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Originally Posted by StriderKyo
Well they brought back Hal Jordan from the grave, and the ramifications from that was Guy stopped being the stupid warrior or whatever and is now a Green Lantern again.Quote:
Originally Posted by rezo
By the way, the last issue of JLA Classified, which is currently running the current "I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League" arc, has Guy in true form. Absolutely hilarious. When the story comes to TPB, you should definitely pick it up.
Grant Morrison made DC superheroes vital again - he basically said screw all this realism stuff and mainlined 30 insane ideas onto every page directly from his unconscious. There was so much lateral thinking and consciousness-expanding energy you could practically get high off the stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by rezo
I gave up on comics in the 90s when Rob Liefield made everything stupid, but that stuff drew me back - it had just plain more ideas than I was seeing from any other medium outside novels at the time. And they seemed to have cottoned on to the fact that kids weren't reading their books anymore, so they were aimed at an older readership.
But post 9/11, people seem to want more realism so Marvel's really outselling them. This Countdown thing seems to be their attempt to Marvelize their line. But who knows, that's just how the story begins, not ends.
Yeah, I used a url= tag. if you click on the link in my post it takes you to the right place. I just didn't include the "the" when I wrote it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by TobalRox
He made some remark at the end how there'd be another Blue Beetle - you know it's gonna be a teenage girl. Although I heard this crazy rumour they'd make him into the new Spectre. The scarab's a symbol of rebirth, maybe it can bring him back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
Although I don't know how they changed it - I had the old comics when I was a kid, it was the first series I ever bought - and the scarab was really this evil alien parasite or something and he destroyed it.
Well, part of what I like about DC is the sense of history: heroes die, sidekicks grow up and either become their own heroes or take the mantle of their mentors, etc. I guess I shouldn't really be complaining about Ted Kord's death, since it part of why I like DC.
Bringing back Hal is shit, though, just like Kevin Smith bringing back Green Arrow was shit. I mean, what next, here comes Barry Allen now? If heroes die with a purpose, and the fans actually care, let them stay dead. If not, it won't mean shit anymore, like Marvel.
And did someone say that Judd fucking Winnick is doing Batman? Hey, Barry Ween is all well and good, but he can't handle Batman. He brought back Jason Todd?
JT: BATMAN! I'm back!
BM: OHNOES!
JT: Also, I am gay for you and have HIV. Do my feelings make you uncomfortable?
BM: Of course not! Let's teach people about tolerance through example, and hug to show them that touching doesn't transfer the HIV virus!
Haha, no, he's all evil now. He comes back, is pissed off at being left for dead, hacks up Batman with a combat knife, steals a truckload of kryptonite, then tracks down the Joker and beats the living shit out of him with a crowbar in almost exactly the same manner as the Joker did to him. I flipped through it in the store, it was cool.
Winnick has been on Batman since the Azzarello run ended.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
What-THE-FUCK.Quote:
Originally Posted by StriderKyo
Seriously, doesnt this have to go through some kind of editing, or hive mind discussion over a round table before this shit goes to print?
So what JT just sat in a cave in hibernation somewhere and decided to wake up now to try and kill Batman (why would he do that again?)?
Okay, I'm going to have a little bit of faith in DC and say that cant be Jason Todd because they wouldnt be stupid enough to do that to the character.
It would be a cool twist if jason was actually a cyborg.
Then he and Maxwell Lord can be buddies.Quote:
Originally Posted by voltz
That'd be awesome!