Thaal Sinestro
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jan 12, 2014 12:37:57 GMT -5
I'm with Legion. Superior was a refreshing change to Spidey. I'm not looking forward to Pete coming back.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 12, 2014 13:30:43 GMT -5
Sue me, Peter Parker is just one of those characters I can't get behind. Guy is practically a doctor of science, has been married to a super model and could get a job with Reed or Stark in a heart beat....but boo hoo he never has money or luck with girls or blah blah blah. You can only write an under dog for so long until the under dog just becomes a loser who doesnt help himself... okay I will give you that Marvel's unwillingness to let the character evolve even though he's screaming for it is sad. Straczynski tried but apparently that's not allowed.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 12, 2014 18:13:20 GMT -5
Speaking of that, I recently re-read all the JMS Spidey run I still had (I got rid of The Other and Sins Past arcs and everything after long ago); it's night and day the early part of his run which was fun and interesting--even if the whole mystic totem stuff didn't really work--and the later just awfulness. His crowning moment was having May find out who Peter was and the fallout from that and actually making her an interesting character and changing the dynamic. A shame that had to all come crashing down with everything else due to Mephisto and Quesada.
I haven't really read Superior; I've flipped through some issues, and there have been some beats I've liked, but I'm not a big fan of Ramos artwork for one, and for another, the whole idea as 'canon' just rubs me the wrong way. I can't really explain why that is without coming across really silly, since I'd be ok with it being a What If story (Though I guess it goes back to the Alan Moore quote: "This is an imaginary story..aren't they all?)
Plus, I love Peter Parker, always have, so for evil to WIN, even if only for a little while kinda irks me as well. It'd be one thing if Ock changes and learns to be a hero and such as well, which is what I gather the story is trying to do; it's just that you know a year out of Peter coming back, Octavius is going right back into status quo.
The last bit is one reason I've pretty well abandoned superhero ongoings in the last few years. I've seen it all in my 30+ years of reading comics, so it's hard to get excited by the Big Two's stuff anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2014 19:12:36 GMT -5
This news should shock no one, since the wonderful successful life of Peter Parker has started crumbling down around him in the last 2 months or so. So, of course, when his life's back to crap is when he'll be back, suddenly aghast and stunned (but then, should he be?) that everyone hates him again. He really is Marvel's Charlie Brown: he'll never get to kiss the red-haired girl (not MJ - especially not in Quesada World), and he'll never ever kick that football. Just think of it this way: eventually all the creators and editors who want Peter Parker to stay stagnant in singledom and loserville will all die in real life, while Peter - loser or not - will long outlive them all. Excelsior that, true believers.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jan 12, 2014 19:15:23 GMT -5
Anyone else excited about Miracleman coming out this week? I've been waiting to read this book for like 15 years now.
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Post by Jiren on Jan 13, 2014 9:05:26 GMT -5
I really wish DC would implement a "previously" page sometimes I've forgotten what's happened by the time a new issue comes out, and I can't be arsed to go throughout my comic boxes to find last months issue
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 13, 2014 10:41:03 GMT -5
I really wish DC would implement a "previously" page sometimes I've forgotten what's happened by the time a new issue comes out, and I can't be arsed to go throughout my comic boxes to find last months issue I've heard they refuse to do one because "that's what Marvel does".
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2014 10:46:51 GMT -5
I really wish DC would implement a "previously" page sometimes I've forgotten what's happened by the time a new issue comes out, and I can't be arsed to go throughout my comic boxes to find last months issue I've heard they refuse to do one because "that's what Marvel does". It's also wasting a page of story each issue. And when you think about the trade collection, you're 5-6 pages down on content there too. Also, if you need a "previously"/recap page, then you're admitting your story is too complex for this format, and that re-reading or back issue hunting is basically unnecessary. It can be helpful, yes, but we went decades and decades without it. A while back I think it was Marvel who deemed the thought bubbles and in-story footnotes to be a hinderance to storytelling. They've backtracked on that a bit, I believe, but it shows their storytelling techniques to all when they take those old school methods that served as in-story recaps and put them aside in preference of "writing for the trade"...
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Post by Jiren on Jan 13, 2014 11:14:16 GMT -5
I've heard they refuse to do one because "that's what Marvel does". It's also wasting a page of story each issue. And when you think about the trade collection, you're 5-6 pages down on content there too. Also, if you need a "previously"/recap page, then you're admitting your story is too complex for this format, and that re-reading or back issue hunting is basically unnecessary. It can be helpful, yes, but we went decades and decades without it. A while back I think it was Marvel who deemed the thought bubbles and in-story footnotes to be a hinderance to storytelling. They've backtracked on that a bit, I believe, but it shows their storytelling techniques to all when they take those old school methods that served as in-story recaps and put them aside in preference of "writing for the trade"... It's no worse than that stupid news 52 thing
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2014 11:25:05 GMT -5
It's also wasting a page of story each issue. And when you think about the trade collection, you're 5-6 pages down on content there too. Also, if you need a "previously"/recap page, then you're admitting your story is too complex for this format, and that re-reading or back issue hunting is basically unnecessary. It can be helpful, yes, but we went decades and decades without it. A while back I think it was Marvel who deemed the thought bubbles and in-story footnotes to be a hinderance to storytelling. They've backtracked on that a bit, I believe, but it shows their storytelling techniques to all when they take those old school methods that served as in-story recaps and put them aside in preference of "writing for the trade"... It's no worse than that stupid news 52 thing Wow, I'd completely bypassed that. .....ok, DC's worse.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 13, 2014 11:39:45 GMT -5
It's also wasting a page of story each issue. And when you think about the trade collection, you're 5-6 pages down on content there too. Also, if you need a "previously"/recap page, then you're admitting your story is too complex for this format, and that re-reading or back issue hunting is basically unnecessary. It can be helpful, yes, but we went decades and decades without it. A while back I think it was Marvel who deemed the thought bubbles and in-story footnotes to be a hinderance to storytelling. They've backtracked on that a bit, I believe, but it shows their storytelling techniques to all when they take those old school methods that served as in-story recaps and put them aside in preference of "writing for the trade"... It's no worse than that stupid news 52 thing Yeah, at least the recap page in the Marvel books always talk about what's happening in the comic you're currently reading.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2014 18:32:43 GMT -5
Rob Vendetti & Van Jensen (GL and GL CORPS) and Brett Booth take over FLASH with #30. And then the next week, FLASH ANNUAL #3........ {Spoiler}.......oh hai Wally.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 14, 2014 9:12:33 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 14, 2014 9:22:33 GMT -5
What about Cassandra Cain?
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Post by dav on Jan 14, 2014 12:19:31 GMT -5
What about Cassandra Cain? And admit someone other than Barabra Gordon was a popular and successful Batgirl? You are aware of this being DC, right?
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 14, 2014 12:22:12 GMT -5
What about Cassandra Cain? And admit someone other than Barabra Gordon was a popular and successful Batgirl? You are aware of this being DC, right? Well, Stephanie Brown is coming back... so...
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 14, 2014 12:54:31 GMT -5
Rob Vendetti & Van Jensen (GL and GL CORPS) and Brett Booth take over FLASH with #30. And then the next week, FLASH ANNUAL #3........ {Spoiler}.......oh hai Wally. About damn time.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 15, 2014 9:43:24 GMT -5
so now we can start bitching about no Donna Troy or Ralph/Sue Dibny (It's the New 52, Identity Crisis never happened so they can be brought back as the fun-loving couple they are without the icky pall around them) instead. Also, I didn't bring it up but if Aquaman isn't even married to Mera (though she's still referred to as his queen somehow.) ... what are they odds they'll allow Ralph and Sue to be married if they get brought back to the continuity...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2014 18:12:25 GMT -5
JUSTICE LEAGUE CANADA is now JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED, launching in April with a #0.
Animal Man, Supergirl, Stargirl, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow and Adam Strange, who's making his 1st New 52 appearance here. Also his wife Alanna will be part of the book and taking more of a heroic role than just being a supporting player.
The homebase will still be Canada, and they'll do stuff there now and then, but they'll be a more cosmic team with space adventures moreso than Canadian ones.
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Thaal Sinestro
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jan 16, 2014 20:25:20 GMT -5
Promo picture shows Supergirl not as a Red Lantern. What the f*** is up with that?
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