Koete Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 The Michael Fleisher/Jim Aparo Spectre run is a must. Here's a link to issues reprinting the stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 The Michael Fleisher/Jim Aparo Spectre run is a must. Absolutely. The Wrath of the Spectre is still available at instocktrades.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister R Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 If your sister still wants to get into Green Arrow and The Spectre, I've heard the Jim Ostrander Spectre run is meant to be fantastic, though it is not traded, and would involve looking for back issues. Green Arrow on the other hand is easier. Read the Green Arrow series by Kevin Smith, and just continue with that series in the trades, the writer goes from Smith, to Brad Meltzer to Judd Winnick, who all love Green Arrow. Smith's run is just two trades, so not to much to get into, but still a fantastic read, with a great story. She would need to know small things about Green Arrow, like that he was dead when the series starts, and his son Connor, who he barely knew is the current Green Arrow, and Ollie is just coming back to life, and he has a grown up sidekick, who has a daughter and has dealt with drug issues in his past before joining the Justice League and becoming his own hero. I'm starting to get why DC wants to simplify their comics now. She did order a collection of the Golden Age Spectre stuff, and possibly the Ostrander stuff as well. She also order, I may be wrong here, a Green Arrow: Secret Origins type of collection to bring her up to speed. I also lent her a behind the scenes DVD from Smallville, since they had a documentary about Green Arrow. Granted some people aren't crazy about that show, but if it gets them interested in the source stuff, why not? The Michael Fleisher/Jim Aparo Spectre run is a must. Here's a link to issues reprinting the stories. Thank you for that. I'll look into for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 She did order a collection of the Golden Age Spectre stuff, and possibly the Ostrander stuff as well. She also order, I may be wrong here, a Green Arrow: Secret Origins type of collection to bring her up to speed. I also lent her a behind the scenes DVD from Smallville, since they had a documentary about Green Arrow. Granted some people aren't crazy about that show, but if it gets them interested in the source stuff, why not? It was watching Green Arrow on Smallville that got me interested in reading the Green Arrow comics, as outside the Luthor's he was the best character on the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Cover for Stormwatch #1 by Chris Burnham: I think that's Martian Manhunter in the background, and Steel's niece in the silver costume, the rest I don't recognise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 In the center is Apollo, on the left are Jenny Quantum and The Doctor, and to the right are Martian Manhunter, Midnighter, and either The Engineer or, as you said, Natasha Irons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister R Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 She did order a collection of the Golden Age Spectre stuff, and possibly the Ostrander stuff as well. She also order, I may be wrong here, a Green Arrow: Secret Origins type of collection to bring her up to speed. I also lent her a behind the scenes DVD from Smallville, since they had a documentary about Green Arrow. Granted some people aren't crazy about that show, but if it gets them interested in the source stuff, why not? It was watching Green Arrow on Smallville that got me interested in reading the Green Arrow comics, as outside the Luthor's he was the best character on the show. I dug him on there too. I liked Lex and Lionel as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 So no Jack Hawksmoor? Shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted August 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 The guy in black is The Midnighter, Guy in white is Apollo, the silver chick is The Engineer. I'm guessing the little girl is Jenny Quantum. Guy in the back could be John Hawksmoor but not sure. I'm excited, seems like a reboot of The Authority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Honestly, I'm very excited, but I have one tiny issue. What, exactly, was wrong with Apollo and Midnighter's old costumes? This isn't me being resistant to change, I like J'onn's new duds, but Apollo and Midnighter both had such cool, simple costumes. These new ones are way too overdone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 The answer is Jim Lee trying to prove how old he's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 More cover reveals from DC, this time Blue Beetle, Teen Titans and others. It looks like DC is trying to recreate the heroes, and also make new villains, as that seems to be the #3 issues theme. Shame the covers kind of suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Superman, Supergirl and Action Comics #3 covers I know I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but DC is making it pretty easy for me to decide which of these books I'm going to bother with, cause most of these covers, are awful. Getting: Green Lantern family (1st storylines for all, then pick and choose what I enjoy) Justice League Teen Titans (I like Tim Drake) Nightwing Might get: Resurrection Man Batwoman Aquaman Red Hood (First storyline, and I like Jason Todd) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 More cover reveals from DC, this time Blue Beetle, Teen Titans and others. I really like the Teen Titans one. The rest of 'em are "meh." Superman, Supergirl and Action Comics #3 covers Action looks decent, Superman looks like crap, but Supergirl looks pretty awesome to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister R Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 If your sister still wants to get into Green Arrow and The Spectre, I've heard the Jim Ostrander Spectre run is meant to be fantastic, though it is not traded, and would involve looking for back issues. It turns out the trade paperback that we ordered for her was the Ostrander and The Wrath of the Spectre storyline. Which I believe, is "Adventure Comics 431-440, and Wrath of The Spectre 1-4. The Green Arrow one is Green Arrow: Year One. Basically she, more or less pointed to the characters she liked and asked the shop owner to order the "good stuff" (her words) for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Wrath of the Spectre is AMAZING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 I distinctly recall Cornell saying that there were nine members of Stormwatch. I'm hoping for a Hawksmoor role. Easily one of the best comics characters created in my lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tglancy Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 A lot of these covers look like they came from 90's Image books. Horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted August 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Topless Robot gives some very good reasons why the DC Reboot might not suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 No. I'm sorry, but that's just crazy. Editorials on geek websites not allowed to be positive. It's just wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister R Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 No. I'm sorry, but that's just crazy. Editorials on geek websites not allowed to be positive. It's just wrong. Is that on the Geek Ten Commandments? "Thou Shall Not Have Positive Editorials" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Yup. Right after "Thou must be a jackass and always fear change." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Isn't a reboot back to the familiar status quo the complete opposite of change? And weren't you the one saying Wonder Woman with pants on didn't look like a hero? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 I meant that more for geekdom and comic fandom in general, but it applies to the New 52 as well. I mean change as in something being different from what people are immediately comfortable with. I don't mean that literally every change ever made is a good one, just that people really seem like they're freaking out over concepts and stories that haven't even been published yet. The costume thing is one of the rare things that probably can be examined on a surface level, so, yes, I think the navy pants looked lame on Wonder Woman. I also think Superman's new look is weird. But, at the same time, I'm willing to give those costumes a shot and see if they make sense in the actual story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Justice League #3 cover It looks so fucking cluttered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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