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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Hoopla allows you to check out e-books for three weeks at a time FOR FREE, including entire graphic novels. They have a selection of thousands from all the major publishers, including several hundred DC books (with the New 52 and Rebirth well represented, as well as lots of classics). It is offered by public libraries, so you just register for a free Hoopla account with your library card number, and then your library will have a specific number of checkouts you can do per month. (My system only allows four per month.) You can also keep a list/queue of things to check out later, and they also include streaming movies and music albums with shorter checkout periods. Hootington was being incredibly sarcastic.
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Excited for the YJ crew being back but boy this issue was all over the place. Just like, a massive coincidence that all these people show up at the same time. I do like Amethyst though so hopefully the roughness of that opening issue was just getting the niceties out of the way to get to the meat of what's going on. All that said god I hate Bendis dialogue. It's like I have to read everything with a stutter.
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Jan 9, 2019 19:12
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Beerdeer posted:Is YJ in canon? Or is it a book I should just read and not care about that? It's canon, though it pretty flagrantly ignores stuff that you think would matter to it with it being canon.
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Jan 9, 2019 20:30
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Not to mention Bart never existed in this universe either for the same reason that Wally's so hosed up. I guess they might think he's lovely New 52 Teen Titans Bart in a new outfit but I doubt Bendis cares enough about anything but whatever he's writing.
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Jan 9, 2019 21:20
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Teenage Fansub posted:Wasn't Bart coming back part of the Flash War thing? Yeah, Bart came back at the end of Flash War but that doesn't explain how anyone knows who he is. He makes no sense in this universe for anyone to know besides Wally and maybe Iris.
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Jan 9, 2019 21:27
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bobkatt013 posted:In rebirth it says that people’s memories can be restored. It happened with the titans and others. Specifically only with Wally's magic zappy touch, which only worked on people who knew him as Kid Flash (it did not work on Linda). No one else has gained memories of stuff that happened in the last universe aside from weird, discordant references. Even Superman got all his poo poo merged back into the new 52 timeline. You can't explain how Bart exists in this universe right now besides "he just kind of survived Flashpoint." Two Tone Shoes fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Jan 9, 2019 |
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Jan 9, 2019 22:16
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:There's also the bits from Detective Comics where Future Tim did... he did Some poo poo (tm) that I don't recall the details of to show Spoiler and (ugh) Orphan their pre-new-52 timelines; could be some bleedover from that, I don't recall how much he showed Present Tim I apologize for forgetting this because I did everything in my power to suppress anything Tynion did with Cass and Steph.
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Jan 10, 2019 01:28
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The next generation will just continue to atrophy under the silver age gen that has and will continue to dominate comics until the comics section folds. Wally was the only one to even get out from under that in any significant way and look where he's been the last 15 years.
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Jan 11, 2019 02:32
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Mr Hootington posted:With Bart back, I hope Max, jessie, and jay come back soon. They rule. Bart's back because Bendis wanted to us him. Jay will be back because Johns wants to use him. Max and Jessie coming back is probably not gonna happen, and if it does it'll be the most watered down versions of them imaginable under Williamson's pen.
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Jan 13, 2019 07:06
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Dude came this close to talking about Alpha Flight, I think he's definitely going a bit fourth-wall-break-y This is a holdover from Waid. Waid always tosses in subtle references to other companies (Wally talking about Quicksilver, Daredevil being "red Batman" etc etc) and this kind of talk happened with Bart, too. It's Bendis doing a bit of an homage.
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Jan 13, 2019 17:27
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"Kid" names don't age very well.
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Jan 14, 2019 04:44
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Teenage Fansub posted:Ad for Josh Williamson's Batman/Flash crossover Hi-C tie-in, with the shadow of Gotham Girl looming over 'em. I sure am glad I get to see Barry Allen moping over the death of Wally West. My two favorite things that go great together.
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Jan 15, 2019 04:45
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Open Marriage Night posted:Why are we mad about Shining Knight? No one is mad about Ystin. Everyone is scared about Ystin being in HiC for the same reason anyone but diehard Harley fans would be.
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Jan 16, 2019 03:52
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enigmahfc posted:Everyone knew Jon would get aged up, but now suddenly people are all, 'gently caress you Bendis! You did the exact thing we knew you would be doing for for like the past 6 months and has been confirmed by previews and everything!" Expecting something stupid doesn't make it less stupid. Jon was already artificially aged up to 10. Doing it again 2 years later to 17 is ridiculous and dumb.
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Jan 16, 2019 20:27
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Teenage Fansub posted:Was his big gig the N52 launch Superman? e: Looks like it was 'Sirens' for Boom. See, I'm feeling the exact opposite because both 7 and 8's covers are leaning into Wally being the mass murderer and the horrifying Azzarello Suicide Squad run taking Wally.
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Jan 19, 2019 23:47
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Teenage Fansub posted:Hi-C 7's cover is Superman pushing Booster and Harley apart and maybe yelling at someone else in our direction. What's that got to do with Wally? The other cover that was leaked ahead of time, by the same person that leaked 8, was dead Ivy scrawling out a lightning bolt in blood. Two Tone Shoes fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Jan 20, 2019 |
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Jan 19, 2019 23:59
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Teenage Fansub posted:A red hairing, my good sir! Harley and Booster are the red herrings who get absolved. If it isn't Wally then the framed, Azz Suicide Squad rumor. As far as Titans, who would've imagined removing by far the two most popular characters from it would've hurt it? That or they're setting up a synergy reboot with the show
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Jan 20, 2019 01:51
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Endless Mike posted:Finally, Wally can get the farm-fresh leeks he's always wanted. That's apparently the calling card of the guy who did this and the previous round of leaks. I don't know where he's getting him but he's been ahead of the curve on everyone two months running. Jiro posted:In my uneducated opinion while reading nothing about HiC: Identity Crisis Harder, Wally will be found guilty and be put in a mind prison that has him dream that he's back with his wife and kids, only whenever he's broken out he goes on a murder spree calling himself, Zoom, or Reverse Flash, or whatever new speed villain name they come up with wanting only to be put back in the dream state so he can be with his "family" again because the world is poo poo and they can't have Kyle have any friends. It does kind of suck that Kyle and Wally haven't met since Rebirth started. They were best buds in the JL since Dick was never around. Two Tone Shoes fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Jan 20, 2019 |
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Jan 20, 2019 04:33
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The last time Priest did a Deathstroke/TT crossover it was arguably the worst comic of Rebirth so good luck on that one.
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Jan 20, 2019 08:28
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Madkal posted:Just don't read it then. Ignoring a problem doesn't fix it or make it go away. How do you tell a Batman fan, "Don't read Batman," ? I get they were singling out the Walmart thing but King has been given the keys to the castle and criticizing what he's putting out is pretty relevant. This is one standout gross issue in a declining series of torture porn comics. My schtick is being the one Wally West person on this forum, I guess I should just not talk about it? Not care about things because someone is doing terrible poo poo with it? Two Tone Shoes fucked around with this message at 07:09 on Jan 22, 2019 |
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Jan 22, 2019 07:04
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Madkal posted:Well you can write a multi paragraph screed ending it with "I dare you to try challenge my holy cause!" if you want but it's probably not gonna change any minds. Some people like an author and some people don't. Don't buy books by authors you don't like. Don't try get into pissing matches online with people who like said authors either. You didn't really approach anything I said. The larger point was that King's a major influence in DC right now (which includes stuff like writing their biggest character in their hail mary attempt to get into the mainstream market) and keeping an eye on his work to see what image the company is putting out is relevant. Doubly so if he's handling characters you might be fond of. DivineCoffeeBinge posted:"Hey, you don't like this run of Batman comics? Good news; there are different Batman comics you may like more being produced every month. Don't like either Detective Comics or Batman right now? Good news; there's a literally endless stream of miniseries coming out regularly. Plus the character's appearing in a bunch of team books. Read those instead. Don't like any of that stuff? Good news; back issues and TPBs still exist. Read those instead while you wait for them to start publishing new stuff you care about again." I like being told to wait when I've been waiting since 2009. You're right, the solution is I'm just not patient enough and also that I have no personality. Thanks for the reality check.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:You asked 'How do you tell a Batman fan, "Don't read Batman," ?' so I told you. If you decide to internalize that poo poo, that's on you, my man. Could you crawl out of your own rear end for half a second? Good lord. The 2009 remark was merely a jab at your "just wait" comment. I'm not paying DC any money save a couple of the Sandman books (edit: I forgot I'm buying Young Justice, because I...like those characters) but I'll stop talking about Wally West I guess, lest my spiraling, terrible life impact your comics forum reading experiences anymore. The main thing I do is follow solicits and see what's up with things I have interest in (note, most of my comments in these threads are about solicits or, I dunno, Abnett's Aquaman for awhile which I liked). If you guys can't get it in your head that some people are attached to particular characters and that's what they're interested in then whatever. You're like the vast minority of people actually involved in the hobby. Most folks found their favorites at one point or another and tend to follow them. "Pathology," alright, man. Two Tone Shoes fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Jan 22, 2019 |
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Jan 22, 2019 08:09
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Oh that makes things much clearer, you're not spending money on DC comics but you feel the need to complain about them regardless because... I don't know why, really, I guess there must be a reason beyond "people should know what I think about the books I'm not buying" but I just don't see it, myself. It's kinda like how I enjoy baseball but don't feel the need to listen to people who haven't watched the sport since the designated hitter became a thing when they try telling me "baseball sucks now." I'm not constructing my goddamn identity. This is only relevant to this particular forum. It's like being a Saints fan in the NFL forum. But I guess my request for you to crawl out of your own rear end has failed. You literally can't stop yourself from armchair psychologist bullshit for a single post.
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Jan 22, 2019 16:57
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With regards to that King response, does anyone else think it's weird that Superman would imagine highly visceral and detailed death of his wife? Like I get being worried about her, I don't get imagining a bullet going through her head and all the other stuff. I'm a pretty pessimistic person and I don't go that far. And I'm no Superman. I think it's really easy to point out how this pertains to King's past and maybe that's where it's coming from but that doesn't really make it any better.
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Jan 22, 2019 18:33
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Sinteres posted:I hate Batman #50, but for me it doesn't erase the rest of the issues that made me invested in that storyline, and it definitely doesn't erase Batman Annual #2. That was written by the same guy, and even if he writes other things I don't like, I'm not going to forget how great that was. Obviously if he stops writing good stuff down the road I might decide I don't like him anymore, but as of early 2019 I think his highs are still as high as anyone in the business. See I get vaguely imagining really bad things. It's the difference between thinking, "What if she gets shot during her job?" and "What if Lex Luthor puts a bullet through her brain and there's a nasty blood splatter and you can see right through her head and poo poo." etc. It's the overindulgence in hyper violence, not the theme of worried, separated spouses itself.
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Jan 22, 2019 18:40
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I don't think you can hide behind comics being visual. You can show the exact same scenes that Superman thought of with a lot more subtlety.
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Jan 22, 2019 19:19
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I know I'm a broken record but the Flash family would perfectly fit an Into The Spiderverse style story/show. Chain Lightning basically was that already. They even have a comedy animal themed version that they've teamed up with before.
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Jan 23, 2019 06:38
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Well we knew something of the like was coming since before it even came out. Doesn't prevent it from being disappointing.
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Jan 30, 2019 17:02
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ElNarez posted:Speaking of exactly that bullshit, today's Flash Annual #2 is really really good! Joshua Williamson is really great at mining that bit of superhero melodrama for all it's worth, while also doing some of the transition between Flash #50 and Young Justice #1, and also teasing the big bad things coming in 2019. Plus it's got Scott Kolins stretching himself and doing Mann and Gleason as well as himself in a way that's kinda nuts to look at. I get why people are pissed, really I do, but it's making for some pretty good comics. On the other hand, it was largely focused on Godspeed who is the worst Flash character ever.
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Jan 30, 2019 19:16
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Sinners Sandwich posted:When they first announced it none of this murder stuff was in it. They talked about it like an anthology. When they announced it they immediately drew Identity Crisis comparison, as if that was a favorable idea. They know what they're doing.
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Jan 30, 2019 21:58
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Madkal posted:I didn't pick up this weeks Batman because it is a crossover and tied in to HiC. I made the right choice, right? It's just Batman being angsty about HiC with Barry also adding in some angst. So your usual fare. It doesn't actually have much to do with HiC and seems more tied into King's plot.
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Teenage Fansub posted:https://twitter.com/RyanHigginsRyan/status/1097539182795223041 Kind of crazy to me that Superman's sixth most important character gets a comic. edit: Also, hey, looks like all my fears and worries about HiC are about to be proven true. Hooray I guess. Two Tone Shoes fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Feb 19, 2019 |
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Wait didn't DC already rip off Marvel Zombies with Blackest Night? Was the GL flavor too distancing? And Cyborg is the protagonist here? Boy that's a lot of whiffs in one pitch.
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Xelkelvos posted:The current developments in Justice League with Luthor and Brainiac's team-up give me echoes from the Justice League Unlimited series. It's not bad, but it's kinda amusing. Considering he literally put together the cartoon JL team (sans Wally with Barry instead) this shouldn't come as a surprise. Waid did Sixth Dimension in JLA years ago. It was those weird dudes who talked with cubes.
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Feb 21, 2019 23:09
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Hellblazer187 posted:Also Batman is way more pissed about Dick getting shot than Dick is. Dick getting shot is entirely something done for Batman and not for Nightwing so yeah, that tracks.
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Feb 22, 2019 22:12
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Well, I just read YJ. I gotta say, I was not expecting that and I'm not sure I can possibly be happy about anything it entails. Oof. Doomsday Clock was kind of neat in some ways but it still feels a bit meandering. It's weird when this was kind of the Superpowered Moneyshot we were all expecting.
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Mar 6, 2019 19:53
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Maybe he's trying to beat Waid's issue count. He's already passed up Johns. Either way I'm super done with this Forces poo poo and Barry Allen: Year One sounds like the boringest thing imaginable.
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Mar 7, 2019 03:30
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If only it was truly the animated team.
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Beerdeer posted:I was okay with Young Justice. They're the late teens early 20s team now, with the Titans mid-20s. Connor not having been mentioned until now is weird, but I'm thinking that's Doomsday Clock fuckery. I'm all about letting the characters progress, and I'm willing to see what's up with the Superboy Family. It's weird that Conner is leapfrogging the entire 2nd generation(and, heck, everyone but Superman in the first generation) with the whole Kid and Family stuff. They are still currently in the process of screwing over Roy and Wally, who never had their kids, yet here Conner just shows up with a family in tow like it's no biggie. This could all just be a big ruse and Conner merely took up as husband and father as a ruse. You know, kind of like a reverse Clark Kent situation where he showed up and this family was looking for a dad/husband so he slotted in. Even if that baby is like the epitome of superbaby looking.
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I find a lot of Snyder's JL trite but no human alive can dislike Jarro. What a great idea and little starfish buddy.
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