Mister R
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Finished Identity Crisis.
It is interesting, as it didn't bore me, but certain things were just off about it for me.
Maybe it is because my only exposure of the Justice League is with the animated series?
Anyway, I didn't hate it. There are a lot of things I liked about it. But I am just kind neutral on it, is what I think I am getting at.
I loved/hated the scene where Tim Drake's father dies. Loved it because of the staging between the characters and the present (actions/events occurring) dynamics. It felt like a really tight, well edited piece from a film or television show. Hated it because of what it does to the characters involved, and who was behind Tim's father dying.
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In Batgirl #4 we're once again fed the "miracle" line, then something vague about "a clinic in South Africa." That's it.
From a story point, I think it's Barbara's way of opening up to her roommate. From an editorial point, which is my own opinion here, I think it's vague enough to cover them in case they ever mandate an official reason for her walking again.
I did like this issue.
Love the bit where she saved those people the muggers.
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When I covered the issue on Earth-2.net: The Show, that was me talking as a critic. However, as a fan of Batgirl, the book offended me. It took a once-strong character -- arguably one of the strongest characters in all of comics -- and made her a whimpering mess. Everything that made her strong -- and I don't mean her handicap -- was taken away, replaced by poor jokes, one-dimensional characterization, and zero motivation.
If you like it, great. Taste is subjective. But for me, as a longtime fan of the character, I won't touch the book until the current creative team is gone and I hear the new team makes Barbara as strong as she once was.
See, I'm not a long time reader of this character. I do like the character. Mostly due to exposure on the animated series, and a few one issue books. I am aware of The Killing Joke, but haven't read it yet. So I don't have a built in history with her, like you do. Which is more or less, what DC wants, if my understanding of the re-boot is correct.
I am going to listen to your thoughts on it in the podcast though. It is interesting to find out why people don't like things that others do like.
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Batgirl has been very good so far. It's a bit more character driven. I know some readers get turned off by that stuff, (I'm guessing the thought is if there is no action it is kind of boring?) but I love it!
The Batgirl naysayers aren't upset because it's a character-driven book, but because the story, dialog, and characterization aren't that good.
Okay I can see some story issues. The villain is a little lame, but I'm enjoying it. Without sounding like a jerk, I think personal enjoyment is better than critical enjoyment. I'm honestly not trying to start anything here either.
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Identity Crisis represents everything wrong with modern comics.
That seems to be the general consensus on this book. I'm trying not start a crazy mess here either.
I've stopped watching Linkara, or keeping up with his reviews, so, if possible, could you post a link to his videos on IC, when they come out? And Identity Crisis isn't bad, it's more random pieces of crap rammed together to make one stupid story that doesn't make much sense:
Why did Dr Light have to commit rape? What did that really add to the story, except making everyone in the DCU a prick? Instead of voting to kill the guy, they vote to mind-wipe the victim, and if she ever remembers, they'll talk about how they talked about. This is the one time where if the Justice League killed one villain, it would have been better.
The twist ending felt like it came out of nowhere, to me. Oh Ray, I want you back, I never made this truly clear till two issues ago, and I'm not really a big character, but DC want me to be a villain now, so yeah, I killed her by accident. Then in my haste I set fire to the body, you know, for fun.
The art was nice, but yeah, not a great book,
Linkara's review comes out in January. I'll post the link for you though.
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Mark Waid is the comics industry's sheriff. Don't fuck with him or he'll take off his mirrored shades and make you regret it.
Is Mark Waid the guy who is pretty much a walking DC comics encylopedia? If so that makes him a badass bookworm then.
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Identity Crisis represents everything wrong with modern comics.
That seems to be the general consensus on this book. I'm trying not start a crazy mess here either.
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I bought Batgirl # 4, Resurrection Man # 4, Demon Knights # 4, and The Shade # 3 today.
Resurrection Man is going a bit slow (way faster than Justice League though), but I am enjoying every bit of this book so far. I've never read the original series. I heard that DC is going to re-print them in an upcoming trade, so I might pick that up.
Batgirl has been very good so far. It's a bit more character driven. I know some readers get turned off by that stuff, (I'm guessing the thought is if there is no action it is kind of boring?) but I love it!
Demon Knights is a bit hard for me to get into. I only know about two of the characters, but this week's cover looked fantastic and it really grabbed my attention.
The Shade I picked up (along with Demon Knights) for my sister. From what she has told me, and she doesn't know anything about the characters involved in these two books, both are extremely enjoyable reads.
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Going through Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer. I know a lot of people are not fond of it, to put it mildly. I'm reading it as a bit of prep work for the Atop the Fourth Wall review that's coming up. There are a few things I like about it, but I am only half way through at the moment.
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I found one second hand through Twitter. It was
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Well, it kind of sucks that video links aren't working. I, mean how I am supposed to know how awesome this is? Lol. Seriously this show needs to get here ASAP!!
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I need to finish this game. I'm at the end, but I had to stop playing for a while because of school.
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I got back into comics now that I have a son who is crazy about Batman, after watching episodes of The Batman on Boomerang. My wife and I started picking up the full season DVDs I started dipping my toe back into the comic waters when I found that I could check out trades at my local library.
I'm going to shill a little bit here since I do work at a library. One thing that is very nice is that my library system (21 branches in my county) have an enormous trade selection. It is easier for us the shelve them and it makes it easier for patrons (customers) to read them. We also carry regular issues, but its a only a few superhero series.
With the trades, we've got everything from the big two, to the little independents. The nicest thing for me though is if I see something in the store that I wanted to read, but wasn't sure about (52 for example), my library has the entire trade collection of it. So for no money I can have a good book, and make up my mind about owning it, for free.
It's a win win.
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So when I get a new issue or trade from my store, I usually wait to the weekend to read it. I do this because the week is fairly busy for my and the weekend is the only time I get to relax. So I was wondering when do your guys read your comics? Right when you buy them or do you save them a bit, then read them?
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Red Hood and the Outlaws, believe it or not, actually had an awesome moment with Starfire in issue #3.
The heroes are forced to temporarily hand over their "happiest memories" as collateral to a kung fu monk guru kid in order to get inside a sacred room.
So where has this Starfire been hiding?!?!
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I just bought, but haven't read yet, these little gems.
1. Wonder Woman (New 52 Version) # 1-3. I've heard interesting things about it and I am a huge mythology fan. It should be interesting.
2. Batman: Black & White Volume 1. Read a few of these stories when they were collected in other trades, but it is nice to see them together.
3. Gotham Central Volume 3: On The Freak Beat. Read this one from work (library) and loved, now I've got my own copy.
4. Batgirl: Batgirl Rising. The Bryan Q. Miller Batgirl series. I read a few issues in the store and loved his work with the characters and writing style. I do think there is another volume out or coming out.
Trades: Around 21 or 22.
Issues: 12 or so.
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Sometimes hardcovers have more back-up features, such as notes, sketches, scripts, etc. This holds especially true for Absolute editions, which are massively oversized.
I've seen the Absolute editions, and I can safely say that my shelves would collapse from those freakin' things. Lol.
Justice League #2 had a written transcript of a conversation between Steve Trevor and Amanda Waller about Wonder Woman and her origin story.
I really dug that "interview" as well.
I sometimes find, that they add that stuff in the trades instead of the hardcovers. Like justifying double dipping on a DVD to get the Blu-Ray. You have to get the new version, as it comes with an interview with the creators.
I like interviews with anyone involved with the creation process of these stories. It is interesting to get their thoughts on what works and what doesn't. It's pretty cool.
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Collection is just a fancy way of saying trade, or hardcover, so don't worry to much about that term.
Thanks for the info!
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I just recently read the trade (Collected? I'm still working on the terminology here. Lol.) edition of Superman: Secret Identity. Really great stuff. Not a big loud Superman type of story. Just sort of quiet and reflective, which really works well with what Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen have done in this book.
I've picked up trade editions of Gotham Central and the second trade of 52. I've read both from my library. And since I really liked them both, granted I had some problems figuring out who a lot of the characters were in 52 but that didn't stop me from enjoying it, I've been meaning to get my own copies of these books.
I also snagged a free trade (collected) edition of Watchmen from a book sale at the library as well. So it'll be nice to go through that again once school has settled down.
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I generally avoid getting hardcovers unless they've got 8 issues or more. $25 for 5 issues is just insane. At the very least, they'd better have a fraction of bonus material or a digital copy code in there. So I'm totally down for getting that 8-issue Action Comics HC, but most of the rest I'm unsure about.
Weird thing, though: Wonder Woman is the only book absent from that list.
The trades look decent. Not too crazy about the price points. I am not sure if there is a difference between the hard cover version vs. the trades. I know a lot of books tend to put the "Super Deluxe Special Edition" label on their HCs. Which (with my experience) means just a dust jacket. And not much else. We've got both the HC version and trade edition at my library of "Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader" by Neil Gaiman, and I don't think there is a difference between the two.
Does anyone know if there are differences between these two formats? Or is like Double-Dipping with DVDs?
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Okay, after reading said issue of The Savage Hawkman (# 2), it is just kind of a mess. I don't really enjoy the layout of the art. The art is really interesting to look at. But a this layout makes everything confusing and hard to understand. Also the characters are kind of lame. I'm giving it until the 4th issue. If it doesn't improve by then, I'm dropping it.
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The art in that book is decent. The villain - a vague creature that looks like a Batman/Man-Bat lovechild - is definitely not.
The layout of said art (this a newbie speaking here) is a bit of mess. There is no flow, at least for my eyes, to follow. And why wouldn't you like to see a Man-Bat/Batman lovechild?
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That's a good point. Why would anyone pick up a copy of Savage Hawkman #2 with a villain like this on the cover?
You're not a fan of blob/ooze themed villains? I love those guys! Granted this book is way too quick when it comes to its internal plot development, but I am fond of the art in in.
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I finished reading Daytripper by Gabriel Ba & Fabio Moon. An amazing and fantastic book, that is worth all the praise its getting.
Some one just donated some old Archie, Jughead, and Betty & Veronica issues and digests from around 15 years ago at work today. So that should be fun reading them. I use to love those when I was a kid.