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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 17:38:06 GMT
Shout away It's so great that they've given these books to guys like Waid and Gillen - we're getting great stories by serious writing talent. The Vader book in particular is just stunning. When I see people say "I wish that one of the anthology Star Wars movie was a Vader one" I think "We've got the most cinematic Vader story going on right now in the comics!". Vader and Palpatine working against each other...just a great idea. The scene in Vader when he learns of Luke, it was brilliant, it made me want to watch the prequels again, which is not something I ever felt id really want to do. It is good to see the seeds of Vader's breaking from Palpatine. That being said, it is very good that Vader isn't being humanized, per se. He's got character, but I don't feel sympathy for him at the moment. And I'd be worried about that in a solo film. I'd much rather have Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan solo film. I don't know if you've got to these yet, but 2 issues of the Star Wars book are from Obi Wan's journals and it's him living as the hermit, keeping an eye on Luke. So cool. They seem to be throwing an issue of that in between the 6 issue arcs.
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Post by randomjc on Feb 15, 2016 18:33:34 GMT
The scene in Vader when he learns of Luke, it was brilliant, it made me want to watch the prequels again, which is not something I ever felt id really want to do. It is good to see the seeds of Vader's breaking from Palpatine. That being said, it is very good that Vader isn't being humanized, per se. He's got character, but I don't feel sympathy for him at the moment. And I'd be worried about that in a solo film. I'd much rather have Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan solo film. I don't know if you've got to these yet, but 2 issues of the Star Wars book are from Obi Wan's journals and it's him living as the hermit, keeping an eye on Luke. So cool. They seem to be throwing an issue of that in between the 6 issue arcs. it wasn't in the first trade. But I did flip through issue 15, and lil luke is adorable. And I love Obi-Wan's look, even if he looks nothing like Ewan or Alec.
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Post by omega on Feb 17, 2016 9:04:14 GMT
The May solicitations are up for DC. Interesting that #12 of The Omega Men doesn't say anything about it being the final issue like I expected. Has the run received a further reprieve?
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Post by randomjc on Feb 17, 2016 15:35:24 GMT
Update. Finished both Trades for both Darth Vader and Star Wars. I am so happy with these all.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2016 1:02:41 GMT
Update. Finished both Trades for both Darth Vader and Star Wars. I am so happy with these all. Star Wars had the biggest selling book last year. I don't think even Marvel expected it to do quite so well but then, I doubt they expected Spider-Gwen to outsell the main Batman book either!
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Post by randomjc on Feb 18, 2016 16:22:33 GMT
Update. Finished both Trades for both Darth Vader and Star Wars. I am so happy with these all. Star Wars had the biggest selling book last year. I don't think even Marvel expected it to do quite so well but then, I doubt they expected Spider-Gwen to outsell the main Batman book either! Did not know that. Neat. For now, It's a break from Star Wars Comics to read Tarkin. And I still have the audio book for New Dawn to finish. Then start Heir to the Jedi. After that is Leia, then shattered Empire, then Vader Down, or maybe some other Novel I haven't read yet. I need to catch up on the New Canon.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2016 19:12:54 GMT
Star Wars had the biggest selling book last year. I don't think even Marvel expected it to do quite so well but then, I doubt they expected Spider-Gwen to outsell the main Batman book either! Did not know that. Neat. For now, It's a break from Star Wars Comics to read Tarkin. And I still have the audio book for New Dawn to finish. Then start Heir to the Jedi. After that is Leia, then shattered Empire, then Vader Down, or maybe some other Novel I haven't read yet. I need to catch up on the New Canon.
Don't forget Chewie's series - it's the sweetest one by far
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Post by randomjc on Feb 18, 2016 19:56:34 GMT
Did not know that. Neat. For now, It's a break from Star Wars Comics to read Tarkin. And I still have the audio book for New Dawn to finish. Then start Heir to the Jedi. After that is Leia, then shattered Empire, then Vader Down, or maybe some other Novel I haven't read yet. I need to catch up on the New Canon.
Don't forget Chewie's series - it's the sweetest one by far I only left it out is because I don't have it. But it is in the list.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2016 23:35:32 GMT
Well, here we go. We've got details of Rebirth - ALL DC boosk will be at the $2.99 price, there will be 32 total ongoings, 17 twice-monthly and 15 monthly titles. DC will also publish 23 "Rebirth" one-shots ahead of launching the new ongoings.
For fans peeved about Detective and action being previously renumbered? Well, now very comic book in the entire DC Comics universe will relaunch with a new #1 issue (or simply end, or be replaced by another series). That is, except for Action Comics and Detective Comics, which will instead resume their classic numbering, picking up at #957 and #934, adding the New 52 issues to their total count.
June:
Rebirth Specials:
AQUAMAN REBIRTH #1 BATMAN REBIRTH #1 THE FLASH REBIRTH #1 GREEN ARROW REBIRTH #1 GREEN LANTERNS REBIRTH #1 SUPERMAN REBIRTH #1 TITANS REBIRTH #1 WONDER WOMAN REBIRTH #1
New #1 Issues (Shipping twice monthly):
AQUAMAN #1 BATMAN #1 THE FLASH #1 GREEN ARROW #1 GREEN LANTERNS #1 SUPERMAN #1 WONDER WOMAN #1
New Issues (Shipping twice monthly):
ACTION COMICS #957 DETECTIVE COMICS #934
July
Rebirth Specials:
BATGIRL & THE BIRDS OF PREY REBIRTH #1 HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS REBIRTH #1 THE HELLBLAZER REBIRTH #1 JUSTICE LEAGUE REBIRTH #1 NIGHTWING REBIRTH #1 RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS REBIRTH #1
New #1 Issues (Shipping twice monthly):
HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1 JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 NIGHTWING #1
New #1 Issues (Shipping monthly):
BATGIRL #1 BATGIRL & THE BIRDS OF PREY #1 THE HELLBLAZER #1 RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS #1 THE SUPER-MAN #1 TITANS #1
Fall
Rebirth Specials:
BATMAN BEYOND REBIRTH #1 BLUE BEETLE REBIRTH #1 CYBORG REBIRTH #1 DEATHSTROKE REBIRTH #1 EARTH 2 REBIRTH #1 SUICIDE SQUAD REBIRTH #1 SUPERGIRL REBIRTH #1 TEEN TITANS REBIRTH #1 TRINITY REBIRTH #1
New #1 Issues (Shipping twice monthly):
CYBORG #1 DEATHSTROKE #1 HARLEY QUINN #1 JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #1 SUICIDE SQUAD #1
New #1 Issues (Shipping monthly):
BATMAN BEYOND #1 BLUE BEETLE #1 EARTH 2 #1 GOTHAM ACADEMY: NEXT SEMESTER #1 SUPERGIRL #1 SUPERWOMAN #1 SUPER SONS #1 TEEN TITANS #1 TRINITY #1
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Post by seeley on Feb 19, 2016 0:25:20 GMT
Well, here we go. We've got details of Rebirth - ALL DC boosk will be at the $2.99 price, there will be 32 total ongoings, 17 twice-monthly and 15 monthly titles. DC will also publish 23 "Rebirth" one-shots ahead of launching the new ongoings. For fans peeved about Detective and action being previously renumbered? Well, now very comic book in the entire DC Comics universe will relaunch with a new #1 issue (or simply end, or be replaced by another series). That is, except for Action Comics and Detective Comics, which will instead resume their classic numbering, picking up at #957 and #934, adding the New 52 issues to their total count. Could you please explain to someone who's interested in comics, but doesn't follow them, what the purpose of the constant renumbering is?
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Post by omega on Feb 19, 2016 0:28:24 GMT
Interesting that in the silhouette opening the video with Geoff Johns explaining Rebirth that the figure with the Green Lantern symbol looks more female than male (long hair and curvier body shape). Also interesting that it's Green Lanterns plural, so presumably once issue #52 marks the end of the Renegade arc and the GL Corps Edge of Oblivion mini-series concludes it'll go back to Hal being a member of the Corps and a second GL Corps title like it was before New 52. I wonder if Kyle will return from the Vega System where he's been with the Omega Men and if Edge of Infinity will have the Corps return home.
Also fun that most of the surviving titles from the start of the New 52 will conclude with issue #52, where the variant cover is an updated version of issue #1. Nice bit of book ending.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 0:35:07 GMT
Could you please explain to someone who's interested in comics, but doesn't follow them, what the purpose of the constant renumbering is? If you ask someone like Geoff Johns, Jim Lee or Joe Quesada, they'll tell you its to open up new storytelling possibilities and allow for more creativity. Really? It's always about generating the hype, being able to get rid of a slew of lower sellers and introduce more of the big hitters in one fell swoop and introduce a host of ew creative teams on titles (they're going to need someone ig for Batman after the EPIC runs of Grant Morrison and Scott Snyder). For example, the scuttle behind Rebirth is that it's going to be designed for people who only follow DC through the TV shows and, I guess soon to be movies. They're going to have Jay back as The Flash because he's on tv (Barry will be there too). Supergirl will be more prominent. Green Arrow has been doing this for a couple of years already, adopting TV characters. So, yeah, it's financial really. The decision to put Action and Detective back in their 900s, as they would have been with no reboots 5 years ago, seems like DC tossing haters of renumbering a bone.
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Post by omega on Feb 19, 2016 0:36:55 GMT
Well, here we go. We've got details of Rebirth - ALL DC boosk will be at the $2.99 price, there will be 32 total ongoings, 17 twice-monthly and 15 monthly titles. DC will also publish 23 "Rebirth" one-shots ahead of launching the new ongoings. For fans peeved about Detective and action being previously renumbered? Well, now very comic book in the entire DC Comics universe will relaunch with a new #1 issue (or simply end, or be replaced by another series). That is, except for Action Comics and Detective Comics, which will instead resume their classic numbering, picking up at #957 and #934, adding the New 52 issues to their total count. Could you please explain to someone who's interested in comics, but doesn't follow them, what the purpose of the constant renumbering is? When there's a big rebranding (ie the New 52, Green Lantern had Rebirth eleven years ago) it helps to note where the changes occurred. Often this also marks a new creative team taking over the different titles, with individual titles going in new directions from the previous run. The #1 on the covers also makes it easier for someone to pick up the title, as often it means it's a great jumping on point (when Titan did their second year of stories for Doctors Ten-Twelve they were numbered #2.1, #2.2 etc instead of #16, #17 etc). If you think DC is bad with is, look at how many Marvel have done in the past six months (they have just come out of their biggest continuity shake-up in years in Secret Wars, but still there were a few months with loads of #1s coming out).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 18:03:52 GMT
Had the pleasure of re-reading The Deadpool Killogy today. I liked but didn't love the movie and this reminded me of why I do cherish the character so much when used correctly.
Has anyone else read it? I think it's the smartest Marvel of the past decade.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Feb 20, 2016 21:19:38 GMT
Well, here we go. We've got details of Rebirth - ALL DC boosk will be at the $2.99 price, there will be 32 total ongoings, 17 twice-monthly and 15 monthly titles. DC will also publish 23 "Rebirth" one-shots ahead of launching the new ongoings. For fans peeved about Detective and action being previously renumbered? Well, now very comic book in the entire DC Comics universe will relaunch with a new #1 issue (or simply end, or be replaced by another series). That is, except for Action Comics and Detective Comics, which will instead resume their classic numbering, picking up at #957 and #934, adding the New 52 issues to their total count. Could you please explain to someone who's interested in comics, but doesn't follow them, what the purpose of the constant renumbering is? issue 1s sell well but sales figures drop as the series progress. so they relaunch the series with a new issue 1 to push the sales up for a while sometimes they try to justify this with new creators and a new direction but not always, and sometimes they make such changes without changing the numbering (note of the 50 top selling comics in America in January, 35 were published by Marvel, 11 by DC (of which 7 star Batman) so DC want to push sales up)
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Feb 20, 2016 21:36:07 GMT
Interesting that in the silhouette opening the video with Geoff Johns explaining Rebirth that the figure with the Green Lantern symbol looks more female than male (long hair and curvier body shape). Also interesting that it's Green Lantern s plural, so presumably once issue #52 marks the end of the Renegade arc and the GL Corps Edge of Oblivion mini-series concludes it'll go back to Hal being a member of the Corps and a second GL Corps title like it was before New 52. I wonder if Kyle will return from the Vega System where he's been with the Omega Men and if Edge of Infinity will have the Corps return home. Also fun that most of the surviving titles from the start of the New 52 will conclude with issue #52, where the variant cover is an updated version of issue #1. Nice bit of book ending. I've heard vague rumours concerning "Power Ring"..(Jessica Cruz or new hostess?) not that many surviving titles from the start of the new 52 ... is it 13 (one quarter)? or is it less (I haven't been following all of them so may have not noticed a cancellation or 2)
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Post by omega on Feb 21, 2016 1:56:05 GMT
Interesting that in the silhouette opening the video with Geoff Johns explaining Rebirth that the figure with the Green Lantern symbol looks more female than male (long hair and curvier body shape). Also interesting that it's Green Lantern s plural, so presumably once issue #52 marks the end of the Renegade arc and the GL Corps Edge of Oblivion mini-series concludes it'll go back to Hal being a member of the Corps and a second GL Corps title like it was before New 52. I wonder if Kyle will return from the Vega System where he's been with the Omega Men and if Edge of Infinity will have the Corps return home. Also fun that most of the surviving titles from the start of the New 52 will conclude with issue #52, where the variant cover is an updated version of issue #1. Nice bit of book ending. I've heard vague rumours concerning "Power Ring"..(Jessica Cruz or new hostess?) not that many surviving titles from the start of the new 52 ... is it 13 (one quarter)? or is it less (I haven't been following all of them so may have not noticed a cancellation or 2) I think it's about eleven surviving titles. There was quite a culling with March 2015, among the Lantern titles at least with all but the main Green Lantern title concluding with #40. Justice League was delayed in the past (around 2013 with the Forever Evil event apparently) so that will conclude with issue #50 instead of #52 like the other surviving titles.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Feb 21, 2016 12:12:49 GMT
I hadn't noticed Supergirl ending as I had dropped that early on. which leaves 11 or 12 series depending on whether you include Justice League (though Teen Titans, Suicide Squad, Nightwing, Red Hood & the outlaws and Green Lantern Corps also lasted through the new 52 but with a change of numbering and title [ though I'm not certain if they actually changed the title of Teen Titans or not]) (Deathstroke cheated by being around at the beginning and end and skipping the middle) Catwoman is the only surviving original New 52 series not listed as included in Rebirth
(and I'm wondering when the Marv Wolfman Raven miniseries will appear)
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Post by omega on Feb 21, 2016 23:15:49 GMT
The Green Lantern one-shot from Darkseid War. It's a compelling take on the character of Hal Jordan and explores an aspect of his past from an angle that's not been done before. I hope Tom King writes more Green Lantern for Rebirth, as his Omega Men stories have been just as compelling, but for different reasons.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Feb 22, 2016 16:29:49 GMT
Team Zero. An updated DC telling of the back story of DeathBlow from the old Team 7 in Wildstorm and Image. Was okay
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