The General Comic Discussion Thread - Part 2

[donuts]

That's Tom King in a nutshell. Dude swings between excellence and utterly unbearable.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Supergirl gets a new look and a new book.
While I dont hate the look, it's trying to hard to be everything all at once which leaves it from being a great design

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Wonder if that's an indication of the direction Gunn is going to take with Alcock's suit.

 

[donuts]

Wonder if that's an indication of the direction Gunn is going to take with Alcock's suit.

Cousin who mops floors at Warner Bros Studios told me it totally is!

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Cousin who mops floors at Warner Bros Studios told me it totally is!

The staff at an organisation I used to work for did used to say, 'If you want to know what's really going on ask the cleaner!' so I'll take that as confirmed!

 

[Babillygunn]

I’ve been revisiting Len Wein’s Batman run. Absolute Bronze Age nuttiness. I’m all there for it. Englehart and O’Neil probably were better, but Len Wein’s writing was like a popcorn flick every issue.

 

[Gee]

Dustin Nguyen ripped Marvel apart yesterday on his IG in regards to contract rates. Ooof, Marvel are really that cheap huh?

Can't link to his post because... Well, he didn't mince words at all.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[CrimsonMist]

That Action Comics #1 facsimile reprinted at Golden Age size will be mine. The Detective #27 reprint from Batman Day was so cool.

 

[gohei_]

The other Day I finished reading the War for Gotham Collection. I was warned before hand but I've been enjoying Zdarsky's run so far.
Some of the issues have some Really Nice art, and The thing that Bruce does towards Jason is, interesting I guess. Other than that, this whole event is such a waste of time.

Directly afterwards I read the following Collection from Zdarsky with the Joker Year One, and The continuation of the Failsafe story. Even though I am pretty tired of the Joker this was a lot more entertaining. A pleasant surprise to see Ben Afflecks Batman in comic form as well.

 

[signalman]

I’ve been revisiting Len Wein’s Batman run. Absolute Bronze Age nuttiness. I’m all there for it. Englehart and O’Neil probably were better, but Len Wein’s writing was like a popcorn flick every issue.

Len Wein, Walt Simonson, Dick Giordano, and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez are reason I am here at Superherohype forums.
I saw the cover below at my local drugstore and I was compelled to buy it.
After reading it I said to myself, "I need to keep buying Batman" and I did until the mid 2000's.

 

[blueharvest]

In another note, have there been any announcements about The Last Days of Lex Luthor? Issue #1 came out like a year ago and I’ve been waiting for the rest ever since. It seems like it has fallen through the cracks. But good heavens, it was a great start!

Issue #2 is finally going to be released next week:

 

[Babillygunn]

Issue #2 is finally going to be released next week:

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Brother, you just made my day!

 

[flickchick85]

Triangle Era Vol. 2!!

 

[CrimsonMist]

Tom King's Batman is FINALLY getting the Hardcover Omnibus treatment in August! A Day 1 purchase for me for sure, along with each consecutive volume. I thought DC had all but abandoned his run in this format but this is very exciting.

 

[Babillygunn]

Tom King's Batman is FINALLY getting the Hardcover Omnibus treatment in August! A Day 1 purchase for me for sure, along with each consecutive volume. I thought DC had all but abandoned his run in this format but this is very exciting.


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I enjoyed his Batman run more than a lot of people did. I really wish we could see the story that he intended before stupid decisions were forced upon him by Dan DiDio.

 

[flickchick85]

I didn’t love the entire run, but I did enjoy a great deal of it, and honestly, it’s worth it for the “Cold Days” and “Superfriends” arcs alone imo.

Damn, all these Omni’s coming in the 2nd half of the year. My wallet’s gonna cry.

 

[Babillygunn]

I didn’t love the entire run, but I did enjoy a great deal of it, and honestly, it’s worth it for the “Cold Days” and “Superfriends” arcs alone imo.

Damn, all these Omni’s coming in the 2nd half of the year. My wallet’s gonna cry.

Those were far and away my favorite arcs in his run as well. I thought Cold Days was brilliant.

 

[CrimsonMist]

As the resident King Batman Apologist, I found his run uneven in its storytelling but found it incredibly interesting in its examination of Batman as a human being. It knocked him down a few pegs and got away from Batgod. Or rather, it repositioned Batgod from a Morrisonian Superpower to a child's emotional response to trauma. I also appreciated that it wasn't just stupid action spectacle....which is exactly what happened to the book once King was given the boot.

Aaaaaaaanyways:

Absolute Flash #1. Not great. Not bad. Wally is a 15 year old military brat living on a base with his father. The whole military aspect feels like a very tired trope at this point that tries to ground, too hard in my opinion, the fantasy aspect of super beings in colorful outfits. The zany science of the Golden and Silver Age is what makes the Flash, in all incartions, so much fun. Here, it feels more like The CW. It's a serviceable first issue and I'm interested to see where it goes. But I wasn't taken by this first issue as much as I was the other three books in the Absolute line.

Absolute Batman #6 made some great strides as well as Black Mask gives the citizens of Gotham the opportunity to wage some class warfare. This is the theme that I think needed to exploited much more prominently alongside the notion of Batman being middle class. If Snyder wasn't so caught up in the spectacle of it all, this book could have had a much more insightful, if not more intelligent, bent to it. Instead it still sort of reads as a bunch of really interesting ideas explored half-assed because Batman Is Awesome.

That said, Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Superman are still straight fire. Magnificent books.

 

[flickchick85]

I can't wait to dive into Absolute Superman. Heard nothing but great things.

 

[Snow Queen]

I initially veered off interest in the Absolute universe when details came out and it seemed a bit... edgy. Wasn't feeling it. Thankfully, I still did grab Wonder Woman and that book has been absolutely stellar. I'm really looking forward to Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter, the latter in particular sounds like a really fun set up.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Ab!Batman....Batman gonna Batman

But I love all the other ones. They're fresh.

 

[Karelia]

I haven't been disappointed in any of the Absolute titles. I just read Absolute Flash and really enjoyed it. Can't wait for Absolute Green Lantern/Martian Manhunter.

Also, some pretty awesome news!

 

[blueharvest]

I haven't been disappointed in any of the Absolute titles. I just read Absolute Flash and really enjoyed it. Can't wait for Absolute Green Lantern/Martian Manhunter.

Also, some pretty awesome news!

All of the Absolute books have been doing pretty well, I think, sales-wise. Just like the Ultimate books from Marvel.

 

[Primal Slayer]

All of the Absolute books have been doing pretty well, I think, sales-wise. Just like the Ultimate books from Marvel.

Snyder has said that the 3 books have sold so much that its paid for the line like....5x over to the point that the wont be going anywhere anytime soon.