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Post by Crow on Apr 11, 2007 8:15:10 GMT -5
I was thinking the other day about how comics are written...and though they are made in fictional universes, where anything can happen, sometimes things are just a bit too....far-fetched.
Which ones do you think really go beyond comprehension?
I forgot mine, so i'll add mine later.
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Post by HoM on Apr 11, 2007 12:00:44 GMT -5
Crossovers from DC from... 2001-2005?
Umm to be precise... Our Worlds At War to... before Identity Crisis.
It was a massive stretch, you know? Trying in vain to satisfactorly tie all these books together into some kind of cohesive story arc?
(Edited for bad grammar)
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Post by brigante133 on Apr 11, 2007 13:09:57 GMT -5
most things written by grant morrison in justice league of america. it was cool but... WHAT?!?
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Post by Crow on Apr 11, 2007 18:01:47 GMT -5
Morrison did some of the weirdest stories ever. From Wonderworld to synchonisity and beyond lol
And speaking of useless crossovers, anyone remember Emperor Joker? Nuff said.
Any particular stories that really made no sense? When I made this thread, I had a story I really had in mind....but for the life of me, I can't remember it.
Also, I just wanted to mention: I don't know if anyone else read the last Wizard magazine with the Green Arrow article...but his trick arrows were as bad as Adam West-Batman's utility belt. A black cat arrow to spread bad luck? The jujitsu arrow which conveniently handcuffs the ankles of villains who are dumb enough to stand still. The fountain pen arrow which attaches to the back of a car and draws a line on the road for GA to follow? And best of all, Red Dart has a rain dart (oh my god, it's rain!) which he thinks will stop GA and Speedy, and GA coincidentally has an umbrella arrow.
Huh-wha?
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Post by Lantern Lad on Apr 11, 2007 18:09:30 GMT -5
most things written by grant morrison in justice league of america. it was cool but... WHAT?!? Gotta agree with the man here. I would also like to toss in: Spider-Man: The Other Just one question: why? |
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Post by HoM on Apr 11, 2007 18:43:30 GMT -5
Spider-Man: Reign...?
"My spider-semen... Spider-killed her!"
I'm paraphrasing, youknow.
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Post by brigante133 on Apr 11, 2007 20:00:54 GMT -5
wait... spider semen kills!? i gotta read that!
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Post by Crow on Apr 11, 2007 22:25:53 GMT -5
Wait...did he kill Mary Jane by having sex with her?
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Post by Mischief on Apr 11, 2007 22:33:47 GMT -5
They had to think of a new way to kill MJ. I would of said she died because of the lack of it.  Mischief |
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Post by Dr Dread on Apr 12, 2007 16:03:23 GMT -5
Before 52, DC had another weekly "mega crossover event" called Millennium.
It took 8 weeks to introduce the world's crappiest superhero team. I stopped reading DC books for almost 15 years because of Millennium.
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Post by Crow on Apr 13, 2007 17:45:24 GMT -5
Was that the thing with the Millennium Giants and around the time Superman (electric) had split into red and blue? Cuz I didn't read much of it, but I was confused as hell.
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Post by Dr Dread on Apr 13, 2007 17:58:26 GMT -5
Nope, this was a few years before the Death of Superman. This was the event that followed Legends. Back when Perez still wrote Wonder Woman and Byrne wrote Superman. The Millennium mini eventually lead to this shipwreck:  |
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Post by HoM on Apr 14, 2007 5:50:22 GMT -5
Millennium itself was a really badly coordinated mini. You couldn't follow events from Millennium #1 into Millennium #2, you had to pick up a plethora of other books.
I bought the mini on ebay last year.
Total waste of time.
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Post by goldk on Apr 14, 2007 9:26:26 GMT -5
whats with all the circular jewelry on that cover?
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Post by darkknight814 on Apr 14, 2007 9:50:09 GMT -5
Wonder Woman: Heinberg's plot.. and delays.. and well plot being dropped because he couldn't keep a schedule.. was just hard. I like what Jodi Picoult is trying to do.. but the fact that Gail Simone is on board as of Issue 13...  |
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Post by HoM on Apr 14, 2007 11:31:38 GMT -5
whats with all the circular jewelry on that cover? Totems of ultra high fashion power? |
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Post by brigante133 on Apr 14, 2007 14:58:54 GMT -5
za, zey vas fighting cwime and looking vabulous at ze same time.
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Post by HoM on Apr 14, 2007 15:06:09 GMT -5
Yehs Darlink, you var absolootely korrect!
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Post by Mr Clown on Apr 14, 2007 15:39:13 GMT -5
The Hitman DC One Million story. It's still a good story because it was meant to be ridiculous... I hope it was meant to be ridiculous anyway...
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Post by Crow on Apr 15, 2007 17:27:41 GMT -5
Wonder Woman is being written by Gail Simone?
Awesomeness.
One more bad plot: Gwen Stacy having two kids by Norman Osbourne. I heard J. Michael Stracynski had to make that crackpot story because he was made to switch something he wanted to do, but still, what the hell!
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Post by Quester on May 3, 2007 4:57:05 GMT -5
The Other was cool! anyhoo.....alot of DC from like when it started to now and early marvel. They've mostly got on the ball now and I prefer Marvel but...yeah...they still screw up.
Speedball became Penance...............I hope that doesn't last.
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Post by Dr Dread on May 3, 2007 15:28:18 GMT -5
I guess the worst Marvel plot I read was:  First and only time I set fire to a comic book. ON PURPOSE! |
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Post by HoM on May 3, 2007 15:34:01 GMT -5
Oh. My. God.
CLOWNS!!!
*cowers*
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Post by Susan Hillwig on May 3, 2007 23:59:28 GMT -5
Sure it was a few posts ago, but... wait... spider semen kills!? i gotta read that! Reminds me of some altered lyrics I once heard for the Spider-Man theme: "Is he strong? Watch out, bud. He's got radioactive pud." ;D Hmm, bad plots..."City of Crime" in 'Tec last year, right before OYL. Absolutely pointless! A whole year wasted! The only good thing about it was they interrupted it for a couple issues near the end for a "War Games" wrap-up story...which I also have a bit of a quibble with, but it was still better than "City of Crime." Thank God we have Grant's wonderful fic of the same name around to redeem that particular title. Also, while I haven't read a lot of JLA stories from the late 70s/early 80s, the ones I have read seem to be lacking in cohesive storylines. They start out with a decent premise, then kind of meander on to an end that makes little sense. Did nobody give a damn about good writing back then? |
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Post by HoM on May 4, 2007 5:57:20 GMT -5
I actually enjoyed City of Crime! Thought it was pretty good, and very strong for the Detective title at that time, considering the crap they'd been releasing after Loeb left!
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Post by Lantern Lad on May 4, 2007 9:34:49 GMT -5
Also, while I haven't read a lot of JLA stories from the late 70s/early 80s, the ones I have read seem to be lacking in cohesive storylines. They start out with a decent premise, then kind of meander on to an end that makes little sense. Did nobody give a damn about good writing back then? I don't think so... it was almost like they were trying to mirror the Super-Friends in cheesiness. It wasn't until the JLI years that I actually started picking the title up regularly. Since we're talking about unbelieveable plotlines, I'm going to have to say: Probably everything ever written that wasn't either a true crime or war book. I still contend that though the costumes were outrageous at times and some of the storylines were convoluted, as far as realism goes, the old Larry Hama GI Joe series were some of the best quasi-reality based comics out there. And the new series ain't half bad either. Take out a DNA spliced madman for an evil emperor, the occasional android soldier and the awful crap that was Cobra-La and you've got yourself a great story where they weren't afraid to kill off major characters (I mean they had to make room on the toy shelves somehow) and nuking Cobra Island! I remember one issue alone where a character named Saw-Viper took an M-60 and blew away about 12 Joe's execution style... poor Doc got 5 rounds in the face. I was about 11 or 12 when it came out and it traumatized the Hell out of me! That was realism! But anytime Superman or Green Lantern flies, though I wish it were possible, it is unbelieveable. |
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Post by Mr Clown on May 4, 2007 13:21:22 GMT -5
Oh. My. God. CLOWNS!!! *cowers* I'll get back to ya on this. In the meantime, I thought of ridiculous stories that I actually didn't like. Liebermans "big finish" of Gotham Knights. Total waste of time. And, The Long Halloween. I don't see what all the hype of this story is, it really wasn't that good. |
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Post by michealdark on May 4, 2007 14:17:03 GMT -5
Adam Beechan's attempt to convert Cass Cain to the dark side.
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Post by Crow on May 4, 2007 15:31:32 GMT -5
::snickers::
Good one here. Aunt May as a herald of Galactus.
I know it was a dream story or imaginary or whatever, but still...wow
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