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I thought it was fine. Harley Quinn was a surprise for not being really annoying.
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I thought it was pretty good, especially compared against the indecipherable gibberish that was Sheridan's Future State output. They really are banking on me giving a drat about this Red X shite, though.
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I've been reading through Ed Brubaker's work and just finished Gotham Central. It's great and it seems like an easy project to adapt for TV...which upon checking is apparently something we'll see in the near future. The series ends with "to be continued in 52." Is 52 the good weekly series from that era? I forget if it was Countdown or 52 that people hated.
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52 is a lot of fun with an all-star creative team, Countdown is an execrable mess.
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Chinston Wurchill posted:I've been reading through Ed Brubaker's work and just finished Gotham Central. It's great and it seems like an easy project to adapt for TV...which upon checking is apparently something we'll see in the near future. Countdown was 52 done right, if you're Dan Didio. So 52 is the good one.
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Vince MechMahon posted:Countdown was 52 done right, if you're Dan Didio. So 52 is the good one. That is definitely one of my favorite quotes ever, good lord. It seemed insane at the time, and has only gotten worse with the passing years.
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New issue of The Other History of the DC Universe is out and this one focuses on Katana and, almost presciently, Asian-Americans. Specifically in the 1980s and early 90s up to an and including the LA Riots and the Death of Superman Edit: This is also another brutal issue as it brings up Deathstroke and Terra's relationship and all of the  that it entails.It's also sorta like Issue #2 focused on the Outsiders a lot but it does give Katana more personal time Xelkelvos fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Mar 30, 2021 |
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Just read the Joker Fish story and there is the modern Joker. I was wondering when the full transformation would happen.
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Mr Hootington posted:Just read the Joker Fish story and there is the modern Joker. I was wondering when the full transformation would happen. I wouldn't even say that's Modern Joker exactly. Modern Joker basically has no traits beyond being obsessed with Batman while Laughing Fish works because it's Joker doing horrible, awful things in service of a completely nonsense goal that doesn't really have much to do with Batman.
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Blockhouse posted:I wouldn't even say that's Modern Joker exactly. Modern Joker basically has no traits beyond being obsessed with Batman while Laughing Fish works because it's Joker doing horrible, awful things in service of a completely nonsense goal that doesn't really have much to do with Batman. The entire scheme is to best Batman. He stops and threatens Thorne and says as much. That j Joker will protect the Batman because the Batman is who the joker wants to play with. At this point everything Joker does is established to be about Batman and nothing else.  Joker does stop at the copyright office to have the fish copyrighted, but he knows it can't be done. This entire scheme is to "joust" eith Batman. It is a very good story. Mr Hootington fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Mar 30, 2021 |
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I completely forgot about that part not gonna lie
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https://twitter.com/kthorjensen/status/1376924197687975937 Finally a DC writer with the balls to say it. I think I need to pick up The Other History Of The DC Universe.
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Yeah I found this issue very, very impressive and would recommend it even if people haven't read the first two (though they should!). On the one hand, I'm a little iffy on the whole "It's not actually a magic sword that sucks the souls of its victims, people just think so 'cuz of racism" part 'cuz, c'mon, it's comic books, just let there be magic swords. On the other hand, I'm not really enough of a Katana-aficionado to care that much. v v
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BrianWilly posted:Yeah I found this issue very, very impressive and would recommend it even if people haven't read the first two (though they should!). On the one hand, I'm a little iffy on the whole "It's not actually a magic sword that sucks the souls of its victims, people just think so 'cuz of racism" part 'cuz, c'mon, it's comic books, just let there be magic swords. On the other hand, I'm not really enough of a Katana-aficionado to care that much. v It's an interesting alternate take if you wanted to make Katana more street level, but in the grand scheme it doesn't matter too much afaict. Next issue is Renee Montoya so Hispanic-American and LGBT issues are next while we go through the DC universe in the early 90s and the turn of the millennium to probably a little after 52. So Knightfall, Zero Hour, No Man's Land. Identity Crisis and Infinite Crisis.
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On one hand, I appreciate them willing to tackle the story point head on instead of trying to soften it in pursuit keeping Slate marketable On the other hand, it's loving weird that they still publish comic books with that guy if they're willing to go at him that hard. Then again, his ongoing ended, so maybe he's going to be put into the same dark corner where Marvel keeps the Punisher right now.
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Mar 31, 2021 12:09
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I don't remember Geo-Force ever getting to like squish Deathstroke with rocks and lava, which seems like it would be a natural story to tell at some point, like there should be an issue of Outsiders where Black Lightning is shouting "BRION, you can't KILL DEATHSTROKE! Then you'd be NO BETTER than HE IS!" on the cover incidentally "Geo-Force" is my pick for all time worst superhero name (pre 1990s, excluding Legionnaires)
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OnimaruXLR posted:On one hand, I appreciate them willing to tackle the story point head on instead of trying to soften it in pursuit keeping Slate marketable Did that story even happen post all the reboots or did it get retconned out?
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Karma Tornado posted:I don't remember Geo-Force ever getting to like squish Deathstroke with rocks and lava, which seems like it would be a natural story to tell at some point, like there should be an issue of Outsiders where Black Lightning is shouting "BRION, you can't KILL DEATHSTROKE! Then you'd be NO BETTER than HE IS!" on the cover
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Sadly Geo-Force is a far less valuable brand to DC than Deathstroke.
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We got our first Wally West lead Flash comic book since 2010 today and it was alright. Art looks weird though.
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Karma Tornado posted:I don't remember Geo-Force ever getting to like squish Deathstroke with rocks and lava, which seems like it would be a natural story to tell at some point, like there should be an issue of Outsiders where Black Lightning is shouting "BRION, you can't KILL DEATHSTROKE! Then you'd be NO BETTER than HE IS!" on the cover Terrible costume, too. Dude looks like a bottle of Mr. Clean. Just an all-around garbage superhero.
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was his costume based on Terra's, was it the other way around, or were they designed at the same time? I've never been sure, but it doesn't really matter because he looks like a character created for a promo comic from the cotton farmers association about the grave threat of boll weevils
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this is an interesting gimmick, though doing something like this without any creatives attached is pretty questionable, and many of these have the distinct whiff of pitches from 5-10 years ago that were shelved https://community.dcuniverseinfinite.com/t/your-complete-guide-to-dcs-2021-round-robin-brackets/1517952 quote:Hear ye, hear ye! Welcome, citizens of the DC Universe, to ROUND ROBIN! quote:THE EXPANDED STORY DETAILS
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Let me save you the trouble, whichever one has the greater chance for Batman to appear wins. Congrats to Robins!
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X-O posted:Let me save you the trouble, whichever one has the greater chance for Batman to appear wins. Congrats to Robins!  A bit of a tight race right now actually.
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They should do a round robin with 16 different Robin's and the winner gets to not be killed by the Joker in their next big event, Robincide.
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Mar 31, 2021 21:37
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Most of those sound terrible. I really need to switch to marvel.
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Agreed. They don't even know what a round robin is! This is a single-elimination tournament! It's totally different!
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Ryan North said that he's behind one of the pitches so I hope that one wins. I'm guessing Super Pets, but there are a few contenders.
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It kinda sucks that a wacky concept like "Kyle Rayner does...literally anything?" has to be consigned to a Very Special Event Book, but it doesn't suck enough that I didn't vote for it.
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The Ambush Bug one seems amusing, but Zatana is more popular than him. Justice League Queer seems like a strange title and the actual pitch for it doesn't sound interesting despite it being probably okay. Lots of characters that haven't shown up in a while for this too like Night Runner or Jaime Reyes or Animal Man. Suicide Squad Seven seems like the most solid and enticing pitch, IMO.
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Xelkelvos posted:The Ambush Bug one seems amusing, but Zatana is more popular than him. Justice League Queer seems like a strange title and the actual pitch for it doesn't sound interesting despite it being probably okay. Lots of characters that haven't shown up in a while for this too like Night Runner or Jaime Reyes or Animal Man. Suicide Squad Seven seems like the most solid and enticing pitch, IMO. I've always disliked them just putting another word after Justice League, and making that word a slur (even a reclaimed one) doesn't make me like it more.
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Nightrunner always deserved better than what he got, so I'm glad to see he's getting a chance at least.
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Two Tone Shoes posted:We got our first Wally West lead Flash comic book since 2010 today and it was alright. Art looks weird though. I bought this week's issue of The Flash, drat the price hike, I bought it... and it was good.
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I managed to grab a copy of Nightwing #78. The shop owner had set them aside in the back so he could sell them to people who actually wanted to read it and not just scalp it for $30. Also apparently Flash is getting some speculator poo poo going on with it too?
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Barry Convex posted:this is an interesting gimmick, though doing something like this without any creatives attached is pretty questionable, and many of these have the distinct whiff of pitches from 5-10 years ago that were shelved Missed opportunity for one of these to be "Bouncing Boy goes back in time to hang out with Batman."
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I wonder how far I can get into this read order before giving up https://comicbookreadingorders.com/dc/dc-master-reading-order/
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Roth posted:I wonder how far I can get into this read order before giving up I really doubt I'm going to get very far but so far: Action Comics 1 & 6: Art feels extremely rough, some good goofy out of context panels.  Action Comics 6 being a story about a lovely manager for Superman that just franchises him everywhere against his will sure has become interesting in the context of what eventually happens between DC and Siegel/Shuster. Detective Comics 27 definitely feels like it has aged better than the corresponding Superman comics, and does feel quite a bit more mature in terms of content. It's more like a lowkey detective story than what Batman will become. Batman 1's intro of the Joker is very weirdly creepy: Just random murders because he can, and nobody can stop him. The non-Joker parts of the issue are, uh, there alright and the less interesting parts despite also bringing in Catwoman.
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