The General Comic Discussion Thread - Part 2

[Babillygunn]

Yesterday, I read "Absolute Power #1" (1 of 4)

It was an enjoyable read.

By the way, welcome to the board!

 

[Babillygunn]

Has anyone been reading the Boy Wonder series by Juni Ba?

I’ve been pleasantly surprised. Loved the Dick Grayson and Tim Drake issues especially. I usually find Tim to be insufferably boring (and I say that as a huge fan of Lonely Place of Dying) but he was the picture of cool in his issue.

 

[Babillygunn]

Anybody read Animal Pound?

I just finished first issue and I’m certainly intrigued.

I’m interested in knowing others opinions.

 

[Venom 1988]

Anybody read Animal Pound?

I just finished first issue and I’m certainly intrigued.

I’m interested in knowing others opinions.

Is that the Tom King comic?

Also random but didn't see a post on this, but this News Gods comic by Ram V seems interesting

A "cosmic imbalance" will lead to the return of Jack Kirby's New Gods in a new series from Ram V and Evan Cagle

The Gods will return this December

www.gamesradar.com

 

[flickchick85]

I’ve never read anything by Ram V before, but if the reviews are good this New Gods book will probably be my first!

 

[Babillygunn]

I’m not a Ram V fan. The only thing that he has written that I liked was his Future State Catwoman story. In fact, this is the first time in a long time that I’ve not read Detective Comics, because I’ve been waiting for his run to end.
I totally see why some would like him. But he’s not my cup of tea.

I don’t have a lot of faith in him to write a Fourth World book that would appeal to me. I prefer Kirby Fourth World to Morrisson. And I definitely see Ram V taking his cues more from Grant Morisson than Kirby. But then again, I would’ve expected that I would’ve enjoyed Starling’s take on a Fourth World story, but Death of the New Gods was an abomination.

I’m a huge fan of Fourth World, so I will give it a look. But I tend to be disappointed by most people’s takes on that universe, with the only notable exceptions being Johns, King and of course Kirby.

 

[CrimsonMist]

I've enjoyed most of what Ram V has written for DC thus far. His Swamp Thing is a masterpiece and his Aquaman: Andromeda was a lot of fun. Catwoman has a lot of great moments (I think his first fill-in issue during Jones' run was the best of the series up to that point, ruined by terrible Jon Timms artwork). Unfortunately, Detective Comics turned into a bit of a slog and I stopped reading it. Maybe it reads better collected, but month by month it just felt like it was going nowhere. That said, I'm actually pretty excited for Ram V's New Gods. I think that part of the DCU fits his style of writing pretty well. So I have high expectations.

Anyone else excited that Jeff Lemire is taking over JSA? A fit that has never felt so right.

 

[Babillygunn]

I've enjoyed most of what Ram V has written for DC thus far. His Swamp Thing is a masterpiece and his Aquaman: Andromeda was a lot of fun. Catwoman has a lot of great moments (I think his first fill-in issue during Jones' run was the best of the series up to that point, ruined by terrible Jon Timms artwork). Unfortunately, Detective Comics turned into a bit of a slog and I stopped reading it. Maybe it reads better collected, but month by month it just felt like it was going nowhere. That said, I'm actually pretty excited for Ram V's New Gods. I think that part of the DCU fits his style of writing pretty well. So I have high expectations.

Anyone else excited that Jeff Lemire is taking over JSA? A fit that has never felt so right.

I need to read Ram V’s Swamp Thing, as I’ve heard that it is really good.
I really didn’t enjoy Andromeda and I dropped it pretty quickly.

I love me some Jeff Lemire though!

 

[flickchick85]

A 3-month arc? 12-issues? Whatever this story is, sounds like a future Deluxe Edition for my shelf to me!

 

[J.Drangal]

I don't really know where to post this...

So, I just received my David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist Edition and noticed something on the book.

It seems that the front cover is not aligned with the back cover.


As a result, the inside pages "stick out" slightly from the book.



Measuring the width at the top and bottom of that front cover, I lost a few millimeters.
Yet the book shows no signs of bumping or collapsing.

Do others have this defect in their copy? If so, it could be a manufacturing defect...
Or is it just my bad luck?

 

[Babillygunn]

A 3-month arc? 12-issues? Whatever this story is, sounds like a future Deluxe Edition for my shelf to me!

Now if only we could get another issue of The Last Days of Lex Luthor.
That book had an amazing start.

 

[Karelia]

As a GL fan, I'm glad the character is getting some love.
-Green Lantern (Jeremy Adams)
-Green Lantern: Dark
-Green Lantern: Civil Corps Special
-Absolute Green Lantern

It's going to be tough to keep up with all the stuff coming out in the next few months. Justice League Unlimited (Mark Waid) all the Absolute books I want to give a go, all of Geoff Johns Ghost Machine books... a couple of Marvel... I may have to figure out where I can cut lol.

 

[Babillygunn]

As a GL fan, I'm glad the character is getting some love.
-Green Lantern (Jeremy Adams)
-Green Lantern: Dark
-Green Lantern: Civil Corps Special
-Absolute Green Lantern

It's going to be tough to keep up with all the stuff coming out in the next few months. Justice League Unlimited (Mark Waid) all the Absolute books I want to give a go, all of Geoff Johns Ghost Machine books... a couple of Marvel... I may have to figure out where I can cut lol.

Is War Journal still going on?

 

[blueharvest]

Is War Journal still going on?

Yeah, it's on issue #11, I think.

 

[Karelia]

Yeah, it's on issue #11, I think.

I think 12 comes out this month, and that will be the final issue.

 

[blueharvest]

I think 12 comes out this month, and that will be the final issue.

I checked and I think issue 12 comes out this week.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Slick]

Really looking forward to reading the Absolute books.

 

[Karelia]

Yeah, I've already let my lcs know to put me down for all the Absolute books. It seems thr bat logo isn't going over so well with some, but idk, we will see. I'm indifferent on it.

 

[Slick]

Yeah, I've already let my lcs know to put me down for all the Absolute books. It seems thr bat logo isn't going over so well with some, but idk, we will see. I'm indifferent on it.

Same. I don’t mind it myself I mean it reminds of the DKR logo(a book I still haven’t read yet).

 

[Babillygunn]

I’m sure that I’ll read the Absolute books, but I’m not looking forward to them. With Absolute Power going on, I just want the continuity to get back into play. I’m tired of events, elseworlds, and crossovers. DC has made a lot of decisions lately that have fumbled a great foundation that they had established.

Having Nightwing as the cornerstone of the DC Universe was a great call. But the execution has been abysmal. Jeremy Adams was doing amazing things with The Flash and Spurrier has finally shifted it 180 degrees and the main Flash, Wally, has been all but absent from his own book for what seems like half a year. If I’m being honest, King’s Wonder Woman has moved far too slow for my tastes and is quickly burning the goodwill that it established earlier. For me, Ram V’s run on Detective has been the first time that I’ve not read Detective in decades. Having Titans be the flagship team could’ve been interesting, even if I wouldn’t have chosen that. But then they start them off by feuding with a Brother Blood spinoff (yawn) and then go straight into Beast Wars, which was surprisingly good, but ultimately made the Titans public enemy number one. It is like they immediately started setting up Absolute Power before they even gave the new balance of power in the DC universe a fighting chance. Then they give us a Green Arrow comic and establish the Arrow family, which was a blast, only to then, once again, misuse Absolute Power to make Ollie a villain.

It is all infuriating. And it doesn’t help that even Mark Waid’s work has been somewhat suffering as of late, as Worlds Finest has not been at its finest for the last couple of arcs.

 

[blueharvest]

More info on the upcoming Absolute Batman comic.

 

[Babillygunn]

I just re-read Catwoman: When in Rome for the first time in probably five years. That story ages like fine wine. If I’m being honest, I think it’s better than Long Halloween or Dark Victory

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

I just re-read Catwoman: When in Rome for the first time in probably five years. That story ages like fine wine. If I’m being honest, I think it’s better than Long Halloween or Dark Victory

Completely agree BBG I rank them

1. When in Rome
2. Dark Victory
3. The Long Halloween

 

[Babillygunn]

Completely agree BBG I rank them

1. When in Rome
2. Dark Victory
3. The Long Halloween

Of those three, I put them same order. But…(and this is where I’m probably going to sound crazy)…I put Haunted Knight just below When in Rome and above Dark Victory.