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Vince MechMahon posted:If you totally ignore it and never mention it again is there really any difference between the two beyond semantics? Both companies use selective continuity, that being "whatever the current editorial team determines to be in continuity on that day," it's just that Marvel is a bit more honest about that. Yeah, because hypothetically a future writer can incorporate it into what they do, see Al Ewing referencing back to NEXTWave in his Mighty Avengers run. Which had been completely ignored aside from some writers carrying over Machine Man's personality.
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Hey, the Captain was in two issues of Sam Alexander Nova!
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Mar 3, 2021 18:45
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Lord_Hambrose posted:Hey, the Captain was in two issues of Sam Alexander Nova! That was after Mighty Avengers though, wasn't it?
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Mar 3, 2021 18:46
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Boom Boom was essentially the same in the handful of X-Men appearances she made. And hasn't Elsa Bloodstone been in a bunch of crap?
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Rhyno posted:Boom Boom was essentially the same in the handful of X-Men appearances she made. And hasn't Elsa Bloodstone been in a bunch of crap? Again, this is all stuff after Mighty Avengers, and having gone back and read Boom Boom's earlier appearances, she's probably the character Warren Ellis changed the least.
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Skwirl posted:Again, this is all stuff after Mighty Avengers, and having gone back and read Boom Boom's earlier appearances, she's probably the character Warren Ellis changed the least. She was given a complete overhaul in X-force prior to AoA and stayed that way for a long time. The vapid airhead thing was not how she was generally written.
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Skwirl posted:Again, this is all stuff after Mighty Avengers, and having gone back and read Boom Boom's earlier appearances, she's probably the character Warren Ellis changed the least. Elsa has consistently been the same since Nextwave.
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Also Nextwave ruled.
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Elsa is currently shacking up with Deadpool
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X-O posted:Yeah I don't know what kind of bullshit Spectre was on but if this turns into a "Jon Kent is going to be a bad guy" thing I'm super done with it before it even starts. I'd say the fact that Diana was on his side, and the story itself was basically Jon being the Supermanniest Superman to ever Superman, might mean there's some prophecy bullshit where he's 'destined to rule Apokalips' or some crap, but it turns out to be ironic. But I definitely got the sense from the whole 'he doesn't belong' dialogue that they're heading to at least ship him off to
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Karma Tornado posted:it's still pretty funny that Marvel invented a wizard based south Pacific conflict to replace every war America didn't win after 1945 so dialogue about like Ben Grimm being a war veteran in a Roy Thomas issue of FF from the seventies doesn't make the Thing sound too old, though in 40 years magneto vol 10 #1 is going to explain the origin of the rwandan mutant who can control metal
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Quotey posted:in 40 years magneto vol 10 #1 is going to explain the origin of the rwandan mutant who can control metal Magneto got turned into a baby and also magnets make you Immortal, he can be tied to the holocaust forever.
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Got a good hearty lol at Roy tossing the trucker cap. Somewhere out there, D_T is losing it.
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I'm a little confused about Nubia. I had thought from the Future State issues that she was one of the special lineage Amazons 'cuz she had an actual aunt just living out there in Man's World, but here it seems like she's just another Themysciran? Did I miss an arc about her somehow? The Alan Scott story was nice. I'm glad Tynion isn't shying away from the fact that Obsidian is also gay and that this father and son are both gay and that's just how it is.
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The aunt isn't her literal aunt. She's Anansi.
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Oh. Werk?
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I'm glad they stuck the landing on Alan Scott being gay.
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Infinite Frontier off to a bad start with Roy throwing away his trucker hat
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He got rid of his hat? Can anyone do a wellness check on Darth Titmouse?
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Rhyno posted:He got rid of his hat? Nah he got banned for being terrible.
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Crime Syndicate definitely seems like they're gonna try and have fun
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Sounds about right for a mirror DC Universe.
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I didn't read Crime Syndicate, but I assume the Earth 3 Talons are like a secret society of warrior monks dedicated to peace?
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Talon is Owlman’s Robin. Predates The Court.
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I believe it's now that Gotham is ruled by the Owls and Owlman is their prime agent in enforcement. Volthoom and the Power Ring are no more and in its place are no actual Guardians who seem to want their GLs to be dictatorial like the Manhunters. Oliver Queen is president (idk if that was something from previous versions like how Benedict Arnold is the founding father instead of Washington)
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A dumb question about a dumb thing, but is "HH" is Batman's thing and "-TT-" Damian's thing?
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:A dumb question about a dumb thing, but is "HH" is Batman's thing and "-TT-" Damian's thing? Arkhams Razor fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Mar 13, 2021 |
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It’s such a little thing, but I really enjoy them. Nice little piece of character work.
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Xelkelvos posted:I believe it's now that Gotham is ruled by the Owls and Owlman is their prime agent in enforcement. Volthoom and the Power Ring are no more and in its place are no actual Guardians who seem to want their GLs to be dictatorial like the Manhunters. Oliver Queen is president (idk if that was something from previous versions like how Benedict Arnold is the founding father instead of Washington) I believe it's new, but, Oliver Queen as Earth-3's "billionaire failson that got elected president" is an inspired riff.
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ElNarez posted:I believe it's new, but, Oliver Queen as Earth-3's "billionaire failson that got elected president" is an inspired riff. The blonde hair initially made me think it was pastiche Trump because I didn't see the facial hair at first.
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I don't know about everyone else, but I, actually, really enjoyed all my DC books this week (Infinite Frontier, Batman, Swamp Thing, Suicide Squad, and Crime Syndicate) Feeling a bit optimistic, and between this, the Snyder Cut, and Woolie starting an Arkham Asylum LP I'm really in a DC mood this month.
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The start of Tynion's new arc is really stimulating long-dormant scans_daily neurons in my brain and making me want to post about how happy I am that Batman has a nice boyfriend for once. I thought Suicide Squad was.... fine? I'll give it another few issues to really grab me but it feels like a step back from the recent and excellent Tom Taylor run.
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Tom Taylor's Suicide Squad was probably the most enjoyable batch of Suicide Squad comics since, I don't know, the original Jon Ostrander run? I'm just happy for more Peacemaker, but it is an uphill battle. Probably the weakest of the bunch this week for me.
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I think the Ghost Makers costume and name are bloody stupid but the character is growing on me. I like that Bruce has a bro he can bounce off of and I just hate the idea that that means Ghost Maker is probably not going to be around long. As for Suicide Squad I really wasn't a big fan the Future State Suicide Squad and it feels like this is a prequel to that. I generally love Suicide Squad so I will keep getting it but I need to see more before I get invested. Do agree that Taylor's run was great though and it was nice to see someone do something different with the squad instead of Waller just getting worse and worse. I picked up Swamp Thing but I haven't read it yet.
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Joker is shaping up to be...interesting. The majority of the issue focuses on Jim Gordon and looks like it'll be more about his hunt for the title character than the title character himself which is good. The backup is more Bluebird/Punchline stuff and I could care less.
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Well yeah, Joker is busy raising Baby Batman.
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I like just about anything with Wonder Woman in it. But I REALLY enjoyed this issue. I hope the rest of this arc plays out just as well.
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Eh, I'm very rarely a fan of these 'hero has amnesia and is separated from their friends' arcs because as fun as the story itself might be, there's not much you can do to follow it up, and it basically forces you to come up with a whole new cast of characters (and in some cases, basically a new version of the lead) that aren't going to be there after. And I'm not necessarily so pulled into this story that I think all that you're having to bend the series to fit it is worth it. But we'll see.
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I'm mixed about it. The art and story is pretty nice so far, but there's a part of me that's bitter that Diana barely gets to do poo poo with her own pantheon and mythology anymore, we hardly know what she thinks about her own faith, and then she gets dragged into this whole Norse thing. And they're actually handling the Norse thing pretty well here which just makes me more bitter, 'cuz in contrast they seem utterly determined to keep the Olympians' status quos in the DCU as muddled and ambiguous as they possibly can.
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