Honestly... all DC needs to do is make an app for smart phones and web browsers that tells you when they release something new and a short description of what it is about. Maybe include a page from the work. It would make following series much easier, not to mention clue people into new stuff.
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All I know is this. Comic shops around here are scarce. It's an annoyance to go deal with the asshole who runs the one nearest me, who clearly doesn't want to be there. Add into that I just can't spend 3-4 bucks on 20-30 comics a month and... bam. I don't buy comics anymore. If I had an iPad and could download issues right when they came out for 99c a pop? Holy crap. I'd go broke.
I think it's about damn time DC decided to do this. Like it or not it's inevitable and it's probably going to mean lots of new business for them. I know several folks who feel exactly how I do about it.
I think it's about damn time DC decided to do this. Like it or not it's inevitable and it's probably going to mean lots of new business for them. I know several folks who feel exactly how I do about it.
Woof, so in the wake of all these fresh number ones, Bruce Wayne will once again be the Batman in Batman and Robin along with Damien aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Barbara Gordon will be uncrippled.
Hey, next thing you'll tell me that all the old Flashes are alive again and Hal Jordan is....wait a minute.
Hey, next thing you'll tell me that all the old Flashes are alive again and Hal Jordan is....wait a minute.
Wow... just wow. That means no more Oracle.
That isn't just sad it's disrespecting what has come before and there is absolutely no reason for it beyond the spectacle of the event. Barbara Gordon hasn't been Batgirl for over 20 years and she has been Oracle from most of those 20 years, a character that has been an integral part of the Batman Lore and extended family.
Fuck Didio.
It's her "time"? No, it's Stephanie Brown's time, seeing as how she's the character that made the comic worth reading again. Seriously... I was never interested in the series before they gave it the more lighthearted, youthful angle it has now. I don't see how they could do that with Barbara Gordon of all people, especially while dealing with the backlash of destroying her entire point as a character.
Seriously... and she's not even the one I'm most worried about! You just know that poor Renee Montoya is gonna get thrown under the bus to make way for the original Question... never mind that she's far more interesting than he ever was! Jaime Reyes is likely to get pulled back too, just to bring back Ted Kord (who was only ever interesting when he was with Booster Gold). What about Terry McGinnis? His series (Batman Beyond) was only JUST made canon and it's had less than 6 issues! Are they undoing that now too?
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A lot of this might come down to the cartoon/animated universe. Where Babs is Batgirl. Bruce is the only Batman.
On the bright side, where Jaime is still Blue Beetle.
It's one of the books. Believe me they would never get rid of a lesbian "character" (I use quotes since it's really her only characteristic).
If the original Question was anything AT ALL like his DCAU depiction, they wouldn't have needed to replace him at all. Still, I'm glad they did because it allowed the DC Universe to have a gay character that isn't defined by her orientation. Hell, no one even knew she was for a long time... it wasn't till the end of Gotham Central (which needs a movie or TV series btw) that it even came out. She spent most of that run just kicking ass and being tortured by Twoface.
Only sometimes. Other times it's Ted Kord. Though it would be interesting if they did a "Blue Beetles" kind of thing where they both meet up and do stuff.
At any rate, Jaime is already confirmed as the Blue Beetle in the upcoming TV series.
Wildstorm infects DC...
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Each "grouping" of these announcements has been very distinct...The Swamp Thing/Animal Man/Frankesntein titles were very unexpected and very different.
Then there's today's "teen heroes" group. And the above, from Teen Titans, isn't even the worst of it from this group...
Then there's today's "teen heroes" group. And the above, from Teen Titans, isn't even the worst of it from this group...
<shudder>
Illustrated by Rob Liefeld? Who decided that was a good idea?
Dude. If he doesn't keep getting work we don't get to keep laughing at how insane his stuff is. Hell, I wish he'd get some really high profile stuff, think of the possibilities!
DC: "Hey Rob, we were looking at the Justice League and we were thinking, boy, there are really not a lot of pouches on these guys..."
Rob: "I thought that too!"
DC: "Sweet, here's a year contract, you go nuts big guy!"
I mean, come on!
Meh... I'm just happy their bringing back Static. I could never understand why they didn't put him in the Teen Titans or something when his comic ended.
LOOK! It's the new X-me.... oh wait.
Whelp.
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That's Robin?!? The Falcon called he wants his costume back. Next you're going to tell me the alien chick crawling in the corner is the new Cyborg.
Looks more like something out of Witchblade...
No that's the teaser art/cover for Voodoo #1.
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Red Robin/Tim Drake. Damian Wayne is still Robin.
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Bet ya didn't know Little Red Riding Hood next to Red Robin is actually Wonder Girl...actually...
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Starfire?
I assumed it was Terra but I was wrong about the others so *shrug*
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Static was on the Teen Titans. You probably didn't realize because that book is always terrible and no one ever reads it.
That's sort of the elephant in the room about making Barbara Gordon Batgirl again: If they do it, they have to make it so she was never paralyzed/was healed. It also means that DC basically thinks her 20+ years of being a nigh-omniscience information gatherer means nothing because she wasn't kicking ass herself... which sort of spits in the face of the handicapped fans.
This is why Marvel doesn't have Reed Richards basically solve all of the world's problems over night with his amazing super science; the people reading the comic would have to go back to the real world once they put the comic down.
This is why Marvel doesn't have Reed Richards basically solve all of the world's problems over night with his amazing super science; the people reading the comic would have to go back to the real world once they put the comic down.
What seriously? I never knew. I may have to look for some back issues...
Having reading the first 12 or so issues of Rucka and JH Williams' run on Batwoman, I can emphatically confirm that statement to be untrue.
Ash: Hell, even in a wheelchair, she was kicking ass. I'd read a lot of Birds of Prey and Nightwing in their heyday and believe me, that girl could fight, even in a chair.
You know what really bothers me about Babs being retconned? Once they let her walk again it means that the two most permanent displays of just how evil the Joker is are gone. Killing Jason Todd is already gone but at least the crippling of Barabara Gordon was still proof that you don't mess with the Joker. Well... at least it was.
You know what would make a great story? The Joker, breaking the fourth wall, goes on a killing spree in the DC offices to demonstrate just how permanent death and a shattered spine really are.
You know what would make a great story? The Joker, breaking the fourth wall, goes on a killing spree in the DC offices to demonstrate just how permanent death and a shattered spine really are.
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