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[Owlman]

I want more Midnighter. If he's going to be in the DC proper, why hasn't Batman interacted with him? You'd think he and Oracle would have interesting banter. If nothing else, kick some goddamn heads off!

I read somewhere that Wildcats isn't going to happen, is that true? The Wild Storm was interesting and I was looking forward to it.

 

[Prehistoric Jazz]

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Lol at Batman's "...you didn't get chickens tendies?" face, tis superb

 

[JimiHendrix]

I want more Midnighter. If he's going to be in the DC proper, why hasn't Batman interacted with him? You'd think he and Oracle would have interesting banter. If nothing else, kick some goddamn heads off!

I read somewhere that Wildcats isn't going to happen, is that true? The Wild Storm was interesting and I was looking forward to it.

midnighter seemed interesting to me from what i saw of his interactions with Dick Grayson. So I tried to read his solo stuff, realized there's like 40 years of backstory I'm unfamiliar with and decided it wasn't worth the effort.

 

[sKr0n]

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Ngl, this was boring as shit.

Not surprising considering nothing happened not even fake character growth or EPIC MOMENTS for redditors and youtubers to gush over. Completely skippable and padded too.

The only good thing to come out of this entire event was that short story that James Stokoe drew in the warzone special and his up coming Batman Annual with fucking Clown Hunter, I am so sad he is doing this now instead of finishing Orc Stain

 

[Owlman]

Not surprising considering nothing happened not even fake character growth or EPIC MOMENTS for redditors and youtubers to gush over. Completely skippable and padded too.

The only good thing to come out of this entire event was that short story that James Stokoe drew in the warzone special and his up coming Batman Annual with fucking Clown Hunter, I am so sad he is doing this now instead of finishing Orc Stain

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Well it wasn’t that bad. Like I said, Nightwing’s return along with Oracle and Punchline were pretty epic.

 

[JimiHendrix]

i like clownhunter, even if he's not that interesting i just like the fact he talks in all lowercase and no one else does. i just think it's neat when characters talk in a different font/capitalization from others.

 

[Alexander Thaut]

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Ngl, this was boring as shit.

It was a great fakeout to potentially remove him from Bat-titles for a while. Please, by God, can we see a Batman Villain be the real Big Bad that isn't Joker, Bane, or Ra's Al Ghul (and co.). Like, bring back Dr. Simon Hurt? Hell, give us a fucking Deathstroke arc for 3 issues or something. Like, is it just me or is there only like 1-3 relevant new characters introduced each year by DC/Marvel. Last year's big DC schtick was introducing the Dark Multiverse stuff, BWL, etc. Marvel introduced. . . (idk).
This year. . .DC introduced some new Bendis character in Naomi and the Jonah Hex legacy char from Young Justice, as well as a Teen Lantern.

Shame they never go too in depth. I wanted the Immortal Men comic to actually finish its grand story, you know the one that was introduced after the first Metals event.

Been getting interested in comic book tie-ins, which were a big thing in the 80's and 90's. Sometimes it could even lead to spin-offs based on whatever movie, show, or game it was meant to promote.

Apparently, Topps Comics was one of the ones whose bread and butter were either movie tie-ins or based on public domain characters like Dracula and Zorro. Their biggest original character was Lady Rawhide, a "Bad Girl" from the 90's who got her start in their Zorro comics.

Topps were also the ones who did the Jason vs. Leatherface comic that was supposed to be a prequel for their Jason Goes To Hell tie-in.

Like, I have no interest in the capeshit or the preachy indies of the 2000's and 2010's, but I'll admit I am a bit of a sucker for tie-in comics/licensed IP's or comics from niche genres like war, horror, and Westerns from before the big Modern Age of Comics.

As for actual Marvel and DC properties, I'm mainly interested in checking out Tomb of Dracula and getting back into The Punisher.

Topps was weird.

Tie In Comics are interesting. Licensed IPs too. Check out the silver and bronze for licensed comics with fun art.

I want more Midnighter. If he's going to be in the DC proper, why hasn't Batman interacted with him? You'd think he and Oracle would have interesting banter. If nothing else, kick some goddamn heads off!

I read somewhere that Wildcats isn't going to happen, is that true? The Wild Storm was interesting and I was looking forward to it.

because the new 52 was a mishandling.

imo the problem with Midnighter being in DC mainstream is the same general problem with the Wildstorm Universe being merged in. A ton of overlap that just won't be that interesting to resolve.

Also you'd need good writers and that just ain't happening. A lot of Wildstorm wasn't traditional superhero stuff, which means you'd need to do a solid and proper integration that'd probably take years. They didn't do it right.

Well it wasn’t that bad. Like I said, Nightwing’s return along with Oracle and Punchline were pretty epic.

NIghtwing was a casualty of artificial tension. Oracle was nice. Punchline at least had a point?

Clownhunter seems fresh and yet so contrived.

 

[Owlman]

It was a great fakeout to potentially remove him from Bat-titles for a while. Please, by God, can we see a Batman Villain be the real Big Bad that isn't Joker, Bane, or Ra's Al Ghul (and co.). Like, bring back Dr. Simon Hurt? Hell, give us a fucking Deathstroke arc for 3 issues or something.

Bane as the main villain was one of the few good things about King’s run. Ra’s, Deathstroke, or Hurt would be great as a main antagonist. I definitely agree with you on the Joker stuff.

 

[JimiHendrix]

I still want Riddler as the main antagonist. When was the last time that happened? Hush? that was almost twenty fucking years ago.

 

[A Grey Cat]

I still want Riddler as the main antagonist. When was the last time that happened? Hush? that was almost twenty fucking years ago.

You think that's bad? Can you believe Rachel Van Helsing has been dead since 1982? She was killed off in an x-men anual meant to lay the tomb of Dracula series to rest after its cancellation (no doubt because by 1979 the craze for hammer horror was dead thanks to the rise of slasher movies) and to my knowledge hasn't been seen since. And they had several chances to bring her back too. Just a few years after she was killed thanks to movies like fright night and lost boys vampires became in vouge again. Ok maybe that was just a fluke how bout in the 90s? Not only did blade become popular I'm the comics again and the 98 movie but also the rising popularity of Buffy the vampire slayer. They could have easily brought Rachel back in order to have their own cash in on Buffy but they didn't. Hell not even during the fucking twilight years did they bring rachel back oh but jubilee let's turn her into a vampire



Sorry if this sounds beyond spergy, it's just that I've been rereading the tomb of Dracula comics and Rachel is quickly becoming my fave character, and marvel is still keeping her dead even though they've brought back everyone from Harry osborne to fucking Gwen Stacey

 

[Alexander Thaut]

Bane as the main villain was one of the few good things about King’s run. Ra’s, Deathstroke, or Hurt would be great as a main antagonist. I definitely agree with you on the Joker stuff.

Bane was fun. Can't wait to see how Alfred gets brought back.

Kinda funny how we don't see his niece? or was it his daughter? Anyways she showed up in the begining of rebirth but not much sinc.

You think that's bad? Can you believe Rachel Van Helsing has been dead since 1982? She was killed off in an x-men anual meant to lay the tomb of Dracula series to rest after its cancellation (no doubt because by 1979 the craze for hammer horror was dead thanks to the rise of slasher movies) and to my knowledge hasn't been seen since. And they had several chances to bring her back too. Just a few years after she was killed thanks to movies like fright night and lost boys vampires became in vouge again. Ok maybe that was just a fluke how bout in the 90s? Not only did blade become popular I'm the comics again and the 98 movie but also the rising popularity of Buffy the vampire slayer. They could have easily brought Rachel back in order to have their own cash in on Buffy but they didn't. Hell not even during the fucking twilight years did they bring rachel back oh but jubilee let's turn her into a vampire



Sorry if this sounds beyond spergy, it's just that I've been rereading the tomb of Dracula comics and Rachel is quickly becoming my fave character, and marvel is still keeping her dead even though they've brought back everyone from Harry osborne to fucking Gwen Stacey

Yeah given how Dracula is a current thing in the Avengers books, there's a good possibility that they may just bring her back for one reason or another.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Where's a good website to torrent comics?

There's Readcomicsonline but I hate all the ads, I would also gladly pay for digital comics on Comixology... except their reader sucks shit.

Any alternatives?

 

[Water-T]

Where's a good website to torrent comics?

There's Readcomicsonline but I hate all the ads, I would also gladly pay for digital comics on Comixology... except their reader sucks shit.

Any alternatives?

The Ublock web page extension works wonders for me. I can read all the free comics on Readcomics without those pesky porn ads.

 

[Dom Cruise]

The Ublock web page extension works wonders for me. I can read all the free comics on Readcomics without those pesky porn ads.

That's cool, but if you're like me and like to be able to download stuff for long-term purposes, I was just wondering if there was a site out there for torrenting comics like there's so many sites for torrenting anime/manga.

Once again, I'd gladly pay for stuff like Comixology, I've tried very hard to get used to their reader but it just plain sucks, it sucks shit, when corporations don't offer a good enough alternative I think piracy is fine.

 

[Owlman]

That's cool, but if you're like me and like to be able to download stuff for long-term purposes, I was just wondering if there was a site out there for torrenting comics like there's so many sites for torrenting anime/manga.

Once again, I'd gladly pay for stuff like Comixology, I've tried very hard to get used to their reader but it just plain sucks, it sucks shit, when corporations don't offer a good enough alternative I think piracy is fine.

I’ve been hearing lots of people complaining about pirating comics, given that lots of DC comics have been cancelled because of sales. I pirate comics, but I still feel bad. I considered doing Comixology, but I’ve heard some bad things about it.

 

[Prehistoric Jazz]

I pirated 100s of gigs of comics using DC++, then when that computer crossed into Valhalla I got a new setup, and bought my favorites through comixology where I could find them, I do wish they'd add some old stuff. I want a legit digital copy of Marvel Superheroes Summer Special 92, need my anthological fix!

 

[Jetpack Himmler]

I thought I would throw this out there: does anyone have any thoughts on Josh Williamson's recently-finished Flash run? I thought the introduction of the multiple forces was a little too much, but I appreciate how he took from previous runs (notably Waid and Johns' runs) and built on them. One of the biggest shames is that he didn't get to use Wally as much as I would have liked, but Tom King wanted to utterly ruin him before Flash Forward redeemed him, somewhat.

 

[Giga_Nigga_28]

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Ngl, this was boring as shit.

Cause it's basically Endgame but the majority of the conflict is resolved offscreen while Batman spends most of his time tripping balls. Like, what did Batman actually accomplish exactly? he didn't defeat Joker that was Harley, he didn't save the city that was the Batfam and the GCPD and he didn't save his company that was Catwoman. This entire arc was 90% buildup but instead of having Batman deal with any of the actual damage Joker did its all fixed offscreen and the climax basically happens during the falling action. Where was Batman interacting with the citizens or fighting the clowns? For something called 'Joker War' its pretty much just Batman vs Joker solo.

Jimenez's Punchline was pretty dope tho

 

[PrincessHomura]

I thought I would throw this out there: does anyone have any thoughts on Josh Williamson's recently-finished Flash run? I thought the introduction of the multiple forces was a little too much, but I appreciate how he took from previous runs (notably Waid and Johns' runs) and built on them. One of the biggest shames is that he didn't get to use Wally as much as I would have liked, but Tom King wanted to utterly ruin him before Flash Forward redeemed him, somewhat.

I don't have any notable thoughts on it because I don't think it really warrants much. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't that good either. It was just alright. Which is generally fine, but it's not going to be too memorable.

It had some ups and downs, though. The forces stuff was used awkwardly and I remember the short Trickster arc being very awkwardly written as well, with huge leaps of logic at most turns.

The sad part is that it being just okay and fairly inconsistent still put it above most other DC Rebirth comics, where many of them started out good but went to absolute garbage before long (Superman falling victim to Bendis still hurts me).

 

[Dom Cruise]

I’ve been hearing lots of people complaining about pirating comics, given that lots of DC comics have been cancelled because of sales. I pirate comics, but I still feel bad. I considered doing Comixology, but I’ve heard some bad things about it.

I'm mostly interested in older stuff, not current releases.