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That liquid does not look like liquid, and that is probably the most nitpicky thing I've ever said about a comic.
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Mar 4, 2017 03:58
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Knocking back straight shots of honey mustard is an ancient Amazonian tradition.
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Mar 4, 2017 04:38
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Boy the first three issues of Checkmate volume 1 are frighteningly relevant.
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Mar 4, 2017 06:08
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Roth posted:That liquid does not look like liquid, and that is probably the most nitpicky thing I've ever said about a comic. Well, it looks like a liquid.
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Mar 4, 2017 17:40
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redbackground posted:Well, it looks like a liquid. Are you suggesting Ember made her a deal?
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Mar 6, 2017 11:02
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So the fake Clark Kent spoiler is out there. My reaction (without naming who it is for those that don't want to know) is that it is incredibly disappointing. Like the only worse candidate would be N52 Superman brought back to life.
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Mar 7, 2017 02:13
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X-O posted:So the fake Clark Kent spoiler is out there. My reaction (without naming who it is for those that don't want to know) is that it is incredibly disappointing. Like the only worse candidate would be N52 Superman brought back to life. Who is it???? OH DAMMIT! pubic works project fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Mar 7, 2017 |
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Mar 7, 2017 02:17
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Well in other news, DC is working out their digital sub service. I am still under an NDA for my part of the market research survey but the planned features sound pretty excellent. https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/03/06/dc-comics-planning-digital-subscription-with-amazon-prime-and-everything-changes/
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Mar 7, 2017 02:18
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pubic works project posted:Who is it???? Don't hover over this if you don't want to know: The fake Clark Kent is really Mxyzptlk. So it actually was one of the suspects listed in the back of Superman 18.
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Mar 7, 2017 02:21
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Very excited, mostly because I have an Amazon Prime account so if what's said in BC is true I won't have to pay much extra for it.
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Mar 7, 2017 02:23
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X-O posted:Don't hover over this if you don't want to know: The fake Clark Kent is really Mxyzptlk. So it actually was one of the suspects listed in the back of Superman 18. Well this sucks.
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Mar 7, 2017 02:27
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Rhyno posted:Well in other news, DC is working out their digital sub service. I am still under an NDA for my part of the market research survey but the planned features sound pretty excellent. 
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Mar 7, 2017 02:30
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X-O posted:Don't hover over this if you don't want to know: The fake Clark Kent is really Mxyzptlk. So it actually was one of the suspects listed in the back of Superman 18. Am I crazy or does this actually own? Who were yall hoping for that would be better?
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Mar 7, 2017 02:34
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purple death ray posted:Am I crazy or does this actually own? Who were yall hoping for that would be better? I wanted Superboy Primebecause I am a crazy person.
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Mar 7, 2017 02:36
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purple death ray posted:Am I crazy or does this actually own? Who were yall hoping for that would be better? As a long time huge Superman fan Mxyzptlk is the one thing I hate every time it's brought up. I have never and will never like the character. So the answer is literally anybody would have been better.
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purple death ray posted:Am I crazy or does this actually own? Who were yall hoping for that would be better? The good money was on Superboy Prime
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Mar 7, 2017 02:37
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Yeah definitely was hoping for Superboy Prime. It also doesn't make any sense that Mxy was jealous and wanting to get with Lois if he knew he wasn't the real Clark.
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Mar 7, 2017 02:40
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Rhyno posted:Well in other news, DC is working out their digital sub service. I am still under an NDA for my part of the market research survey but the planned features sound pretty excellent. Oh good, DC’s doing that thing I’ve been hoping they’d do for a while now.
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Mar 7, 2017 02:42
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Amusingly, this is the second time they pull that fake out with Mxy but at least on Injustice Y3 was handled slightly better.
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Mar 7, 2017 02:43
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Ha! He was my guess for Oz's prisoner, though I didn't think they'd make him the fake Clark as well. It's kind of a cheat though, isn't it? Fake Clark appeared just as Rebirth started, and yet all of Oz's prisoners we see by the time Mxy escaped were collected throughout Rebirth. Are we supposed to think that Mxy escaped the prison, traveled back in time, then became Fake Clark?
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Mar 7, 2017 03:03
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I becha whatever Amazon Prime comics subscription won't be accessable in my country. Good thing I've got a lifetime's worth of DC back catalog to read from sales already.
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Mar 7, 2017 04:17
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I just hope it's not like Comixology where they don't put up the whole series, and just offer the first two volumes.
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Mar 7, 2017 04:20
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Aww... but it was finally Prime Time!
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Mar 7, 2017 11:15
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Jiro posted:Welp......I would THINK that it gets solved at the end, also Joker Tim smile is pretty great. YES YEEESSSSSS I guessed correctly! THE BIGGEST BRAIN AM WINNDING AGAIN! AND NOW I SHALL EXCAPE CAPTIVITY FOR NO RAISIN! Well it's nice this long dangling plot thread from the lesser Superman book was given a lesser answer.
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Mar 8, 2017 11:16
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I can't quite parse which Superman he's talking about with the 'not my Clark' line in Dini's half, but it'd be cool if they're not bailing on the Myxlplyx/5th dimension stuff from Morrison's Action. I thought that was all pretty neat. I mean, yeah '5th Dimension/he can be/do anything' but they're already clamping him down, telling us he's a specific one of these Superman's rival, right? Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Mar 8, 2017 |
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Mar 8, 2017 12:37
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So I've been reading Superman but not Action Comics. Started the crossover part in Action today and immediately was annoyed because of the Clark Kent stuff they're referring to that I didn't read. Not finishing the issue until I catch up on this storyline. What's the essential issues?
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Mar 8, 2017 19:29
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Shovelmint posted:So I've been reading Superman but not Action Comics. Started the crossover part in Action today and immediately was annoyed because of the Clark Kent stuff they're referring to that I didn't read. Not finishing the issue until I catch up on this storyline. What's the essential issues? For what it's worth I haven't been reading Action either and I was able to piece the storyline together from context just fine. I actually think it's pretty good? Everyone here is angry about it but I think basically it's fine.
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Mar 8, 2017 19:45
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I'm currently reading through a list of the 25 top Batman comics to increase my knowledge of the character. I took a break from my position at the top of the list (#22) to read The Dark Knight Strikes Again, since it came with The Dark Knight Returns on Comixology and I had already read that one. Holy hell this is the best awful comic I've ever read. The art is so off-model it's like a cross between Picasso and SimCity 3000 adviser portraits, the dialogue is bizarre in the way only Frank Miller can write ("YOU LET HER WEAR THE TIGHTS"), and heroes and villains are killed off left and right to try and remain as edgy as possible in spite of the weird 80s cyberpunk design. It's like a slow motion train wreck.
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Mar 8, 2017 19:49
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Oh man, Lobdell manages to write a Jason that is both a badass and an utter dork. The best part? He can't hold his liquor!  I was seriously miffed by the way Eternal and Robin War depicted him as an alcoholic, spending all of his free time at bars so I'm more than happy for this development. And really when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Jason never had a normal childhood so is only natural he is socially awkward, making him even more relatable. The fact he is hilariously self aware helps a lot of course.     And hey, him drunkenly hitting on Artemis is freaking adorable.  As for the issue itself, it was Secret Origins: Artemis. I'm not familiar with her old backstory but I like the elements Lobdell introduced here. That said, despite all of this, the issue was less memorable than Bizarro's issue. Expected I guess since it was basically pure exposition spiced with some wonderful Jason moments.
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Shovelmint posted:So I've been reading Superman but not Action Comics. Started the crossover part in Action today and immediately was annoyed because of the Clark Kent stuff they're referring to that I didn't read. Not finishing the issue until I catch up on this storyline. What's the essential issues? In the wake of N52 Superman's death, Lex Luthor grabs the cape, makes himself a Superman suit and decides to be Metropolis' new Soup. Superman flies in and makes himself known and goes 'You're Lex Luthor. You're bad!" and Lex goes 'imposter!' and they start fighting. Then Doomsday appears and another Clark Kent shows up going 'What a scoop!' Everyone's confused. Not-Clark is just a civilian and has some story about having an agreement with N52 Superman to pretend to be his secret identity. Superman does a bunch of tests and this guy has no superpowers and doesn't appear to be lying, so Superman has to let him be. Lois, meanwhile, infiltrates N52 Lois' life at the Daily Planet (N52 Lois got eaten by a Bizarro Earth 3 Lois clone in the first issue of 'Superwoman'  ) to keep an eye on Not-Clark and he puts it on real strong that they are destined to be together and they go on a creepy date. Lois rebuffs him and he follows her to her house and creepily spies their family through the windows. You're caught up. Edit: I'm a bit worried about JLA. This issue read horribly. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Mar 8, 2017 |
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Mar 8, 2017 20:59
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Uh. JLA #2 got real strange real quick. The drastic art change from Reis to Watanabe didn't do any favors but the plot itself just seems like it banked a sharp left into what?ville. WW#18 was a goddamn powerful issue. This Godwatch arc is shaping up to be an incredible storyline. I'm also of the mind that Diana will end up killing either Deimos or Phobos before the run is over in a direct parallel to post-Crisis canon. Here's hoping!  Pick of the week is probably Detective Comics or, very surprisingly, Titans. Detective Comics is delivering a seriously good Cass Cain storyline imo, but I like that Titans is settling in to some straightforward, team-based superheroics after getting all that "WHOO ARREE WEEE~~~?" stuff out of the way. New Super-Man continues to be really fun -- "I-Ching is now one of my favorite characters" is a phrase I'd never thought to utter -- and Hal Jordan and the GLC has a heavily Guy-centric issue. Good poo poo all 'round.
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Mar 9, 2017 01:49
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Quick. Put Midnighter on the Justice League and he'll write it good!
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Mar 9, 2017 01:57
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I liked the part where Ryan being able to track the Extremists' energy signature was a big deal or something for about a page but they just took over an entire country anyway sooo hey there they are. I dunno. The issue just felt really off. I don't wanna bring up any Champions comparisons but, welp, it's the first comparison that came to mind.
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Mar 9, 2017 02:06
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BrianWilly posted:Uh. JLA #2 got real strange real quick. The drastic art change from Reis to Watanabe didn't do any favors but the plot itself just seems like it banked a sharp left into what?ville. Couldn't disagree more about Titans. A Fearsome Five rehash has got to be about the most boring Titans story I could imagine.
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Mar 9, 2017 02:53
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Two Tone Shoes posted:Couldn't disagree more about Titans. A Fearsome Five rehash has got to be about the most boring Titans story I could imagine. The Fearsome Five are a decent villain team. I have no issue with them.
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Mar 9, 2017 03:41
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Can someone help me figure out the implications of some of these pages?   so, a seismologist calls in to warn about an impending Gotham earthquake...they don't answer and her final words overlay an empty Batcave at first I was like...wait, did she call Batman? Why? Aren't there like, organizations for this she'd report back to? Was she calling someone else who didn't answer, and Batman was listening in? Cuz I know Batman taps. Let's say she was probably calling Batman...so, I guess he's just not there? and doesn't have an answering machine? you'll get why I ask this in the next few pages. I kind of switched to thinking, "Well, okay, he got the call, and just ran off in a moment, so it pans to the cave and she's still talking but he's already off to help...the city prepare, warn people, whatever"...but I'm immediately proven wrong by what actually happens the next issue. some indeterminate amount of time passes and there's a new issue, where Batman and co have clearly received no warning of impending disaster, just going about their lives, Batman's just on the phone gabbing about some low level gotham goofballs when...tragic hilarity strikes    so what's the deal here? is Batman just wildly incompetent? Was he the only person she was supposed to call? She didn't try to call anyone else? Did Gotham even get prepared for this? It doesn't look like a single person knew it might be coming. more importantly though, how does Batman drop the ball that wildly? or was it just artistically putting her final words over an empty batcave, but not implying that the words were being heard in that cave? it's kind of hilarious it turns out later that some of the Wayne buildings were built like super earthquake proof (to the point they basically survive completely intact and unspoiled where every other building is like...large gray potato chips) despite this often being drawn as an earthquake that's like, the earth disintegrating, so Batman with warning could have had people evacuated, and put enmass into this buildings...only Oracle was inside, otherwise she'd be in a pile of rubble and fire like everyone else oh noooooooo 
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Mar 10, 2017 08:21
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Nobody ever thought an East Coast city like Gotham would have an earthquake. People thought Bruce Wayne was a quack for having earthquake insurance on his buildings or something.
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Mar 10, 2017 09:04
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Punkin Spunkin posted:No Man's Land Stuff! The obvious answer is that this is someone that Bruce Wayne personally funded, he gave her a number to call in an emergency, and he was off busy Batmanning or something and when the call got there his answering machine was completely full.
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Is it such a reach that Batman simply monitors emergency channels like whoever she was actually trying to call and they just got unlucky and nobody was in the cave at the time? Like obviously Batman listens to the police band, I don't think it's weird to assume he's intercepting other emergency services at the same time.
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