The Official Batman Comic Thread

[Kraven]

Preview for #663:
http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Feb07/previews/feb7th.html

 

[TheDarkKnight_NL]

where are the panels??

 

[Fledermaus]

F#ck. I hate comics like that.

 

[Kraven]

I'm not sure I'll like this format as much, but I'll still give it a shot.

 

[CConn]

F#ck. I hate comics like that.

In short, you hate books.

 

[Flexo]

Preview for #663:
http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Feb07/previews/feb7th.html

That actually looks pretty awesome.

I should really get a subscription.

 

[CConn]

Wait for the trade.

It's a hardcover. :heart:

 

[Flexo]

Wait for the trade.

It's a hardcover. :heart:

My comic store always has extra copies, so I go there every couple months and get my missing issues.

Of course, a few slip through my grasp. However, I bought most of them, so I don't want to get the trade, although I want the trade so I have all the issues.



This is a lesson on why all comics should be one shots.

 

[The Joker]

Preview for #663:
http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Feb07/previews/feb7th.html

Hmmmm, I'm not sure I like that format for a comic book. I prefer the panels, myself. Wait and see before I pass judgement.....

 

[SpideyInATree]

you mean you liked that character!?! to each his own i suppose...

Yeah, I liked the character. He was funny. And stupid. It was great. Sometimes a character's suckiness can lead him to becoming a fan favorite. Much like Killa Nilla from the pages of Robin. Or the Jason Todd Octopus monster from Bruce Jones Nightwing run. It's all gravy, baby.

 

[Chudy]

In the Greatest Batman stories ever told vol.1 there's one story by O'neil and Rogers, which is similar to this preview. I recommend it. It's a solid, noir story with brillant narration.

 

[Nightwing 52]

Solicitation for #666:

BATMAN #666
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Andy Kubert & Jesse Delperdang
Cover by Andy Kubert
Meet Damian Wayne, the Batman of Tomorrow in this special issue set 15 years from now in a nightmarish future Gotham! In a world torn apart by terrorism, plagues, rogue weather and bizarre super-crime, only 24 hours are left before the climactic battle of Armageddon — and only one man who might be able to stop it.
But will he?
The Son of the Bat meets the Prince of Darkness and the stage is set for the ultimate battle between evil and moral ambiguity. Can Damian make peace with his heritage to save the world? Find out in BATMAN #666, “Numbers of the Beast.”
On sale May 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

 

[CConn]

I knew we hadn't seen the last of Damian. Awesome. Almost reminds me of the arc Busiek just did in Superman.

 

[Mogwai]

that looks great, can't wait.

 

[lixdexia]

story sounds kinda intresting, but that suit is crap

 

[Cobblepot]

I feel I don't have a complete grasp on what Grant Morrison is doing with this title yet. But I do enjoy it more than the gross of comics I pick up.
Can't wait to see what happens.

 

[Kraven]

That looks very interesting. I can't wait to see how Gotham's changed in that issue.

 

[squeekness]

*finshes issue 663*

I don't think I like this style. It was like reading a badly illustrated fanfic. It dragged on forever and then abruptly ended. I certainly hope the rest aren't going to be like this...

 

[The Joker]

*finshes issue 663*

I don't think I like this style. It was like reading a badly illustrated fanfic. It dragged on forever and then abruptly ended. I certainly hope the rest aren't going to be like this...

Anything good happen in it between Batman and Joker, squeek??

 

[squeekness]

Hard say, it was in "It was a dark and stormy night" style prose which I hate.

Spoiler

I suck at summeries but it went something like this -- Joker wakes up in Arkham with a reconstructed face. Batman goes to see him because some of Joker's henchmen got wasted and he thinks Joker did it. Turns out it was Harley Quinn, doing it to lure Batman to where the Joker is so Joker can kill him. Joker had something else in mind -- he wants to kill HQ (because he's just crazy that way) and he wanted Batman to watch. Batman saves HQ but struggles with the Joker and then HQ shoots the Joker in the shoulder and the issue abruptly ends. I honestly thought a page was missing...

 

[Goddamn_Batman]

*finshes issue 663*

I don't think I like this style. It was like reading a badly illustrated fanfic. It dragged on forever and then abruptly ended. I certainly hope the rest aren't going to be like this...

Totally agree. It was just weird overall. At first I was thinking "What the hell is going on," then half-way through it was "Hey, this is rather interesting," and finally it ended with "Yeah, no, this isn't that great." If done in normal panel-format, this issue would probably be substantially better, but Morrisson's prose is just a little too distracting for me. The art also looked too much like screen captures from some crappy Batman computer game. Not too crazy about the perma-smile on the Joker, either.

 

[Rynan]

Preview for #663:
http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Feb07/previews/feb7th.html

It looks like novel with illustrations.

 

[squeekness]

^^ That's pretty much what we got.

 

[batmaluco]

It looks like novel with illustrations.

Indeed.
The art looks great, though.

 

[squeekness]

Actually I ddin't like the art, it looked tooabstract and computer generated. I like good ol' realistic Kubert type stuff.