[Comics] DC's new 52 (Comics; Nick, help!)
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Well, each writer is going to have their own take on Batman but if you mean in basic premise, then no. All three are Batman fighting villains solo.
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kaykordeath
Detective is more, well, crime-solve-y detectivey.
Batman is more about Batman being a hero/badass. But it's also written by Scott Snyder who many (myself included) consider one of the single biggest and best upcoming authors. He wrote the last arc on Detetective dealing with the return of Com. Gordon's potentially psycopath son, James Jr.
It would get my vote of the 3, Shego.
Batman is more about Batman being a hero/badass. But it's also written by Scott Snyder who many (myself included) consider one of the single biggest and best upcoming authors. He wrote the last arc on Detetective dealing with the return of Com. Gordon's potentially psycopath son, James Jr.
It would get my vote of the 3, Shego.
So we're almost 4 months into the new DC. How's everyone finding it?
Personally, I'm still picking up the same books as I had from the start: Action Comics, Superman, Demon Knights, Resurrection Man, OMAC, Frankenstein, and Animal Man. And I'm still digging all of them. Like Shego said in another thread, I'm basically treating most of them as stand-alone titles. There's some light crossovers occurring now, like the upcoming OMAC/Frankenstein, which I can't wait for. But overall, they've been very self-contained, something I'm very happy to see. Especially in comparison of Marvel's "crossover ALL the books!"
I've also started buying The Shade. It's not as good as Starman, but I'm still enjoying it. It's certainly better than (writer) Robinson's writing in quite a long time.
Personally, I'm still picking up the same books as I had from the start: Action Comics, Superman, Demon Knights, Resurrection Man, OMAC, Frankenstein, and Animal Man. And I'm still digging all of them. Like Shego said in another thread, I'm basically treating most of them as stand-alone titles. There's some light crossovers occurring now, like the upcoming OMAC/Frankenstein, which I can't wait for. But overall, they've been very self-contained, something I'm very happy to see. Especially in comparison of Marvel's "crossover ALL the books!"
I've also started buying The Shade. It's not as good as Starman, but I'm still enjoying it. It's certainly better than (writer) Robinson's writing in quite a long time.
Because it wasn't there when I wrote that! Yeesh!
Which ones are you reading? I've honestly been steering clear of most of the big name titles (Superman & Action aside, though thinking of dropping Superman).
I picked up the Flashpoint trade, and haven't even been able to get into it. I found it kind of boring. I'm not a fan of an entire reboot like this. I still don't understand why they didn't do a seperate imprint, like with the marvel ultimate line, but oh well. Comics are really low on my priority list at the moment.
I thought that was what they were trying to do with the All-Stars comics, which were half-fail.
Yeah, the Superman one was COMPLETE garbage. All-Star Batman though, best comic in 20 years.
It was so good that it would do it a disservice for Miller and Lee to finish it.
Went from 25 pulls a month to:
Batgirl
Batwoman
Catwoman
Detective Comics
Deathstroke
Supergirl
Suicide Squad
Action Comics
Justice League
Justice League International
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern New Guardians
Red Lanterns
Wonder Woman
With Supergirl and Batgirl dropping soon unless some serious changes take place.
The best way to enjoy this "revamp" is to treat each comic as it's own stand alone series. Ignore everything previous, ignore any kind of continuity between them and you have some solid stories and great art.
Batgirl
Batwoman
Catwoman
Detective Comics
Deathstroke
Supergirl
Suicide Squad
Action Comics
Justice League
Justice League International
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern New Guardians
Red Lanterns
Wonder Woman
With Supergirl and Batgirl dropping soon unless some serious changes take place.
The best way to enjoy this "revamp" is to treat each comic as it's own stand alone series. Ignore everything previous, ignore any kind of continuity between them and you have some solid stories and great art.
figmentPez
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Did Professor X start walking again? I know he does that from time to time.
He's dead, I think. He's done that multiple times too.
Nope. Professor X is currently alive, telepathic, and walking. He's just been pushed somewhat out of focus the last few years in favor Cyclops (who has morphed into a fiercely pragmatic survivalist and de facto leader of all mutantkind...at least until Wolverine and a few X-Men decided to leave the mutant island nation of Utopia and rebuild the school).
Yea I dropped Batgirl. I think it's sad that these are the stories they desperately needed Barbara in order to tell. It's about as bad as when Barry came back and did nothing but act like an angry brooding loner who didn't have time for everything.
On a related note I've been surprised with how much I'm enjoying Manapul's Flash. It's not perfect, but it's miles ahead of Geoff John's Barry Allen.
No they were indeed half-fail. People like to forget this and just praise ASS, but the All-Star line was supposed to be a complete line, with a different superstar creative team writing each arc. The problem was ASBAR was terrible, and both titles had the absolute worst creative teams for sticking to any kind of schedule. It's hard to promote a line when it takes you 3 years to get out one arc (out of 2 attempted).
ASBAR was the best/worst comic ever made. It never failed to make me embarrassed to have ever read comics and yet still was unintentionally hilarious enough to keep me interested in a masochistic way.
I really liked All Star Superman, which is about the first time I've ever said I've liked anything Superman related. But I never bought issue to issue and only ever picked up the trade like I do with all comics now.
I really liked All Star Superman, which is about the first time I've ever said I've liked anything Superman related. But I never bought issue to issue and only ever picked up the trade like I do with all comics now.
Personally, I find both Morrison and Quitely to be hit and miss...and unless they're working with each other. It's like they bring out the best in each other. That said, I flipping love All Star Superman. It may have been delayed out the yin-yang, but at least it finished. Miller and Lee can't say that.
Aww that's okay DC, maybe next year you can reboot the whole line again and get four months at the number one spot.
As others have said before the relaunch started, the real question whether the reboot is successful starts around now. Even though Marvel's back on top, I'd say DC's doing a lot better, now. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they've picked up a healthy chunk of new readers.
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kaykordeath
Marvel is back on top for dollars, by just over half a percentage point by charging a dollar more for a vast majority of books and unit share double shipping a number of their top titles plus publishing approximately 30 titles more than DC.
DC had 8 of the top 10 titles for the month.
I'm sure DC isn't running scared by any means.
DC had 8 of the top 10 titles for the month.
I'm sure DC isn't running scared by any means.
Lately, I've found myself turned off to most of the big 2's comics period. I think the last marvel thing I read was Seige and the run of Thor prior to it and the last DC thing I read was Brightest Day.
The X-men titles are a big old mess. Spider-man hasn't been readable for years. I generally hate the whole concept of the reboot and the wave of bringing all the silverage DC heroes back from the dead.
The X-men titles are a big old mess. Spider-man hasn't been readable for years. I generally hate the whole concept of the reboot and the wave of bringing all the silverage DC heroes back from the dead.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dc-new-52-new-titles-120112.html
Six of the new 52 titles are being cancelled. 6 new ones are being launched.
The cancelled:
-Men of War (no loss, there)
-Mister Terrific (I dug it at first, but no surprise)
-O.M.A.C. (I loved it, sad to see it go, but it was one of the lowest selling, so no big surprise.)
-Blackhawks (mercy killing)
-Static Shock (no surprise)
-Hawk & Dove (mercy killing)
I'm honestly surprised that Red Hood & the Outlaws managed to miss the cut.
The new titles:
-Batman Incorporated, by Grant Morrison and previous Batman Inc. artist, Chris Burnham
-Earth 2, by James Robinson and Nicola Scott
-World's Finest, by Paul Levitz, George Perez, and Kevin McGuire. Apparently about an Earth 2 Power Girl and Huntress in this DC universe.
-The Ravagers, by Howard Mackie (who I think hasn't written for comics in a long time) and Ian Churchill. Apparently about a group of super-teens on the run from N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
-G.I. Combat - Looks to be a mix of some of the classic Silver Age war-style stories like The War that Time Forgot and the Haunted Tank. Could be good.
-Dial H, by novelist China Mieville. It's a mix of superheroes, horror, sci-fi, and "lots of psychological ramifications" for the main character. Sounds like they're resurrecting the old Dial H for HERO property, which has me excited. There was a similar title years ago called H.E.R.O. that was great. We'll see if that's the case here.
So what do you think, folks? Anyone broken hearted over any of the titles here? I'll miss the hell out of OMAC.
EDIT: I missed Hawk & Dove and subsequently added it.
Six of the new 52 titles are being cancelled. 6 new ones are being launched.
The cancelled:
-Men of War (no loss, there)
-Mister Terrific (I dug it at first, but no surprise)
-O.M.A.C. (I loved it, sad to see it go, but it was one of the lowest selling, so no big surprise.)
-Blackhawks (mercy killing)
-Static Shock (no surprise)
-Hawk & Dove (mercy killing)
I'm honestly surprised that Red Hood & the Outlaws managed to miss the cut.
The new titles:
-Batman Incorporated, by Grant Morrison and previous Batman Inc. artist, Chris Burnham
-Earth 2, by James Robinson and Nicola Scott
-World's Finest, by Paul Levitz, George Perez, and Kevin McGuire. Apparently about an Earth 2 Power Girl and Huntress in this DC universe.
-The Ravagers, by Howard Mackie (who I think hasn't written for comics in a long time) and Ian Churchill. Apparently about a group of super-teens on the run from N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
-G.I. Combat - Looks to be a mix of some of the classic Silver Age war-style stories like The War that Time Forgot and the Haunted Tank. Could be good.
-Dial H, by novelist China Mieville. It's a mix of superheroes, horror, sci-fi, and "lots of psychological ramifications" for the main character. Sounds like they're resurrecting the old Dial H for HERO property, which has me excited. There was a similar title years ago called H.E.R.O. that was great. We'll see if that's the case here.
So what do you think, folks? Anyone broken hearted over any of the titles here? I'll miss the hell out of OMAC.
EDIT: I missed Hawk & Dove and subsequently added it.
Only one I was still reading was Men of War and that was because I want a good War comic. I hated that they kept shoving some weird supernatural aspect into the Sgt. Rock story. Hopefully G.I. Combat is good.
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I also want to add that I thought The Ray had a really strong first issue. Pretty much the book I was hoping to get with the new Blue Beetle. Hopefully it continues to be good and gets turned into an ongoing.
Added at: 15:30
I also want to add that I thought The Ray had a really strong first issue. Pretty much the book I was hoping to get with the new Blue Beetle. Hopefully it continues to be good and gets turned into an ongoing.
Nope, still enjoying the hell out of my titles, and none of those were on my list. Still currently with:
Detective Comics
Batgirl
Batwoman
Suicide Squad
Red Lanterns
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern: New Guardians
Wonder Woman
Action Comics
Supergirl
Justice League
Justice League Intl
Deathstroke
Detective Comics
Batgirl
Batwoman
Suicide Squad
Red Lanterns
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern: New Guardians
Wonder Woman
Action Comics
Supergirl
Justice League
Justice League Intl
Deathstroke
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kaykordeath
Only one on my list being cut is OMAC.
A for the new ones: I'll be back on board with Batman Inc. I'm enjoying enough of Teen Titans (and Superboy) to give Ravagers a try. I kinda dig when novelists take a first stab at comics, and the concept has always been a very fun one in my book, so I'll pick up Dial H.
I've never gotten into Earth 2 and/or the JSA so that's a pass...and while I'd lump Powergirl in that group as well, I do like Huntress...so I may trade wait Worlds Finest.
I'm not reading the current war comic and have no interest in the new one.
A for the new ones: I'll be back on board with Batman Inc. I'm enjoying enough of Teen Titans (and Superboy) to give Ravagers a try. I kinda dig when novelists take a first stab at comics, and the concept has always been a very fun one in my book, so I'll pick up Dial H.
I've never gotten into Earth 2 and/or the JSA so that's a pass...and while I'd lump Powergirl in that group as well, I do like Huntress...so I may trade wait Worlds Finest.
I'm not reading the current war comic and have no interest in the new one.
Honestly, I like the Static Shock comic, but it was also one of the comics that kept it's continuity. This means that from the very start, there are tons of things you know nothing about, such as his friends from Dakota and his cloned sisters (!?). Considering he's not well known outside of people who followed his comics or TV show years ago, this was a REALLY stupid move.
I honestly think they should just boot him off to the Titans again. He's a much better character when he's got people to play off of. Maybe put him on Young Justice to get his name out there again.
I honestly think they should just boot him off to the Titans again. He's a much better character when he's got people to play off of. Maybe put him on Young Justice to get his name out there again.