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Darth TNT posted:Just wait till you try Death Metal. It's arguably worse. I would say there's no "arguably" about it, there's nothing good about it unless you like Snyder pulling out a bunch of ideas he thinks are totally metal like he's a 14 year old busting out his fanfic where all the heroes stop being so lame and gently caress the bad guys up.
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TwoPair posted:I would say there's no "arguably" about it, there's nothing good about it unless you like Snyder pulling out a bunch of ideas he thinks are totally metal like he's a 14 year old busting out his fanfic where all the heroes stop being so lame and gently caress the bad guys up. You have nailed the appeal for sure. It is a book that I read and mostly enjoyed but I can't really explain why or why anyone would like it either. It sold really well at my store so  DC has never been great at events, but at least this one was 100 percent ignorable.
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Feb 3, 2021 18:43
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gently caress it I liked it. Just the right amount of dumb popcorn poo poo. Also Lex Luther bemoaning his lack of hair and envying heavy metal clark's mane.
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Feb 3, 2021 19:04
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Lord_Hambrose posted:You have nailed the appeal for sure. It is a book that I read and mostly enjoyed but I can't really explain why or why anyone would like it either. It sold really well at my store so I'm more of a Marvel guy than a DC one, so I can't really remember any big DC events that are still popular. Death and Return of Superman? Crisis on Infinite Earths is important. I know Identity Crisis was really popular as it was happening, but my understanding is people really soured on it once it was over. I should clarify, I mean in BSS, I know there's tons of people in the general comic Fandom who love these, part of the reason they keep doing them.
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Feb 3, 2021 19:10
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Skwirl posted:I'm more of a Marvel guy than a DC one, so I can't really remember any big DC events that are still popular. Death and Return of Superman? Crisis on Infinite Earths is important. I know Identity Crisis was really popular as it was happening, but my understanding is people really soured on it once it was over. 
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Feb 3, 2021 19:43
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I completely forgot that there was a Young Heroes in Love tie-in. Sheesh. I have no idea how it holds up but I used to love that book as a kid.
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Feb 3, 2021 20:35
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Hmmm, wasn't that book like technically creator owned and that's why it wasn't in the omnibus?
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I enjoyed Death Metal, but I pretended it was a parody of itself and of the whole concept of Grimdark Batman in general
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Feb 3, 2021 20:43
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Rhyno posted:Hmmm, wasn't that book like technically creator owned and that's why it wasn't in the omnibus? Yeah, I'm actually kinda surprised that it's apparently up on DC Infinite
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Feb 3, 2021 20:57
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Skwirl posted:I'm more of a Marvel guy than a DC one, so I can't really remember any big DC events that are still popular. Death and Return of Superman? Crisis on Infinite Earths is important. I know Identity Crisis was really popular as it was happening, but my understanding is people really soured on it once it was over. I think DCeased might be the only DC event that I am an unreserved fan of. You'd think that with all the big players in DC being, on average, much more powerful than Marvel superheroes their universe would be a better fit for world-ending crossover events, but I guess not.
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Feb 3, 2021 20:59
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DC 1,000,000, and the newer Secret Wars are probably my two favorite comic events. They’re both really silly ideas, but they allow the writers involved to have a lot of fun, and it shows for the most part. Also, they both involved nearly every book the respective companies were publishing at the time.
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Feb 3, 2021 21:14
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Skwirl posted:I'm more of a Marvel guy than a DC one, so I can't really remember any big DC events that are still popular. Death and Return of Superman? Crisis on Infinite Earths is important. I know Identity Crisis was really popular as it was happening, but my understanding is people really soured on it once it was over. Final Crisis still good. 
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Feb 3, 2021 21:24
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Identity Crisis lead to the creation of BSS so there's that at least.
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Feb 3, 2021 21:37
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JordanKai posted:I think DCeased might be the only DC event that I am an unreserved fan of. You'd think that with all the big players in DC being, on average, much more powerful than Marvel superheroes their universe would be a better fit for world-ending crossover events, but I guess not. I like DCeased a lot as well. Good stakes, lot of insanity.
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Rhyno posted:Identity Crisis lead to the creation of BSS so there's that at least. Oh god, it's even worse than I thought.
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Feb 3, 2021 21:51
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I still like Crisis on Infinite Earths a lot.
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Feb 3, 2021 22:02
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I unabashedly think No Man's Land is a ton of fun even if parts of it are extremely goofy.
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Feb 3, 2021 22:08
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The thing that amuses me most about the ONE MILLION JUSTICE LEAGUE is that their Flash is a lovely washed up version from Wally's 90's run because Wally's already stupid enough to be a dumb cosmic god being.
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Feb 3, 2021 22:13
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COIE is a huge loving mess and narratively stalls out and falls apart but in spite of that it's still somehow an entertaining read Are we counting JLA/Avengers as an event?
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Feb 3, 2021 22:15
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How Wonderful! posted:I unabashedly think No Man's Land is a ton of fun even if parts of it are extremely goofy. Honestly I think NML's biggest problem is it goes on too long.
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Feb 3, 2021 22:21
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How Wonderful! posted:I unabashedly think No Man's Land is a ton of fun even if parts of it are extremely goofy. Agreed. But yeah as far as events go in DC I'd say 1,000,000 is my favorite.
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Feb 3, 2021 22:29
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Legion of Three Worlds is a guilty pleasure of mine.
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Feb 3, 2021 22:32
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Armageddon 2001 was one of the first comic events I ever read and Waverider seeing everyone's potential futures in their annuals was a great way to do it. And then they hosed the ending up so bad that it retroactively made me hate something I really enjoyed. It was the first time ever that I was disappointed by comics.
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Feb 3, 2021 22:35
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Are we counting 52?
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Feb 3, 2021 22:39
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Dawgstar posted:Honestly I think NML's biggest problem is it goes on too long. I never read all of NML but the stuff I did read I really liked. I have read all of Knightfall and despite some really dated stuff now (more to do with Batman power creep than anything else) it still holds up pretty well and is a lot of fun. I enjoyed Infinite Crisis when it first came out but then when I saw that Johns was just going to rip off his own event over and over again it took away the shine.
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Blockhouse posted:Are we counting JLA/Avengers as an event?
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Feb 3, 2021 23:13
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I'm now rereading DC 1,000,000 and I could not be happier.
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Feb 3, 2021 23:17
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Are we counting 52? 52 is definitely one of my favorite DC runs easily. It is a real shame Countdown is one of the worst.
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Feb 3, 2021 23:20
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52 rules but I would call it a very long standalone series rather than an event.
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Feb 3, 2021 23:22
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I don't really have any idea what was going on in the Outsiders Future State stuff but I just gotta post this look for Duke 'cuz it's so sexy That there is a fine look. (  that's Black Lightning with him, they haven't also given Duke electric powers [yet])
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Feb 4, 2021 01:51
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I understand that is Black Lightning but that panel really makes it look like he's Duke's Stand
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Feb 4, 2021 01:53
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BrianWilly posted:I don't really have any idea what was going on in the Outsiders Future State stuff but I just gotta post this look for Duke 'cuz it's so sexy ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA
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Alaois posted:I understand that is Black Lightning I wish that was the case.
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Feb 4, 2021 01:56
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That's kind of what's happening actually, 'cuz Jefferson got turned into living lightning 'cuz of magic reasons and he's currently inhabiting one of Katana's katanas, which Duke is carrying around now fooooor oother reasons.
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Feb 4, 2021 01:59
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Duke's bizarre adventure.
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Feb 4, 2021 02:41
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Yeah, however brilliant it was, doing that halfway through a season is loving insane. I'm thinking of cartoons I watched week to week and that would have killed any of them.
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BrianWilly posted:That's kind of what's happening actually, 'cuz Jefferson got turned into living lightning 'cuz of magic reasons and he's currently inhabiting one of Katana's katanas, which Duke is carrying around now fooooor oother reasons. Siegkrow posted:Duke's bizarre adventure. This needs to continue. Change the setting up because No Mask Gotham is dumb, but just Adult Duke with his partner/stand Black Lightning loving poo poo up and enacting justice would be rad in the right hands.
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Christ, so many of these Future State books were so nonsensical, but the Titans story has got to be the most actual gibberish thing I've read. At least we got one more mile out of some e̵͖̔v̵̫̭̇̊i̷͎͛̈̓l̴̤͐͝ ̸̙̭̜̃̐̈W̴͈̩̗̌̐̕à̸̘̯̜l̶͙̫͎̾͂͊l̷̦̔̅̊ÿ̷̮̫́ ̶̙́͝W̸͔̝̺̏̾ȩ̷̝̤̈́̉͐ş̸͗t̸̡̄͝ content, amirite? Is Sheridan seriously the writer going forward for this book? This team is just plain cursed.
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BrianWilly posted:Christ, so many of these Future State books were so nonsensical, but the Titans story has got to be the most actual gibberish thing I've read. At least we got one more mile out of some e̵͖̔v̵̫̭̇̊i̷͎͛̈̓l̴̤͐͝ ̸̙̭̜̃̐̈W̴͈̩̗̌̐̕à̸̘̯̜l̶͙̫͎̾͂͊l̷̦̔̅̊ÿ̷̮̫́ ̶̙́͝W̸͔̝̺̏̾ȩ̷̝̤̈́̉͐ş̸͗t̸̡̄͝ content, amirite? Oh good, so it wasn't me? I have no idea what's happening. The horsemen looked neat though.
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Miracle Molly is just Tynion's Cyberpunk PC right?
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