Board 8 > Comics Topic Unlimited: Ultimate Spectacular Amazing SUPER STUPENDOUS Edition

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So weird actually seeing comics in convenience stores again.

Even if it's just one comic at a time.

Saw Superman #9 and just had to get it. God was it bad. The story itself was okay: Superman saves a Russian sub in Russian waters and all the Russians were like, "Thanks, but get out of our country, capitalist pig!" trying to hide some secret weapon. Meanwhile, there's some other reporter and he found out Superman's secret identity! Some guy who looks a bit like Superman who works across the street!. Nothing amazing, but a decent enough story.

However, Superman's inner voice is not at all the character I expected. He just sounds so lax, so 'just another day at the office, doop-de-doo." Every other bubble seems to have some slangish phrase. Chalking on up, all right!, a poke here, a prod there, I should've paid attention in class, and others. The tone is just off. I know it's all up to interpretation, but he sounds way too young and carefree. Sure, he's the Big Blue Boy Scout and he should sound innocent, but he's too whimsical. This is Captain Marvel's voice. I feel like I'm reading the cheesy 10-years-old Billy Batson voice. Lois and Jimmy are fine, but everything about Supes himself is upsetting: the wrong voice, the new costume, how the new costume is just a normal undershirt before he 'changes,' how stupid looking it is, how dumb he seems with the monologue. With a different voice, hell maybe just complete sentences instead of missing one or two words to begin one, he would sound like he knows what he's doing. Actually, visually it's perfect! It's six or seven pages of Superman saving a submarine! Without words, it's classic Superman. With words, it's just horrible, horrible writing. "Look at me, I'm saving a sub! Being underwater is awesome! Hah, usually I'm saving planes! La-di-da, these Russians will surely be grateful! Wait they're not? Well, wouldn't want to cause an international incident. Maybe they're hiding something? Nah, but maybe?"

No art complaints. The suit is stupid, but the artwork in here is great. Great action, great character detail, lots of good background but nothing that overwhelms. Only one panel was off to me, but that ties into the 'young, hip, teenaged Superman' theme I'm hating.

NEW 52 READ:
Green Lantern #9 - B
Superman #9 - D+

And it's Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens! Booster Gold! Booster Gold was freaking amazing! Why is this crap? I know JM DeMatteis and Giffen had a great take on Superman in some issues of JLI, but that was twenty years ago.

I don't know. What are thoughts on Superman these days?

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http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/06/08/introducing-dc-comics-the-new-52-0-month
hm so three other books besides JLI will be ending then maybe. Anyways Talon is something I def wish I had the money to pick up physically but don't. Team seven has a very good premise but dunno the writer or the artist so will see if it ends up being good.

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I don't know. What are thoughts on Superman these days?

Pretty dull. Looking forward to Lobdell taking it over.

From: profDEADPOOL | #252

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/06/08/introducing-dc-comics-the-new-52-0-month
hm so three other books besides JLI will be ending then maybe. Anyways Talon is something I def wish I had the money to pick up physically but don't. Team seven has a very good premise but dunno the writer or the artist so will see if it ends up being good.

TALON - Co-Writers: Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV. Artist: Guillem March.

Meet Calvin Rose, the only Talon to ever escape the grasp of the Court of Owls. This former assassin of the Court is trying to live a normal life ... but that’s impossible when he’s being hunted by his former masters!

SWORD OF SORCERY – Writer: Christy Marx. Artist: Aaron Lopresti.
Featuring the return of Amethyst, Amy Winston leads a strange life on the road with her mother and resents it. She’s about to learn it’s all been necessary when she discovers she’s the lost princess of Gemworld—and she’s being hunted by her murderous aunt. With a back-up story written by Tony Bedard with art by Jesus Saiz, set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the monstrous warrior Beowulf is charged with finding and defeating the evil Grendel.



THE PHANTOM STRANGER - Writer: Dan DiDio. Artist: Brent Anderson.
Spinning out of his recent appearances in JUSTICE LEAGUE and DC’s Free Comic Book Day story, learn more about the true origin of The Phantom Stranger and his connection to the mysterious Pandora.

TEAM SEVEN - Writer: Justin Jordan. Artist: Jesus Merino.
Set in the early days of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52, threads of the entire DC Universe collide. As Superman emerges, so does the world’s counter measures against him and his kind. Team 7 is comprised of Dinah Lance, Amanda Waller, Steve Trevor, John Lynch, Alex Fairchild, Cole Cash and Slade Wilson — and their story will change everything you know about DC COMICS-THE NEW 52.


This all sounds awesome. SO AWESOME. They got Justin Jordan for a comic which is GREAT, he writes Luthor STrode which is kind of vaguely like Kick Ass except good. Jesus Merino on ACTUAL art instead of finishes like they've been making him do on Superman is great. Brett Anderson on art for Phantom Stranger, ridiculous, and after OMAC I'm fine with DiDio. Talon, don't need to even say anything, but March on art tells me he's probably done with Catwoman. Sword of Sorcery? More like Shadowpact. I don't know s*** about Christy Marx, but it seems this is the kind of stuff she's used to writing!

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I like these #0 covers, too.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=39076

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The #0 for the new series BTW.






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From: tereziWright | #255

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Talon could be good, though I'd rather have Guillem's talents on Catwoman full time.

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Superman vs The Elite is the best DC Animated movie.

Kept everything that mattered, and all the added stuff was good. Excellent fight scenes, best animation from these features so far.

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thanks for reminding me that exists. now I've got something to watch tonight!

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Yes it was awesome. Watched the leak and now have the blu-ray+DVD+digital combo pack pre-ordered on Amazon.

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God, I love this sequence:



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I miss good Cyclops.

Also hey everyone make sure they're checking out the Digital First DC stuff on Comixology. Wonder Woman and Batman are both excellent.

http://www.readdcentertainment.com/

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Cyclops is boss as ever.

That Amanda Conner Wonder Woman stuff does look groovy

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That cover is so good.

I want to have it blown up and have a huge print of it made.

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I'm sure this is old to people who "keep up" with comic news.

But it's new to me.



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Always lame to see that tracing stuff, notably with Land of course. Savlador Larroca is an artist I'm a fan of when he's doing his cartoony freehand stuff, like X-Treme X-Men back in the day etc, so yeah that'sa no good.

And yessir I just purchased that Ame-Comi WW stuff, love that creative team of course. Only complaint is Comixology is less cool than my usual comic viewers. Plus Power Girl etc coming up, groooovy.

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Yeah it was actually taken from the tumblr that has literally hundreds of Land pics that show blatant tracing and lack of any anatomical understanding.

Gotta love it.

All this because I was looking up an actual GOOD piece of art:



I bet Land would have just stolen the real Pieta and painted it.

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F***ing hell Young Justice.

This show just got top tier.

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From: tereziWright | #268
F***ing hell Young Justice.

This show just got top tier.

Ugh I missed it and I am going to be unable to watch the repeat tomorrow also. Time to find it elsewhere.

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Wow, I just read that the sequel to X-Men First Class is likely to be based off of Days of Future Past.

... this could be amazing.

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Posted this in my Deadpool topic but I figured you guys might like it.

Never thought I would see this in a Marvel comic from 2000.



Notice her chin in this one...



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That's frosting from a cake I believe, it's a tie-in to an issue that month where they had a bake sale with Daredevil.

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Holy %$#^ YJ. Holy %$#^. That was amazing. Sadly I haven't found either of the new DC nation shorts.

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Psycho_Kenshin posted...

That's frosting from a cake I believe, it's a tie-in to an issue that month where they had a bake sale with Daredevil.

Don't lie to me.

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Finally got caught up on this week's books.

Avengers Academy was OK. Minutemen was good but I just don't care about Watchmen (just reread it, too) so meh. Animal Man and Swamp Thing both crazy good. Dial H is easily one of the top 5 DC books. World's Finest was Solid, Earth 2 was better, both were good though. G.I. Combat feels kind of....short? Good art at least. Action Comics is getting weird. Batwing is also slipping a bit, wish it would stop tying in to the Batfamily, I don't think the increased sales are worth it. Green Arrow is f***ing crazy. Literally. JLI was interesting, but I think I'm more interested in each of the new 4 books so not too sad to see it go. Stormwatch was OK, Red Lanterns #10 was a way better issue of Stormwatch than Stormwatch #10! Creator Owned Comics was interesting but I don't know if I'm willing to drop $4 on what it's bringing to the table. Journey into Mystery was fantastic.

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Pretty f***ing hyped for DC solicits tomorrow.

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JL solicits

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/06/11/justice-league-group-solicits

Bat solicits

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/06/11/batman-group-solicits

JL #0 looks like a sure enough sign of a Shazam ongoing to me!


GREEN ARROW #0
Written by JUDD WINICK
Art by FREDDIE E. WILLIAMS II

F***

YES

DCU Presents seems neat, too.

DETECTIVE COMICS #0
Written by GREGG HURWITZ

Somehow I,doubt this is permanent, unfortunately :(

RAFA SANDOVAL probably the new regular Catwoman artist.

DWAYNE TURNER on Outlaws, PLEASE BE JUST FOR THIS ISSUE OH MY GOD. Unless Rocafort turns up elsewhere later today.

Seems all these bursting out covers are promotional images and not the covers.

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Wait



Who's this douchebag

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Ohhh nooooo

CAPTAIN ATOM #0
FINAL ISSUE

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how the hell do you end a series on a prequel issue

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Batwing #0 looks like it might be interesting. Captain Atom ending isn't really a surprise. I wonder if two other books will be getting the #0 as their last issue then.

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BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #0
Written by GREGG HURWITZ
Art and cover by DAVID FINCH
1:25 Variant cover by DAVID FINCH
On sale SEPTEMBER 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Batman takes on the most important case of his career as a detective – who murdered his parents?
• Meet Joe Chill and explore the epic conspiracy to wipe out the Wayne family!

Those premises sound awful. A conspiracy to kill the Waynes, what?

BATGIRL #0
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art and cover by ED BENES
On sale SEPTEMBER 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• How did Barbara first become Batgirl? What led to her to don the cape and cowl?
• Witness Barbara Gordon’s shocking injury and her inspiring drive to recover and walk again!

ew

Most of the other ones sound interesting. It's going to be origin stories and retcons everywhere but it might be cool.

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Those premises sound awful. A conspiracy to kill the Waynes, what?

This has been the plot of Snyder's backup story in Batman for months <_<

I'm actually really glad Captain Atom was cancelled.

It took an interesting idea, kept it going as a single story for the entirety of it's run, kept the same exceptional artist for every single issue, and never had any filler issues. It really could only have gone downhill if it had kept going. I think I'm probably going to buy this, wish they would put it out as a single book one day. A solid addition to the DC library.

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Rez Man cancelled.

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From: tereziWright | #284
Rez Man cancelled.

Boo. Well I will probably pick up the second trade and hopefully its two trades have all of the series. Least Frankenstein isn't ending.

So the books ending at #0 are
Captain Atom
Voodoo
Resurrection Man
JLI(but doesn't get a #0 issue)

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http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/11/dc-confirms-scott-lobdell-to-write-superman-to-the-huffington-post/

OH GOD YES I WANT IT INSIDE ME.

Sad to have Rocafort off Outlaws and I'm not a big fan of his replacement but F***ING SUPERMAN.

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"The secret origin of Selina Kyle!"

She was delivered in a hospital? Or did they mean Catwoman? =P

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Ben Oliver on Action Comics, hopefully it's for a while.



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Hot damn that Ame-Comi Wonder Woman rocked, so freakin' metal. I dig that line they've got going on, can't wait for them to get to Power Girl.

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From: tereziWright | #283
Those premises sound awful. A conspiracy to kill the Waynes, what?

This has been the plot of Snyder's backup story in Batman for months <_<

Oh I forgot about that. It was only in #9 so far, I thought.

That doesn't my opinion that I think it's dumb! I liked Batman's origin story because it was simple, some random nobody named Joe Chill shot down Martha and Thomas because he needed cash. I don't know that I like it as much if it was as a result of some diabolical scheme to kill the Waynes by the Court of Owls or whatever. Who Joe Chill was never was really important.

Although now that I said that, watch it to turn out to be all the writers pulling a fast one. There WAS a scheme to kill the Waynes, but it never happened because some completely unrelated guy killed them instead. That would be something.


Anyway GL solicits are out now too.
http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/06/11/green-lantern-group-solicits

Disappointed that #0 doesn't kick off Sinestro: Secret Origin, but I'm sure we'll get that eventually.
Instead, BLACK ISLAMIC GREEN LANTERN..............WITH A GUN
Most likely an antagonist too judging from his red eyes (but no I'm pretty sure he was the guy in the Trinity War preview)
I need this to come out so I know what the hell I'm looking at here.

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DC COMICS: THE SEQUENTIAL ART OF AMANDA CONNER HC
Written by AMANDA CONNER, GEOFF JOHNS, JUSTIN GRAY, JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JUDD WINICK, BARBARA KESEL, CHUCK DIXON, JAI NITZ and TERRY MOORE
Art by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
On sale NOVEMBER 7 • 304 pg, FC, $29.99 US
• Acclaimed artist Amanda Conner, currently illustrating and cowriting BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE, is the focus of this new hardcover collecting some of her greatest work for DC Comics!
• This spectacular new hardcover features SUPERMAN: LOIS LANE #1, BIRDS OF PREY #47-49, JSA CLASSIFIED #1-4, SUPERGIRL #12, the GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY WEDDING SPECIAL, plus stories from SECRET ORIGINS 80-PAGE GIANT #1, THE JOKER: LAST LAUGH SECRET FILES #1, WONDER WOMAN #600, numerous covers and more!

Oh my god.

52 OMNIBUS HC
Written by GEOFF JOHNS, GRANT MORRISON, GREG RUCKA and MARK WAID
Art by KEITH GIFFEN, JOE BENNETT, CHRIS BATISTA, KEN LASHLEY, SHAWN MOLL, TODD NAUCK, EDDY BARROWS, DALE EAGLESHAM, PATRICK OLLIFFE, DREW JOHNSON, GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI, PHIL JIMENEZ, TOM DERENICK, JOE PRADO, DAN JURGENS, JAMAL IGLE, ANDY SMITH, DARICK ROBERTSON and JUSTINIANO
Cover by J.G. JONES
On sale NOVEMBER 14 • 1,216 pg, FC, $150 US
”As addictive as any good TV series, any good mystery-novel series, any good comic book series.” — ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
”Gripping.” — THE WASHINGTON POST
”A compelling, epic story that wound up saving the world five times over.” — NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
• After INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe had its most eventful year ever. It was a year without Superman, Batman or Wonder Woman…but not a year without heroes!
• This massive hardcover collects the entire year-long run of the weekly series 52!

OH MY GOD.

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So that episode of Young Justice was really good.

Until the end of it.

Artemis dying made me happy. And when Caldur showed up I was hoping he would be the one to kill her, and he did, and I was like f*** yes. And then instead it just became JUST AS PLANNED. Everyone watching this show already knew Caldur was just undercover. I was hoping it would go for a less cliche route but NOPE. Lame.

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So everyone wanted this show to turn out just as everyone was expecting it to?

I guess that's why everything nowadays is so predictable.

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tereziWright posted...

You are in the minority regarding everything you just said!

Being in a minority isn't a bad thing, this is 2012 baby

Speaking of minority, we are in the comics topic, ba-dm-chhh. There are less of us in America than Eskimos.

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I never thought Caldur was undercover.
I wasn't glad Artemis "died"
I would have been very upset of Caldur had actually killed her.
I really like the direction the plot is taking.

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I don't know how you could have possibly thought that Caldur actually turned evil just because he learned who his father is. It's like "oh yeah you were never there for me as a child but now that I know who you are LET'S BE EVIL TOGETHER. No. That doesn't happen. Luke never turned to the dark side just because of who his father was.

Also I hate Artemis, her voice is annoying as hell, I wanted her to be dead.

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I like Artemis' voice.

Caldur also gave the reason that they had sacrificed Tula for a mission or something.

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