Board 8 > The B8 Comics Topic Presents: "The B8 Guide to the DC Comics Relaunch"

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Maybe we should have had more of a table of contents or something to that effect.

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Or maybe it's just because nothing is out yet

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Preview pages for Justice League International #1







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Preview for this week's issue of Detective Comics







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Oh god, that dialogue.

The art's pretty good but that writing is atrocious.

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It's definitely the best Daniel art in a long, long time.

But man that writing is bad.

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Which is why we said NOT to buy Detective Comics.

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Apparently Daniel set DTec's first arc 5 years in the best alongside Action and Justice League.

OK.

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Yes, buy Stormwatch instead.

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I was never going to buy it to begin with. Who cares if the story and art are good, if the writing's horrible then I'm not gonna bother. And we all already knew this would be the case.

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JLI on the otherhand, looks fun, but maybe not very approachable, and nothing to write home about. I'll probably follow it, but as the writeup says, you've got better stuff to grab.

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Gotta say, I wonder if some preconceived notions on if a writer is good or not flavor perception of these previews. For example, I actually like the writing a lot more in that Detective Comics preview than the Aquaman preview, despite the other having the hyped writer. Seems kinda like people hated DTec before it even existed, what don't you guys like about it? Just curious.

It looks like a good book, I dig the hard boiled noir style it's going for, and that art is tremendous, a couple frames look very much Dark Knight Returns. Personally, this book looks solid to me. Certainly looks better than JLI, its kind of funny how characterless Batman comes across in JLI in comparison. But that's just my preferences there.

But yeah, I love noir, I love over-the-topness, I love Miller, etc. "I own the night.", that is badass as hell.

Looking forward to Wednesday, and hell yeah Batgirl.

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It's overly cheesy given the tone he's going for.

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Noir and some cheese go together beautifully. The best Batman classics have a nice slice of cheese on 'em, like a good burger. Hell, the classic film noir flicks have some great cheese. Personal taste I guess.

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That was like a really bad Frank Miller impression, with good, but generic as hell Image-style artwork

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Everybody has different taste of course, and I know there's no point arguing everything, but. Generic, really? Again, especially under those JLI panels, it just seems like an odd observation to make.

And Image style, not really sure what that means, wouldn't Batman with Spawn's Greg Capullo be the more "Image style"? Not that that's a bad thing, Image is my fav publisher.

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Generic, yeah, I understand why you would think that art looks fantastic, but once you read a ton of comic books and really get to see the best of the artwork out there, then you'll see that Tony Daniel's art really isn't anything special. His style isn't unique at all.

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At least he seems to be coming into his own look now. I really like something about his faces.

And I've got a feeling DTEC is still gonna be better than Dark Knight!

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This wasn't released at the time it was posted, so here's the first colored page we've seen of Men of War so far.



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Preview released for STORMWATCH #1








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Man, I wish I had money to spend on comics.

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It's not like you have to go all out or anything. Many people only pick up 4 or 5 key series they're fond of!

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From: KimPilgrim | #070

what did they do to Angie's FACE

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Miguel Sepulveda is really good at drawing big things in a big way, so it's only appropriate he be the artist for a book that starts out with the antagonist being the f***ing moon. He's heavy on the ink which works great for his style, and if you can ignore a handful of occasionally distorted faces, he's the perfect match for Stormwatch.

I am psychic.

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Man, I wish I had money to spend on comics.

i'm sure you've got $4 to spare this week so why don't you spend it on what will probably be one of the best superhero comic books out there in ACTION COMICS #1

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Animal Man > Action Comics book it.

5/5 vs 4.9/5

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So, what's your opinion on Supes' revamped attitude in Action Comics #1? (Judging from the previews of course)

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It's a throw back to Golden Age Superman, where he was essentially a socialist defender of the people. You have to remember, in the new continuity, Ma and Pa Kent died before they could really guide how Clark used his powers, so he's still going to be very unsure of himself now, even if he doesn't show it with the cocky face he puts on. He doesn't know his limits, or when he's taking it to far. I'm a big fan of it, and look forward to the 28th when we see what he acts like in modern times. Remember, Action an JL take place in the past for now, where Superman is at most in his early 20s, so we only have one book showcasing his modern self (other than his various minor cameos already announced in books like Supergirl and Swamp Thing).

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From: KimPilgrim | #076
Animal Man > Action Comics book it.

5/5 vs 4.9/5

Morrison is not writing Animal Man.

Morrison is writing Action Comics.

Pretty obvious which one should be better hint it's Action Comics.

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Jeff Lemire is writing Aniaml Man.

Just as good if not better IMHO.

But you haven't read Essex County or Sweet Tooth!

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No one is just as good or better than Morrison.

Except maybe Paul Dini, but actually not even him. He's still my favorite writer, but Morrison is better. However that works.

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You've got to broaden your horizons! IIRC you've never read single issue of any of Lemire's work.

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Morrison is probably the most talented man left writing comics, but that doesn't mean other writers can't craft a better story than Morrison on any given book. Not sure if Sweet Tooth is better than any recent Morrison book, but it's still possible that Animal Man might be one of the best new DC books.

Oh, wait. Joe the Barbarian. Sweet Tooth is better than that.


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Sweet Tooth definitely better than JtB.

I can't wait for the Lost Dogs reprint. Dammit Top Cow.

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From: KimPilgrim | #082
You've got to broaden your horizons! IIRC you've never read single issue of any of Lemire's work.

What has he done? I was planning on reading some of his stuff. I can guarantee I won't find him better than Morrison though.

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KimPilgrim posted...
It's not like you have to go all out or anything. Many people only pick up 4 or 5 key series they're fond of!

I can barely afford Netflix. 10 buck a month in comics is more than I can afford. I tend to just find one series I like and stick with it until I get tired of it (Astonishing X-men Whedon run, and currently Runaways).

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Oh Jeff Lemire wrote the recent Superboy ongoing.

Which I found pretty boring.

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~Halo Everybody run!
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Superboy was excellent.

But Jeff Lemire books probably dont have enough punching or kicking or lasers for you to be interested, probably.

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That was a cheap shot, and untrue, I like good stories as well. My problem was probably lack of interest in Superboy, he doesn't appeal to me unless he's with other superheroes. Alone he's boring to me for some reason I don't know why. Hopefully the new version will be more fun or something.

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You dropped Blue Beetle after 10 issues and your sole reasoning was "Jaime isn't fighting enough people"!

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No, my main reason was because I don't give a crap about the supporting characters, I couldn't grow to like them in the slightest. I do also like superheroes to be superheroes and not "waah my life sucks I have all this power but I wanna be a normal person waah waah WAAH." I seriously hate characters like that.

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And Jaime acts nothing like that anymore and has built himself up as a great hero.

But you didn't give him the chance to evolve as a character, you gave up.

Which brings us back to the whole "reader ADD" thing from a few weeks ago.

No offence intended.

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I wasn't a fan of Lemire's Superboy run. I hope he handles Animal Man better than he did Superboy, which I assume he will.

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Well I do have ADD, but I ASKED you if he actually got better and really grew into being a superhero, and you never answered me, which is why I didn't continue going, because you left me to assume that the book just remained the same way it had been for the first 10 issues.

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~Halo You're not the brightest.
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You asked no such thing! Evidence!

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It was a few topics ago, I don't have evidence. You guys often skip over my posts though, so I'm not surprised you missed me asking you.

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I skip nothing, I assure you.

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No, you do. I've said stuff and asked stuff that you have ignored, so either you skip some of my posts or you read them and just forget when there's other posts after mine, which I understand because I do the same thing. Everyone else does it too.

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I make an attempt to read every post in the comics topics. Not always successful, but I do make an attempt.

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