DC March '09 Previews

[BrianWilly]

Wow, people suddenly forgave McKeever and realized that what I've been saying for months might be true? Today must be April 1.

One single person = people?

 

[Aristotle]

So seven characters I don't care about at all, one character I probably should care about but don't, and one character I used to care about but don't. Yawn.

Yeah, but did we care about Jaime Reyes? This is the whole problem with comics fans: they only buy books with characters they care about, rather than books that are good.

One single person = people?

Cerealkiller and Corp = People.

 

[BrianWilly]

I see no forgiveness going on. *shrug* Pretty sure Corp doesn't even read TT anymore.

And yes I am the preeminent authority on him and all his doings.

 

[Darthphere]

He doesn't.

 

[WompuM]

I see no forgiveness going on. *shrug* Pretty sure Corp doesn't even read TT anymore.

And yes I am the preeminent authority on him and all his doings.

So you read TT and what? Fanficition and watch Batman: Brave and the Bold? I like Will Freddie as much as the next guy but I dont think that that's canon. Espcieally post-IC canon.

 

[BrianWilly]

I didn't eat it, I just made sure it wouldn't fly away all of a sudden okay? Christ.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I haven't read Teen Titans since the Titans of Tomorrow redux. I just think the upcoming team looks interesting and I'm willing to give McKeever another few issues once they start. It was mainly his Robin/Wonder Girl romance and all the Ravager bulls*** that I objected to back in the issues I did read, and neither of those will be a factor when the roster change comes.

 

[cerealkiller182]

I haven't read Teen Titans since the Titans of Tomorrow redux. I just think the upcoming team looks interesting and I'm willing to give McKeever another few issues once they start. It was mainly his Robin/Wonder Girl romance and all the Ravager bulls*** that I objected to back in the issues I did read, and neither of those will be a factor when the roster change comes.

Both of those were virtually done away with almost immediately. I forget how the romance concluded but Ravager left the team after Terror Titans, which in turn lifted a lot of tension from Wondergirl (who never trusted her) and Red Devil (who had a crush on her and was jealous of Beetle's immediate friendship with her). Seems like Red Devil and Blue Beetle might have a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle like bromance.

 

[sethcohen]

its impossible for it to be as good as it was pre IC so im done with it

 

[cerealkiller182]

its impossible for it to be as good as it was pre IC so im done with it

Certainly not yet or anytime soon. Pre-IC had the advantage a team of characters with a lot of history. It gets more and more into the realm of a bunch of random teen heroes but on a team.

Im excited to see Kid Eternity though. His powers are very interesting.

 

[sethcohen]

only person on the team i remotely care about is cassie... but shes been so angsty and *****y, i cant stand her

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Both of those were virtually done away with almost immediately. I forget how the romance concluded but Ravager left the team after Terror Titans, which in turn lifted a lot of tension from Wondergirl (who never trusted her) and Red Devil (who had a crush on her and was jealous of Beetle's immediate friendship with her). Seems like Red Devil and Blue Beetle might have a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle like bromance.

I noticed that in the Titans' appearance in Blue Beetle. I was wondering what happened to all the angst between Red Devil and Blue Beetle.

 

[Cosmic]

I definitely want the Green Lantern Chronicles TPB, most likely will consider the Doom Patrol Showcase, and will think about possibly buying the Swamp Thing HC. I'm really trying to cut back on my spending right now, though.

 

[Motown Marvel]

the most disheartening thing about solicitations 6 months from now is seeing that mcduffie is still writing JLA. ugh.

p.s. mon-el is getting out of the phantom zone?

 

[Aristotle]

Gotta say, I've been excited for Kid Eternity in the Titans since that teaser image awhile back. Good to see him back in the heezy.

 

[cerealkiller182]

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/081215-dc-mar-2009-solicitations.html#comments- Okay, so the Teen Titans will be Wonder Girl, Kid Eternity, Red Devil, Blue Beetle, f***ing Bombshell of all people, Static (clearly the guy above Wonder Girl's head), and who else? I'm thinking Miss Martian is the shadow over Kid Eternity's head and I'm hoping the shadow between Wonder Girl and Kid Eternity is Aquagirl. Lorena's a great character that deserves to be revisited. I almost want to read this issue, but I'm worried that McKeever will be as terrible as he was when I last tried his Titans.

What about Traci 13? Shes with Blue Beetle right. She showed up in the Holiday special with the Titans.

 

[SouLeSS]

I noticed that in the Titans' appearance in Blue Beetle. I was wondering what happened to all the angst between Red Devil and Blue Beetle.

One of the titans bad guys was on a rampage and robin sent those two to take care of it. They were pretty angsty with each other (more red hating bkue and beetle goin wtf?). But they took care of the baddy and went 'oh wow so you're pretty cool wanna make out?'

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What about Traci 13? Shes with Blue Beetle right. She showed up in the Holiday special with the Titans.

I'd be as happy with Traci as Aquagirl, to be honest. I love both of them.

 

[SouLeSS]

too bad traci's gonna die at the end of blue beetle

 

[fifthfiend]

Yeah, but did we care about Jaime Reyes? This is the whole problem with comics fans: they only buy books with characters they care about, rather than books that are good.

1. I still don't care about Jaime Reyes, he's the one I should care about but don't.

2. For my money the problem with comics fans is the way they all think they know what the problem is with every other comics fan.

3. I don't know about you but personally I think a big part of a book being good to be whether it has characters in it that I'm interested in and want to read about. Books that take a bunch of characters I'm interested in and want to read about, throw them out, and replace them with a bunch of random nobodies and characters I used to care about until they made an aggressive effort to make me stop... aren't that.

But no maybe you're right, I should totally drop thirty or seventy dollars over the next couple of years seeing if they can make me care about this bunch of characters before DC Editorial starts murdering them at random too (which they totally weren't still doing as of like, three entire issues ago).

 

[Aristotle]

The reason comics keep getting ****tier is because fans just keep demanding the same **** over and over again. DC and Marvel try something new and different, and we all get in a tizzy about it, and some of us even say things like "raping my childhood." So then they have to hastily retcon it and go back to the way it was. And it's just this horrific cycle. When are readers going to start taking a chance? Yeah, sure, the ****in' thing might suck, so you drop it after a few issues.

 

[Kenda Man]

I'm excited about what they plan on doing with Black Adam and Captain Marvel. I don't if know it was in the interview with Johns, but isn't Jerry Ordway going to do a separate series of the Marvels or is it part of JSA with his involvement with the Marvels? I forget, but it's nice to see them back.

I think the Solomon Grundy special should be interesting. I like the character and I'm curious as to how they plan on fleshing out the character. For them to have Johns write a story and then have a mini series with Grundy, it should be cool.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The reason comics keep getting ****tier is because fans just keep demanding the same **** over and over again. DC and Marvel try something new and different, and we all get in a tizzy about it, and some of us even say things like "raping my childhood." So then they have to hastily retcon it and go back to the way it was. And it's just this horrific cycle. When are readers going to start taking a chance? Yeah, sure, the ****in' thing might suck, so you drop it after a few issues.

While that's a very large blanket statement that I don't entirely agere with, the losers are still the risk-takers either way. Either you risk trying a new comic and it turns out to be s***, which happens like 75% of the time at Marvel and DC (this is Teen Titans since OYL); or you try a new comic, get emotionally invested in the characters, and then it's canceled because no one was willing to take the risk with you (Blue Beetle, Manhunter, Amazing Spider-Girl, the list goes on and on and on and on); or you try a new comic, get emotionally invested in the characters, it actually sells pretty well, and then it's canceled because of some overzealous editor or writer's "vision for the future" that, for whatever reason, that character can't be a part of (alas, poor Batgirl...). That's the kind of thing that breaks a comic fan. I've considered quitting comics altogether because every single really good series with novel, interesting characters seems to get lost in the shuffle, so why bother getting invested in any of them in the first place?

 

[cerealkiller182]

The reason comics keep getting ****tier is because fans just keep demanding the same **** over and over again. DC and Marvel try something new and different, and we all get in a tizzy about it, and some of us even say things like "raping my childhood." So then they have to hastily retcon it and go back to the way it was. And it's just this horrific cycle. When are readers going to start taking a chance? Yeah, sure, the ****in' thing might suck, so you drop it after a few issues.

I hate that phrase so much.

 

[fifthfiend]

The reason comics keep getting ****tier is because fans just keep demanding the same **** over and over again. DC and Marvel try something new and different, and we all get in a tizzy about it, and some of us even say things like "raping my childhood." So then they have to hastily retcon it and go back to the way it was. And it's just this horrific cycle. When are readers going to start taking a chance? Yeah, sure, the ****in' thing might suck, so you drop it after a few issues.

And I did take a chance, and the ****ing thing sucked, and I dropped the **** out of it. Except that you seem to think that after dropping it I'm supposed to keep picking that **** back up again because this time it might not suck again, because apparently in your mind I'm supposed to be Guy ****ing Pierce from Memento, eternally letting the world take a **** in my coffecup. Where else in the entire world does anyone spout some ******ed ******** like "Well these guys who've perpetually ****ed up every time you've taken a chance on them only **** up because you won't take a chance on them! It's your fault they keep ****ing up because you won't take a chance on them because they ****ed up all those times you took a chance on them, so if you just took a chance on them they wouldn't **** up until they do which will be your fault for not taking enough chances on them!" No believe it or not DC is not entitled to my mother****ing money and if they want it they are in fact obligated to give me some reason to think they're not going to **** up all over the place again and Kid Nobody, Bomb Queen, Cool Until His ****** WB Cartoon and Wonder-Idon'tgivea****anymore ain't that.