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Lucifunk posted:I don't think I've ever read a bad Kelly Thompson book. I believe she may be the only writer in comics that understands people in New Orleans don't speakbl like Pepe Le Pew as well. Gambit say you must be kidding, cher.
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Changing how gambit speaks is a literal war crime
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In Heroes In Crisis she was holding her own against Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, so I guess that's her power level now.
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He could use a mustache like Batroc's. Just lean into it. New Orleans is a total homer town. Gambit is beloved, as well as his Mississippi wife. They should be part of a Krewe in a story. Gambit tossing exploding plastic beads, coins, and cups at drunk tourists from Ohio.
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Thranguy posted:In Heroes In Crisis she was holding her own against Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, so I guess that's her power level now. At the same time? What?
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Darth Nat posted:The one question I always have when Harley shows up on teams like this is why anyone would actually want to recruit her. I don't even really understand why Waller would want her on the Suicide Squad. Like, I understand from a business perspective--she's a popular character--and I understand from a team dynamics standpoint--you want the "Howling Mad" Murdoch archetype--but I don't understand why someone like Black Canary would willingly add her to their team. She's not particularly strong or skilled. She's reasonably smart and clever, but not more so than a dozen other characters that aren't crazy loose cannons. WILDCARD BITCHES!! YEEEEHAAWWWW!!!
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Air Skwirl posted:At the same time? What? It was a Tom King comic.
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Darth Nat posted:It was a Tom King comic. I know, but still? I get her out smarting Batman, she did that in the Timm/Dini cartoon and they invented her, and I kinda get her crazy and Superman's moral code leading her to escape him, but I feel like Wonder Woman just wouldn't have time for her nonsense and body her immediately. Not kill her, but just slam her down and lasso her.
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Man, imagine going back 30 years and telling folks the goofy jester sidekick gal in this new cartoon is gonna end up on practically every other DC superteam, be the star of several films, and one of DC’s most popular characters after Bats. They’d think you were out of your fuckin’ mind.
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Sentinel Red posted:Man, imagine going back 30 years and telling folks the goofy jester sidekick gal in this new cartoon is gonna end up on practically every other DC superteam, be the star of several films, and one of DC’s most popular characters after Bats. They’d think you were out of your fuckin’ mind. 90s BTAS Fan: “I really love Joker’s girlfriend. She’s so fun and wacky!” Jaded Modern Person: “Ugh, Harley Quinn. She’s everywhere now. She’s basically DC’s Deadpool.” 90s Fan: “…Rob Liefeld’s Deathstroke knockoff?”
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Harley Quinn is a character I normally enjoy in a comedy focused solo title, but it is such an uninspired choice for a team book. Honestly I was hoping for Red Canary but maybe that character has run her course like every other plot thread from Dark Crisis Requiem For All Worlds 3: The New Generation Rises (or whatever it ended up being called). Someone like Red Canary or heck even Naomi not written by Bendis would be way more interesting. A good POV character learning the super hero ropes is a great addition, and it just isn't as exciting if it is a character who has been around for 30 years.
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thetoughestbean posted:90s BTAS Fan: “I really love Joker’s girlfriend. She’s so fun and wacky!” What’s really funny is when’s the last time you saw Deadpool. He was everywhere and then just completely disappeared
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He just got a new monthly.
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Started watching the Harley Quinn cartoon show and it is genuinely great.
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Azubah posted:He just got a new monthly. And he’s in X-Force recently
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Joe Fisto posted:And he’s in X-Force recently And in the new Uncanny Avengers run coming up.
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you gonna explain what that means or...?
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Google says Robin failed to stop a school shooting.quote:Tim Drake becomes acutely aware of a gun problem in his school and tries to solve it in both his civilian guise and as Robin. He, Spoiler and Green Arrow take down some gun runners, and as Tim Drake he informs the principal of the situation, but he is too late. Before long, Karl Ranck is dead, killed by a bullet from Young El's gun in a pointless gunfight.
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Illegal gun running has absolutely nothing to do with school shootings.
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Considering the comic came.out in 1996 and was probably tied school shootings (or teens shooting other teens) with gang violence I can see how they came to that conclusion. There were shootings before Columbine but it seems like before Columbine people were more afraid of gangs than anything else.
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There is a "school shooting" subplot in Robin Vol. 2 that begins at the end of issue #24 and runs until #26. It is full of racism and American centrist pablum. Issue #24   Issue #25          So then the white kid ends up dead. Issue #27 is about Karl's funeral while spoiler and Robin track down Karl's "killer" who is from and hiding out in the city. Here is the ending after the capture.  It feels like a very American subplot. The problems are only real when they enter you safespace. The problems are caused by invaders. The system is incapable of dealing with the problem. Americans need to take justice into their own hands. Responsibly.
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The robin subplot is a fine example of why doing a "very special story" about real world problems really doesn't work with Batman and Robin. The characters themselves are frequently protryaed as very out of touch rich people whose only idea to combat societal problems is to lock them up. In the 70s and some of the 80s, Batman while as Bruce Wayne would try to dump Wayne money into community projects to help with poverty which was acknowledged as a prime reason crime exists. That went away when the Reagen revolution happened. It really is fascinating reading these stories and watching America politics change through the lens of batman. Mr Hootington fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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Air Skwirl posted:Illegal gun running has absolutely nothing to do with school shootings.
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Yeah this isn’t really about a school shooting it’s more about a shooting at a school
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I do love Dana and Tim both explaining to Tim's dad that Tim ain't no snitch
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To be honest reading those panels I don’t have anything against them they seem fine. If your problem is that super heroes are doing super hero things then I don’t know why this particular story is being shown. Just continue to do the lame Batman is actually the bad guy blah blah stuff for the last two decades
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CharlestheHammer posted:To be honest reading those panels I don’t have anything against them they seem fine. E:// i'm not even sure what Batman's whole speech was about. "He saw something beyond the courts and laws, Robin. HE SAW MEEEEE!" Like, uh, does that mean anything to a pastiche that implies their day-to-day is some B-plot from Boyz In The Hood? Dude sees and lives through poo poo outside of the commonalities of law every day. Also guns are bad. FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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FilthyImp posted:Youre ok with the jockboy going "Tim, yours is ok, she's one of the good ones" while dropping dogwhistles so loud that ears on OA were ringing? I mean yes the white family is being pretty openly racist but I assume that’s the point. He isn’t exactly being subtle about it
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Also, that Black kid would absolutely be charged as an adult and you'd have a 15 year old in adult jail for over a decade. It would not be a short stint in juvie.Hillary Clinton in 1996 posted:They are often connected to big drug cartels, they are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called superpredators — no conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first, we have to bring them to heel. Air Skwirl fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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Yeah, that whole thing is very much not good, but it is also of its pre-Columbine time for, uh... mostly worse.
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Air Skwirl posted:Also, that Black kid would absolutely be charged as an adult and you'd have a 15 year old in adult jail for over a decade. It would not be a short stint in juvie. Yeah that rhetoric was pretty common—a lot of the black community supported the crime bill at the time, too. Reading what was presented, it didn’t seem super awful? Like, the white kid with the gun is clearly presented as deeply in the wrong
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Narratively the onus seems to be sitting here on the white kid, and if Karl von Hitler here hadn't "started none," there would have "been none." I would agree it is pretty loud and brassy but the message of "Do not take guns to school" seems sound, even if nowadays the concern would be that Karl there shows up with an AR-15 and starts blasting as the GCPD huddles outside. e: Clayface, working as a substitute teacher in a B-plot over the last seven issues, reveals himself to stop Karl, either ruining his cover and reputation OR getting killed anyway.
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What is Clayface up to lately? Last I read with him was the JT4's Detective run where he was helping Cass with her language skills through Shakespeare.
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Reading the "Contagion" crossover for the Batman titles and this thing could have been about half the length it was.
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At least Contagion was a focussed event. Wait til you get to Legacy (ie the unnecessary sequel)
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Madkal posted:At least Contagion was a focussed event. Wait til you get to Legacy (ie the unnecessary sequel) Maybe it will turn out like the weird unnecessary knightsend sequel "Prodigal" and be good.
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Mr Hootington posted:Maybe it will turn out like the weird unnecessary knightsend sequel "Prodigal" and be good. Remember this post for when you finish Legacy.
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Lmao the deus ex machina ending of Contagion. Dogshit
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So I'm reading this "New Champion of Shazam" volume and it is uh... A bit on the nose?
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