SuaveStar Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Maybe I dropped Earth-2 a bit to soon, when all I'm hearing are good reviews of the book, for what it is (A book about the entire Earth-2) and not a book I thought it was, or was lead to believe (The rebooted JSA) especially, when things [post=Things]http://www.bleedingc...ter']Things like this are revealed. Which at the very least, sound interesting. Maybe I'll pick up that first trade, that's going for pretty cheap pre-order on Amazon. Edit: One day I'll be able to post a proper link. One day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I've been hearing good things about the "Death of the Family" Batman arc. (The artwork I've seen has been amazing.) Is it worth checking out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I've been hearing good things about the "Death of the Family" Batman arc. (The artwork I've seen has been amazing.) Is it worth checking out? The main Batman series has been really good, Detective Comics is getting rave reviews for the side story they are playing out, but everything else, you can probably miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I'd recommend going back and reading all of Scott Snyder's Batman work, starting with The Black Mirror (when Dick was Batman), Gates of Gotham, and then The Court of Owls/Night of the Owls, which just wrapped up earlier this year. None of it thus far has been necessary to follow Death of the Family, but it's all great stuff that's worth reading, and it's always nice to have that ongoing story continuity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130211/us-comics-geoff-johns/?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=entertainment Geoff Johns is finishing his run on Green Lantern with issue 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Austen beat me to it by a minute. I'm all for it. It feels like he should have left after Blackest Night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yeah, it was a pretty steady dive into the shitter once the New 52 came into play. Sad to say that since it has my favourite current artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 After Blackest Night and the whole "the Guardians are evil douchebags" plot, he's pretty much finished everything that his run set up in the beginning. Not at all a bad thing he's moving on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 http://www.huffingto...r=entertainment Geoff Johns is finishing his run on Green Lantern with issue 20. In an update, it may not just be Johns leaving the Green Lantern titles, as Bleeding Cool are now saying all the creators are done with the lantern series of books. http://www.bleedingc..._medium=twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashfan1 Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Has anybody been reading the Superman Crossover Arc? I haven't heard anything about it since Batman brought back The Joker... they've been getting the most attention. (With good reason, that book is AMAZING!!!) I was just curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 It's, um... decent enough at best, stupid blather at worst. It'll likely have good ramifications for the Superman mythos as a whole since they're finally bringing the Superman family together in the New 52, but it's also just not very well written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I absolutely loved Batman #17. I suggest everyone read it twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I absolutely loved Batman #17. I suggest everyone read it twice. I read it, thought it was good, but also kind of rushed at times. However, Bruce's reveal at the end, which Bleeding Cool have posted for anyone interested was quite interesting: Bruce revealed himself to the Joker early on in his career, to see how he'd react, or even look at who the man behind the mask was, and Joker just didn't care. He doesn't care about Bruce Wayne being Batman, he just enjoys having fun at other people's expense. And I can't wait for his Riddler story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 The way I read it was that Bruce thought Joker already knew who he was at the time (because of the card in the cave), so he didn't think he was "revealing" anything. It wasn't until he saw how little Joker cared about Bruce Wayne that he realized Joker never actually went inside the cave. Overall, yeah, I thought it was great. If this trend keeps going, Scott Snyder might end up being known as one of the best Batman writers of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Regarding Green Lantern, the rumour is, Peter Tomasi will be promoted from GLC, to the main Green Lantern title. Everyone else on the creative teams of the Green Lantern family books, are still currently leaving the books entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 I stopped GL a while ago, the plans of the guardians are interesting but the 20 issues of running around before that always seems inconsequential, and this is about the 5th time they've gone through that formula. The Death of the Family was ok I guess, but I don't get why this is some big final battle with the Joker when they've only just rebooted the universe. I mean, honestly there's no difference between this and the pre-new DC line. It seems like a waste to go this far this early on with Bruces' nemesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Tomasi has been pretty goddamn great in the past, so this could be really good for the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 The Death of the Family was ok I guess, but I don't get why this is some big final battle with the Joker when they've only just rebooted the universe. I mean, honestly there's no difference between this and the pre-new DC line. It seems like a waste to go this far this early on with Bruces' nemesis. At the very least, The Killing Joke and, to some degree, A Death in the Family are still considered canon (they're repeatedly referenced in Batgirl and Red Hood); Death of the Family is more a sequel of sorts to those stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 But also all the stuff with Red Hood, Damien, basically the last 8 years of Batman is in too. So since they haven't specifically said what isn't it I and most casual readers think it's all still there. It's not much of a reboot basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Well... sort of. I think The Killing Joke, A Death in the Family, (maybe Under The Hood? I don't think it's been mentioned yet...) and Morrison's Damian stories are the only things that carried over. (Mostly because they're essential for characters like Jason, Damian, and this version of Barbara to make sense) The rest I think it's assumed aren't part of the New 52. The #0 issues kind of explained that almost everything is different now. Batgirl #0 has an entirely original origin for Batgirl, then ends with The Killing Joke. So I think we're supposed to assume that a select few things have been lifted from past continuity, not that it's literally the same continuity merely altered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Well... sort of. I think The Killing Joke, A Death in the Family, (maybe Under The Hood? I don't think it's been mentioned yet...) and Morrison's Damian stories are the only things that carried over. (Mostly because they're essential for characters like Jason, Damian, and this version of Barbara to make sense) The rest I think it's assumed aren't part of the New 52. The #0 issues kind of explained that almost everything is different now. Batgirl #0 has an entirely original origin for Batgirl, then ends with The Killing Joke. So I think we're supposed to assume that a select few things have been lifted from past continuity, not that it's literally the same continuity merely altered. See, I originally thought everything was carried over, and now, after reading your "What's in, what's out" post, I think it's a fucking mess. I've used this analogy before, but it's still apt: Just replace Romans with "What can we keep when rebooting the universe?" and you've got DC's editorial team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Following up on the somewhat surprise revelation that long-time writerGeoff Johns was exiting the title after 9 years in May, and the follow-up reveal that all the Green Lantern 'family" title creative teams were also exiting their titles in May as well, DC Comics has announced the new creative teams for the titles, including a new series. Wednesday morning, DC announced to MTV Geek that Green Lantern will now be carried by Robert Venditti and Billy Tan. Green Lantern Corps is coming from Joshua Hale Fialkov and Bernard Chang. Fialkov is also picking up Red Lanterns with Alessandro Vitti on art. Green Lantern: New Guardians continues with new writer Justin Jordan and artist Brad Walker. Finally, the surprise new title Larfleeze takes all the writers and artists ever... just kidding, the greediest lantern gets Keith Giffen writing and Scott Kollins on art. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/new-green-lantern-creative-team.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 ...and Threshold gets canned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I like Larfleeze as a character but he's not really monthly character. That's like giving Vibe his own series. Oh, Goddammit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I really just think at this point Johns hears someone reference a character and he stands up and goes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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