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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 12, 2013 10:08:02 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. it's because she wasn't Batgirl when Dan Didio was 10. and Wally West wasn't the Flash when Dan Didio was 10. same stupid logic that gave us One More Day. people might make jokes about comic book fans being continuity-obsessed weirdos who obsess over children's stories but it doesn't help that image when a guy running the company fits every one of those stereotypes. seriously, go read any Superboy-Prime story and pretend he's Dan Didio. there's not much of a difference.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Feb 12, 2013 10:21:11 GMT -5
Isn't Bob Harris running DC's ship now?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 12, 2013 10:35:36 GMT -5
in name only. Buck still stops with Didio, whose got some other high-fa looting title now.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 12, 2013 12:42:32 GMT -5
www.newsarama.com/comics/jim-starlin-revamps-stormwatch.html as probably the only fan-er still reading the book, I'm actually REALLY excited after reading this. nice to see Apollo and Midnighter going back to their classic duds. looks like big changes are coming for the book. I guess DC wanted to get rid of the elephant-in-the-room that is "why doesn't Midnighter just go to Gotham, rip off Joker's head and leave without anyone knowing he was ever there?"
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Post by Legion on Feb 12, 2013 13:35:38 GMT -5
I'd be interested to see Starlin, as an older writer, dealing with Midnighter and Apollo as a couple
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Post by dav on Feb 12, 2013 13:40:30 GMT -5
It's the same with Cassandra Cain which annoys me. She wasn't around in the Silver Age or one of DC's current golden writing boys, so she gets treated as if she never existed as well. Just petty is what it is.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 12, 2013 13:44:39 GMT -5
Wally West surpassed anything Barry Allen did ( sans die heroically in Crisis, which was the greatest send-off for a character ever, now rendered moot) as Flash anyway.
It's bogus he's not around in some form.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 12, 2013 13:50:41 GMT -5
"BUT HE WASN'T THE FLASH WHEN I WAS TEN WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" [/Didio], alternately [/Alex Ross].
we should put them both in a spaceship with all the silver age comics we can find and send them to mars.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2013 15:49:04 GMT -5
I finally got around to reading Green Arrow #17. Thank god for Jeff Lemire. The issue wasn't perfect, but it has me completely back on board the series after Nocenti made me jump off.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Feb 12, 2013 17:51:21 GMT -5
All these Spider-Men and their problems.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 12, 2013 17:54:21 GMT -5
only way I care is if Peter comes back. and that's not going to happen.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 12, 2013 17:55:00 GMT -5
Nice homage.
Reading the previous page about Slott's big troll move and such- when did Marvel start hating Peter Parker? Like I get that he has a rough life and that's his deal; but since 2006 or so, it's like they're all " f*** Peter Parker! Here's another horrible thing to happen to him and any fans he has left!"
That's your flagship Marvel. C'mon now.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 12, 2013 18:02:47 GMT -5
it's a few things; some writers think the only way to make a character interesting is to have constant bad things happen to them. sometimes it works, but sometimes they go way overboard (which is why Mark Waid pretty much demanded he be allowed to write a happier and lighter Daredevil, because as good as the book has been, pretty much any joy or fun had been sucked out of the book).
secondly, Joe Quesada had a terrible divorce and took it out on Spider-man. there's nothing more to say about it than that.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 12, 2013 18:07:47 GMT -5
Makes sense. Like with Slott, the dude can write great, fun stuff. Witness his She-Hulk run; and apparently his Spidey stuff post Brand New Day was good ( I can't speak to it, I abandoned ship pretty much after OMD), but it just seems like he's poking at people now.
In fairness, that's probably editorially mandated
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Feb 12, 2013 18:10:09 GMT -5
it's a few things; some writers think the only way to make a character interesting is to have constant bad things happen to them. sometimes it works, but sometimes they go way overboard (which is why Mark Waid pretty much demanded he be allowed to write a happier and lighter Daredevil, because as good as the book has been, pretty much any joy or fun had been sucked out of the book). secondly, Joe Quesada had a terrible divorce and took it out on Spider-man. there's nothing more to say about it than that. And yet DareDevil still has it f***ing hard. Every issue leaves him with a gut punch and a slap in the face.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 12, 2013 18:11:47 GMT -5
Poor Ol' Matt has pretty much always had it tough outside of his very early swashbuckler days. Hell I love Miller's stories with him; but damned if you aren't depressed when he finish a DD tale most of the time.
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Post by stinger on Feb 12, 2013 18:14:01 GMT -5
So, anyone read the first issue of Brian Wood's "Star Wars"? I thought it was really good. I like the fresh story using classic characters. Had a feel very similar to watching the first trilogy. Second issue comes out tomorrow.
Also picking up Secret Avengers tomorrow. I like Nick Spencer a lot from Morning Glories and Bedlam, so I'm excited to see what he does with this book. Anyone else going to pick it up?
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Post by Michael Coello on Feb 12, 2013 21:41:44 GMT -5
All these Spider-Men and their problems. How much more Ales is in this picture? Miles Morales.
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Post by Legion on Feb 13, 2013 14:52:35 GMT -5
If I was buying anything from DC, I'd drop it after they announced the hiring of Orson Scott Card to contribute to their Superman anthology series.
Just, well, there aren't words I can type here due to the rules to describe how baffling I find their decision, their defence or him in general.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Feb 13, 2013 15:28:06 GMT -5
If I was buying anything from DC, I'd drop it after they announced the hiring of Orson Scott Card to contribute to their Superman anthology series. Just, well, there aren't words I can type here due to the rules to describe how baffling I find their decision, their defence or him in general. The problem is that people can't be denied work for their political viewpoints. Regardless of what I may or may not think about some social issues, my boss absolutely could not fire me over them without a lawsuit, and likewise, no one could legally deny me employment if that were the cause. I think Card is a bigot, but he's also got rights. If he uses Superman as a platform for his ideals, then yes, he should get the boot. However, if he just writes non-offensive Superman stories, there's no reason he can't have a job. He'd sue DC/Time Warner for everything they're worth if they canned him now, and he'd win.
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