tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post4974458068170375138..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: DC's May previews reviewedCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-40250606714414660552008-02-20T17:35:00.000-08:002008-02-20T17:35:00.000-08:00Okay, they're taking the idea of the cool hidden s...Okay, they're taking the idea of the cool hidden subforum on Superdickery, and turning it into a mini written by the only writer as bad as Winnick? Ugh.<BR/><BR/>Hey, look at the bright side. As long as Starlin is drawing, he'll be too busy to write about Thanos being revealed as the actual progenitor of all life in the universe and more powerful than all gods that have ever existed.<BR/><BR/>So did Blue Beetle not get solicited? Or was the cover boring?<BR/><BR/>Also, that Batman cover looks like someone partially tore the front of a historical romance revealing the bodice ripper inner cover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-19896702726847424012008-02-20T10:04:00.000-08:002008-02-20T10:04:00.000-08:00I really can't complain with any uses of the Black...I really can't complain with any uses of the Black Mercy, because two of the three involved Mongul and I thought the use in Atom was genius and played for great comedic effect. Honestly, the Johns use appears to be the weakest (without having seen GLC yet). Using it on a Daxamite with the Ion power? Can't decide whether it feels more fitting...or just that much more derivative. Have to wait and see, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Loved the Bruce Jones jokes. Sadly, I think I'll just drop Checkmate with Rucka's last issue. Nagging thoughts about how Jones turned Hulk into a spy/espionage book for an extremely long arc has me wondering if he might wind up being decent on it, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734361945694475981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-41621020812667357552008-02-20T09:50:00.000-08:002008-02-20T09:50:00.000-08:00The answer to your Final Crisis query is yes - eac...The answer to your Final Crisis query is yes - each one will have a single character in an iconic pose. Apparently Jones originally wanted each one to have the same pose, but that was quickly amended.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680455254697605169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-14625849047642282972008-02-20T08:15:00.000-08:002008-02-20T08:15:00.000-08:00Ooh, ooh! Look, there's Enemy Ace! By Neal Adams...Ooh, ooh! Look, there's Enemy Ace! By Neal Adams, right there on the cover!<BR/><BR/>Be still my heart.<BR/><BR/>A lot of these look pretty good to me, but I will probably be steering clear of the Titans one. I'm sorry to see Rucka go on Checkmate, but Booster Gold looks fantastic.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-47369076626074907692008-02-20T07:21:00.000-08:002008-02-20T07:21:00.000-08:00Elsewhere, I put the over/under on the return of G...Elsewhere, I put the over/under on the return of Grodd, Mallah and the Brain at two years.<BR/><BR/>It seems that the "under" will win that bet.<BR/><BR/>None of these solicits matter anyway -- there's a new USAGI YOJIMBO trade listed among Dark Horse's offerings. That's the book that keeps me coming back to this medium no matter how disgustingly burnt out on it I seem to sometimes feel. USAGI makes comics worth reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-25540642557424802862008-02-20T02:53:00.000-08:002008-02-20T02:53:00.000-08:00Rucka's not leaving DC. He IS off of Checkmate, b...Rucka's not leaving DC. He IS off of Checkmate, but he alluded to having TWO Question projects in the works, and something else he hasn't announced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-60939811558236735722008-02-19T22:02:00.000-08:002008-02-19T22:02:00.000-08:00I think building on Alan Moore's GLC stories is di...I think building on Alan Moore's GLC stories is different than just rehashing "Mongul uses the Black Mercy." I don't have a problem with the GLC stuff, but the Black Mercy has kind of become his Batarang, his signature weapon.<BR/><BR/>I agree, Titans really does look terrible. I'm hoping it doesn't last long, because Nightwing is so good, I don't want Judd Winnick messing with what Tomasi's doing. And please don't let the team be based in NYC.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you noticed Grodd is mentioned in the Flash solicitation. I wonder if they'll explain how he didn't really die on Salvation Run, or if he'll just show up as if he wasn't punted off of a cliff. I really feel like reading Salvation Run is just a waste of time.<BR/><BR/>And I also agree, I hate that JLA has just become crossover fodder. I felt like that was happening towards the end of the prior JLA run. I mean, the 100th issue of JLA was just a marketing blitz for Byrne's Doom Patrol. Lame. I'm pumped for Final Crisis, but if McDuffie doesn't get to just tell stories once that crossover is over I'm done with that particular book.Patrick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244280974612331889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-59963353663090058062008-02-19T18:54:00.000-08:002008-02-19T18:54:00.000-08:00“For The Man Who Has Everything” was a great story...“For The Man Who Has Everything” was a great story and all, but, come on guys, how many times are going to be subjected to 'homages' to it?"<BR/><BR/>I think you misspelled "strip-mining." And FTMWHE isn't the only offending story-- the Moore Book of Oa stuff has also been strip-mined.<BR/><BR/>It's weird-- I actually have no lingering loyalty to pre-Crisis GL/ GLC stories; I hardly ever read any. But I still look at the stuff Johns is doing and say, "there were hundreds of issues of the thing. There must be more of a mythos to mine than the stories Alan Moore happens to have written." It makes The Dreaming look like a fountain of originality; and at least The Dreaming had the excuse that there was only one author (Gaiman) available to mine.Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.com