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Post by tingramretro on Jun 20, 2016 1:09:38 GMT -5
The bat rebirth doesn't sound as good as the Super-titles or Wonder Woman IMO. I buy Detective no matter what. If you include the New 52 era, I'm two issues away from having 515 issues in a row. And there's a lot of bad issues in there. I'm used to making the most of it when it's not very good. And that moment where Kathy said she knew Bruce was Batman. That's a good sign. It's great that Stephanie is one of the "pupils." Redundant Robin is good for a few laughs ... or maybe I'll learn to like Tim Drake again. Maybe I'll finally learn to appreciate Cassandra Cain. I find Clayface to be quite the stumbling block though. Comparable to Doctor Druid in the Avengers. Hey, what was wrong with Doctor Druid? I liked Doctor Druid! |
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Post by tingramretro on Jun 20, 2016 1:12:10 GMT -5
I also got Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #3, which is stupid fun. And I'm still getting Squadron Supreme, which isn't really very good. #7 is the latest issue. Toro, the original Human Torch's sidekick, has shown up. It turns out that he's an Inhuman! Which seems kind of stupid at first because he's a natural candidate for mutantkind. Maybe he's Marvel's first mutant! But then I thought about it for a minute and it makes more sense. Because Toro is such a ridiculous character. The way his parents were killed in a train wreck and he was adopted by a circus because he was fireproof. And how he caught on fire the first time he met the original Human Torch and became his sidekick. And his outfit - black underpants and boots. Toro is HILAROUS! So, no, don't do the obvious thing and make him a mutant. Do the thing that basically makes no sense and make him an Inhuman. Fortunately, the writer can come up with a great explanation that totally makes sense and isn't the least contrived. So who's writing it? Oh, yeah. James Robinson. Sigh. Oh, well. That's the comic book biz. I admit I'm intrigued by the next issue's cover: Toro's inhumanity was actually revealed some time ago, I'm guessing you missed the last series of The Invaders? |
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Post by The Captain on Jun 20, 2016 9:30:50 GMT -5
I'm finding myself at a decision point with the Darth Vader series. While it has some interesting moments, mostly due to the supporting characters, I find that I don't feel all that attached to the book, as it seems like the same old story month after month.
The problems, I think, are twofold. The first being that we already know how the story ends, so nothing that happens in these stories will ever change the ultimate result. That is why the parts of the book with Dr. Aphra, Triple Zero, and Bee-Tee actually work, because their stories haven't already been told and thus we can still be surprised by what is to come. She may die or the droids destroyed and it would be a shock, which is something that can't happen with Vader. His future is set in stone, so these stories are merely filling in the blanks.
The second is that Vader doesn't work as a lead. He's the bad guy in the story, sympathetic only in hindsight because of the end of RotJ. The only way to make him not the bad guy is to create enemies for him that are even worse, but then they veer into parody of actual villains, as they have to be SO BAD in order to make Vader look justified in defeating or killing them. He's also too one-note, which is another issue with his future being set; he can't develop emotionally because we know that he's still a ruthless villain until his son is threatened to the point of death and he sacrifices himself.
I might get to the end of this arc, but as finances get a little tighter and other books I enjoy more are released, this might wind up on the chopping block, only to be picked up on the $1 bins down the road.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 10:18:26 GMT -5
Darth Vader is ending with Issue #25 anyways.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 20, 2016 22:59:57 GMT -5
So after announcing their new inhuman character "Mosaic" (who can take over other people's bodies), Marvel proceeded to tease the following image  It seems to suggest that Mosaic has been controlling Cap the whole time, even though numerous articles otherwise. If what I guessed turns out to be true, I will lose my shit because it seems like Marvel is doing everything in it's power to piss off it's fans |
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 21, 2016 1:21:13 GMT -5
Nice to see Deadman visiting the Marvel U
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Post by brutalis on Jun 21, 2016 8:42:06 GMT -5
Last night read through entire 1st collection of I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young; just so fantastically insane and brutal in the most comical way of letting your inhibitions run wildly. Who wouldn't grow to hate all the sugary goodness inherent in a child's world if you were trapped there for 27 years growing older in such an abnormal way? Loved that the Fairy realms God of Death adore's Gertrude and grant's to her all his powers and essentially "adopts" her as the daughter he never had. Can't wait to see what occurs now that Gertie is the Queen...
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Post by The Captain on Jun 21, 2016 10:05:01 GMT -5
Darth Vader is ending with Issue #25 anyways. Did not know that. Makes my decision a lot easier then. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 21, 2016 12:32:53 GMT -5
It seems to suggest that Mosaic has been controlling Cap the whole time, even though numerous articles otherwise. I still hope it's a cosmic cube thing. With a cosmic cube, anything is possible.  |
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Post by tingramretro on Jun 21, 2016 13:52:28 GMT -5
It seems to suggest that Mosaic has been controlling Cap the whole time, even though numerous articles otherwise. I still hope it's a cosmic cube thing. With a cosmic cube, anything is possible. I never trusted that guy... |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 21, 2016 13:57:56 GMT -5
I never trusted that guy... The signs were there from the beginning! His dad once killed almost every living thing on Earth, he preached a revolutionary agenda, and he promised the end of the world. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jun 21, 2016 15:14:51 GMT -5
I never trusted that guy... The signs were there from the beginning! His dad once killed almost every living thing on Earth, he preached a revolutionary agenda, and he promised the end of the world. Bloody terrorists. 'Christianic State'...waitasec...CRISIS!!! I knew it!!! Jesus killed Supergirl. The evidence is conclusive. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 16:03:33 GMT -5
With DC Rebirth I find I am buying more new comics. However still not interested in Marvel. Really don't like "replacement" heroes. I hated it in the 90's & I still don't like it now. For me it would be like watching Star Trek & having someone fill in for Kirk & Spock for several episodes.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 21, 2016 17:29:18 GMT -5
However still not interested in Marvel. Really don't like "replacement" heroes. I hated it in the 90's & I still don't like it now. For me it would be like watching Star Trek & having someone fill in for Kirk & Spock for several episodes. I completely agree, both as a Stark Trek and Marvel fan. The problem with Marvel in the early 90's, and DC for that matter, were that they were too complacent for their own good. There was no spark of creativity left to stoke the fire with. And when it all came crashing down around them like the walls of Jericho, I'm sure it must have been a very humbling experience for the both of them. But Marvel is just outright ignoring the consequnces like it did before. They won't go bankrupt again, not with Disney owning them lock, stock, and barrel, but I do think that they will fester around for a good long time before they see fit to get their priorities in order |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 17:36:38 GMT -5
So replacement heroes are bad, so Barry Allen, Hal Jordan and all the Silver Age replacements must be bad, and those new X-Men replacing the original 5 must be terrible, and geez getting rid Iron Man, Thor and Pym and calling those second-raters the Avengers, how dare they, oh yeah and those flimsy replacements Wolfman and Perez pawned on us as the New Teen Titans must be bad too, and if it's not Kirk and Spock, Next Generation and all the other Trek shows must be terrible too. It's not like the whole idea of shared universe super-heroes are built on the concept of replacement characters at some point or other.
I'd rather read a well executed stories with "replacement" character than crap stories featuring the originals, but my attachment to characters as the be all and end all has ebbed over the years in favor of the quality of the story/art of the comics.
-M
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