That is a beautiful book, even though the ending of the first mini is stupid. Stupid stupid stupid.
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COMICS! |OT| November 2016. Wilde for comics, 2 Hickman books this month.
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That is a beautiful book, even though the ending of the first mini is stupid. Stupid stupid stupid.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
That would be my choice. I'm not super well versed with the dc universe before the Morrison's era but I pretty much read everything from batman and son onwards, and the black mirror really set a high bar for me. I really like the owl saga too.
Gotham Central is a really nice look at the bat world from a different angle though, outside of the heroes. I love that.
Morrison's run brought me in and was a good gateway into batman comics but not a big favourite overall. Just not a big fan of Morrison's storytelling fundamentals but I do like it for what it is.
Now you reminded me of Jared Letos Joker.
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Absolute is DC's premium book format. It's page trim size is much bigger than an omnibus. All Absolutes come in a hard slipcase and are typically shorter than the average omnibus. Oftentimes, Absolutes collect stories, whereas omnis usually set out to collect full runs.
The Long Halloween. Easy.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I can't get over how much better the current DC logo is versus the page peel one
Even if it's just a simple logo it looks so much cleaner and nicer on books and places you'd typically see a logo. The page peel one was sooo bad.
Yeah, I like the new one a lot. Wasn't sure about it at first, but I've really come around to it.
echoshifting
Banned
Year One remains my favorite Batman story
RepairmanJack
Member
Am I weird to say I really liked Hush? I've only ever read a few of the old classic trades and from New 52 on.
Havent read it in years, but I love Hush
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Not at all, I feel like these are the ones that come up often. The Long halloween, hush, year one, dark knight returns. Still gets a lot of love on the where should i start lists. DC have a lot of good timeless trades for that sort of thing.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
What a sigh of relief.
War Games & War Crimes
Broken City
Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader
Other great stories that come to my mind
RepairmanJack
Member
You basically listed my reading list outside of New 52 and on. lol
Donniewahlberg
Banned
hahah that's the lap I did when I decided to get into Batman comics. I had Dark Victory too. When my girlfriend decided to start reading batman comics I gave her all those and added Batman Noel because it was christmas, & the black mirror and it worked out well for her too lol
I haven't read the first two! Whatever happened to the caped crusader though, yea!
RepairmanJack
Member
I started at Batman with the classics and then that started me into Johns' Teen Titans and somehow that lead into reading a shit ton of Vertigo then I lost my job and fell out of comics for a long while until recently. By time I got into the other stuff I never made the loop back around to Batman to read more stuff.
Read War Games
Its been released this year spread over two super big trades.Amazing book.
Its part of Brubakers Run.
Man, everytime I remember Batmans 00s books, I want to own them all
I didn't include Mad Love because I don't consider it a Batman story but I agree both are incredible.
Heart of Hush > Hush
okay I promise I won't go full-on lengthy defensive diatribe mode, but I gotta raise this point
so let's talk about the martha thing
You're missing the point pretty hard if you think it's just about showing that real neat shot he basically took from Miller's DKR. The obvious thing is, of course, that everything this Batman does is understood through the prism of his trauma, which, no shit. But then, in the context of "the martha thing", in the context of "that moment where he's about to kill superman", there's a parallel that's being drawn, not between young bruce and superman, but, and that's in my opinion the whole crux of the scene, between superman and thomas wayne. Batman doesn't hear his mother's name, but, instead, the last words his father ever spoke. The pang of realization that hits him at that moment is that, right now, he's being Joe Chill. He is becoming the senseless murderer that traumatized him. It's important to have the scene in mind, and that's why it plays so often.
When I was talking about clarity earlier, this is the kind of shit I meant, by the way.
so let's talk about the martha thing
You're missing the point pretty hard if you think it's just about showing that real neat shot he basically took from Miller's DKR. The obvious thing is, of course, that everything this Batman does is understood through the prism of his trauma, which, no shit. But then, in the context of "the martha thing", in the context of "that moment where he's about to kill superman", there's a parallel that's being drawn, not between young bruce and superman, but, and that's in my opinion the whole crux of the scene, between superman and thomas wayne. Batman doesn't hear his mother's name, but, instead, the last words his father ever spoke. The pang of realization that hits him at that moment is that, right now, he's being Joe Chill. He is becoming the senseless murderer that traumatized him. It's important to have the scene in mind, and that's why it plays so often.
When I was talking about clarity earlier, this is the kind of shit I meant, by the way.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
stop talking about BvS
its bad
we all know its bad
we all moved on with our lives
its bad
we all know its bad
we all moved on with our lives
Agreed
Tyrant Rave
Banned
five years from now when all has been destroyed we'll finally recognize that film as the masterpiece it is
RepairmanJack
Member
Meh/10
Tyrant Rave
Banned
More Bunn X-Men guys
LordOfLore
Banned
Nope.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Maybe this is Bunn's transition to being an A-list writer like Spencer. I have no idea who the other writer is.
LordOfLore
Banned
Hey, with Bunn on this maybe Weapon X is Taylor?
RepairmanJack
Member
Meh....
The team in Blue really bothers me for some reason but I can't really place why. Have they ever been all on one side together since they've come about? maybe that's it. It seems weird to just be a team of those 5.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
First X-Men not being in the new Marvel vs Capcom 4
now this dusty ass creative team line-up
RIP that franchise
now this dusty ass creative team line-up
RIP that franchise
LordOfLore
Banned
And the original New Mutants once Xavier left the school to him.
That book is essentially a shitty X-force
I keep forgetting about death of x
Maybd MvC 5 comes next week with X-Men
LordOfLore
Banned
I give you the task to make the OT thread. Go wild while I'm at the concert.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Cullen Bunn and Marc mothafuckin' "2nd worst BND Spidey writer" Guggenheim are the niggas they picked to revive interest in this franchise
drawn by the nigga who did Superman: Earth One
Either Marvel is fuckin' clueless, or they really trying to kill off this franchise for good
drawn by the nigga who did Superman: Earth One
Either Marvel is fuckin' clueless, or they really trying to kill off this franchise for good