OscarDiggs posted:

Maybe not fascist exactly, but "Yay Fascism" is catchier then "Yay Authoritarianism". It's been a while, but from what I remember all of the bad guys are huge Authoritarians and get away with it. The Comedian basically get's absolved for the vile things he did, Dr Manhattan get's to go away to the edge of universe to piss ball about with a new enslaved humanity to mess about with, and Ozymandias get's away with his plans, scot free, which is most of where my pro-fascist reading comes from. The only one opposed to all this get's melted by Manhattan and everyone else is to much of a melt to really care that much.

McCloud posted:

Also, I'm a bit surprised they're playing the sudden shock twist in Batman straight. That's.....really, really not a good look on Batman.

nemesis_hub posted:

You magnificent bastard.

I’m hearing people saying Joker War is actually good? It’s not, right?

Vince MechMahon posted:

If Norman caused mass murder on the level of Joker, I bet Pete would pull the trigger if he had to. And if he didn't someone else almost certainly would. It's ridiculous in a world where people who are okay with sometimes killing, like Wonder woman, that the joker is allowed to live in this state. It's long past due for that character to go away for a while and not come back till someone has a new idea.

Xelkelvos posted:

Same but Punchline.

Xelkelvos posted:

Punchline seems like someone who watched the Joker movie too many times

Madkal posted:

If we are going to go in on superhero costume stuff that is annoying mine is shoulder pads. Why do heroes need shoulder pads?

Dawgstar posted:

It's true. Name five Titans stories that aren't Judas Contract or Terror of Trigon. (You could start with what feels like endless iterations of Who Is Donna Troy but it's not a super deep well, well-regarded Titans stories.)

Gaz-L posted:

Ah, the Doctor Who approach to pacifism "It's OK if the hero arranges the deathtrap, as long as the bad guy is technically the one pulling the trigger"

Doctor Spaceman posted:

A rushed line-wide reboot that eliminated a lot of fan-favourite characters was a terrible idea but I don't think the comics from that New52 era were unusually bad, especially when you include some of the ones that started later like Grayson or Lemire's Green Arrow.

nunsexmonkrock posted:

I have to ask. Am I the only one who liked the azzarelo chang wonder woman run during new 52?. That is the run that got me back into comics.

Dawgstar posted:

So, what, he wanted Dick back as Robin?

Skwirl posted:

I'm more of a Marvel guy than a DC one, so I can't really remember any big DC events that are still popular. Death and Return of Superman? Crisis on Infinite Earths is important. I know Identity Crisis was really popular as it was happening, but my understanding is people really soured on it once it was over.

I should clarify, I mean in BSS, I know there's tons of people in the general comic Fandom who love these, part of the reason they keep doing them.

Xelkelvos posted:

I want a mini-series of the hybrid superhero Earth that basically spun out of the Elseworlds where Batman becomes a GL. Also a return to the High Fantasy, almost everyone is magic, Elseworld the sorta, maybe got expanded one when DC tried to make a MOBA

Dawgstar posted:

RWBY/Justice League? I beg your pardon.

Lord_Hambrose posted:

I ended up loving that book. The first issue or two were dreadful, but by the end I was sad it got canceled.

Xelkelvos posted:

I remember Batman and Wonder Woman have used a ring before during the lantern war (Bats got Yellow, WW got Violet). Barry/Wally might've gotten a Blue ring before. I don't remember. But Green rings specifically, there might've been a time when Hal or someone did a mass deputization for some reason or another, but I also don't recall.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

How was I am Not Starfire?

I know a bunch of fuckwits hated it but I'd prefer to not have to wade through their poo poo to find trustworthy opinions.

Gaz-L posted:

I know it's not uncommon for the Gotham titles, but it's an odd experience to be enjoying every other Wonder Woman thing more than the main title right now. Like, the Nubia book and Wonder Girl are both really great, and I especially love the renewed focus on the world-building Perez and his collaborators did on the Post-Crisis era stuff. I know it's not a totally perfect match for every viewpoint on trans identity, but using the Well Of Souls to introduce trans Amazons is a super clever approach and a great example of using existing lore in a refreshing and inclusive way.

The Question IRL posted:

What is the plot of DC Dark Ages?
As Tom Taylor was supposed to do a Marvel AU series called Marvel: Dark Ages about the Marvel Earth where technology stops working.

Skwirl posted:

There's a poo poo ton of Wonder Woman fans, they just don't buy comics.

Xelkelvos posted:

Madkal posted:

That just reminds me of one of the best scenes from Teen Titans go to the movies, which if you have seen it you know what I am talking about, and if you haven't seen it you absolutely should.

Xelkelvos posted:

The running thing with Grifter seems to be him bullshitting with civvies all the time with stories that coincidentally sound like things that aren't canon since lying is just part of what he does.

That said, the DC Vampires universe is now part of the multiverse such that there's basically now two vampire earths. One based on Batman: Red Rain (Earth-43) and now one that's the Earth of DC vs. Vampires (Earth-63).

And yes, as a result of Dark Crisis or whatever, the multiverse is back in full force without limits as it was pre-Crisis as shown in Dark Crisis: Big Bang.



Of note, Jurassic League got one of the slots that was previous left unknown. Same with DC: Mech. The other slots for the ones that were left unknown were filled by DC Bombshells, a seemingly forthcoming title called "Batman: The Gargoyle of Gotham", Injustice (which takes a slot that was previously said to be the "most mysterious"). Expect all of this to be undone/reshuffled in 5 years.

Xelkelvos posted:

Also Power Girl is getting formally looped back into the DCU and might also be somewhat psychic now?

Skwirl posted:

All the "Kid X" or "Y Lass" or whatever names are really funny when you think about Spider-Man being 15 when he started. and then Bendis created Miles Morales and he was 13 when he took over as Spider-Man in the Ultimate universe. But when Barbara Gordon was a sitting United States Congresswoman and her secret identity was still Bat-Girl

Walla posted:

Tried out Doom Patrol since it was brought up earlier. They're basically like DC's version of mutants? Kind of? It was a very good issue and I definitely think I will grab issue 2 next week. I'm a bit broke right now.

Also grabbed Green Arrow. It was very weird and kind of confusing but I'm looking forward to more.

Splint Chesthair posted:

(I always wondered why they never used “Captain Marvelous” but google says Power Rangers snatched up that name a decade ago.)

site posted:

if captain marvelous doesn't look like prince or david bowie I don't want it

Darth Nat posted:

At least Cass lives on in BoP and Spirit World.

Also everyone should check out Spirit World.