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Post by JDviant on Feb 7, 2013 23:09:01 GMT -5
Aw man, I loved Sword & Sorcery! I think the Amethyst character is either going to JLA Dark or her own solo book.
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Post by Alucard on Feb 8, 2013 1:10:57 GMT -5
Winter Soldier #15.
Overall good, art might take a bit to get used to, but I don't dislike it as much as a friend of mine did. Kinda keeping it a bit of the same even with the new writer, but he didn't disappoint me really. Was cool to see James whippin' out some new tech.
Waiting for: Morbius #2
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 1:25:02 GMT -5
Thunderbolts #4: Still sucking LAND MINES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!
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Post by Hawk Hart on Feb 8, 2013 1:38:58 GMT -5
Detective Comics #17 was, um, not that great. Or very good even.
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Post by Goldenbane on Feb 8, 2013 1:39:21 GMT -5
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Post by stinger on Feb 8, 2013 1:56:43 GMT -5
My brother insists on reading Thunderbolts because he likes Venom and Deadpool. (He reads both solo titles, which are pretty solid, IMO.) I am trying to convince him to consider picking up Young Avengers or Secret Avengers in place of Thunderbolts, but am not having much luck.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 4:43:31 GMT -5
Aw man, I loved Sword & Sorcery! I think the Amethyst character is either going to JLA Dark or her own solo book. I believe she's already part of JLA DARK. Thankfully, they incorporated her into a safe book before this. Batman & Company Batman & Friends Gotham Knights: Featuring Batman Damien Wayne, Son of Batman Batman & The C-Listers Who Can't Carry a Title of Their Own Booster Gold (This one probably won't happen) Actually, BOOSTER GOLD is probably the one book outside another Bat-book and another JLA-book that seems likely at this point. JLA INTL is being relaunched somehow (RB Silva, Superboy artist, tweeted something about it a few weeks ago)
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 8, 2013 8:31:33 GMT -5
My brother insists on reading Thunderbolts because he likes Venom and Deadpool. (He reads both solo titles, which are pretty solid, IMO.) I am trying to convince him to consider picking up Young Avengers or Secret Avengers in place of Thunderbolts, but am not having much luck. you could always try Dark Avengers, AKA the REAL Thunderbolts book (f***ing Dan Way... can't wait until this garbage gets cancelled)
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 8, 2013 8:34:00 GMT -5
I think the Amethyst character is either going to JLA Dark or her own solo book. I believe she's already part of JLA DARK. Thankfully, they incorporated her into a safe book before this. Batman & Company Batman & Friends Gotham Knights: Featuring Batman Damien Wayne, Son of Batman Batman & The C-Listers Who Can't Carry a Title of Their Own Booster Gold (This one probably won't happen) Actually, BOOSTER GOLD is probably the one book outside another Bat-book and another JLA-book that seems likely at this point. JLA INTL is being relaunched somehow (RB Silva, Superboy artist, tweeted something about it a few weeks ago)[/quote] I think they have big plans for Booster. he's one of Geoff Johns' personal favorites, and him disappearing from the timeline happened for a reason. since he's a time traveller he could be used to do away with some of the less popular changes (like bringing back Wally, Donna and the original Titans history. don't balk at the Wally thing, he's one of Johns' favorites too, it's mostly Didiot who has a hate-on for him). while Tim's still my favorite, I'd actually buy a Robin book starring Damien, as long as Peter Tomasi writes him.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 8, 2013 8:39:42 GMT -5
while Tim's still my favorite, I'd actually buy a Robin book starring Damien, as long as Peter Tomasi writes him.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 8, 2013 9:13:57 GMT -5
Wowzers. Bleeding Cool is reporting that DC is cancelling Savage Hawkman, Deathstroke, Sword & Sorcery, Team 7, Ravagers and Fury of Firestorm. Also of note - Keith Giffen is off Legion of Super-Heroes after only 2 issues (replaced by another former LSH artist) and Supergirl's writer (responsible for some bloody good stuff in that series) is off the book as well. They're gonna have to launch a ton of new stuff to fill the 52-book ranks now. www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/07/dc-cancels-firestorm-ravagers-hawkman-deathstroke-sword-of-sorcery-and-team-7/DAMMIT Deathstroke was getting good again, f***ing Liefeld. Also some of the creative shifts are pretty damn good, Aside from Ann Nocenti is still writing. Also Batman universe's May Solicits look GOOD
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 8, 2013 9:17:19 GMT -5
it's too bad that Ann Nocenti's work in the new 52 is so bad, she used to be pretty good back in the day.
for that matter, I think that speaks to a problem with a lot of the New 52. look whose writing the books. in 2013 we have books being written by Jim Starlin, Frank Tieri, Scott Lobdell, Tom DeFalco and Ann Nocenti. LOTS of books. what's DC's obsession with giving so many guys whose best work was in many cases over 20 years ago so much work?
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Post by JDviant on Feb 8, 2013 9:50:52 GMT -5
It is really an obsession? They're putting out a lot of books, and at the same time are using guys like Adam Glass, Mike Johnson, Andrew Kreisberg, Joe Keatinge, Gregg Hurwitz, Kyle Higgins, Robert Venditti, China Mieville, Justin Jordan, and Michael Alan Nelson. Thats leaving off the big names, and names from the 90's, some of which were just colorists then like the guy writing Flash. They actually have a pretty good mix.
It's especially odd to mention Defalco, because he just had an amazingly popular series end in 2009 when Spider-Girl wrapped up. While never a best seller it was the kind of title that fans were passionate enough to save again and again. I cannot think of another single creator/character in the past decade that has had a run like Spider-Girl's 132 issues. Honestly stop and consider how many launches have been attempted in this timeframe. If its not an A-list character, its not having an ongoing of this magnitude.
Unless you're X-Factor, written by another guy who's been in comics over 30 years; Peter David. The best part of his best work, his Hulk run, happened over 20 years ago now.
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Post by JDviant on Feb 8, 2013 10:02:55 GMT -5
Not in response to any particular comment, but about some DC and why they shouldn't hire old writers in general. If they hired both Bendis and Dan Slott, people wouldn't complain about how old they are despite both having written comics for over two decades. Dan Slott himself was writing for Marvel in 1991. And if Waid returned to DC it'd be a continuation of his 24 years of writing comics. I think people who say 'DC shouldn't hire old writers' they mean 'DC shouldn't hire old writers except for ones I want to read'.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 8, 2013 10:11:49 GMT -5
not remotely what I was getting at. it's just weird that so many of their big books are being handled by guys whose best work is from a time when books were written differently than they are now.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 8, 2013 10:14:05 GMT -5
I don't care how old they are as long as they're good, Ann Nocenti my have been good back in the day but now she's atrocious
Her Green Arrow SUCKED!!!!, Now Jeff Lemire has to save it. If that wasn't enough they gve her Catwoman, And that too SUCKED, which was pretty good under Winnick.
Now they give her katana......Why?, It's not like she's got a good track record in the new 52.
I like Lobdell though, Athough I'd like to see someone else handle Teen Titans.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 8, 2013 10:38:04 GMT -5
Lobdell's been great with Red Hood, but his whole 90s anti-hero approach to the Teen Titans is terrible. it really doesn't help that the book's entire history and Tim's past as Robin were thrown out, but I doubt that was his decision.
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Post by JDviant on Feb 8, 2013 12:42:42 GMT -5
not remotely what I was getting at. it's just weird that so many of their big books are being handled by guys whose best work is from a time when books were written differently than they are now. DC's big books? The only big name book any of those writers are working on is Superman. Superboy for the past three years averaged around 30,000 readers, be it DeFalco or Lemiere, with a substantial bump only really coming in Johns Adventure Comics run. Before that his solo series was cancelled in 2002. Catwoman's title was cancelled in 2008 and didn't get another chance until the Nu52. Green Arrow was cancelled in 2010, again without top talent on it. Hawkman hasn't had a series since he lost the starring role to Hawkgirl in 2006. I honestly don't see how the books by the people you've mentioned fall under being DC big books. Except the Superman title. Maybe an argument can be made for the Teen Titans, but they certainly weren't be presented as a big book the last few years of the old DC.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 12:43:16 GMT -5
Actually, BOOSTER GOLD is probably the one book outside another Bat-book and another JLA-book that seems likely at this point. JLA INTL is being relaunched somehow (RB Silva, Superboy artist, tweeted something about it a few weeks ago) I think they have big plans for Booster. he's one of Geoff Johns' personal favorites, and him disappearing from the timeline happened for a reason. since he's a time traveller he could be used to do away with some of the less popular changes (like bringing back Wally, Donna and the original Titans history. don't balk at the Wally thing, he's one of Johns' favorites too, it's mostly Didiot who has a hate-on for him). I think Booster's return is actually gonna be {Spoiler}in the pages of ALL-STAR WESTERN, during the "WTF" gatefold cover month - there's a belief that the guy holding a gun at Hex's head on the part of the cover we haven't seen is Booster.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 12:45:39 GMT -5
Holy heck, THE GREEN TEAM is getting revived for the New 52. AND it's got Art Baltazar & Franco (AW YEAH TINY TITANS!) writing it. (If the image doesn't load, it's part of a 2-title combo - the other book is Gail Simone's new series, called THE MOVEMENT - DC's playing up the 99%/1% thing from last year...)
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