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Some of the Beast World books are out and it's pretty par for a typical DC event. The Tour: Metropolis book has three different stories set after #1, #2 and #3 of Beast World and only #1 is out right now so spoilers on one of the plot points for this event. The other book, Waller Rising is sorta parallel to the event I guess and probably why the pacing is trash. The art isn't great either. The only redeeming feature is that it's a book that's focused specifically on Black characters and the nominal promise of a new group of Black heroes (including the return of the not-Luke Fox Batwing). BoP still good. Same with Poison Ivy.
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Sentinel Red posted:Okay, I did not have Batwoman and Fox Jr taking up Jakita and Elijah's mantle on my DC bingo card but hey, here we are I guess. I've been out of the DC loop for about 3 or 4 years now, but what's this about? Sound very cool.
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I've kinda fallen off of Waid's World's Finest at this point 'cuz like...look, I know we haven't technically had a ton of Kingdom Come oversaturation over the past couple years, but it still feels like we've had a ton of Kingdom Come oversaturation. Really, I think Kingdom Come has gotten to the point where any amount of Kingdom Come is Kingdom Come oversaturation.  ...but Waid's Shazam is still so. loving good. Catching up on Birds of Prey...the last time I remember seeing Sin was pre-N52 when she was still a preteen. Did we ever catch up with her before now, or did this particular plot really just start off fully in media res, "shh she's been on Themyscira for years and also she's 16 now, don't worry about it"? (Edit two loving days later: SOMEHOW my rear end forgot that Waid is the guy actually wrote Kingdom Come??? I dunno if that makes this better or worse lmao) BrianWilly fucked around with this message at 11:19 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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I did like Dinah's plan for Wonder Woman was asking her husband to keep her busy for the, like, 5 minutes Ollie could reasonably manage to.
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Dec 7, 2023 14:11
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Big Barda and Wonder Woman just smacking the poo poo out of each other is exactly why I read comics.
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Dec 7, 2023 22:54
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Darth Nat posted:Big Barda and Wonder Woman just smacking the poo poo out of each other is exactly why I read comics. Might I recommend the manga about ladies doing MMA, Teppu?
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Dec 9, 2023 06:13
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thetoughestbean posted:Might I recommend the manga about ladies doing MMA, Teppu? I was gonna say https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRaI9ixCmp8
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Dec 9, 2023 21:26
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I have watched Dorohedoro, but remembering it causes me pain since I'm guessing we'll never get more.
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Dec 9, 2023 23:56
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Darth Nat posted:I have watched Dorohedoro, but remembering it causes me pain since I'm guessing we'll never get more. You can always just read the rest of the series
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Dec 10, 2023 00:50
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thetoughestbean posted:You can always just read the rest of the series and then start Dai Dark, which also has an excellent really big babe. 
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Dec 10, 2023 01:27
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I tried getting caught up on current DC books but just got bored. Now I'm just going back and reading classic runs and stories I haven't gotten to yet and it's eay more enjoyable.
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Dec 11, 2023 01:08
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Roth posted:I tried getting caught up on current DC books but just got bored. What current books did you read? I know a bunch of them were very blessed, but the JSA books and SHAZAM are both good and I'm excited for those. What classic runs are you reading?
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Dec 11, 2023 01:21
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I gave Superman and Batman a shot and bounced off when I ran into big crossover events that I didn't want to put the effort into reading. There's some other stuff I still want to try still though like Titans and Shazam. I'm reading Morrison's JLA.
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Dec 11, 2023 01:44
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Reading Morrison's JLA is always a good choice.
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Can't go wrong with Nightwing.
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Dec 11, 2023 04:35
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Flash has been good for a while. Poison Ivy has been good as well.
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Dec 11, 2023 04:57
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If you want to read Superman and Batman but don't want to get bogged down in multiple titles, give World's Finest a go. It's set in the past so is it's own thing and is excellent!
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Dec 11, 2023 10:01
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Vincent posted:I've been out of the DC loop for about 3 or 4 years now, but what's this about? Sound very cool. It's exactly as it sounds, Fox and Kate and an odd woman called...The Drummer going around investigating mysteries in the DCU. They found a shift ship (maybe *the* shift ship) with a bunch of pickled century babies on board, and a Planetary guide. I'm a total mark for Kate and for Planetary so either I'm gonna love it or demand the heads of all involved.
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Dec 11, 2023 15:06
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Everyone sleeping on Green Lantern War Journal.
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Does DC have any overly cute comics suitable for younger folks? Marvel has things like 'Alligator Loki' and 'It's Jeff' in their Infinity lines, and a while back there was the 'Tiny Titans', which my nephews are enjoying since they're hooked on Teen Titans GO!
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Dec 11, 2023 22:29
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"Li'l Gotham" and "Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime" are both all-ages fun.
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Fearless_Decoy posted:Does DC have any overly cute comics suitable for younger folks? Marvel has things like 'Alligator Loki' and 'It's Jeff' in their Infinity lines, and a while back there was the 'Tiny Titans', which my nephews are enjoying since they're hooked on Teen Titans GO! https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/batman-wayne-family-adventures/list?title_no=3180 Wayne Family Adventures is pretty cute.
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Forgot about Speed Force. It's honestly not bad. I'm definitely too old to know if how the characters talk is how teenagers actually talk or if it's just a bad impression by an adult of how kids talk, but it's definitely there. The villains teaming up in it is honestly kind of inspired given the particular focus on social media (though it's really a not-Spotify app).
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outsiders is trying really hard to be planetary but i don't think it is working.
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Dec 13, 2023 13:24
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I was catching up with my DC books in their app this weekend, and Knight Terrors has such bizarre timing. The last issue of Joker was held back 2 months, and all the new books had to dive into an event on like issue 2 or 3 of their series right out of the gate. Those issues would have been fine as annuals or something.
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Dec 13, 2023 14:55
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Is Peter David 's Young Justice run any good
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Lucifunk posted:I was catching up with my DC books in their app this weekend, and Knight Terrors has such bizarre timing. The last issue of Joker was held back 2 months, and all the new books had to dive into an event on like issue 2 or 3 of their series right out of the gate. Those issues would have been fine as annuals or something. It made no sense to me that they did this hugely disruptive event in the middle of the launch of Dawn of DC. Also why they did a spooky event in the middle of summer and not, like, Halloween.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Is Peter David 's Young Justice run any good One of my favourite series ever. It's just fun from start to finish with every character getting time to shine. I can't recommend it enough.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Is Peter David 's Young Justice run any good Oh, yeah. We don't really get runs like that anymore, same writer and same artist and given years to just do their own thing with minimal crossovers. It's got a few Peter David-isms where he thinks some puns are way more clever than they actually are but if you've read like any PADGuy comic ever you're used to it.
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Dec 14, 2023 13:44
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Another yes vote. YJ is what brought me back to comics.
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I will forever cherish YJ for giving us Mr. Doug Side. It's kind of weird that they've never tried to bring back Secret (to my knowledge at least).
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:outsiders is trying really hard to be planetary but i don't think it is working. Honestly that's kind of my reaction to Kelly and Lanzing as writers generally. They try really hard but it always feels like the pieces, while all fine individually, never really fit.
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I read the first issue of Outsiders last night on DCU. I liked it more than I expected to. Personally I've liked Kelly & Lanzig from what I've read of theirs. Nitewing is still my favorite solo character book currently. The art is so good in it. Combined with Taylor's lightheartedness in the book it's fantastic. Other than Flash and Fire & Ice are there any other books from DC that have those lighter vibes I should be checking out?
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Lucifunk posted:I read the first issue of Outsiders last night on DCU. I liked it more than I expected to. Personally I've liked Kelly & Lanzig from what I've read of theirs. Shazam!
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Lucifunk posted:I read the first issue of Outsiders last night on DCU. I liked it more than I expected to. Personally I've liked Kelly & Lanzig from what I've read of theirs. Birds of Prey has been ridiculously good. And Titans makes a good companion piece to Nightwing.
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Open Marriage Night posted:Birds of Prey has been ridiculously good. And Titans makes a good companion piece to Nightwing. Oh yeah Birds of Prey is great. Titans is good, but it's also gone almost immediately into a crossover so I didn't want to recommend it.
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The crossover has actually been pretty good so it's not a big drawback or anything. Titans is more standard superheroics than the irreverent fun of Nightwing, but it's still more of Tom Taylor which is generally a solid bet. In terms of irreverent fun though, Jeremy Adams has been the preeminent standout writer to watch for a while now. His Flash series, which starts on issue #763 and ended fairly recently, might be my favorite run on the character ever. His current Green Lantern series has also been knocking it straight out of the park with every issue, especially with Xermanico on art. Really, it's hard to go wrong with any corner of DC Comics right now, which feels insane to say considering just how hosed WB has been as an overall corporation. Of course this all might change at any point in the near or distant future...but for now, you can pick up just about any book from any character and find something good.
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'll check them all out.
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I would say as big Chip Zdarsky fan that his Batman run has not been good. So maybe stay clear of that. Which is kinda insane because he just finished a fantastic run on Daredevil so I figured he'd be a slam dunk for Batman.
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Yeah, Batman & Robin is the only actual Batman title I'm reading right now. I also fell off Catwoman due to the Gotham War thing, but basically everything else has been at worst solid. Like, I'm not loving Fire & Ice or Power Girl, but they're not unreadable, just not quite hitting what I want out of them. Shazam (as well as both World's Finest titles), both Green Lantern books, Green Arrow, most of the Superman family stuff, Cyborg, Nightwing, BoP, Titans all are stuff I'm looking forward to each month. And the JSA and Titans solo-focus miniseries have been good too (I really enjoyed the Starfire issue of the Titans one, really nailed the character from the comics, as opposed to the tendency to write Kory as the cartoon version). Even King's Wonder Woman isn't a trainwreck. (Bear in mind I'm reading a month behind on DCI)
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