We live in the universe that King gets taken off of Batman but Dan Jurgens is still ruining Nightwing. smdh
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COMICS!!!|OT| May 2019 | Don't Open, Manga Inside!
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I had already stopped reading Batman. So okay. Not really exciting until I know who's replacing him. Shame he didn't get to finish his story.
Yeah, it's probably Bendis.
Action is the better Bendis Superman book. Superman is just endless Rogaine Zerb.
It is. Hopefully they're keeping Snyder for the long term. His run is good shit.
Just think, the last good batman book was Batman: White Knight.
Yeah, it's fantastic.
Action Comics #1011 - Dammit Bendis - you got me, I'll buy Event Leviathan #1. At some point he's going to be stuck on DC's equivalent of GOTG or X-Men, which he doesn't understand or honestly care much about, but right now he's got the DC sandbox and it looks like he's picked up all his favorite toys. Manhunter, Question, Green Arrow, Lois Lane - that's just gonna be a fun lineup.
Terrifics #16 - I'm seeing it now, and realizing it goes back to New Super-Man... Yang does a great job with classic feeling comics. He remind me a lot of Greg Pak - I'm just now realizing that I'm into New Super-Man and Totally Awesome Hulk for very, very similar reasons. A great balance between character drama, fun interplay, and fluffy plot with lots of momentum. Like, Mr. Terrific's dialogue, Plas as a lapsed Catholic with that deep-seated fear of god, the touch of teen drama with Offspring... it's good stuff, very well balanced.
Runaways #21 - Nice to see Chase get some focus here, as he's been stuck in the background for most of the run. He's had a bit of a savior complex for a long, long time now, and it's cool to have that fleshed out. Still enjoying Molly's arc through the whole series, and still have no idea what they plan on doing with Gib.
Terrifics #16 - I'm seeing it now, and realizing it goes back to New Super-Man... Yang does a great job with classic feeling comics. He remind me a lot of Greg Pak - I'm just now realizing that I'm into New Super-Man and Totally Awesome Hulk for very, very similar reasons. A great balance between character drama, fun interplay, and fluffy plot with lots of momentum. Like, Mr. Terrific's dialogue, Plas as a lapsed Catholic with that deep-seated fear of god, the touch of teen drama with Offspring... it's good stuff, very well balanced.
Runaways #21 - Nice to see Chase get some focus here, as he's been stuck in the background for most of the run. He's had a bit of a savior complex for a long, long time now, and it's cool to have that fleshed out. Still enjoying Molly's arc through the whole series, and still have no idea what they plan on doing with Gib.
Look on the bright side there might be an amazing writer on Batman next.
Or it might be Bendis.
Sometimes you just gotta roll them dice.
Or it might be Bendis.
Sometimes you just gotta roll them dice.
So "City of Bane" is supposed to be #75 - #82. A fallout story from that was supposed to be #83-87. After that, King was planning on wrapping up his run with 12-15 issues as a coda.
So we're basically losing the coda. Maybe DC tries and does right(er) by King and do a few specials or annuals along with his shortened run to get more of his intended stuff in there? I'm sure "City of Bane" can get a one-shot to absorb some lost issues if they gave "Night of the Monsters" a few specials.
So we're basically losing the coda. Maybe DC tries and does right(er) by King and do a few specials or annuals along with his shortened run to get more of his intended stuff in there? I'm sure "City of Bane" can get a one-shot to absorb some lost issues if they gave "Night of the Monsters" a few specials.
Tynion's run on Tec was the best X-Men book we've had in years. A Bat-Team book should be a permanent fixture, and it shouldn't be the Outsiders.
Honestly, I think Bendis on Batman would probably work, especially if the Leviathan Rising buildup is any indication. I mean, it's pretty much a story we would've expected to unfold in Batman anyway.
I'm have kinda mixed feelings about Kings early departure, on one hand I think overall the book dipped heavily in quality before the wedding issue and the overall plot that was revealed in issue 50 wasn't exactly handled well either. But some of the problems I have with the story could still be explained and I would have given King the benefit of the doubt until the run came to an conclusion. With the run cut short the question will be what will be cut, am I going to get the answers on the questions I have or are we going to get a much less decompressed comic, which could result in a better book.
If we get Action Comics Bendis on Batman I'm totally on board. Would also be a nice relief from the constant angsty stuff from King given AC's tone.
Started reading Morrison's Green Lantern. Up to issue 3 now.
You can really tell he's having a whale of a time on this one.
Grant Morrison is the one guy where I can really feel how much he loves how insane and goofy superhero comics really are. He revells in it.
You can really tell he's having a whale of a time on this one.
Grant Morrison is the one guy where I can really feel how much he loves how insane and goofy superhero comics really are. He revells in it.
If we're talking about Ellis, I WANT TREES BACK.
It had a well-written trans character in there too.
If he went to Batman they'd obviously get someone new for Superman
I read Supergods last year and it really put his handling of silver age characters in a whole new light. It's really a lot of fun.
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Going through the upcoming collections/omnis im planning on getting this year. Amazon still has the Absolute Swamp Thing listed as coming July 2nd, is that right? I thought it was delayed till October?
Really looking forward to getting Batman Eternal and Snyder's Batman omnis.
Really looking forward to getting Batman Eternal and Snyder's Batman omnis.
Nailbiter? Havent read it yet, but I hear good things.
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More like Harley Quinn, less like Hastings version sadly. Not bad just not the high bar set by Hastings
Baader-Meinhof effect and all that, but I was watching Limmy's Show 20 mins ago and looked up pram. Wtf. Get out of my head and stop using British English.
DC is just going to be shooting itself in the foot ending King's run now. The time to pull the plug was around issue 50, when we are so close to the finish line you might as well let King cross it. However it was always arrogant of King to assume he was guaranteed 100 issues of Batman. That's incredibly rare in this modern industry and you should never take that as guaranteed.
It was yet another Superman story about a Not!Doomsday, but it wasn't too bad. Snyder wouldn't be interested however. He wants to do creator owned stuff and the only DC characters he's explicitly mentioned as wanting are Swamp Thing and Wonder Woman.
Action is the better book so I'd be really sad. Rogal is whatever, Bendis needs to get me to care about his OC.
His "Up in the Sky" actually hasn't been that bad from the few issues I've managed to read. I'd read King Superman. Bendis Batman actually seems like a good fit: Street-level crime with Bendis love for noir sounds interesting. And you'd get Maleev on art for sure.
Yang, Loveness, or Seeley would be my choices. But I think Taylor might have a better shot at getting Batman then Bendis. He already wrote the Annual after all.
You think the WB/AT&T higher-ups vetoed this? That's a possibility, they got spooked after DC let Azzarelo and Bermejo show some Bat-dick. But I thought King said he met with the higher-ups and they approved his endgame? Seems stupid to walk that back now.
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