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Yeah... uh... that wasn't real.

I see Preston is searching for himself.

Nope. Hmm... the way everyone talked in the books I read, I thought he was. Oops. They've pretty much always been hated. It seems like every few years, they're accepted by the world, until a new writer needs to do his own racism metaphor. My point of view though - obviously I'm not reading the books, so I'm probably over-simplifying. Not really. He knows what he has to do now, and that's protect the mutant race at all costs, which might mean siding with Magneto. Scott's the leader of an endangered species, so at this point he's taken a very proactive stance when it comes to facing foes. I guess I just don't see this from what I've read. He still seems conflicted and unsure of his place in what I've seen. I'll check out Uncanny. I've been sort of flipping through Legacy and X-Force and haven't been real impressed, honestly.

I gave up on them years ago. It's too convoluted and ridiculous to me at this point. How can you possibly keep up? Honestly, I've tried to pick the book up again and it just seems like the same stuff rehashed over and over again. Xavier's dead again? So it Jean? The X-Men are hated for no good reason again? Magneto's dead again? Emma Frost is good? No, she's evil? But she's good? Cyclops is conflicted and emotionally unstable? STILL?! I just don't have the patience for it anymore.

Amateur is right. That's one of the worst Batman drawings I've seen in a long time and Donna looks like every other generic woman in the DCU.

I just am constantly wondering as I read this stuff how many of this characters will actually be coming back for real after this event. Personally, I'd love it if J'onn came back and was recognized fully as being just a half-step behind Supes on the power scale. Also, I'm really anxious to see more Black Lanterns in action. J'onn was perfect, and I'm just really psyched to see Aquaman and a few others. Also, I don't know if I've ever been as disappointed in a big-time mini as I was in "Tales of the Corps." Only the last issue was worth reading, and that could've been a GLC issue years ago.

Am I the only one who just doesn't fucking care about any of the clusterfuck X-Men characters anymore?

Holy shit was Blackest Night #1 awesome. So fucking cool.

Those are awesome.

Green Lantern #43 is just freaking awesome. I mean, it's the perfect lead-in for The Blackest Night and has me very excited. Plus it makes The Black Hand super-freakin'-cool.

So these come out today, I guess. The first Superman strip is in USA Today and it looks fucking AWESOME. I mean, it's really incredible. Someone on DC's marketing staff got a huge raise today. The comic is teased in the skybox on the front page and then again on the Life cover. Then it takes the whole page inside. Like Dread said, "now that is how you market comic books."

Good call. If only I were as smart as drq. Le sigh.

And that makes it better how? So he's stealing a very specific plot point from two works instead of one? Ok, well that explains everything away.

Captain America Reborn #1... Thank you.

I get that. Good point. I'm so sick of writers making good, calm heroes into badasses. Sometimes, a good person is just a good person.

That's awesome.

Truth.

I'd buy every issue of Batgirl. Forever.

Naturally. People in masks can't be trusted. With Kingpin, you know exactly what you're gonna get. He has a face right there. But when Slade takes off his mask, how can you be sure he'll be the same eye-patched psychotic we know and love/loathe? There's plastic surgery available everywhere now. What if: minus the mask, really equals this: Are you ready for that? Nay. I SAY NAY!!!!

I liked both these books, but I feel like maybe I didn't look at the art to Batman #687 as closely as I should have. The story, as you said was intermittently fantastic and forgetable. One thing, though: Alfred's response after Superman asks if he's ok - after Bruce's death - is something I'll never forget. That gives me chills just remembering it. Liked Red Robin a lot, too. It's definitely one I'll hunt for pretty regularly. Tim is awesome.

I checked the top 20 because I couldn't handle flipping through that many pages with morons like Violator and Fin Fang Foom. Catwoman at number fucking 11?! Seems like a list made by a bunch of assholes. Oh, and I HAD to know - Deathstroke is at (bullshit!) number 32.

That picture rules. RULES, I SAY!!!

Drq, don't do it. Don't read the rest. It actually, stunningly, gets worse. Much worse. Honestly, I'm not even sure why I keep these books in my collection. They're just gonna contaminate the good stuff.

No shit.

Thanks Preston. Your support is overwhelming.