The Infinite Crisis Thread (SPOILERS)

[The Leaguer]

Wait, Infinite Crisis isn't a comedy book?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No, it's not. I understand how it could be confused for one, though, with Superboy Prime's dialogue consisting mainly of "lol u guys make me bad by hitting my fists and dying omg stop."

 

[The Leaguer]

Hey, I, for one, felt for Superboy. I mean, wherever that guy tried to put his fist, someone's head was there! The poor guy!

 

[Lackey]

I'd really hate for Infinite Crisis to turn out that way. Breaking the fourth wall is best left to comedy books, in my opinion.

best left for comedy books and writers like Alan Moore and Grant Morrison




Bendis didn't do to shabby with breaking the fourth wall either

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, I forgot about Morrison's Animal Man. I hated everything about that Sentry arc, though, so Bendis doesn't get any points. Anyway, breaking the fourth wall still doesn't work well as the payoff to a huge comic book event like Infinite Crisis to me.

 

[Lackey]

Yeah, I forgot about Morrison's Animal Man. I hated everything about that Sentry arc, though, so Bendis doesn't get any points. Anyway, breaking the fourth wall still doesn't work well as the payoff to a huge comic book event like Infinite Crisis to me.

I never read Sentry... I was talking about Alias



I wouldn't be completely opposed to it, but it would be very hard to do and very easy to mess up. I really don't think they're going to go that way, though.

 

[Darthphere]

If its an infinite crisis, it would never end.....therefore, theres no way to end it.

 

[Tamanon]

It sounds like a very great idea breaking the fourth wall, but it's a bit too ambitious for DC to do. Remember they're trying to make the universe a bit more accessible here also, destroying the suspension of disbelief might counteract that. Plus I dunno how they'd actually get the payoff to work, haha.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I never read Sentry... I was talking about Alias

I've never read Alias, but it's not a mainstream superhero book so I could see Bendis pulling anything off pretty well in it.

 

[Anubis]

Wait a minute, he broke the fourth wall in alias? When?

 

[TimDrake64x]

i wouldnt like that. i read comcis not only because they r good stories but because they r a good escape from reality because they r so fantastical. making it more realistic would kinda contradict comics imo

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wait a minute, he broke the fourth wall in alias? When?

That issue you missed. Remember the one after that gap in your collection that opens with Jessica holding a hammer amidst a bunch of debris? Yeah, the one before that.

 

[Anubis]

Damnit! I knew buying that True life blow up doll was gonna come back and bite me in the @$$! I just had to have it! "Oh, I can miss a couple of issue, i'm sure it wont matter in the long run." Stupid!

 

[Lackey]

Wait a minute, he broke the fourth wall in alias? When?

the last story arc... It's not to the same extent as Morrison's Animal Man, but you even got the Purple Man reciting the script word for word.

Also...speaking of breaking the fourth wall - CBR pointed out an interesting similarity

http://comicbookresources.com/news/preview.php?image=previews/dccomics/52/5212_x_Page_6.jpg

http://comicbookresources.com/news/preview.php?image=litg/20060306/animalman19.jpg

 

[regwec]

Do you think that lazy journalists on Gotham's rags might continually confuse The Riddler and The Question, leading to unease amongst law-abiding citizens?

More importantly, does The Riddler have any patents on the ? symbol when used as an article of superhero/villain heraldry? If so, could be see The Question sued for intellectual property theft?

 

[The Leaguer]

Now that you mention it, that page from 52 where the Question paints the question mark on the Bat-signal gives me bad Batman Forever flashbacks.

 

[regwec]

Oh, yes.

*scratches out eyes*

 

[fifthfiend]

Now that you mention it, that page from 52 where the Question paints the question mark on the Bat-signal gives me bad Batman Forever flashbacks.

You know I'm pretty sure there are actually some states where that is considered legally actionable.

 

[Darthphere]

Now that you mention it, that page from 52 where the Question paints the question mark on the Bat-signal gives me bad Batman Forever flashbacks.

At leats its not the Bat-Robin signal from Batman and Robin.

 

[Doomed_hero]

Just read issue #5 and I loved it of course. I can already see how its going to come together. Kyle and the people in space have a plan to do something to close the portal or atlest get rid of Alex's hands. Then Batman and his group will take down Brother Eye allowing Dick and Conner to get into Alex's base and do some damage. I really can't wait.

The teaming of Nightwing and Superboy is just great and smart in my opioin. These two are the future World's Finest since Conner has always wanted to be and as much as Dick won't admit it, he feels he will be Batman one day to. Plus I don't see Timm becoming Batman. But this series is doing what I thought it would, focus more on the next generation of heroes.

 

[Tamanon]

Holy crap! I just was rereading Titans Tomorrow. There's a page explaining the Legion and Titans sending the Fatal 500 back where they came from. It all joshes together when you read Brainiac saying "No. It's a localized effect. The UNIVERSES are fine. It's us that's been cut loose. That wasn't in my calculations." and I think it's Invisible Kid who says "There's some other force out there....something that's pounding against reality"....

Guess Superboy Prime affected that plotline too, amazing what wee nuggets are littered about.

 

[The Watchman]

the last story arc... It's not to the same extent as Morrison's Animal Man, but you even got the Purple Man reciting the script word for word.

Also...speaking of breaking the fourth wall - CBR pointed out an interesting similarity

http://comicbookresources.com/news/preview.php?image=previews/dccomics/52/5212_x_Page_6.jpg

http://comicbookresources.com/news/preview.php?image=litg/20060306/animalman19.jpg

There was some great inter-racial buttsex in that book, Alias rocked.

 

[Anubis]

Oh yeah, now I remember.

 

[raybia]

It sounds like a very great idea breaking the fourth wall, but it's a bit too ambitious for DC to do. Remember they're trying to make the universe a bit more accessible here also, destroying the suspension of disbelief might counteract that. Plus I dunno how they'd actually get the payoff to work, haha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall

Interesting.

 

[fifthfiend]

It sounds like a very great idea breaking the fourth wall, but it's a bit too ambitious for DC to do. Remember they're trying to make the universe a bit more accessible here also, destroying the suspension of disbelief might counteract that. Plus I dunno how they'd actually get the payoff to work, haha.

Yeah but I mean at this point, has there been anything in Infinite Crisis that would fit the definition of making the DCU "more accessible"?

You've got Superboy ripping people's heads off on accident and an old Supes who sounds like someone's Scotched-up grandpa *****ing about these young Supermans nowadays goin' around getting killed by monsters, meanwhile some jerk calling himself Alex Luthor is strapping big-tittied girls to a giant space-*****. Meanwhile old Wonderwoman's telling young Wonderwoman how killin' people is okay as long as you feel bad about it and Batman, well, who the crap knows what's going on with Batman?

I don't know what the **** is going on and I've been reading DC Comics for 10 years, I cannot even imagine what any newcomer is going to make of this ****.