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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 19, 2013 18:47:29 GMT -5
well the Avengers already have a different Superman ripoff on their team so for the foreseeable future things look safe
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2013 18:53:57 GMT -5
well the Avengers already have a different Superman ripoff on their team so for the foreseeable future things look safe Thing is, that particular Superman ripoff has been around since before we were born. Sentry was just another one, basically. (Though the mental problems thing that Jenkins introduced - and Bendis followed thru with - were a novel addition to the character...)
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 19, 2013 20:07:07 GMT -5
I loved Gruendwald's work with the Squadron Supreme. hell I liked JMS' re-imagining too (even if he did portray the military as idiots). Marvel's got a few Superman ripoffs flying around. other than Hyperion and Sentry there's also Gladiator, Count Nefaria, and a bunch of others.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 19, 2013 20:25:25 GMT -5
Am I too late to chime in?
I liked Dark Avengers but I HATED Sentry, I was happy when Thor killed him in "Siege"
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Post by mjolnir on Feb 19, 2013 20:40:46 GMT -5
I loved the Dark Avengers too, especially when it was made clear Norman wasn't being shoehorned into a Lex Luthor mold. Rather he was a wanna-be that basically had a Norse Deity using him as a puppet and fall guy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 10:30:57 GMT -5
DC has confirmed the new creative teams of the GL books after May: Green Lantern - Robert Venditti and Billy Tan Green Lantern Corps - Joshua Hale Fialkov and Bernard Chang Green Lantern: New Guardians - Justin Jordan and Brad Walker Red Lanterns - Joshua Hale Fialkov and Alessandro Vitti And some sort of Larfleeze project (new series, Threshold backup?), by Keith Giffen and Scott Kolins geek-news.mtv.com/?p=110428Decent lineup. Good on them keeping Fialkov busy with 2 GL books. I freaked at first but then remember Billy Tan is not Philip Tan. Tan and Vitti are former Marvel guys, too.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 20, 2013 10:49:32 GMT -5
not familiar with the other writers but Josh Hale Fialkov's a good writer. he deserves a more high profile gig after his work on I, Vampire.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 13:22:02 GMT -5
not familiar with the other writers but Josh Hale Fialkov's a good writer. he deserves a more high profile gig after his work on I, Vampire. Robert Venditti created THE SURROGATES (which they made into a movie, with Bruce Willis) and is currently writing DEMON KNIGHTS and X-O MANOWAR. He was also gonna write the CONSTANTINE relaunch, but he was pulled off that when, it now seems, they decided to give him GL. Justin Jordan writes LUTHER STRODE at Image, also writes TEAM 7 (which is ending) and is taking over SUPERBOY in a few months.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 13:27:55 GMT -5
not familiar with the other writers but Josh Hale Fialkov's a good writer. he deserves a more high profile gig after his work on I, Vampire. Robert Venditti created THE SURROGATES (which they made into a movie, with Bruce Willis) and is currently writing DEMON KNIGHTS and X-O MANOWAR. He was also gonna write the CONSTANTINE relaunch, but he was pulled off that when, it now seems, they decided to give him GL. Justin Jordan writes LUTHER STRODE at Image, also writes TEAM 7 (which is ending) and is taking over SUPERBOY in a few months. LUTHER STRODE was f***ing amazing. Fialkov's really good too. He did a great miniseries called "Last of the Greats" a year or so ago that was some next-level superhero stuff.
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Post by Legion on Feb 20, 2013 14:03:48 GMT -5
Interesting choices.
I expected them to go flagship big, instead they have gone more down a 'star maker' route with less known guys getting the franchise reigns
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 14:45:26 GMT -5
I expected them to go flagship big, instead they have gone more down a 'star maker' route with less known guys getting the franchise reigns I was half expecting that too, but I can't think of many flagship DC people who're in a place to do it, though. Morrison is leaving ongoing comics (at least for a while) soon, Snyder and Capullo are fully committed to BATMAN, Jim Lee's supposedly doing MAN OF STEEL (with Snyder now that I think of it), Azzarello seems happy with WONDER WOMAN. Unlike Marvel, I think DC is in a place where they *NEED* to make new stars (never a bad thing to do) rather than go to ol' reliables or poach big names from Marvel. And thankfully, they didn't go the "Harras/Chase's stock of old Marvel veterans" route with restaffing the GL teams....
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Post by Legion on Feb 20, 2013 15:59:07 GMT -5
I was expecting to see Harras writing one of the GL books if I'm honest, with Giffen doing one of the team books.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 20, 2013 18:18:39 GMT -5
DC has confirmed the new creative teams of the GL books after May: Green Lantern - Robert Venditti and Billy Tan Green Lantern Corps - Joshua Hale Fialkov and Bernard Chang Green Lantern: New Guardians - Justin Jordan and Brad Walker Red Lanterns - Joshua Hale Fialkov and Alessandro Vitti
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Feb 20, 2013 18:49:43 GMT -5
And thankfully, they didn't go the "Harras/Chase's stock of old Marvel veterans" route with restaffing the GL teams.... The thought of somebody like Howard Mackie or Tom Defalco getting anywhere near GL makes me shudder
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Feb 20, 2013 20:09:49 GMT -5
Have no clue who the f*** those guys are. Hopefully the ball doesn't get dropped.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Feb 20, 2013 21:06:29 GMT -5
So Larfleeze is getting his own book also? This excites me.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 20, 2013 21:35:43 GMT -5
Have no clue who the f*** those guys are. Hopefully the ball doesn't get dropped. Given how good these guys are, I doubt it. But I guess I'll just have to wait and see
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 20, 2013 21:40:03 GMT -5
honest truth, after such a long time with Geoff Johns at the helm, I'm just interested in seeing what direction the book gets taken in now. I hope it doesn't end up being somebody just imitating Johns' stuff. GL has a non-rainbow buddies rogues gallery who've been completely ignored for a long time (I distinctly recall Johns saying he had plans for Evil Star a few years ago but they never materialized).
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Post by Alucard on Feb 21, 2013 2:30:26 GMT -5
WS is broke and buying new comics on a gift card short half-assed reviews:
Morbius #2: Continues to be a surprisingly entertaining read, I love how it doesn't take its self too seriously, but tells a compelling narrative through the perspective of the character. The writing style makes it seem like you're kinda hearing him retell it all firsthand.
Captain America #4: Man, this shit is so weird. I don't hate it. It's definitely something new (-ish, the situation of him being a fish out of water is kinda his thing), and it's definitely interesting. I like the fact that he has a beard right now. Cap with a beard is just badass.
Stay tuned, will he like Winter Soldier #15? Will Secret Avengers #2 disappoint him? CHECK BACK IN A FEW WEEKS.
Or don't.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2013 8:48:03 GMT -5
honest truth, after such a long time with Geoff Johns at the helm, I'm just interested in seeing what direction the book gets taken in now. I hope it doesn't end up being somebody just imitating Johns' stuff. GL has a non-rainbow buddies rogues gallery who've been completely ignored for a long time (I distinctly recall Johns saying he had plans for Evil Star a few years ago but they never materialized). If anything, I hope it's much less event driven now. With the exception of the 10-issue break (or so) we got when New 52 first started, it's been moreorless one event after another since Blackest Night (and I count the prelude to BN that lasted, like, 4-5 months). Refocusing on classic rogues would be nice, and may be a good idea since more titles are redeveloping classic foes for the New 52 DCU nowadays.
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