tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post4417273238983564977..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: DC's August previews reviewedCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-35266428662423687462010-05-20T21:53:13.755-07:002010-05-20T21:53:13.755-07:00Hey Caleb, a friend of mine gave me his collection...<i>Hey Caleb, a friend of mine gave me his collection of early 90s Batman comics, and as I was reading them I found these great quotes in one of the letter columns!</i><br /><br />NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! <br /><br />(In high school and/or college Caleb's defense, Armageddon 2001, that Eclipso one and War of the Gods were the only crossovers he read prior to the New Bloods one.)<br /><br />I don't remember having a letter in a Showcase comic, but yeah, '90s Bat-comics are lousy with Caleb letters--so are Hitman, Hourman and Martian Manhunter. <br /><br />I realize now that letter-writing was pretty much the exact same thing as the weekly comic reviews I was doing here on EDILW, I guess, only they were mailed directly to an editor instead of being addressed to a general audience. And they may or may not have ever been seen by anyone else. And, if htey were, it wouldn't be until months after the book I was "reviewing." But I would basically sit down and write a couple paragraphs about a super-comic I had just finished reading back then, just as I do now.Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-36980209597305303822010-05-19T16:14:55.890-07:002010-05-19T16:14:55.890-07:00Hey Caleb, a friend of mine gave me his collection...Hey Caleb, a friend of mine gave me his collection of early 90s Batman comics, and as I was reading them I found these great quotes in one of the letter columns!<br /><br />Showcase '94 #6(June 1994):<br /><br />"I've never heard of [James] Robinson before, but he certainly knows the Joker, as well as how to tell a solid story."<br /><br />and<br /><br />"I was glad to hear that the New Bloods would be featured this year, because Bloodlines was DC's best crossover."<br /><br />Finding old J. Caleb Mozzocco letters in the letter columns add a whole new level to re-reading these old comics! (And for the record I still kind of like the Bloodlines crossover.)Patrick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244280974612331889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-60131741241827233412010-05-19T15:17:04.058-07:002010-05-19T15:17:04.058-07:00I flipped through "titans" and they tell...<i>I flipped through "titans" and they tell you on the last page… I believe he he says something along the lines of "It's personal."</i><br /><br />Fantastic. I hope hi literally says “This time, it’s personal.” <br /><br /><br /><i>but for some reason Ryan Choi's death was the last straw.</i><br /><br />I don’t want to write a bunch of paragraphs in a comments thread, so I think I’ll put together something about the choice of Choi for EDILW or Blog@ in the next few days. Regarding how “shrill” I am about these sort of things, at this point it has nothing to do with care for/interest in the characters, but instead disappointment in the creators for trying the same exact thing over and over an over again. <br /><br /><br /><i>Did you notice the Red Circle "Mighty Crusaders" has already been switched from a monthly to a six issue miniseries?</i><br /><br />I did not. I wonder if they (DC and Marvel) should announce <i>all</i> new series as miniseries, and then, if they can always wait till month four or five and say that it was so popular it’s going to be an ongoing. That’s gotta seem less depressing than doing it the other way around. <br /><br /><br /><i>I'll be the first to comment on the fact that they're releasing a new trade of the first year's worth of Wildcats Version 3.0….</i><br /><br />That’s The Good Stuff, right? The Wildcats run people are always talking up? I’ve never read it, but would be interested in checking it out sometime based on its rep. <br /><br /><br /><i>Caleb, red Hulk's identity was revealed in Hulk #22.</i><br /><br />Wrong thread, but thanks! I went and looked it up; it was exactly who I assumed it was, one of the only two viable suspects introduced in the first story arc. <br /><br /><br /><i>Please tell me White Canary is black. At the very least, she should have a black-haired wig...</i><br /><br />Well, she has black hair. I totally forgot about it, but <i>Countdown</i> or one of its spin-offs did have a black character from an opposite Earth named White Canary, didn’t it?Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-7496666204592779852010-05-19T07:37:27.274-07:002010-05-19T07:37:27.274-07:00Please tell me White Canary is black. At the very...Please tell me White Canary is black. At the very least, she should have a black-haired wig...googumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17843267619711712271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-91515852942383084572010-05-19T06:37:46.388-07:002010-05-19T06:37:46.388-07:00Caleb,
my guess on White Canary is that it's ...Caleb,<br /><br />my guess on White Canary is that it's Sinn from the future. It'd tie into the "knows all the secrets of heroes and villains" story.Matt Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471002482074216223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-40874434362430774082010-05-18T21:52:03.306-07:002010-05-18T21:52:03.306-07:00Caleb, red Hulk's identity was revealed in Hul...Caleb, red Hulk's identity was revealed in Hulk #22.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177096694470666223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-52292818122512720342010-05-18T18:09:46.867-07:002010-05-18T18:09:46.867-07:00I'll be the first to comment on the fact that ...I'll be the first to comment on the fact that they're releasing a new trade of the first year's worth of Wildcats Version 3.0. I don't understand why they didn't just collect the whole series in one volume. Makes one hope for the rest of the series. I mean, they gave Grant Morrison's aborted Authority a second chance.Brian Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14695267972507456083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-48832734114888206222010-05-18T16:03:12.380-07:002010-05-18T16:03:12.380-07:00Did you notice the Red Circle "Mighty Crusade...Did you notice the Red Circle "Mighty Crusaders" has already been switched from a monthly to a six issue miniseries? <br /><br />And I didn't notice the $3.99 pricepoint for normal sized comics. I was planning on getting Emerald Warriors and the Time Masters book, but now I don't know. I have only so much money!Patrick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244280974612331889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-58287897245329682432010-05-18T15:19:10.492-07:002010-05-18T15:19:10.492-07:00I must admit, giving Azrael (which I never got int...I must admit, giving Azrael (which I never got into) some sort of DaVinci Code-esque religious mystery seems straight out of the "so obvious I can't believe they didn't think of it before" file. Much like Green Arrow in a forest, which has intrigued me enough to commit to that series, I think I'll pick up Azrael to see where this goes.Randalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15004496291989135777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-80597743599658848402010-05-18T13:22:57.602-07:002010-05-18T13:22:57.602-07:00Sigh... Caleb, I honestly thought you were a bit s...Sigh... Caleb, I honestly thought you were a bit shrill about this stuff sometimes (it's not that I think it's okay for them to kill Lian, I just felt like you and everyone else did my outrage for me, I guess), but for some reason Ryan Choi's death was the last straw. I feel like there was this small window after 52 where Morrison had some influence on the DCU which led to stuff like All-New Atom, but now Morrison is just doing Batman (and only half at that, the other half of the books undermine and contradict him as they did with Countdown/Death of New Gods and Final Crisis) and Johns and DiDio not only have the whole universe oriented around old characters and snuff comics, but they are both locked in for the next god-knows how many years or so. I guess I had been looking forward to DiDio getting canned, and now that we know it's not happening, it's finally sinking in how shitty this all is. :PCarl Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844566112033689884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-84843611585673629462010-05-18T12:06:09.408-07:002010-05-18T12:06:09.408-07:00I flipped through "titans" and they tell...I flipped through "titans" and they tell you on the last page. Deathstroke named them the Titans to fuck with the real Titans. I believe he he says something along the lines of "It's personal."Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074576631037473886noreply@blogger.com