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Acro-nym Aug 20, 2006 02:04 PM
The Everything Else Discussion Thread
 
We have a thread for Civil War. Somewhere in the bowels of this subforum there's a thread for Annihilation. We had a thread for Infinite Crisis. We have threads devoted to the comics coming out each week.

I feel this subforum needs a place to discuss other things. Maybe you have a question about some past unresolved plot point. Maybe you want to discuss a particular run. Maybe you want to discuss, in depth, the recent change of or take on a character. You could discuss why you think one artist is superior to another artist in drawing a particular character. Discuss whatever. That's the whole point.

Zip Aug 20, 2006 03:54 PM
I read somewhere that Bagley is leaving USM. Anyone have any idea who's gonna take over this? It will be a strange thing to see USM art suddenly look diffrnet. I only hope the colors will be the same because Ive always thought usm has had a special feel to it's colors..

Acro-nym Aug 20, 2006 04:07 PM
Bagley does leave USM at issue #110. At this time, it has not been revealed who will take over for Bagley. On CBR, some suggest Mark Brooks (for his work in the annuals) and others suggest John Romita, Jr. (for his work in Amazing). In a letters page recently, I think the editor hinted that Brooks would be the one to take over if Bagley ever left. But, maybe I just read too much into it.

acid Aug 20, 2006 04:26 PM
God I hope it's Brooks. Loosing Bagely sucks hardcore enough, but atleast if Brooks stays around we'll still have a somehwat familiar look.

If someone like Ed McGuiness took over I'd stop reading comics forever. I freaking hate his art.

Zip Aug 21, 2006 12:29 AM
I hate Romita jrs art so hard. It looks so bulky and just plain ugly. I hated his work on amazing.

Acro-nym Aug 21, 2006 09:44 PM
I'm not sure if this is a reliable source, but it says that JRJR will be returning to Amazing.

Mucknuggle Aug 22, 2006 06:17 AM
Jr is the guy currently doing Eternals right? Ew.

Why is Bagley leaving USM? I haven't heard anything about this until now.

Dubble Aug 22, 2006 06:36 AM
Funny thing really - I like Romita Jr.'s art on Spider Man....I'm just not that hot on it everywhere else. I dunno what it is though so I can't pinpoint it. =\

Acro-nym Aug 22, 2006 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Dubble
Funny thing really - I like Romita Jr.'s art on Spider Man....I'm just not that hot on it everywhere else. I dunno what it is though so I can't pinpoint it. =\
I love JRJR's work on Spider-Man. His work on Thor was pretty decent as well. I believe he's drawn the best Wolverine in years. He gets that feral quality that most people can't comprehend.

acid Aug 27, 2006 04:12 PM
So why is the new Batman so underwhelming? Kubert? Morrison? It should be great, right? So why is it not that great so far?

Spoiler:
Two Batmen? Joker getting shot in the face and Batman throwing him in a dumpster? Ninja man-bats? BATMAN'S SON? There was a reason Ibn al Xu'ffasch was never really considered to be in continuity. Attaching Batman with something as important as a son screws up his character, but also throws the whole Bat-dynamic out of whack. Who gives a shit about Robin when he's got a friggen kid.

I'm really hoping that they manage to write out the kid completely, he turns out to not be Bruce's son, or Joker blows him up (it worked once....well....kinda).


Dini is kicking the crap out of this over on Detective Comics.

Mucknuggle Aug 27, 2006 07:45 PM
Two Batmen????? Where? The Joker? This stuff isn't happening in Batman with Morrison.

Acro-nym Aug 27, 2006 09:52 PM
I knew Morrison would be stirring up trouble when he took over the mag, especially after I saw that ninja-Man-Bats mention in Previews.

Preacher33 Aug 28, 2006 02:58 PM
It's not that surprising; Morrison expressed a love for the 70's incarnation of Batman way back when he started his JLA run.

As far as the Joker is concerned, have we all forgotten New X-Men's first issue? He's once again doing something edgy and unexpected to symbolize that HIS Batman run will be unconventional. Which, for Morrison, is kind of conventional.

acid Aug 28, 2006 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle
Two Batmen????? Where? The Joker? This stuff isn't happening in Batman with Morrison.
Uhh. Did you read the first 5 pages of Batman #655?

Mucknuggle Aug 29, 2006 10:28 AM
Yes, I don't remember that...

acid Aug 29, 2006 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle
Yes, I don't remember that...
Uhh, alright (?). Joker poisons Gordon and has "Batman" beat to a pulp with a crowbar (infront of a bunch of disabled kids no less). Real bats shows up and the "imposter" shoots Joker in the face. Batman throws Joker (still alive somehow) into a dumpster and walks away. Then it cuts to Batman in the hospital with Gordon and the story picks up from there.

I really don't know how you could forget that, unless wherever you downloaded it from named it all fucked up or didnt scan the first little bit.

Acro-nym Aug 29, 2006 05:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by acid
Uhh, alright (?). Joker poisons Gordon and has "Batman" beat to a pulp with a crowbar (infront of a bunch of disabled kids no less). Real bats shows up and the "imposter" shoots Joker in the face. Batman throws Joker (still alive somehow) into a dumpster and walks away. Then it cuts to Batman in the hospital with Gordon and the story picks up from there.

I really don't know how you could forget that, unless wherever you downloaded it from named it all fucked up or didnt scan the first little bit.
Any idea who the imposter is or how he didn't end up in the hospital?

acid Aug 29, 2006 09:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Acro-nym
Any idea who the imposter is or how he didn't end up in the hospital?
Not a clue. That's partially why I was so annoyed with it. Such a random first six pages, and then nothing. It never happened.

Fucking Morrison can do better than this.

Vemp Aug 30, 2006 03:27 AM
Imposter is a cop dressed as Bats. Gordon said something about it when he was in the hospital.

I got that after I read it the second time.

Acro-nym Oct 12, 2006 11:05 PM
This may belong in the Civil War thread, but I feel like putting it here. It's a branch-off.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ne...em.cgi?id=8556

Quote:
When the "Thunderbolts" were introduced into the Marvel Universe years ago, they were a revolutionary concept: villains pretending to be heroes and then eventually working to become heroes. Beginning with issue #110 of "Thunderbolts," the revolutionary concept will be in the hands of a comic book revolutionary - writer Warren Ellis...

"The cast going into Warren's first issue includes Venom, Moonstone, Bullseye, Songbird, the Radioactive Man, Swordsman, Penance and Norman Osborn," [Tom] Brevoort [stated]. "But that's no promise that the line-up will remain static, even for 22 pages necessarily."

Ellis and new artist Mike Deodato's first twenty-two pages will have the Thunderbolts continuing their work for the U.S. Government on the frontlines of the "Civil War" conflict. "The Thunderbolts' stated mission is to protect the public by tracking down and apprehending unregistered superhumans of all stripes," Brevoort explained. "Within that mandate, however, is the idea of the Thunderbolts as almost a work-release rehabilitation program for hardened criminals. This approach clearly worked with many of the original Thunderbolts, who've turned over a new leaf and become largely productive members of society. So there is a rehabilitative element to them as well."

"The Thunderbolts will be visible, public heroes, sanctioned by the Commission on Superhuman Activities and backed by the government," Brevoort stated. "They're not at all covert, though - so that's one great difference between them and the Suicide Squad. You'll get a sense as to just how public they all are by page 16 of Warren's first issue."

"The person who's been put in charge of the Thunderbolts program is Norman Osborn," Brevoort said.

Ellis's stint as "Thunderbolts" writer is set to begin in January and last at least a year. In those twelve months readers can expect a variety of stories. "His 'Thunderbolts' is a bit difficult to peg," Brevoort said. "It's dark and fascinating and funny and satirical and dramatic and edgy and contemporary, and not precisely like anything else he's done to date."

Mucknuggle Oct 14, 2006 09:25 AM
I read about that a week or two ago - it's going to be AWESOME.

Acro-nym Oct 25, 2006 07:16 PM
Since this was the launch discussion (sort of) for this thread:

From Lying in the Gutters:
Quote:
With Mark Bagley's lengthy run on "Ultimate Spider-Man" ending soon, it's time for a new artist to be named. Who might it be?

I have it confirmed that Stuart Immonen is the new artist on "Ultimate Spider-Man."
Immonen is the artist on Nextwave, which ends at issue #12.

hikarub Oct 26, 2006 08:53 AM
Gee, I hope this is the right thread to throw in dumb questions?

Does any anyone remember the Superman story (pretty old, pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths) where Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman go to visit him on his Birthday? I can't remember if it was in continuity or some sort of imaginary story, but Mongul was the villain and had Superman living his life (or a dream) on Krypton which had never exploded?

Does anyone know the name of that story? I think WB made it into an episode of the JLU but I can't remember the name of that either....

Can anyone help me?

Acro-nym Oct 26, 2006 10:00 AM
The story is in Superman Annual #11 and is named "For the Man Who Has Everything." Read the Wiki article.

hikarub Oct 26, 2006 11:34 AM
Yes, that's it. Thank you very much!!

Acro-nym Nov 10, 2006 06:12 PM
Quesada revealed recently, during an edition of Fanboy Radio, that one of the new series being spun out of Civil War is a new New Warriors series.

Such a Lust for Revenge! Nov 10, 2006 06:39 PM
Look, I've read very few comics in my life, mainly stuff on Silent Hill and Star Wars. Rarely anything for Marvel and DC. Yet I've always enjoyed the feel of it and always ask my various friends questions about the story arcs... I guess I don't want to get into something so huge so I just keep relatively up to date..

But, after hearing here and there and seeing various comic book covers I have a question: What the fuck is Batman's problem? I've seen covers depicting him punching out Superman (even wearing kryptonite rings) and the Green Hornet. I mean, look at this shit! A while ago I heard his own people wiped his memory? WTF's the deal here!?

Acro-nym Nov 10, 2006 06:45 PM
Any shot of Batman punching Superman with Kryptonite ring is probably part of a story in which one of them has lost control. In the panel you've shown, Guy Gardner, one of the Earthmen Green Lanterns, was yelling at Batman to his face, challenging his authority in the Justice League. Guy was saying stuff like how he could take Batman without his ring. Batman promptly punched him the face and knocked him unconscious. Guy deserved it.

Such a Lust for Revenge! Nov 10, 2006 06:53 PM
Ha, I read he was shown lying around unconscious for a few ISSUES after that.

Why the memory wipe?

Acro-nym Nov 10, 2006 07:13 PM
His memory wasn't wiped entirely. In the limited series Identity Crisis, which is probably a couple of years old by now, it is revealed that the members of a former Justice League began mind-wiping villains (via Zatanna's magic) and releasing them back into society as reformed citizens.

Eventually, Dr. Light, whom you may have seen on the Teen Titans show, did something particularly bad. He targeted the loved one of one of the Leaguers. I won't say what he did in case you want to read the story, but the same group of Leaguers decided to mind-wipe Light entirely, practically lobotomizing him. Batman happened to have walked in on this via teleportation tube. So that he wouldn't reveal what they had done, they had Zatanna use her magic to wipe this memory from his mind.

hikarub Nov 16, 2006 01:43 PM
In case you don't want to read the story, here's what you wanna know with plenty of spoilers:
Spoiler:
It was explained in a flashback, to a time when the Justice League still used their satellite headquarters. The team then consisted of mainly: Batman, Superman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Hawkman, Zatanna, Green Arrow, Black Canary, The Atom, The Flash (Barry Allen), and The Elongated Man (Ralph Dibney).

Anyhow, while the League were fighting villains somewhere, one of those villains managed to gain access to the satellite, whose sole occupant at the time was Sue Dibney, The Elongated Man's wife. Dr.Light was pretty twisted back then and decided since he couldn't beat the League, he'd go after their loved ones instead, starting with Sue. He raped her.

Barry arrived first and whisked Sue to safety while the others arrived and swarmed Light. He was pretty powerful back then and it took several League members to tackle him before he was finally knocked out by Ralph using Hawkman's mace (battle club). Ralph then took Sue to the hospital. Dr. Light on the hand was a complete psycho, revelling in his victory, claiming he would hunt down and do the same to everyone else's loved ones too. That was the last straw. The League voted 4 to 3 (Ralph, Clark and Bruce were absent) to not only have Zatanna make Light forget what he had done, but to also try and "clean him up", or alter his personality a little. The result was that Light became a moron, who couldn't even handle the more inexperienced Teen Titans.

Unfortunately, Batman returned to the satellite just as the mind-tampering was going on. When he found out what they were doing he went ballistic. In panic, Zatanna froze Batman and the League took another vote to wipe Batman's mind of what he saw that night, knowing full well that he'd never stand for what they had done to Light or to many others. The vote was unanimous, because the alternative would've been the end of the JLA.


Of course, Batman isn't stupid. Identity Crisis led into The Omac Project and finally concluded (I think) in Infinite Crisis.


:beer:

Acro-nym Nov 27, 2006 04:14 PM
As a few probably know, Dave Cockrum, noted artist of the Legion of Superheroes and Uncanny X-Men, passed away recently.

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=92222


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