DC Comics Multimedia General - A crisis of infinite fuck ups

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I'll go watch Supergirl, she's a fun character who fights wicked witches and got a trampstamp in Kandor, but insignificant enough that I don't care if they butcher it. Likewise Lobo, I don't think it's literally possible to fuck up Lobo, any take on that concept is valid by default.
 
Gunslinger Spawn said:
Destined lovers trope is a bit cliche I admit but Hawkman and all the Hawkpeople must have something else to write about somewhere. Or maybe they are just savage sex pests with wings.
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And what's the problem with that?! :lol:

Hawkman = Indiana Jones x Highlander w/ wings. The whole damn point is the basic romance of a shirtless man and his ginger woman fighting mythological beasts with medieval weaponry. It's just pure fantasy.

At least, that's what the franchise should be. In practice, Hawkman is a textbook example of editorial malpractice in the '90s/'00s and "The Message" (thanks Critical Drinker) in recent years. Even a Bryan Hitch illustrated (and written...) series couldn't bring him back. It was painful to watch all this happen. And yes, I am totally stealing Hawkman (and Hawkwoman) for my own once he hits Public Domain in 2036.
 
XYZpdq Jr. said:
I can't put my finger on which animu Two Face is ripping off, but I hope they're cutting A. Wyatt Mann a residual check for that Penguin
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I'm getting Valmont vibes. You know, if Jackie Chan Adventures got a gritty reboot.
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Solomon Bundy said:
And what's the problem with that?! :lol:

Hawkman = Indiana Jones x Highlander w/ wings. The whole damn point is the basic romance of a shirtless man and his ginger woman fighting mythological beasts with medieval weaponry. It's just pure fantasy.

At least, that's what the franchise should be. In practice, Hawkman is a textbook example of editorial malpractice in the '90s/'00s and "The Message" (thanks Critical Drinker) in recent years. Even a Bryan Hitch illustrated (and written...) series couldn't bring him back. It was painful to watch all this happen. And yes, I am totally stealing Hawkman (and Hawkwoman) for my own once he hits Public Domain in 2036.
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The one good thing Hawkman brought into the world was Gentleman Ghost
 
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Guessing all the MAWS spinoffs are going to have the same production crew.

Also for fuck's sake why the fuck can't these shows air on CN, stop fucking holding Toonami hostage and air on a timeslot that isn't a death sentence.
 
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I bought and read Superman/Spider-Man. It's fine, I liked it for what it is. No multiversal shenanigans in the main story, just out of continuity these guys coexist for you to kill 15 minutes reading it and saying "that's cool" I would have liked some more bad ass art, but whatever. Mark Waid writing something that doesnt make me want to go beat him up for the first time in 20 years was a nice suprise.

I think whoever was on backup duty lurked and read us talking about Supergirl x Lobo because we got Power Girl fucking the Punisher in their crossover. which was cute, and inoffensive. Actually the whole book was cute and inoffensive, which in the current landscape for comics I'm more pleasantly suprised by than if it had been magically awesome. I really dont have anything to say about it.

I liked it much more than Batman/Deadpool which I honestly sort of liked because it's Morrison meta bullshit but is a whole one shot of him going "I just wanted a check, there's nothing in here, I only know deadpool from the movie" which I appreciated the honesty of, even if it sucked.

In other DC comics news, that faggot Dan Slott is trying to do something I actually approve of but it probably wont stick and he's not the guy to do it, but in his current Superman ongoing (which despite all odds I havent hated) did a Jon centric issue this month which brought his arch nemesis from the future (msyptlk adjacent imp guy) to show him hes not Superman in the future he's got his own identity (which unfortunately is named Tomorrow Man and has a lame ass costume) and the issue ends with bringing kid Jon out of a portal released from his bendis-exile in a volcano.

So its possible Kid Jon is just back again and current Jon disappears. Doubt it, but i can't believe that faggot Dan Slott is the one trying to give people what they actually want.
 
el bandito loco said:
to show him hes not Superman in the future he's got his own identity (which unfortunately is named Tomorrow Man and has a lame ass costume)
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Jon calling himself Tomorrow Man after trying to assert that he's his own superhero is really dumb since one of his dad's nicknames is the Man of Tomorrow. So what exactly is Jon trying to be now, still a shadow of his father (with a worse costume than before to boot)?
 
TheOtherOne said:
Jon calling himself Tomorrow Man after trying to assert that he's his own superhero is really dumb since one of his dad's nicknames is the Man of Tomorrow. So what exactly is Jon trying to be now, still a shadow of his father (with a worse costume than before to boot)?
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I dont even know if it counts as a name he came up with since he just found out he in the future will use it.. anyways, either way it's lame as fuck. I of course wanted Jon to someday be his own man and have his own name and costume, but..... the Tomorrow Man? are you fucking serious? Might as well go by Super Fella instead of Superman. Or Super Queer, because that's what he is.

I get giving Superman's son a new distinct name isn't the easiest legacy character to name, but damn. Although I'm a little suprised it wasn't just The Son or something like that. In any case, it's a nice olive branch to do something like that, but it's too little too late and im sure kid Jon will be out by the end of this particular arc and it will go nowhere worth a damn. Just thought id note it here because I assumed none of yall hate yourselves enough to keep up with the DC Super-titles every month.
 
Tomorrow Man... Seriously guys... There is not an ounce of creativity in DC anymore... This is a name that screams "TIRED" at the reader! Not even in the sense that it is funny. They aren't even trying anymore.
 
Incecticyder said:
Tomorrow Man... Seriously guys... There is not an ounce of creativity in DC anymore... This is a name that screams "TIRED" at the reader! Not even in the sense that it is funny. They aren't even trying anymore.
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To be fair, they kinda shot themselves in the foot by making the Superman family as big as it is right now. It's even bigger than it was in the 90s. Having two dudes named Superman doesn't work because it's not a title that has a sense of legacy to it like the Flash or GL, so it's never really sat right with me (Or most readers, I'd imagine) to have multiple Supermen zipping about. Then again, I don't think there's any legitimate fans that have liked the direction that Jon's went. A stupid new name's just sorta icing on the cake.

I only read whatever Superman books that get storytimed on /co/ these days. Same goes for pretty much very American comic that isn't the Energon Universe or the occasional indie thing. Putting all the DC heroes out to pasture would be more dignified than the current state of things.
 
FatMebius said:
To be fair, they kinda shot themselves in the foot by making the Superman family as big as it is right now. It's even bigger than it was in the 90s. Having two dudes named Superman doesn't work because it's not a title that has a sense of legacy to it like the Flash or GL, so it's never really sat right with me (Or most readers, I'd imagine) to have multiple Supermen zipping about. Then again, I don't think there's any legitimate fans that have liked the direction that Jon's went. A stupid new name's just sorta icing on the cake.

I only read whatever Superman books that get storytimed on /co/ these days. Same goes for pretty much very American comic that isn't the Energon Universe or the occasional indie thing. Putting all the DC heroes out to pasture would be more dignified than the current state of things.
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They could have tried to tie him to the solar powers and call him something like Super Sun/Sunburst or whatever. This name sucks though. Tomorrow Man... How did such a placeholder/generic/lazy/bland/rip-offy name for a flagship character get past anyone?
 
Incecticyder said:
They could have tried to tie him to the solar powers and call him something like Super Sun/Sunburst or whatever. This name sucks though. Tomorrow Man... How did such a placeholder/generic/lazy/bland/rip-offy name for a flagship character get past anyone?
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Maybe editorial just named him after their favorite Corbin Bernsen movie?
 
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