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[Mangoverboard]

Loved DC 1,000,000. Didn't know there was an omni, Gunna look into that.

€85 for the first 4 JLA collections in paperback, it's double that and more for the hardcover versions.

Guess I'll pick them up over time

 

[Poodlestrike]

Did you google his name and copy and paste? Or did you type it up from memory?

What's so hard to remember about Mxyzptlk?

It's certainly unique.

 

[jackdoe]

Loved DC 1,000,000. Didn't know there was an omni, Gunna look into that.

€85 for the first 4 JLA collections in paperback, it's double that and more for the hardcore versions.

Guess I'll pick them up over time

I'm praying for DC to re-release the deluxe hardcovers, release an omnibus, or release an absolute edition of the run.

What's so hard to remember about Mxyzptlk?

It's certainly unique.

I couldn't type that from memory. I'd have to google it.

 

[Mangoverboard]

I'd pay disgusting money for absolute editions of JLA

 

[VanWinkle]

Loved DC 1,000,000. Didn't know there was an omni, Gunna look into that.

Yup, and it's massive.

Here it is compared to a regular trade paperback:

 

[Mangoverboard]

Wow.

Ok I definitely need that

€80 on amazon shiiiiiiit

 

[JTripper]

I have a question regarding Owlman.


Is he Bruce Wayne's brother or just an alternate reality Bruce Wayne? Or is he both, from earth-0 and earth-3 respectively?

 

[Yousefb]

All this Rebirth news regarding pre-Flashpoint and new52 Superman(s) has me curious about checking out the Lois and Clark series. Is it any good?

 

[Tizoc]

I have a question regarding Owlman.


Is he Bruce Wayne's brother or just an alternate reality Bruce Wayne? Or is he both, from earth-0 and earth-3 respectively?

Bit tricky yo explain but here goes
Originally he was the evil batman counterpart of earth-3 or whtever thatbearth was called
Generally the character was simply that for much of his appearances

A decade ago, before nu52, dc introduced a character in the main dc continuity who went by the codename owlman and iirc was a member f the outsiders team

That is it off the too of my head


There was though that one time bane claimed he was an illigetamit son of wayne sr. Thus half brother of bruce wayne

 

[jackdoe]

Bit tricky yo explain but here goes
Originally he was the evil batman counterpart of earth-3 or whtever thatbearth was called
Generally the character was simply that for much of his appearances

A decade ago, before nu52, dc introduced a character in the main dc continuity who went by the codename owlman and iirc was a member f the outsiders team

That is it off the too of my head


There was though that one time bane claimed he was an illigetamit son of wayne sr. Thus half brother of bruce wayne

To continue this, new 52 Owlman is supposedly Thomas Wayne Jr. Younger brother of Bruce Wayne, thought to have been lost in an accident in childbirth. I don't know anything about Earth 3 Owlman.

As an aside, Earth 2 Owlman was Thomas Wayne Jr. Older brother of Bruce Wayne in an alternate universe where Bruce and Martha Wayne died. Thomas Wayne Sr. was police comissioner and James Gordon was Mayor in that universe (if I remember correctly). This is all contained in Grant Morrison's excellent JLA Earth 2.

 

[Tizoc]

But yeah generally owlman= evil batman
Makes it easier to comprehend

 

[Yousefb]

But yeah generally owlman= evil batman
Makes it easier to comprehend

He seemed to be the least evil member of the Crime Syndicate to me.

 

[BKatastrophe]

The last time they tried to establish a canon future it ended pretty poorly for everybody, and also noncanon.

Future's End? Well, it wasn't all bad

Finally reading Earth 2 (N52)..

Weaponers of Qward.

...what is it with dc and names smh

Because high-fantasy and high-sci-fi in general have a horrendous habit of creating the dumbest fucking names ever conceived.

 

[Vyer]

He seemed to be the least evil member of the Crime Syndicate to me.

That's because he's closest to real batman.

Which I always thought was an interesting aspect of the character and the Syndicate in general.

 

[Rhaknar]

A-Next is on Marvel Unlimited. Time to get my J2 on!

 

[Zombine]

For $23 you can pick up our least successful official ComicGAF Reading Club book, Hawkeye, and experience one of the finest comic stories ever written.

Relive ComicGAF history all over again.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Was Leslie Thompkins reintroduced in Batman Eternal, too?

 

[Messi]

For $23 you can pick up our least successful official ComicGAF Reading Club book, Hawkeye, and experience one of the finest comic stories ever written.

Relive ComicGAF history all over again.

Did stray bullets not do worse?

 

[whatsinaname]

Wow.

Ok I definitely need that

€80 on amazon shiiiiiiit

Look on ebay. Should be a lot less expensive on there.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

First time trying out Comixology. Can't wait for this.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

First time trying out Comixology. Can't wait for this.

CMX is a powerful drug. Tread lightly.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

First time trying out Comixology. Can't wait for this.

Did you just preorder a digital book?

 

[BossDarkseid]

Tom King is best.

Said the tone and feel he was shooting for with his Batman run would be BTAS.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Did you just preorder a digital book?

I don't have an LCS. This is literally my only way to read the series as it comes out. I'd get a print sub from Marvel but I don't feel like possibly waiting forever for an issue (I know their shipping can be spotty at times and I am not a very patient person, unfortunately).

 

[Messi]

I don't have an LCS. This is literally my only way to read the series as it comes out. I'd get a print sub from Marvel but I don't feel like possibly waiting forever for an issue (I know their shipping can be spotty at times and I am not a very patient person, unfortunately).

Welcome to the digital club.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Tom King is best.

Said the tone and feel he was shooting for with his Batman run would be BTAS.

BTAS? That's the best news.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Endgame is the first Snyder Arc that doesnt has a utterly disappointing ending.


Best Arc also, IMO. Cant wait for Robobat.

 

[Freezasaurus]

CMX is a powerful drug. Tread lightly.

Or don't. It doesn't really make a difference. The allure of the impulse purchase is too strong.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I don't have an LCS. This is literally my only way to read the series as it comes out. I'd get a print sub from Marvel but I don't feel like possibly waiting forever for an issue (I know their shipping can be spotty at times and I am not a very patient person, unfortunately).

You don't need to preorder digital books. lol

It's not gonna run out of stock or anything.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

You don't need to preorder digital books. lol

It's not gonna run out of stock or anything.

Oh you mean that.

Eh, just getting the whole "buying it" part out of the way so I don't forget (I mean, not that I would, it's Moon Knight, but still).

 

[tim1138]

Oh you mean that.

Eh, just getting the whole "buying it" part out of the way so I don't forget (I mean, not that I would, it's Moon Knight, but still).

You can set up subscriptions in comixology as well, I do that for a few books.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

You can set up subscriptions in comixology as well, I do that for a few books.

It is a subscription.

I just hope this one doesn't get canned after a year and a half (seriously, they couldn't even give Cullen Bunn one more issue so he'd have six like Ellis and Wood did?).

 

[Li Kao]

Finished Endgame yesterday and it was a solid read, but not without its faults.

Tie-ins were shit tier except for the Gotham Academy one. I mean the Arkham Manor important pieces could be summarized in two panels max, Batgirl was an anecdotal silent issue, Detective was nice for the character introduction but the art was fucking uneven and characterization suspicious... Gotham Academy was anecdotal but as good as the main series, so no issues with it.

Then on the main storyline front, Snyder delivers a solid event with some strong moments, the end and some moments are great but at the same time I was surprised to see him so weak at times. There is this incredible dialog where Batman talking about some duality in the main threat says something like 'like life and death, love and hate, comedy and tragedy'... seriously ? What is that shit ? Are you really writing a believable character speaking to someone ? Then there is the English lady who oh so evidently can't usher two sentences without a 'bloody' something. I don't know Snyder well yet but his dialog skills didn't impress.

All in all I liked the thing but I can't explain why, there was something missing for me to really enjoy it. It was just a really solid, even great read, nothing more.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

The end scene with Joker was amazing

 

[Li Kao]

The end scene with Joker was amazing

Yeah, it had that iconic side to it. I wouldn't be surprised to see this fight fondly remembered.

Oh yeah, one big thing going for Endgame, if I wasn't so dumb to try to catch up with tons of back-issues it would have given me enough interest to check the whole Snyder run. Looks like a really good read.

 

[Fancy Clown]

It was pretty brutal. Capullo and FCO killed it. I love how FCO brought the very poppy colors from Zero Year into Endgame but with a much darker filter.

 

[Zombine]

Did stray bullets not do worse?

I'm not even sure if Stray Bullets reading club is canon.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Capullo's not my favorite artist, but the colorists he gets are amazing in Batman. It really elevates the interiors to another level from what I've seen.

 

[Messi]

It was pretty brutal. Capullo and FCO killed it. I love how FCO brought the very poppy colors from Zero Year into Endgame but with a much darker filter.

The entire art team deserves massive props for the whole run.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Capullo's not my favorite artist, but the colorists he gets are amazing in Batman. It really elevates the interiors to another level from what I've seen.

Yes. The acid-trip level.

 

[Boogiepop]

I love Baker, but I have to post again at how disappointed I am in Circuit Breaker. I can't blame the writing on Baker, but even the art was weak! This is from the preview, so it's not spoilers or anything, but look at this (this is one of the better pages even):

They look like they're fresh out of a How to Draw Manga book from the early 2000s. I love his work too...

Hoooly crap that's bad. Like, wow. The best thing is the shoehorning Tezuka characters blatantly in there that don't at all fit with the "art style". Like, maybe as a tiny background object or something that fit in there better I could say "oh, I guess that's a neat homage," but that really looks like "oh crap, need some background characters! Where can I find some animu to trace!"


Anyway, saw Batman v Superman, put me in the "liked it" pile. The

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dream/prophecy/warning or whatever

sequence was straight up awful and killed the pacing of the movie, and Batman's motivations/character arc weren't done great

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mainly the insane whiplash of his turn from "I need to kill you" to "hi buddy" in a single scene...

. But outside of that and a few bits of bad acting here and there (the

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Luthor party scene in particular

had a bad case of that), I thoroughly enjoyed it. So yay, Zach Snyder finally made a movie that I can say "I liked that" to!

But yeah, I half wonder if the fact that it kind of wants you both to ignore the comics but also know them that's part of the issue with the reception? IE there's definitely a good bit that kind of assumes you know the characters and lore, but then you also kind of have to accept the differences too, such as Lex Luthor being a completely different character.

 

[slightconfuse]

Fraction Hawkeye on sale at comixology

 

[Rhaknar]

Fraction Hawkeye on sale at comixology

you misspelled Hawkguy

 

[Fancy Clown]

And I bought the rest of Hawkeye a few weeks ago too. Oh well, worth it. The book is awesome.

 

[KoruptData]

I really can't get over mullet Superman in JLA. Howard Porters art is so good these days but back then it lacked something.

 

[Poodlestrike]

I really can't get over mullet Superman in JLA. Howard Porters art is so good these days but back then it lacked something.

Yeah, his hands were actually injured at one point after that and he had to re-teach himself how to draw.

He's much, much better now.

 

[Boogiepop]

A-Next is on Marvel Unlimited. Time to get my J2 on!

Oh awesome! Legitimately glad for that. I'm guessing there's a few other gaps still left in the Spider-Girl universe, but that was probably the biggest one left incomplete! (Also, I'll admit this is probably nothing to be normally excited over as I don't recall what I read of this title being all that great, but damn it, I got that close to reading all the Spider-Girl stuff, so I want to finish it.)

(Also also, I have no idea how MU's upload process works and it is stupid. Like, why would you dump exactly half of a 12 issue or whatever run and then wait like at least a year to bother putting up the rest of it? And I think some of the other Spider-Girl spinoffs may have managed to be even shorter lived yet still were incomplete last I checked. Bleh)

 

[Messi]

Fraction Hawkeye on sale at comixology

Nice thanks

 

[jackdoe]

Yeah, his hands were actually injured at one point after that and he had to re-teach himself how to draw.

He's much, much better now.

His JL 3000 stuff is like tiers ahead of the uneven stuff he did back on Morrison's JLA run. And I literally mean uneven. It suffered from the Ethan Van Sciver syndrome. There was no symmetry in faces and proportions were all goofy.

 

[Poodlestrike]

His JL 3000 stuff is like tiers ahead of the uneven stuff he did back on Morrison's JLA run. And I literally mean uneven. It suffered from the Ethan Van Sciver syndrome. There was no symmetry in faces and proportions were all goofy.

You should see his Superman work. Him doing Mythbrawl is one of my favorite parts of that arc.