odessasteps Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Happily never read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Kingdom Come (1996) co-written by Mark Waid and Alex Ross with Ross’ art in an Elseworlds tale. Superman retired, there are those who did the same while others carried on like Batman. All are older. New metahumans arrive on the scene, Superman returns with Wonder Woman to show them the way to behave. This causes tensions. Lex Luthor wants to exploit them. One of the big comic books I hadn’t read was worth the wait. A commentary on heroes and their methods. How far do we go to right wrongs? Power and how it’s used – judgment. The lives lost. The One Year Later section is terrific in its own right, loved that. A brilliant book, one of the best I’ve read in my time reading comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Austin Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Wasn't guys like Magog a commentary on the Image characters at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 41 minutes ago, John Austin said: Wasn't guys like Magog a commentary on the Image characters at the time? Yes. Waids notes say as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 detective comics #1000 out today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 It was excellent top to bottom, really. Even the Kevin Smith story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Hearing good things about Dial H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) Supergirl, Book 2 Peter David I don't know yet how the rest of the series will be. But 20 issues in, this is everything I could want in a comic book. Alternately funny and dark. Well developed heroes and supporting cast. People who respond and react like human beings. Great fight scenes. A connection to wider DC continuity without having to be there all the time. Surprises. God. Angels. Demons. Mysteries. Emotions. Realistic family and relationship issues. Racial and sexual diversity without it being a thing (looking at YOU, America Chavez solo series). Terrific artwork - heck, even some Greg Land before he learned he could just trace Victoria's Secret models. Damn, this is good comics. Edited March 29, 2019 by Captain Kronos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 1:56 PM, J.H. said: Qucik question because it has always bothered me... Did Batman ever get his win Back from Bane after Knightfall? (of course I mean Bruce) James Pretty sure Bruce has defeated Bane repeatedly, and before DC shat the bed, Bane respected Bruce to the point that he actually tried to stand in for him in Gotham as a hero once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Heroes in Crisis #7: It's nice to see that Wally has finally come to the same point of view on Barry as Wally fans did ages ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 9 hours ago, Captain Kronos said: Supergirl, Book 2 Peter David I don't know yet how the rest of the series will be. But 20 issues in, this is everything I could want in a comic book. Alternately funny and dark. Well developed heroes and supporting cast. People who respond and react like human beings. Great fight scenes. A connection to wider DC continuity without having to be there all the time. Surprises. God. Angels. Demons. Mysteries. Emotions. Realistic family and relationship issues. Racial and sexual diversity without it being a thing (looking at YOU, America Chavez solo series). Terrific artwork - heck, even some Greg Land before he learned he could just trace Victoria's Secret models. Damn, this is good comics. Absolutely, flat out, hands down my favorite comic series/run ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Dammit DC, you're finally reprinting the Gerry Conway/Gene Colan Vampire Batman stories from the early 80s? September needs to hurry up and get here. Those comics scared the shit out of me when I was little James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Been reading the Mark Waid Flash run again after waiting 6 or months for volume 3 to finally pop up at my library. Up to volume 4 and liking it so far. For me not too much of it is amazing, but so much of it is just solid storytelling in general with the most interesting things probably being the beginnings of the speed force and the interactions between the speedsters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, Eivion said: Been reading the Mark Waid Flash run again after waiting 6 or months for volume 3 to finally pop up at my library. Up to volume 4 and liking it so far. For me not too much of it is amazing, but so much of it is just solid storytelling in general with the most interesting things probably being the beginnings of the speed force and the interactions between the speedsters. The Flash was just s remarkably consistent book for two decades. It wasn't always the best book on the stands, but it was almost never bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 5:24 PM, Captain Kronos said: Supergirl, Book 2 Peter David I don't know yet how the rest of the series will be. But 20 issues in, this is everything I could want in a comic book. Alternately funny and dark. Well developed heroes and supporting cast. People who respond and react like human beings. Great fight scenes. A connection to wider DC continuity without having to be there all the time. Surprises. God. Angels. Demons. Mysteries. Emotions. Realistic family and relationship issues. Racial and sexual diversity without it being a thing (looking at YOU, America Chavez solo series). Terrific artwork - heck, even some Greg Land before he learned he could just trace Victoria's Secret models. Damn, this is good comics. Warning you now, If you make it all the way to the end of PAD's run, you will absolutely get your heart broken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 38 minutes ago, Ace said: Warning you now, If you make it all the way to the end of PAD's run, you will absolutely get your heart broken. This is a fact. But it looks like they've stopped doing the collections, which fucking sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/04/08/dc-to-release-entire-golden-silver-and-bronze-age-comic-library-on-dc-universe-this-week/ Quote In what the company is calling a stress test for its DC Universe digital comic reading app, DC Comics announced that they will release their entire digitized catalog of Golden, Silver, and Bronze Age comics this week, comprising a total of almost 3,000 comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 I wonder what percentage of the actual total material that 3000 comics would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 3 hours ago, odessasteps said: I wonder what percentage of the actual total material that 3000 comics would be. I assume not a whole lot. But they did say all comics from those eras will be added as they are digitized. And this is just the stress test before they drop thousands more books, although more recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) It would be something if we got some non-cape stuff, like westerns and romance comics. War books we likely would get. I would bet they won’t be putting up license stuff the bob hope or Jerry Lewis books. Also, I wonder about the fawcett and quality libraries. Edited April 9, 2019 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 There's a list of everything they are dropping this week in the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 So is there anything worthwhile currently on DCU? I subscribed mostly to watch young Justice S3 (which I've finished whats available) and Doom Patrol (haven't started yet). I'm curious if there is anything worth reading up that may make it worth staying when I'm done with Doom Patrol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Eivion said: So is there anything worthwhile currently on DCU? I subscribed mostly to watch young Justice S3 (which I've finished whats available) and Doom Patrol (haven't started yet). I'm curious if there is anything worth reading up that may make it worth staying when I'm done with Doom Patrol. Right now, there is a relatively small but decent selection. Sometime this month, they are supposed to be adding basically the full digital library (minus the last twelve months) so if you are into DC, there certainly should be plenty of stuff to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Detective Comics #1000. Various writers and artists are involved in this milestone and celebrating Batman: 80 Years. The best story by far from Paul Dini/Dustin Nguyen is about a hapless henchman messing things up for baddies such as the Joker and the Riddler. I liked Christopher Priest/Neil Adams for Batman, the detective and the purpose of Tom King/Tony S. Daniel/Joella Jones story. Happy 80th birthday to Batman, the greatest comic book hero of all time. It’s just a shame there’s no story by Grant Morrison, the best writer of the Dark Knight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Forgot to mention that I finally finished Justice League: The Totality last weekend. Had it for a few weeks now, but it hasn't been a strong enough read for me to go thoroughly quickly while my interests elsewhere are strong. I thought it as a solid enough read. The characters are decent and the ideas are interesting enough, but there is something just a bit off with Snyder's writing at times that keeps me from wanting to come back ASAP. Its not off putting or anything, just not strong in terms of drawing me in. Will say that it did seem to get better as it went on. Hopefully its only improved since though I suspect its will be a bit more all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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