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Honestly, more Tales from the Dark Multiverse please, I dig me some elseworlds.
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Yeah I thought they've been alright what ifs but only the first two are up on dc universe so far
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Nov 7, 2020 04:51
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Cassa posted:Honestly, more Tales from the Dark Multiverse please, I dig me some elseworlds. Yeah, they may be focused too much on grim n' gritty stuff but I dig any and all elseworlds.
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Nov 7, 2020 19:12
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Oh........so, the idea of an actual Punchline series wasn't just a bad joke that got out of hand. It's...actually real, I see. The funniest thing in here might just be the idea that Gotham is supposed to be in a state where capital punishment is enforced. Has this always been the case or is it just a fun new thing? Also, since when is Leslie Thompkins a psychologist?
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Nov 10, 2020 23:49
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BrianWilly posted:Oh........so, the idea of an actual Punchline series wasn't just a bad joke that got out of hand. It's...actually real, I see. Whatever state Metropolis is in has the death penalty. I learned this from the Saturday morning cartoon.
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Nov 10, 2020 23:55
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There was a random one shot where the Joker was going to get executed for a crime he didn't commit. Wacky, right.
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Nov 11, 2020 04:43
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I regret all the snarky comments I made about Deadpool and Harley Quinn and how much they were pushed upon the readers. Punchline is the actual Poochie of mainstream comics.
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Nov 11, 2020 05:07
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BrianWilly posted:Also, since when is Leslie Thompkins a psychologist? I think that might be a classic case of writers not knowing/caring about the differences in different areas of science. You know, like how biologist Hank Pym created Ultron. Leslie's a doctor so she can be a psychologist too, why not?
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Nov 11, 2020 12:39
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TwoPair posted:I think that might be a classic case of writers not knowing/caring about the differences in different areas of science. You know, like how biologist Hank Pym created Ultron. Leslie's a doctor so she can be a psychologist too, why not? He just stitched him together out of cyber-meat, no big deal!
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Nov 11, 2020 13:29
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Has Conner Kent ever shown himself to be as smart as his bald father? Because he kinda should be, he is a clone (half of one anyway, and superman is also supersmart), after all...
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Nov 11, 2020 14:53
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Siegkrow posted:Has Conner Kent ever shown himself to be as smart as his bald father? Because he kinda should be, he is a clone (half of one anyway, and superman is also supersmart), after all... Yeah that's how that works. If one of your parents is super smart the you are also going to be super smart. Just like how if your parents are super talented or successful then their kids should also be that way.
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Nov 11, 2020 15:32
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But that's kinda the thing, Conner isn't a child of then, he is a clone.
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Nov 11, 2020 15:36
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Siegkrow posted:But that's kinda the thing, Conner isn't a child of then, he is a clone. If you're a mix of two people you're a child, not a clone, regardless of how you came to be.
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Nov 11, 2020 16:08
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Yeah calling him a clone had always been a misnomer cause he's still a mix of two different DNAs. He's a test tube baby.
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Nov 11, 2020 16:12
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That's a retcon. Originally he wasn't even a clone of Superman.
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Nov 11, 2020 17:05
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Rhyno posted:That's a retcon. Originally he wasn't even a clone of Superman. Is Connor the Superboy from Death and Return? I coulda sworn he was a (genetically modified) clone from the start.
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Nov 11, 2020 19:37
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Skwirl posted:Is Connor the Superboy from Death and Return? I coulda sworn he was a (genetically modified) clone from the start. He is, but the other DNA donor wasn't originally Luthor; it was, iirc, Paul Westfield (the head of the project at Cadmus). Geoff Johns decided to retcon Kon-El's origin to include Luthor when he added Superboy to the Teen Titans -- and it's probably not a coincidence that he'd had a letter published in the bygone years before that elaborating on his grand theory of Luthor being involved. It's just another example of Johns changing continuity to suit his own personal wankery.
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Nov 11, 2020 19:48
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taichara posted:He is, but the other DNA donor wasn't originally Luthor; it was, iirc, Paul Westfield (the head of the project at Cadmus). I knew the Luthor stuff was a retcon, I meant him not originally being a Superman clone.
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Nov 11, 2020 19:51
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All his powers were telekinetically based, it was why he had no vision or hearing powers and wasn't invulnerable to energy, just blunt force. Changing him into an actual clone (half anyway) of Superman was stupid. He may as well have been a whole new character as he went from a slender teen to being built like a linebacker.
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Nov 11, 2020 20:09
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Rhyno posted:All his powers were telekinetically based, it was why he had no vision or hearing powers and wasn't invulnerable to energy, just blunt force. Changing him into an actual clone (half anyway) of Superman was stupid. He may as well have been a whole new character as he went from a slender teen to being built like a linebacker. But in the comic, when he first appeared they said he was at least partially created by cloning Superman DNA scraped up from one of his fights with Luthor, didn't they?
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Nov 11, 2020 20:17
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Skwirl posted:But in the comic, when he first appeared they said he was at least partially created by cloning Superman DNA scraped up from one of his fights with Luthor, didn't they? No, there were scenes showing them trying to get DNA off Superman but failing. (there was a success in Superman Legacy that was lost). They were heavily hinting that something was wrong with his powers. There was also a scene with a Cadmus scientist and Luthor and it's implied that Luthor knows the truth going forward.
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Nov 11, 2020 20:25
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Rhyno posted:No, there were scenes showing them trying to get DNA off Superman but failing.
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Nov 12, 2020 04:33
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In the Superman Legacy one shot they successfully read his DNA but the ONLY COPY is taken by a clone of the Guardian and flies off into space. He later meets Superman and dies, the data is destroyed by the end of that issue. In the Adventures of issue post Reign they detail how they mimicked as many powers as they could but Superboy is human.
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Nov 12, 2020 05:12
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radlum posted:I regret all the snarky comments I made about Deadpool and Harley Quinn and how much they were pushed upon the readers. Punchline is the actual Poochie of mainstream comics. Knull?
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Nov 12, 2020 08:20
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BrianWilly posted:Oh........so, the idea of an actual Punchline series wasn't just a bad joke that got out of hand. It's...actually real, I see. It’s a one-shot unless I missed an announcement. Though who knows what wacky ideas dc will get
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Nov 13, 2020 02:39
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FoneBone posted:It’s a one-shot unless I missed an announcement. Though who knows what wacky ideas dc will get
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Nov 13, 2020 02:48
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Earthorn posted:Knull? Good point, though I put Knull and the Batman-Who-Laughs in the same category.
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Nov 13, 2020 02:52
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BrianWilly posted:Oh, it had a big ol' issue 1 on the cover and a "To be continued" at the end so I just assumed we'd be getting more of........this... Yeah it will be continued in Batman
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Nov 13, 2020 05:34
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In case anyone is interested here are the solicits for February. I whole bunch of Future State stuff but hey Mariko Tamaki is writing Detective Comics and there is a new Swamp Thing so I am game for some of it.
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Nov 13, 2020 22:37
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I ordered the three jokers hardcover because i'm a sucker, needed a filler book for free shipping and am very curious to see how barebones this thing is considering the speed they poo poo it out from monthly to trade out on 11/17
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Nov 14, 2020 15:12
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zer0spunk posted:I ordered the three jokers hardcover because i'm a sucker, needed a filler book for free shipping and am very curious to see how barebones this thing is considering the speed they poo poo it out from monthly to trade It felt extremely thin for being $30 when I unpacked it. At least the cover gallery helps puff it up a bit I suppose.
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Nov 14, 2020 15:42
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Lord_Hambrose posted:It felt extremely thin for being $30 when I unpacked it. At least the cover gallery helps puff it up a bit I suppose. Oh goody a collection of the 27 covers I don't care about that I see people hoover up for resale. Dccccccc
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Nov 14, 2020 18:37
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Nice of DC to give me a two month break from keeping up with DC Comics in January.
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Nov 15, 2020 20:12
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Roth posted:Nice of DC to give me a two month break from keeping up with DC Comics in January.  I am still waiting for customer to say to me "I, a regular DC comics reader, would like to pre-order a Future State book"
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Nov 15, 2020 22:43
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do people have an idea of what dumbass character will be revealed to be this mysterious Batman
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Nov 15, 2020 22:50
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The only thing I'm really looking forward to is the Batgirls story, and to get that I have to buy a dumb Batman anthology with a bunch of other stories I don't want to read. 
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Nov 15, 2020 23:00
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Lord_Hambrose posted:
I am a hardcover DC Comics fan and I just don't know why I should care about this entire fiasco. Reminds me too much of Convergence, another two month reset that told no interesting stories and that everyone has forgotten about.
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Nov 16, 2020 08:10
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Mandibular Fiasco posted:I am a hardcover DC Comics fan and I just don't know why I should care about this entire fiasco. Reminds me too much of Convergence, another two month reset that told no interesting stories and that everyone has forgotten about. It told one good story which was pre-Flashpoint Superman and Lois Lane having their son and then after arriving in the N52 raising him while staying largely out of world events with Superman going out in a covert black suit to help certain events that he recognizes from his past play out differently in this essentially new world, like saving Hank Henshaw so he never becomes Cyborg Superman. Or at least, I thought it was neat. And then DC did their rebirth thing where they said "What? No, that's not a separate Superman, they're the same and always have been, and we'll just smush those histories together and you shut up about it okay?"
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Nov 16, 2020 08:42
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TwoPair posted:It told one good story which was pre-Flashpoint Superman and Lois Lane having their son and then after arriving in the N52 raising him while staying largely out of world events with Superman going out in a covert black suit to help certain events that he recognizes from his past play out differently in this essentially new world, like saving Hank Henshaw so he never becomes Cyborg Superman. Or at least, I thought it was neat. I'm still wondering, if they fused the stories of Dad-Superman and Bro-Superman (You know as well as I do who is who in this scenario), does that mean that Superman had a very public affair with Wonder Woman??
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Nov 16, 2020 09:02
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Siegkrow posted:I'm still wondering, if they fused the stories of Dad-Superman and Bro-Superman (You know as well as I do who is who in this scenario), does that mean that Superman had a very public affair with Wonder Woman?? I didn't even think of that. I think in reality they just kinda erased bro Superman from continuity, has there been any references since then to stuff that would have been bro Superman only thing that got folded into continuity? I kinda miss bro Superman
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