DC December Solicitations

[BrianWilly]

Here they are.

No Final Crisis for some reason.

What the hell Howard Porter, I know your hand got chopped off or something but that's really not your best work.

New law in the Book of Oa = No boinking? I dunno, that's really the only thing I can think of, considering the context.

Potential Teen Titans recruits = NOOO! NO NO NO WRONG!!! Run away from the bad!!!!!!!!!

Oh shock, the New Kryptonians turn out to be bad? Absolutely no one could have seen that coming ever.

 

[Blader5489]

No Final Crisis for some reason.

Here's your reason.

 

[Keyser Soze]

New law in the Book of Oa = No boinking? I dunno, that's really the only thing I can think of, considering the context.

Damn, Hal's screwed!

Or not, as it would happen...

 

[BrianWilly]

And another thing..

TITANS #8
Written by Judd Winick
Art and cover by Howard Porter
There's a traitor in the Titans' midst, and the entire Tower is under lockdown until the team can discover which member could betray them. The problem is, there's no real way to investigate, since the traitor is now a sleeper agent!
On sale December 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Wait didn't this exact same thing, along with the whole sleeper agent angle, also happen in Winick's Outsi...

Written by Judd Winick

...oh. Oh, I see.

Here's your reason.

Maybe. But upon reviewing it look like it has at least a little to do with Final Crisis: Secret Files where Morrison fixes the mess that Countdown writers made of his story.

But yeah it is really iffy to delay the final issue of your big event, even if it's no longer rare from either company.

 

[Darthphere]

The ending to Batgril will shock us!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I hope they mean that literally. Like, she's electrocuted to death.

Why are there 10 issues of this Tangent Superman thing? I thought it was a mini-series.

 

[yenaled]

It's mini compared to the year long series.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

But it doesn't say "10 of" anything. Is it actually an ongoing?

 

[yenaled]

Ohh right, I'm pretty it's a mini series I've not heard of it being an ongoing.

I haven't read it through so not really been paying attention.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Me either. 10 issues (at least) is just a lot for any mini-series. 7 or 8 is usually the most issues they get to.

 

[Darthphere]

The ending will shock you.

 

[Hans]

What the heck is the Tangent Superman, anyway?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Superman from the Tangent universe.

 

[Hans]

Superman from the Tangent universe.

Wow, the Tangent Universe sounds ******ed.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Naming a universe "Tangent" seems like giving fans a license to ignore it; Marvel at least got it right with "Ultimate".

The cover suggests we'll see more of Donna and Cassie in Simone's WW, which would be good; "Genocide" is a bit vague for a villain name, although it's a fit with "Doomsday" and "Devastation".

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Naming a universe "Tangent" seems like giving fans a license to ignore it; Marvel at least got it right with "Ultimate".

Yeah, the Ultimate universe at least made it a few years before people realized it was worth ignoring.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Actually many of the Tangent books are worth checking out, especially their Joker. There was some great writing and the idea behind the universe was solid.

In fact the recent JLA/Tangent crossover was a pretty great read.

 

[CBG]

The ending to Batgril will shock us!

Beechen's writing it.

Which means, all kinds of **** can happen. The bad kind.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Stop torturing yourself. Just drop the book.

 

[CBG]

I just can't.

I HAVE to know what happens to her.

 

[Tron Bonne]

No Final Crisis, well that sucks, maybe they are just delaying it for the sake of explaining all the continuity hiccups in that Secret Files, but I'd rather them just release it at the end of the month or something instead, but whatever, doesn't matter.

Cute that The Strange Deaths of Batman trade right under Batman RIP.

Young Liars and Madame Xanadu just keep looking great, too bad they'll both probably get cancelled by issue 30.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

30 issues ain't bad by today's standards. I was thinking Madame Xanadu would probably be canceled before #12, just because I'm enjoying it so much. It's my personal belief that someone upstairs hates me when it comes to entertainment.

 

[Hans]

No Final Crisis, well that sucks, maybe they are just delaying it for the sake of explaining all the continuity hiccups in that Secret Files, but I'd rather them just release it at the end of the month or something instead, but whatever, doesn't matter.

Cute that The Strange Deaths of Batman trade right under Batman RIP.

Young Liars and Madame Xanadu just keep looking great, too bad they'll both probably get cancelled by issue 30.

I really, really hope that Young Liars in particular gets to last as long as Lapham intends it to. There's not much sadder than a creator owned book that has to wrap up before it's time.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Oh, yeah, I mean I hope neither actually get the axe, but it seems Vertigo series have been going that way. I do hope that at least Young Liars can be like Vertigo's next Fables as a hit or even like Hellblazer as a steady seller, but since it seems I rarely hear anything about it or anything, so it'll probably end up the way of American Virgin and Exterminators.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

As long as Madame Xanadu and House of Mystery stick around, I'm content.