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Mongrel · « **Reply #1440 on:** September 06, 2011, 06:07:23 AM »

Quote from: Ted Belmont on September 06, 2011, 05:03:11 AM

Moltar, I have a GIANT brain, and can reduce any problem to a simple yes-or-no equation.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #1441 on:** September 06, 2011, 07:35:55 AM »

Barry Allen is not going to be married anymore.

... which would mean something to me except for the fact that seriously fuck Barry Allen. Wally West is The Flash, and has been for over twenty years.

Zach · « **Reply #1442 on:** September 06, 2011, 07:44:07 AM »

Quote from: Ted Belmont on September 06, 2011, 05:03:11 AM

That is cute. Can I ask the source, my good man?

Thad · « **Reply #1443 on:** September 06, 2011, 08:01:19 AM »

Quote from: Disposable Ninja on September 06, 2011, 07:35:55 AM

Barry Allen is not going to be married anymore.

... which would mean something to me except for the fact that seriously fuck Barry Allen. Wally West is The Flash, and has been for over twenty years.

Well, and the fact that, do you really think that's going to stay status quo?

The DC un-marriages aren't really the equivalent of Spider-Man's. Superman's going to end up with Lois and Barry's going to end up with Iris; we're just focusing on a spot in the timeline where it hasn't happened yet.

Bal · « **Reply #1444 on:** September 06, 2011, 08:29:27 AM »

The Allen family timeline was so fucking jerked up anyway, I'm almost glad they did this.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1445 on:** September 06, 2011, 08:44:36 AM »

Quote from: Zach on September 06, 2011, 07:44:07 AM

That is cute. Can I ask the source, my good man?

SOURCES ARE FOR HORSES

Captain Marvel

Supergirl/Batgirl

Ultra-Humanite

Zach · « **Reply #1446 on:** September 06, 2011, 06:48:18 PM »

Why the long face?

Thad · « **Reply #1447 on:** September 06, 2011, 08:52:04 PM »

It's after midnight in England and Rich Johnston has reviewed the 13 DC #1's for the week.

He's disappointed by Stormwatch but has good things to say about most of the rest.

I'm definitely getting Action; I expect whatever else I pick up will depend on what's still in stock by the time I get there. They said they'd stick some books in my pull box based on my existing subscriptions; I expect that'll mean the Cornell and Lemire books wind up in there too.

I'll share my opinions when I get around to them! But of course keep in mind I just got done with a Dark Horse Presents from 2 weeks ago.

Granted, it was 104 pages.

Thad · « **Reply #1448 on:** September 07, 2011, 12:16:18 PM »

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Lottel · « **Reply #1449 on:** September 07, 2011, 12:20:13 PM »

A LOT of people are complaining about Superman's behavior in Action.

I don't see much of a problem. He's acting a bit gruffer, sure. But it's not like he didn't act like that before.
His powers are downgraded to near Golden Age levels in Action, why not his personality?

Thad · « **Reply #1450 on:** September 07, 2011, 01:18:53 PM »

Because these people have never read a Superman comic that predates Man of Steel.

Norondor · « **Reply #1451 on:** September 07, 2011, 02:05:39 PM »

this just happens every time morrison writes something. i remember people saying the miagani bat-god and batman of zur-en-arhh were stupid.

morrison's a bad comic writer because he actually reads and enjoys comics and knows a lot about the characters he writes.

Rico · « **Reply #1452 on:** September 07, 2011, 03:08:57 PM »

Quote from: Norondor on September 07, 2011, 02:05:39 PM

morrison's a bad comic writer because he actually reads and enjoys comics and knows a lot about the characters he writes.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not but this is quite possibly true.

Norondor · « **Reply #1453 on:** September 07, 2011, 03:19:36 PM »

i actually wasn't. people who buy comics hate that shit.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #1454 on:** September 07, 2011, 03:37:50 PM »

See, when Morrison says he wants to take characters back to their roots, he means it looking through their history and finding out the subtle depths of the characters that work with their continuity.

This is opposed to the more popular Geoff Johns method, which is to have Hal Jordan spit blood or some shit.

Lottel · « **Reply #1455 on:** September 07, 2011, 03:44:14 PM »

When Morrison says take characters back to their roots, he brings up things people forgot about.

When Geoff Johns does it, he wipes out every character that followed after his favourite Silver Age hero.

Where the FUCK has Wally West been for the last year?

Royal☭ · « **Reply #1456 on:** September 07, 2011, 03:56:30 PM »

As far as I can gather, Wally West is actually not part of the new DC Universe.

Thad · « **Reply #1457 on:** September 07, 2011, 04:00:31 PM »

I quite enjoyed Action #1 and heartily recommend it! Reverting Superman to his socialist vigilante roots is exactly the thing I've wanted for years. Seriously, read back through the strata of this thread.

However, two complaints.

Writing complaint: this entire thing is cribbed from Spider-Man 2.

Art complaint: People's eyes keep pointing in different directions. When I said I wanted things to be more like the Silver Age, that's not what I meant.

Büge · « **Reply #1458 on:** September 07, 2011, 05:34:38 PM »

Quote from: Thad on September 07, 2011, 04:00:31 PM

Art complaint: People's eyes keep pointing in different directions.

Like Marty Feldman or like Cookie Monster?

Thad · « **Reply #1459 on:** September 07, 2011, 05:35:45 PM »

I kept thinking Marty Feldman.

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