Thaal Sinestro
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Feb 11, 2013 8:04:37 GMT -5
It looks like DC are going to be putting some things people liked before New 52 back to how they were. What with Boob window being back and Beast Boy going back to Green.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 11, 2013 9:20:46 GMT -5
It looks like DC are going to be putting some things people liked before New 52 back to how they were. What with Boob window being back and Beast Boy going back to Green. Next thing you know, they have Batgirl go back to being Oracle.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2013 9:29:09 GMT -5
An old friend looks to be returning in World's Finest #12. {Spoiler} The boob-window! awesome. her new costume sucked. I know DC is afraid of offending people with PG's classic costume, but there's a reason it's classic. every other time they gave her a new outfit they ended up ditching it because it's always terrible. They couldn't have been that afraid. I have a couple issues in the to-read pile, but just from flipping thru I've noticed that Levitz, Perez and Maguire found a way to shred that costume (and informally bring back the "window") of hers up....at least twice during this run so far.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 11, 2013 10:54:00 GMT -5
It looks like DC are going to be putting some things people liked before New 52 back to how they were. What with Boob window being back and Beast Boy going back to Green. Next thing you know, they have Batgirl go back to being Oracle. and Wally West's tenure as the Flash will be back *gets shot by Didio and Alex Ross, fanboy-rage tears in their eyes*
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Post by H-Virus on Feb 11, 2013 11:05:49 GMT -5
awesome. her new costume sucked. I know DC is afraid of offending people with PG's classic costume, but there's a reason it's classic. every other time they gave her a new outfit they ended up ditching it because it's always terrible. They couldn't have been that afraid. I have a couple issues in the to-read pile, but just from flipping thru I've noticed that Levitz, Perez and Maguire found a way to shred that costume (and informally bring back the "window") of hers up....at least twice during this run so far. I noticed that, too. It's like one of the guys said "We need to make Peeg more conservative" and the other two said "But she's still gonna be fanservice, right?"
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Feb 11, 2013 12:41:19 GMT -5
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Feb 11, 2013 12:48:10 GMT -5
Oh wow. I never thought I'd see the day. Man, I don't know what can be done with GL after this.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 11, 2013 16:09:31 GMT -5
reading DC's may solicits. -Earth 2 is getting a new Batman. anyone want to guess who it will be? (I'm thinking it'll be John Blake, but then y'never know). -DC must have a lot of faith in Vibe if it went 2 whole issues before gratuitous Batman cameos -looks like Wonder Woman and Superman's "relationship" is already headed to an end. and nobody gives a rat's ass -I'm strongly considering checking out China Mieville's Dial H. the way it's promoted makes it look a lot like Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2013 17:17:25 GMT -5
Oh wow. I never thought I'd see the day. Man, I don't know what can be done with GL after this. There's a ton of potential, but at the same time I also think about JSA post-Johns - forgetful and then dismal stories, and cancellation that killed the franchise very much. (Earth 2's done a fine job realigning it though.)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2013 18:28:22 GMT -5
Holy heck, this fact was left out of the IGN report: EVERYONE is leaving the GL books in May. Not just Johns off GL, but Pete Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin (GL CORPS), Tony Bedard (NEW GUARDIANS) and Peter Milligan (RED LANTERNS). www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/11/green-lantern/
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Post by stinger on Feb 11, 2013 18:36:28 GMT -5
Holy heck, this fact was left out of the IGN report: EVERYONE is leaving the GL books in May. Not just Johns off GL, but Pete Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin (GL CORPS), Tony Bedard (NEW GUARDIANS) and Peter Milligan (RED LANTERNS). www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/11/green-lantern/Wait...Red Lanterns hasn't been canceled already?
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Post by Jiren on Feb 11, 2013 19:39:07 GMT -5
EVERYONE is leaving the GL books in May, Pete Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin (GL CORPS), Tony Bedard (NEW GUARDIANS)
and Peter Milligan (RED LANTERNS).
As much as I like Milligan (He's done good with Stormwatch) his run on Red Lanterns has been pretty boring. The whole thing just makes you think
I'd like to see what another writer will do with Red Lanterns (As long as it's not Ann Nocenti)
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 11, 2013 19:45:23 GMT -5
it will be Ann Nocenti. and then it will get cancelled in 5 issues.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Feb 11, 2013 19:46:50 GMT -5
I really hope they don't drop the ball. Geoff did god's work with that corner of the DCU.
I've never felt so uneasy about a comic change before.... f*** is this what you guys felt like when they cancelled Secret Six?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 11, 2013 19:52:39 GMT -5
perhaps. that was pretty gutwrenching. I still hold out hope DC hands Suicide Squad to Gail and lets her turn it into Secret Six part 2. it'd be easy to do, since other than Deadshot none of them have showed up yet. plus you could have Catman snark at him about how dumb his new getup looks.
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Post by Alucard on Feb 11, 2013 23:34:01 GMT -5
It looks like DC are going to be putting some things people liked before New 52 back to how they were. What with Boob window being back and Beast Boy going back to Green. Next thing you know, they have Batgirl go back to being Oracle. I know you mean it in jest, but I'd LOVE that. I'm still sore over the sudden unexistance of Stephanie Brown. STILL. One of many reasons I can't wait for Dan DiDio's Dr. Phil looking ass to retire or leave DC. Which may never happen.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 11, 2013 23:48:22 GMT -5
Next thing you know, they have Batgirl go back to being Oracle. I know you mean it in jest, but I'd LOVE that. I'm still sore over the sudden unexistance of Stephanie Brown. STILL. One of many reasons I can't wait for Dan DiDio's Dr. Phil looking ass to retire or leave DC. Which may never happen. I don't know the whole deal, but never have I seen a company go to great lengths to ignore the existence of a certain character.
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Post by H-Virus on Feb 12, 2013 0:02:34 GMT -5
I know you mean it in jest, but I'd LOVE that. I'm still sore over the sudden unexistance of Stephanie Brown. STILL. One of many reasons I can't wait for Dan DiDio's Dr. Phil looking ass to retire or leave DC. Which may never happen. I don't know the whole deal, but never have I seen a company go to great lengths to ignore the existence of a certain character. My optimism keeps insisting that the head honchos are just saving her for some big reveal down the road and can't afford to have her show up before the time comes. My optimism is dying a painful, drawn out death.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 12, 2013 0:22:01 GMT -5
I mean, at least WWE has a legitimate reason to excise Chris Benoit out of their footage and whatnot. With Steph Brown, I don't think DC has any justifiable reasoning for deliberately ignoring her existence.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 12, 2013 7:04:47 GMT -5
I really hope they don't drop the ball. Geoff did god's work with that corner of the DCU. I've never felt so uneasy about a comic change before.... f*** is this what you guys felt like when they cancelled Secret Six? I imagine it's close to how I felt when DnA stopped doing Marvel's cosmic books.
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