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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 24, 2014 14:36:29 GMT -5
I could have sworn Ch'p has been back in the New 52 era, though... at least as wallpaper. No?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 14:50:23 GMT -5
I could have sworn Ch'p has been back in the New 52 era, though... at least as wallpaper. No? Last I heard, he was a Black Lantern.  |
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Post by atomsmasher on Sept 27, 2014 1:54:17 GMT -5
I learned about Ch'p's death only after he became my favorite I still cry.
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Post by Golddragon71 on Sept 29, 2014 16:04:24 GMT -5
Ch'p has been replaced in by B'dg in the New52. B'dg is partner to Simon Baz.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 29, 2014 16:27:30 GMT -5
Ch'p has been replaced in by B'dg in the New52. B'dg is partner to Simon Baz. D'le wasn't available? |
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Post by Golddragon71 on Sept 29, 2014 16:37:55 GMT -5
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 29, 2014 17:48:11 GMT -5
Now I'm wondering whats become of Peter Porkchops
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 29, 2014 17:49:07 GMT -5
Now I'm wondering whats become of Peter Porkchops
</div>After he became Pig Iron of the Zoo Crew? |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 29, 2014 18:23:36 GMT -5
Now I'm wondering whats become of Peter Porkchops
</div>After he became Pig Iron of the Zoo Crew? Slap me silly with a strip of bacon. I forgot about that |
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Post by speakerdad on Sept 30, 2014 1:22:42 GMT -5
What's up with Kamandi? Not even a nod in the Nu52 as far as I can tell (admittedly, I am not much of current comics reader though)....
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Post by Golddragon71 on Sept 30, 2014 2:38:14 GMT -5
That's a good question outside of his appearances in Batman the Brave and the Bold I don't think he's been active in the DCU since before Crisis on Infinite Earths
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 2:50:52 GMT -5
Kamandi at Earth's End (1993 Elseworlds)  Countdown Special Kamandi (2008)  Wednesday Comics (2009)-Kamandi by Dave Gibbons and Ryan Sook was one of the features  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 3:02:11 GMT -5
Also looking at the GCD tells me Kamandi appeared in one of the stories in Adventures of Superman #2 (2013; reprinting the digital first series) and just appeared in the Booster Gold Future's End one shot that was part of the September 2014 DC new52 event.
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Post by MWGallaher on Sept 30, 2014 9:59:11 GMT -5
BTW, any thoughts on the thinking behind the creation of the Bat-Squad? Haney wrote it, so I assume it was not written for another Batman title. Can't think of anything in pop culture that might have led to its creation: Mod Squad, maybe? Oh, and according to siskoid.blogspot.com/2011/04/b-2-in-1-round-5-bat-squad-vs-iron-fist.html, the letter column in B&B #94's "reveals 'overwhelming' support for the team, garnering more letters 'than any other event in B&B...' " I have only pure speculation, which is admittedly worth very little, since I don't know of Haney, Boltinoff, or Cardy ever speaking on the record about the team. But here's my speculation, for what it's worth. I believe Haney (perhaps at Boltinoff's suggestion) was toying with the idea of introducing recurring supporting cast members to B&B. That may have been a perceived weakness of the book, and although we don't think of Haney as a prime practitioner of comic book continuity, there are tiny streaks of it scattered across his B&B and World's Finest runs (in particular, I'm thinking of Ruby Ryder and Plastic Man in B&B, Super-Sons and Thomas Wayne in WF). The Bat-Squad could have provided continuity between issues, with the disparate Squad members facilitating the kinds of globe-trotting that Haney favored. As associates of Batman, they could have called him in to various hotspots that the issue's guest-star might also have been involved in, providing a slightly more plausible mechanism for team-ups. They might even have been considering abandoning the team-up format entirely, to have B&B be the "international" Batman book, with the Squad calling the Caped Crusader in on their latest adventures around the world. Whatever plans, if any, were obviously abandoned, and wisely, since B&B ran on for 106 more issues adhering to the (usually) independent team-up episodes, never showing much difficulty in justifying Batman's involvements. But at this point, they'd only done 18 straight issues of Batman team-ups, and maybe they were concerned about maintaining the premise without some additional fiction-structure in place. Like I said, pure speculation. Oh, and I do like your hunch that "Mod Squad" might have influenced the team's name. That sounds very plausible. |
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Post by speakerdad on Sept 30, 2014 11:42:08 GMT -5
Thanks MRP, I was not all familiar with the all the comics you mentioned but I am a bit embarrassed to admit I actually own the Wednesday's Comics issues and completely forgot about them!
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