Jun 22, 2020 17:26
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Darth Nat posted:Thanks, I hate it. couldve at least put in some effort and used an actual decent manson song, off of antichrist superstar or mechanical animals or something
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Jun 22, 2020 17:30
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Open Marriage Night posted:Harold and Bartholomew. Edge & Christian posted:My first thought was that the Flash's full first name must be Barrington. It was actually, originally, Barrence. They retconned it to Bartholomew 3 years after Bart showed up with the name. Another solid Waid retcon.
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Jun 23, 2020 02:28
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FilthyImp posted:It's an excuse to have MeanBatman that fulfills all the "With enough time and planning Batman can beat Goku!" memes from Infinite Crisis era DC. But that’s the worst part of Batman! And I wanted a few Jonathan Kent as Superman stories 
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Jun 23, 2020 15:08
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so idk about the canonicity of the Alan Scott story in the GL 100-page special, especially with 5G being dropped, but it sure looks like they're sticking with him being gay
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Jun 23, 2020 15:36
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I wonder if they will do rose and thorn as a surrogate mother so jade and Todd can exist.
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Jun 23, 2020 16:21
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This week's Suicide Squad makes me extremely sad that Tom Taylor isn't writing the main Batman title. So good.
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Jun 23, 2020 21:04
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Lord_Hambrose posted:This week's Suicide Squad makes me extremely sad that Tom Taylor isn't writing the main Batman title. So good. Why couldn't DC make the same mistake everyone on Twitter does and accidently sent the Batman contract to Taylor instead of King. Edit: Or maybe that's what actually happened?
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Jun 23, 2020 21:10
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I don't think the Conner/Palmiotti Birds of Prey book is all that good, and their version of Harley is a distillation of everything irritating about that character, but I would read a book about the actual Birds of Prey as depicted in this title.
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Jun 24, 2020 00:45
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Y'know, I read through that GL thing so fast and so late last night and so trying to get to the Kyle portions  that I didn't even register the part about Alan until now. Which is silly 'cuz upon rereading it's just...pretty openly there.It's gonna depend a lot on how future writers take this, but the writing here is good enough that I can't help but be excited. There's so much that could be written about an older-older man who just never came out and maybe even ended up having children with a woman, and hey gently caress it maybe Obsidian can still be gay as well and then we can deal with the generational difference of perspectives on that. I mean it could also go terribly, but I hope not. The book itself is pretty great, incidentally. A ton of amazing art. I fell out of the current Morrison GL book who knows how long ago and it's nice to see the crew back.
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Jun 24, 2020 02:05
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There was very little from James Robinson's Earth 2 book that I enjoyed, but Alan being a gay man was a nice twist to his story, although I don't remember much being done with it. I think saying one of the first DC superheroes is, canonically, gay is pretty awesome and a good way to show how far the world's come in the last few decades.
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Jun 25, 2020 16:44
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A Fancy Hat posted:There was very little from James Robinson's Earth 2 book that I enjoyed, but Alan being a gay man was a nice twist to his story, although I don't remember much being done with it. There was nothing done with it. He was about to propose to his partner and then the train they were on exploded. Alan never gets another love interest for the entirety of the Earth 2 story. I don't know whether it would be more appropriate to call it fridging or to call it queerbaiting.
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Jun 25, 2020 18:14
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TwoPair posted:There was nothing done with it. He was about to propose to his partner and then the train they were on exploded. Alan never gets another love interest for the entirety of the Earth 2 story. I don't know whether it would be more appropriate to call it fridging or to call it queerbaiting. He comes back as the Air spirit I think? I did appreciate Alan bring his universes Swamp Thing and not a wizard, but the elementals thing also went nowhere.
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Jun 25, 2020 18:47
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Lord_Hambrose posted:He comes back as the Air spirit I think? I did appreciate Alan bring his universes Swamp Thing and not a wizard, but the elementals thing also went nowhere. Earth 2 basically fizzled out into nothing after the series after Convergence. Idk if it's a shame or not since there really wasn't much happening at that point. Even the Future's End thing still has a series that's continuing long after its relevance, though at this point, the events of Future's End in that series are so far back that they may have not even happened at this point.
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Jun 25, 2020 21:13
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Lord_Hambrose posted:He comes back as the Air spirit I think? I did appreciate Alan bring his universes Swamp Thing and not a wizard, but the elementals thing also went nowhere. Yeah but he promptly dies again, or gets merged I guessed, to give Alan a power-up after like 3 or 4 issues.
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Jun 26, 2020 04:05
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Big get at the shop today (price in CAD)- 
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Jun 26, 2020 16:25
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Thats a hell of a bargain! Those TPBs are probably long since out of print, and they never collected the Quarterly issues.
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Jun 26, 2020 16:28
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Big get at the shop today (price in CAD)- Give us.
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Jun 26, 2020 16:34
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That’s awesome. I have about the quarterlies but am missing the annual and a chunk of the run.
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Jun 26, 2020 17:57
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Big get at the shop today (price in CAD)- Incredible find. Very jealous.
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Jun 26, 2020 18:17
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I have been hoping for a Question Omnibus. Congratulations on getting just that!
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Jun 26, 2020 18:51
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I'm super happy that I got the trades and that they actually completed the run in the trades as opposed to releasing the first few and randomly stopping after that
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