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Siegkrow posted:Wait, back up a second for those of us not in the know, being Jewish is genetic (Or maybe ethnic?)?
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quote:Amid Nightwing’s investigation of the mystery behind the secret society called the Hold and their connection to the origin of Blüdhaven, Dick runs into his old flame Bea Bennett! there is no escaping secret societies and a city's ancient past in a bat-related book anymore, is there
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Parallax posted:there is no escaping secret societies and a city's ancient past in a bat-related book anymore, is there Is Scott Snyder writing a Batbook again?
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Aug 18, 2023 21:08
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Mr Hootington posted:Read Hawkgirl #1 and it was not good. Yeah. The second issue is bad. It's a shame. I wanted to like it but it is not good
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Aug 18, 2023 21:27
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Codependent Poster posted:Yeah. The second issue is bad. It's a shame. I wanted to like it but it is not good That is a shame. I still might finish out the series since I'm reading it through the app. The JSA, doom patrol, and SHAZAM! books are good so far at least. WildC.A.T.S. and superboy are not good. Cyborg and steelworks aremediocre. I should read city boy and spirit world and see if they are decent. Mr Hootington fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Aug 18, 2023 |
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Parallax posted:there is no escaping secret societies and a city's ancient past in a bat-related book anymore, is there They gotta also get back into how Batman's granddad put all the gargoyles and skyways in town for a Reason
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Aug 18, 2023 22:25
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And the world's greatest detective didn't notice until 900+ issues in smdh
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To be fair I could buy Bruce being aloof enough to just shoulder shrug that Gotham just always been a spooky town and how it's perfect for Batman and never think to look into it due to being on day 3 of no sleep/micro-naps because Joker did a blah blah blah, and that fits into an old case from 20 years back, while Penguin did a whatchamacall it and that ties into some Talia al Ghul stuff, meanwhile someone STILL hasn't fixed that creaky door in some part of Wayne Manor.......
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Aug 18, 2023 22:48
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Mr Hootington posted:I should read city boy and spirit world and see if they are decent. Spirit World is great.
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Aug 18, 2023 23:07
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Darth Nat posted:Spirit World is great. City Boy isn't bad either.
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Aug 19, 2023 16:14
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City Boy needs to link up with Jack Hawksmoor already
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Aug 19, 2023 17:38
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Darth Nat posted:Spirit World is great. I do like making sure John Constantine is still an absolute rat bastard, but also loving hates deadnaming someone. It fits him so much.
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Darth Nat posted:Spirit World is great. I'll probably pick that up - I was kind of a bit bummed out that Constantine got folded into Cape stuff (even though I always loved when he would interact with them), but I should probably finally get over it.
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Disco Pope posted:I'll probably pick that up - I was kind of a bit bummed out that Constantine got folded into Cape stuff (even though I always loved when he would interact with them), but I should probably finally get over it. He had 300 issues at Vertigo, he did what he needed to do.
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Aug 21, 2023 13:26
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Didn't constantine piss on the vampire king?
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Yeah but he was a complete prick, had just killed a kid and was going to kill John too so it was justifiable uricide.
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i like spirit world but i get the feeling it'll be a better read when it's over, it's kinda slight just going issue by issue
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Siegkrow posted:Didn't constantine piss on the vampire king? Who hasn't? The vampire king has a very specific kink.
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Siegkrow posted:Didn't constantine piss on the vampire king? Was this a typical Constantine gambit, like his piss was holy or something? Lord_Hambrose posted:He had 300 issues at Vertigo, he did what he needed to do. No, I won't be satisfied until I'm 11 years old again in awe at all the cool older goth girls and alternative boys buying armfuls of Sandman and Preacher while the shop plays Helmet and reeks of weed. Disco Pope fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Aug 22, 2023 |
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Disco Pope posted:Was this a typical Constantine gambit, like his piss was holy or something? The opposite, if anything. The King found him during a homeless stint on the streets, gloated for a bit, took a chomp...then started gagging/melting because he did not find John's demon tainted blood agreeable. Pissing on him as he was dying was the cherry on the cake. If anything, he got off lightly.
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Disco Pope posted:No, I won't be satisfied until I'm 11 years old again in awe at all the cool older goth girls and alternative boys buying armfuls of Sandman and Preacher while the shop plays Helmet and reeks of weed. A bygone era, that we all would love to go back to. I am still surprised how well Johnny the Homicidal Maniac still sells, so many years later. It's sad Vertigo is gone, but it did change everything.
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Is Infinity Inc any good/worth reading? I just finished the second JSA volume and really enjoyed it, and it seems like a lot of the legacy members were featured heavily in it. I think I also saw that it’s where Mister Bones first started showing up.
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Awww man there used to be a older kid in the neighbourhood I grew up in that had all the cool older kid comics and I was always in such awe of them even if I didn't know what they were. Dude was like my hero.
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Read the outsiders (1993-1995) and it is awful. It is all of the worst tendecies of the 90s rolled into one book. Lmao that any of the characters managed to be used again afterward.
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Knight Terrors came and went like a wet fart and I'm really drat tired of these event comics interrupting the current runs, doesn't allow the runs to actually develop.
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Siegkrow posted:Knight Terrors came and went like a wet fart and I'm really drat tired of these event comics interrupting the current runs, doesn't allow the runs to actually develop. Yeah there wasn't a whole lot to that. I liked the involvement of Deadman and Dodds Sandman but otherwise it seemed pretty pointless. Speaking of events, Gotham War started this week. It seems a lot less disruptive as it only involves Catwoman and Batman, and the premise is kind of amusing - Catwoman is scooping up all the hired goons and teaching them to be proper burglars which has reduced the violent crime in Gotham because they aren't working for the more antisocial supervillains. Batman has just woken up from a coma and is very angry about this. It seems kind of like a Venture Bros plot and that's very much my jam.
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At first it didn't seem to quote make sense with everything insofar as Bruce being so dogmatically anti crime, but Zur En Arr peaking his head out started making that make sense. Also he was cranky from his 8 week nap. I guess there's also an overarching narrative of him having to deal with things not being under his control or influence and not having the power to effectively deal with them. His mind, then his body, now his city. Knight Terrors was definitely a bit of a wet fart whose only redeeming features were some stand alone stories that allowed the writers to have a bit of fun. There's an interesting discussion with the Harley Quinn one where it's directly confronting her rise to the spotlight without directly engaging with the fourth wall where, in character, the idea of becoming an A-lister and Important is terrifying and she doesn't want a thing to do with it. Action Comics i guess is starting its own side event and also someone else is taking up the mantle of Bloodwynd, but also DC's take on Spawn (again?). Guess that pre-Rebirth character from the Doomed arc has been memory holed.
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i think Knight Terrors was fine, but they should have had it just be a one month event around October and not immediately after some big books like shazam and titans launch. i don't think it's a bad idea in general to give books a one month break, you can let readers try different titles, give new writers and artists a shot, and highlight some underused characters but there's got to be a better way to do that than with that they did here
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All I wanted from DC for the last two months is Green Lantern issue 3!
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I wonder if sometimes line-wide pauses for special events (like Knight Terrors) are driven by concerns about schedule slippage in multiple main books.If you are several of your books are starting to run late (script delays, art delays, editorial turmoil, etc.) I can see simply declaring a one or two month jubilee of guest writers and artists to give your regular books a chance to catch up. Beats fill-in/inventory stories, or running late, I guess.
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Lord_Hambrose posted:All I wanted from DC for the last two months is Green Lantern issue 3! Their best books are being delayed or skipped. It sucks!
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Xelkelvos posted:City Boy needs to link up with Jack Hawksmoor already didn't he first appear in a Jack Hawksmoor story in the Wildstorm 30th Anniversary one-shot last year?
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Superboy #5: Time for me to nut up or shut up.
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New Birds of Prey is incredibly cool, I'm digging this first issue a lot.
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It is good, Big Barda and Cass are the friends I didn't know I needed in my life. I'm sure some people will be very mixed on Harley, though.
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impressed at how quickly zdarsky has gotten everyone to turn on his batman run, must be taking some tips from wells
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This crossover is real bad, and it amazes me that someone could look at the universally positive reaction to Wayne Family Adventures and say "You know what readers are hungry for? Bruce pushing away the batfamily and everyone fighting!"
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I haven't read it, but how does someone go from a well liked Daredevil run to a hated Batman run?
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I'm still finding Gotham war amusing because of how ridiculous everyone's behaviour is. At least Batman has multiple recent traumas and a coma to blame, but the others are all acting nutty too. Who'd have guessed the villains might take issue with Catwoman stealing their goons and escalate things?
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