Comic Book Thread

[incredibledave]

Didn't go to the store this week because I was crazy busy and not much I wanted to pick up (only Nemesis: the Imposters #4 and the Final Crisis tpb)

Next week is a big week though, with Batman #700, Daytripper #7, Unwritten #14 & SHIELD #2 (among other things), which look to be fucking awesome.

And in the interest of encouraging discussion in this thread, what your take on the adding of a new Green Lantern to the ranks BreakABone?

[BreakABone]

Its nice to see ONE Guardian doing something useful, I've grown to dislike them more and more as they continue to plunge the universe into some great danger because of their ineptitude.

I'm curious where the Guy/Atroticus story is going.

[Teuthida]

Invincible 72. Holy sh--

EDIT: Went around looking at responses to this issue. Pretty unanimous.

Holy. Shit.

Umm..... HOLY SHIT!

I know it was said earlier, but...HOLY SHYTE.

Fuck.

Just .... fuck.

[Ginkasa]

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Anyway, I almost exclusively do Batman comics, so its pretty easy to guess what my pull list is from week to week.

- Red Robin was pretty fantastic. This book started out slow a year ago, but has really jumped in quality. One of my favorites right now.

- Red Hood The Lost Days was pretty meh. I was never a fan of Jason Todd coming back, but it is constantly difficult to ignore him. I was hoping this mini would give adequate reason for his return, but so far it hasn't.

- Joker's Asylum: The Riddler was also meh. The Joker's narraration didn't feel right. I've also never been a huge Riddler fan (I've been liking him more as a greedy detective recently than outright villain), but it was alright...

- I really liked the Superman/Batman annual. I only bought it for the Batman Beyond story (I don't collect the regular book) and it didn't disappoint. Batman himself (i.e. Terry) looked a little odd (too much muscle and the face seemed to detailed), but everything else seemed pretty closely related to the animated series. I also like how it seems to more or less follow the actual cartoon continuity as opposed to completely butchering the original concept (they did seem to change the origin around in a flashback, but it felt more like it was for brevity's sake than a real change).

- I also picked up the Final Crisis TPB and read it finally. As you may have guessed, I really was only interested in how it relates to the current Batman status quo. In that, I was a little disappointed. There wasn't really anything in there that I didn't already know from reading spoilers. On its own it was a little odd. I may be able to enjoy it more as I digest it... Its a really full story. "I'll plug the hole in forever!" Heh.

[Teuthida]

Originally Posted by Ginkasa

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A really gruesome fight ending in the disembowelment of Invincible as he strangles to death a villain (Conquest) he couldn't allow to live (and thought killed previously.) Ends with his father and brother finding him gasping for air with Conquest (apparently dead) holding onto his pulled out guts next to him.


Looks like I need to get caught up on Red Robin. Fell off it a few issues ago when there was that crossover with Batgirl. I was reading both titles and then the crossover happened when both books came out the same week. I didn't know which to read first so I just stopped altogether.

Was nice how Superman/Batman continues from the series. The writer had Terry's voice down pretty well I thought. Looking forward to the Batman Beyond mini coming out...though a bit fearful as well.