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Post by Cheswick on Jul 7, 2017 8:48:55 GMT -5
Worst: Jason Todd. Retcon Punch and all. Best: Jason Todd in the animated Batman: Under The Hood. It actually made sense! I recently read Rebirth: Red Hood and the Outlaws, and they are now treating the movie version as canon. I'm glad that they are, because you are right. It is much better than the ridiculous Infinite Crisis punch version.
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Post by Cheswick on Jul 7, 2017 4:18:38 GMT -5
Magneto's Resurrection, post-Morrison, was a mess.
Ra's Al Ghul had a good resurrection. That is, the story that led up to it was good.
These days some characters are resurrected without any explanation given. It's happened with Unus the Untouchable twice now.
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Post by Cheswick on Jun 22, 2017 22:58:23 GMT -5
Like Rebirth, I didn't stick around for an extended period of time (at least on multiple titles). Overall, I thought "Grayson" was easily the best series that I tried and the only one that I consistently followed after the first 3-4 months. I honestly don't know why the hell Snyder's Batman is regarded as some sort of modern classic. Some of the most convoluted crap in recent memory. I can't believe I forgot about Grayson. I think, because it started only a few years ago, I tend to not think of it as a New 52 series, even though it is. It was a very good book, though.
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Post by Cheswick on Jun 22, 2017 21:31:41 GMT -5
I haven't really read much of the New 52. As far as what I liked, I thought the first year of Snyder's Batman was good (the Court of Owls story), but I became progressively less interested with the following arcs. I finally bailed halfway through Zero Year. I loved Morrison's Action Comics, and I continue to reread it about once a year. I also really enjoyed World's Finest, but that's mainly because I was excited to have a version of Helena Wayne back.
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Post by Cheswick on Jun 2, 2017 19:18:26 GMT -5
One big difference I see between the two is that Watchmen was commenting on the treatment of female characters in superhero comics. That's why the Silk Spectre doesn't have any powers or actually do anything, and is just there to provide character motivation for the men in the comic. It's intentional commentary. I haven't read all - or much - of Identity Crisis, but what I have read seems like a dumpster fire. I don't really buy into that, because of Moore's own treatment of females in superhero comics before Watchmen and since. His treatment of Black Canary as basically a prop and motivation for Green Arrow and, of course, his treatment of Barbara Gordon being two examples from around that time.
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Post by Cheswick on May 3, 2017 0:33:55 GMT -5
Spider-Woman was once based in Los Angeles, and then in San Francisco.
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Post by Cheswick on Mar 4, 2017 9:08:29 GMT -5
Thanks, Polar Bear. That's an impressive list.
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Post by Cheswick on Mar 2, 2017 2:35:05 GMT -5
OK, one more question: I'd like DC to print an Alex Toth omnibus reprinting all of his work from ~1960 until his passing. Who's DC's reprint editor at present? I've already compiled a complete list of Toth's work from that time period for them (including Charlton, the rights to which they own--yes, obsessive). Would you mind posting the list here? Off the top of my head, I can only remember 6 Alex Toth DC Comics stories. The Flash/Atom team-up from Brave and the Bold, the Black Canary two-parter from Adventure Comics 418-419, the Super Friends story from Limited Collector's Edition 41, the Superman Annual 8 team-up with Batman, a Detective Comics story, and the Question story from Charlton Bullseye. I'm a huge fan of his work and would love to own the collection you are proposing.
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Post by Cheswick on Feb 12, 2017 9:22:07 GMT -5
If you are a fan of King's and want to try a Rebirth title, his Batman has been a lot of fun. Also, Ellis' Injection is good and if you are in the U.S., Vol. 1 is available for free on the public library system's Hoopla digital service, as is Vol. 1 of King's Batman. That's a good idea! Thanks! I was mistaken about Injection being available on Hoopla. It's actually Ellis' other Image ongoing,Trees, which is also pretty good.
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Post by Cheswick on Feb 11, 2017 22:56:13 GMT -5
Re. modern stuff, I've been reading: -Tom King's output, including the much-lauded The Vision & Omega Men, both rich texts rightly deserving of their praise, -anything Warren Ellis writes, most recently (for my purchases, anyway) his run on Moon Knight; -the near-total Doctor Who, Godzilla, & Rom output from IDW; -the near-total Pulp, King, & 70's output from Dynamite; and precious little else. I'm occasionally tempted by a good DC Rebirth book, like Wonder Woman, or by Dan Slott's Silver Surfer, but not by much else. In reprints, I'm kept poor by Fantagraphics' ongoing Barks/Rosa HC collections of Disney Ducks (recently expanded into newspaper strips!), as well as by Dark Horse's releasing all those Russ Manning archives (Tarzan, Korak, & Brother of the Spear) at the same time as IDW's Tarzan newspaper volumes. An embarrassment of riches indeed! If you are a fan of King's and want to try a Rebirth title, his Batman has been a lot of fun. Also, Ellis' Injection is good and if you are in the U.S., Vol. 1 is available for free on the public library system's Hoopla digital service, as is Vol. 1 of King's Batman.
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Post by Cheswick on Feb 11, 2017 22:32:36 GMT -5
As to Robin and Huntress, I believe Tellos said during Convergence that he took the characters at some point before their earths were destroyed by Crisis. So I'm presuming that when he restored the Earths that he created an alternate timeline where Crisis never happened. I'm actually willing to except any explanation because I'm just happy to have the characters back and, presumably, available for writers to use in the future.
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Post by Cheswick on Feb 11, 2017 22:20:48 GMT -5
The Earth-Two from 52 #52, JSoA 17-20 & An. 1 was a different/"new" Earth-Two. I was disappointed that not much was done with it before it ceased to exist again due to the New 52 reboot.
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Post by Cheswick on Jan 19, 2017 21:10:04 GMT -5
That Detective Comics site is great! I remembered that I've always been intrigued by the cover to Zebra Batman! So I read it today! It's HILARIOUS! The villain is Zebra-Man and he's so wonderfully terrible! Zebra-Man actually appeared in the recent Batman #14 (single panel), along with several other lesser-known Batman villains. I like that some of Batman's strange and goofy (in a good way) foes still exist in DC's current continuity.
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Post by Cheswick on Jan 14, 2017 23:54:13 GMT -5
"Honestly, the Carol Danvers stuff at the end completely slipped my mind." - Thor, Cap, Iron Man, Wonder ManThat's kind of the point of the thing, I think. But you're right that there's a lot to unpack in that issue, and about Claremont and Rogue as well. I was prepared to continue defending it as a complete story, but you completely disarmed me with that post. Great point, and very funny
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Post by Cheswick on Jan 14, 2017 23:08:10 GMT -5
My first choice for this thread would have to be Avengers Annual 10: Claremont at the top of his game, Michael Golden art, first appearance of Rogue, the Avengers vs. the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and cameo appearances by the X-Men and Spider-Woman. Doesn't it sort of depend heavily on your familiarity with Avengers #200 and the subsequent fallout from that tale for AA10 to have any resonance, though? It's a cool story, but it's "Part II." Honestly, the Carol Danvers stuff at the end completely slipped my mind. I see your point, but the majority of the issue is a self-contained story.
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