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Yeah there are definitely some books missing. Seems like they rolled out their big guns and the smaller stuff will be saved for later. But drat some of these teams look amazing. Greg Rucka on Wonder Woman, Giffen on Blue Beetle, Williamson on Flash, Orlando on Supergirl are especially books I will look into grabbing.
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So 24 issues on a double shipping schedule is about a year worth of books. Just in time for the next DC relaunch in June 2017!
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Mar 27, 2016 01:04
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X-O posted:EDIT: Man I just read that whole Rucka post, man he sounds salty as hell about a company he's working for again. Also it seems his Black Magick book is going on hiatus for a year because of this. So if you like that book sorry I guess!
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Mar 27, 2016 02:09
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Honestly the only stuff I would want Rucka to change has to do with the Amazons and their history and attitudes. That was the one sore spot for pretty much everyone when it came to his run.
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Mar 27, 2016 03:47
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Space Fish posted:Reminder that The Omega Men fuckin owns. Two issues left...
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Apr 2, 2016 15:00
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Those Way imprint books look awesome. Might need to try them all at least once.
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Apr 8, 2016 02:06
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Really like the touch with the bird pecking it in classic style.
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Apr 8, 2016 02:41
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That's not all that surprising. There have been plenty of Lois Lanes who are some version of Superwoman. I know there is a section of the internet who has been rallying for a Lois Lane led book, though with her as a reporter as opposed to a superhero. I imagine this is the best they will get of their wishes for now and getting Jimenez on it is as good as getting Rucka on Wonder Woman.
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Apr 8, 2016 18:23
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AFoolAndHisMoney posted:Isn't her name Aleka in Azz's Wondy or are we just ignoring his run altogether like Wondy usually suffers? And yeah there's definitely some relation between Superwoman and Thor in Marvel right now, although (spoilers for Thor) I would say the major difference is that Jane is actively choosing to kill herself over being Thor - she can stop at any time and take her chemo properly, but the call to heroism makes every treatment she takes completely useless. Also that Superman is still going to be around, while Odinson is more or less not present due to be imprisoned.
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Apr 13, 2016 06:26
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X-O posted:More people should be reading Legend of Wonder Woman. It's really good guys.
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Apr 14, 2016 06:21
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I think I trust a Chinese man that a certain name can be considered both Chinese and Japanese in origin than I trust some twitter people on it.
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Apr 15, 2016 03:27
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X-O posted:I wish they would let whoever is doing the Sugar and Spike part of Legends of Tomorrow do a full comic with them. I'm not buying an $8 book for a small story I'm interested in among several others I'm not, but every time I see panels of it somewhere I get tempted. I saw one panel where they go to Superman Island and that's the kind of book I would like to read.
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May 3, 2016 01:50
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X-O posted:
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May 5, 2016 04:04
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Like the art but yeesh the twist of Canary's body here. Especially when she was facing Ollie in the panel just before this spread.
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May 6, 2016 17:59
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Endless Mike posted:Oh gently caress that.
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May 6, 2016 23:31
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Darwyn was known for speaking his mind and not giving much of a gently caress about what people thought of him, and that went for his art as well. And while I think Didio's comment is misplaced, I don't think he meant it with any ill intent. If there is anger in it, then it must be more directed to the fact that Cooke died so suddenly after his family went public with the news (though I imagine Didio has known for some time, since he's an executive.)
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May 15, 2016 04:09
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Good news for anyone who likes the digital Legend of Wonder Woman: DC has approved a sequel. With this, Greg Rucka's return and the movie, it's an all around good time to be a Wonder Woman fan. And if you don't like, then you clearly haven't read it. Go do so.
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May 23, 2016 17:09
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Space Fish posted:Abhay Khosla's Case Against Dan Didio. That aside, the original article its a response to isn't really about the value of Didio's worth. It's more about how ready people are to jump down the throats of executives, even based on small unsubstantiated claims coming from the rumor mill (which, ironically, Bleeding Cool is a large part of.) That and how it feels like the Big Two are more about churning out big shock moments, constant relaunches for short term gains, than about making solid stories that will stand the test of time.
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May 23, 2016 17:26
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X-O posted:So, if you're still trying to avoid spoilers until Wednesday, then don't read anything probably. Because DC revealed all the twists to USA Today so they're going to be even more widespread now.
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May 24, 2016 00:17
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Teenage Fansub posted:e: And a preview of a Frank Cho WW variant.
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May 24, 2016 14:49
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Dexie posted:Don't try Batman Beyond. Batman Beyond comics are almost always terrible. And if we're still talking about books we're gonna try, here is my short list. -Wonder Woman -Detective Comics -Batgirl & The Birds of Prey -The Flash -Supergirl -Superwoman -Gotham Academy (when it returns in October anyway) Tentative on Green Lanterns because Humphries is a mix bag of a writer, Blue Beetle to see if it can hold up to the original run in terms of tone, and Suicide Squad because I hope movie synergy doesn't make it turn into hot garbage like it has been for the past few years.
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May 26, 2016 02:41
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X-O posted:No, double shipping is not just double the comics you like a month. If it were that I'd have no problem with it. What it does is burn writers and artists out and it will, not may, lead to missed deadlines and fill ins. That's a guarantee not a possibility.
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May 26, 2016 03:46
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Travis343 posted:Huntress is what she always was, which is Italian, I think she's just being drawn swarthier than she used to be.
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May 26, 2016 04:37
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Pandora is honestly such a shame of a character. She had potential if they actually took the time to work on developing her, but she was a living macguffin that was quickly forgotten in the grand scheme of things. I highly doubt anyone will miss her and I'm pretty positive most forgot her existence until Rebirth brought it back for a hot second.
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May 27, 2016 04:44
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Dunbar posted:G. Willow Wilson posted on Twitter a while back that people need to move away from using single issue sales to judge the success of comic book because "some titles" can triple or quadruple their sales in digital and in trade. I think she'd be as well placed as anyone to know how much a digital-heavy book can sell on digital, so if even a couple books are selling that much digitally, it's a good thing.
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Jun 2, 2016 02:42
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Heathen posted:Do you also decide which TV shows to watch based on their ratings? And while I don't decide TV shows I watch based on ratings, tv stations certainly decide which shows get cut based on those ratings. Comic publishers aren't any different.
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Jun 2, 2016 04:27
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Teenage Fansub posted:Birds of Prey preview (just inked pages) Rhyno posted:I'd like to see some figures backing up the "most successful time for DC." Because if memory serves in 1992-93 they had a few books hit the several MILLION sold mark.
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Jun 4, 2016 07:18
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redbackground posted:Are there any lettered WW previews out there for either WW:Rebirth or WW:#1? It looks like Rucka is running with the whole "changing histories" thing Rebirth #1 introduced.
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Jun 7, 2016 02:54
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JoshTheStampede posted:I've also heard good things about Constantine. Black Canary was good in its first arc and then it kind of collapsed onto itself after. The whole "Dinah touring with a band" just didn't have any good buildup, issue 7 and onward had a weird plot, and the supporting characters were pretty bland with the exception of the main antagonist. Annie Wu's art was the best part about it, but then she left interior duties so I dropped it after. I think DCYou was good in concept, but bad in execution. I think them relaunching everything and starting fresh is a good tactic, as well as changing creative teams on books that have been loving dying for new blood (Wonder Woman and Flash especially needed better teams to handle them and they both look a lot more promising now.)
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BrianWilly posted:Alright, I'ma be the crazy person who says the Rucka WW Rebirth preview was just...passable. From what little we see so far it seems really prosey and tell-not-show-y and practically Johnsian.
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In regards to Wonder Woman - as someone who loved the Azzarello run, my hope is Rucka won't completely disavow it. I think it makes sense to disavow certain elements and the one Rucka seems most focused on is Diana's origin. Particularly where the Amazons are involved, as we see the contrast between the more classic version and the newer one (which isn't really faulted on Azzarello, cause the Amazons have been treated horribly since around the time Amazons Attack happened.) In my opinion that was the worst change Azzarello instilled. I could swallow down Diana not being made from clay, but the Amazons going from peaceful to violent was really ugly. And honestly, there isn't much story that can be told anymore with Azzarello's concepts. It was an incredibly satisfying epic, but it was severely mangled by the Finches. Hell if anything, we should be more angry at Finches for disgracing what Azzarello left. Hippolyta dies because she melted in the rain. Donna Troy comes back as a murderous Amazon who slaughters an entire camp of men. The Amazons are pretty much even worse than Azzarello ever wrote them as being. Hera turns evil again because she just wants to and Zola loses Zeke because he decides to turn into Zeus to save Wonder Woman's life. Oh and the last panels are Diana languishing how Zeke was the closest thing she will ever have to a son, because she can't have children of her own, which is the most loving cliched thing I have read in a loving comic about Wonder Woman. So yeah, after all that poo poo that happened? I'm fine with Rucka wanting to scrap the poo poo Finches did and let the Azzarello stuff be its own thing. This idea that it's invalid because Greg Rucka says so is kind of silly. All 35 issues of the comic is still there if you want to read it and Azzarello never intended it to be more than a standalone epic. It is what it is.
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X-O posted:This is all silly talk anyway because the true Wonder Woman is actually Legend of Wonder Woman and you all just don't know it yet.
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Jun 9, 2016 05:01
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Honestly Jason Todd has only ever been good in his original comeback story (which got an even better movie adaptation) and in the prequel The Lost Days. Jason was the only thing Judd Winick ever did right, and the character got progressively worse after he was taken out of Winick's hands. I happen to like the character and the concepts surrounding him, but it's a drat shame that no writer ever seems to write him in a way that feels satisfying compared to his revival story. The closest it got was that very short sequence Genevieve Valentine did for B&R Eternal with him and Tim together at a bar.
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Jun 15, 2016 00:48
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I'm really excited for the crossover if only because Rossmo is fantastic at creepy monster designs and Orlando is a solid writer. And with the bi-weekly schedule, it won't last very long.
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Jun 17, 2016 20:43
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JoshTheStampede posted:I know Prez is on hiatus, but are the six issues that exist a full arc or should I wait for it to be done/back before reading it?
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Jun 22, 2016 05:12
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Space Fish posted:I bailed on Doctor Fate after the first six issues - is it worth following up on the later issues? Are things allowed to happen, on the page and without jerking the narrative away?
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Jun 26, 2016 15:45
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Rhyno posted:Well yeah, why anyone would yearn for the horseshit she was shoveling would baffle me but before the first issue dropped her fanbase was doing the butthurt mambo.
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Batgirl of Burnside, I think, will be more remembered for Babs Tarr and Batgirl's new costume than anything that happened in the actual story. Which is fine by me when the actual story is pretty awful. People say Gail Simone went too dark with her run, but I think Stewart and Fletcher went in the opposite extreme. There's nothing wrong with making a lighter toned book, but Barbara never felt like Barbara. It was basically taking Bryan Q Miller's Stephanie Brown run and remaking it for Barbara, but the writers clearly didn't give a crap about anything that happened to Barbara before their run because they deemed it problematic. Now let me say this about The Killing Joke: what happened to Barbara was awful. There's really no good excuse for it. She was used to give Batman and Gordon a heap of manpain, while having no real agency in the story. And she would have been completely abandoned as a character in the comics for a long period of time, if it wasn't for Ostrander creating the concept of her becoming an information broker as Oracle. And what happened to her paved the way for characters like Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown to emerge and be so well loved as they are. This run actively tried to erase what happened in The Killing Joke to her in their last issues, by implying they were all fake implanted memories. What that means for the story isn't so relevant, as much as what it means from a historical perspective. It reminds me of the very uncomfortable trends going on to erase or just not discuss history that's considered problematic. What happened to Barbara in The Killing Joke was real. It's there, and it's always going to be there so long as the story continues to be told (and considering it's one of DC's highest selling Batman stories period, it won't go away any time soon.) I know a lot of people don't like what happened to Barbara. I certainly don't. But to try to retcon that history, or pretend it didn't happen, feels inherently wrong to me. It also invalidates her history as Oracle, one she had for over 20 years of comics, as well as the legacy of Batgirl. DC has made many mistakes with Barbara going into New 52. Erasing Oracle, while keeping Killing Joke, was probably one of the worse ones. It looks like they now want to fix that, if the Birds of Prey Rebirth stuff is any indication of changing attitudes. But I can't help but feel like the Burnside writers really tried HARD to pander with trying to retcon what happened to her.
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Personally the story that introduced me into looking at Superman comics more was "Superman: Secret Identity." Really fantastic story.
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Gaz-L posted:Argh, so she WAS Oracle now? I get that Rebirth is specially to allow poo poo like this, but good lord, make up your minds, people!
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