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Post by HoM on Dec 8, 2006 5:40:28 GMT -5
Two books I need to pick up before they are withdrawn from stands or sold out:
JSA #1: Too good to miss up. And come on... Starman? Who do you think I am?
Spider-Man Reign: SPIDERPENIS! That is so getting withdrawn ASAP. But I read the issue, it reads like DKR for Spidey!!
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Post by HoM on Dec 8, 2006 5:46:23 GMT -5
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Post by Romans Empire on Dec 8, 2006 6:32:36 GMT -5
Two books I need to pick up before they are withdrawn from stands or sold out: JSA #1: Too good to miss up. And come on... Starman? Who do you think I am? Spider-Man Reign: SPIDERPENIS! That is so getting withdrawn ASAP. But I read the issue, it reads like DKR for Spidey!! I am right there with you on the Starman appearance Charlie! James Robinson's Starman book is one my all time fav titles right up there with Sandman and...Wait? Did you say SPIDERPENIS? What the hell?  |
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Post by Crow on Dec 8, 2006 9:16:26 GMT -5
Spider-Man Reign: SPIDERPENIS! That is so getting withdrawn ASAP. But I read the issue, it reads like DKR for Spidey!! I think Wizard magazine said that it's supposed to be that way...Spidey was going to go down a dark path and stuff... I take it that it's not so good? |
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Post by starlord on Dec 8, 2006 15:29:04 GMT -5
Two books I need to pick up before they are withdrawn from stands or sold out: JSA #1: Too good to miss up. And come on... Starman? Who do you think I am? Spider-Man Reign: SPIDERPENIS! That is so getting withdrawn ASAP. But I read the issue, it reads like DKR for Spidey!! They were talking about that at my shop the other day. I only caught a part of the discussion. Something about violence with parents is fine, but anything sexual and they blow a fuse. Now I know what they were talking about. and JSA rocked!  |
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Post by Lantern Lad on Dec 8, 2006 17:21:44 GMT -5
I agree, JSA rocked! And am I seeing things or is Dawnstar searching for Starman???
Could it be that the new Starman is really Starboy from the Levitz era???
How cool would that be?!
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Post by HoM on Dec 8, 2006 17:41:21 GMT -5
THOM KALLOR!!!!  |
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Post by Lantern Lad on Dec 9, 2006 0:24:07 GMT -5
Yaaayyy STARBOY!
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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2006 14:17:54 GMT -5
Just read this issue, and I have to say that this was probably my favorite comic of the year! It succeeded on all fronts (plot, dialogue, characterization, art, etc). I love the set-up--- with the JSA becomming a true "society" (kinda like the Elks, except with superpowers), and te new members are really neat, too (Maxine Hunkel stands out, but I loved seeing Jesse Chambers again, and Starman is a hoot)! The preview at the end of the book was a brilliant idea. What a way to rile up fandom, especially with those last two panels--- I just may forgive Johns for dropping the ball at the end of Infinate Crisis! The only problem I had with this issue is: I think Johns is using the same villain I'm using for my JSA run here at the DC2 (the first two issues of which have been up for over a year), so now when I resume the story, it'll look like I nicked it!  |
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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2006 14:19:10 GMT -5
Oh, and even better--- Hawkman returns to the DCU next issue!
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Post by starlord on Dec 9, 2006 23:19:38 GMT -5
Hawkman!!! Thank goodness. You know I had high hopes for Hawkgirl, but I really thought it fell kind of flat.
And you're right, this first issue of JSA has blown just about everything else I've read this year, right out of the water.
****SPOILER******
And Ted's revelation of having a child is the first one that DC has done that feels right, to me. This is a team that relies heavily on it's heritage and the passing of the torch. So I was happily surprised to find out Ted is a daddy.
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Post by HoM on Dec 15, 2006 9:22:23 GMT -5
Well Ted's kid was kidnapped by the Yellow Bee, as revealed in Injustice For All when Johnny Sorrow brought back the King of Tears? Weird stuff, but certainly cool! Can't wait to pick this up and see how it pans out!
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Post by brigante133 on Dec 16, 2006 1:55:05 GMT -5
wow is kingdom come going to be an earth of itself?
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Post by HoM on Dec 16, 2006 12:59:44 GMT -5
OR THE FUUUUTURE?
Maybe. Should be interesting anyway.
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Post by Crow on Dec 17, 2006 10:04:25 GMT -5
Just read this issue, and I have to say that this was probably my favorite comic of the year! It succeeded on all fronts (plot, dialogue, characterization, art, etc). I love the set-up--- with the JSA becomming a true "society" (kinda like the Elks, except with superpowers), and te new members are really neat, too (Maxine Hunkel stands out, but I loved seeing Jesse Chambers again, and Starman is a hoot)! The preview at the end of the book was a brilliant idea. What a way to rile up fandom, especially with those last two panels--- I just may forgive Johns for dropping the ball at the end of Infinate Crisis! The only problem I had with this issue is: I think Johns is using the same villain I'm using for my JSA run here at the DC2 (the first two issues of which have been up for over a year), so now when I resume the story, it'll look like I nicked it! I agree. I think this is one of the only issues that have come out recently for DC that has me hyped enough to want to go on for the year. Lately I've been forsaking series that I don't enjoy too much for a while and just wait for the TPB later...but this is just way too awesome And there's a few characters that I've consider for stories, what I thought were old, obscure characters no on wants anymore, and DC has brought them out of their asses a few times now. I think DC has somebody with a bit o the mind reading juice, you ask me... |
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Post by Crow on Dec 17, 2006 10:13:28 GMT -5
OR THE FUUUUTURE? Maybe. Should be interesting anyway. It's funny because DC writers have denied making Kingdom Come the official future of DC, but we've seen Ross references for years now, and this last year they have been all over! And JSA particularly seems to be going in that direction, especially since Ross is on the project. Everyone from Cyborg(though he's changed now) and Captain Atom to Maxine Hunkel, and Gog(I know he is not Magog but he resembles him and may train him one day), to Red Arrow and Starman... |
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Post by chaltab on Dec 26, 2006 21:45:37 GMT -5
Maxine Hunkel is a stupid name, but she's a great character here.  I never read classic JSA, or even Geoff Johns run on it, but this new JSA comic was very good. |
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Post by Crow on Dec 27, 2006 20:54:02 GMT -5
Maxine Hunkel is a stupid name, but she's a great character here. I never read classic JSA, or even Geoff Johns run on it, but this new JSA comic was very good. Really, the Hunkel part is the worst. Gotta love the Golden Age! |
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Post by Lantern Lad on Dec 28, 2006 1:08:46 GMT -5
I think DC has somebody with a bit o the mind reading juice, you ask me... You have no idea how often I have that same conversation with my wife. So many of the ideas I've seen on this site, be it, My own, Brandon's, Charlie's and especially David's, have in one form or another wound up in a DC book over the last year. |
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Post by a2uton on Jan 9, 2007 0:11:40 GMT -5
In a Newsarama interview somebody asked if Norman Mackay would show up in JSA. The interviewee, I forget who it was now, didn't rule it out. The response was something like Ross is writing it so keep reading. Maybe just a tease, maybe not.
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Post by Lantern Lad on Jan 13, 2007 17:45:20 GMT -5
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Starman looks like Thom Kallor to me! Yay!!!
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Post by HoM on Jan 14, 2007 16:26:27 GMT -5
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Post by Crow on Jan 15, 2007 14:28:33 GMT -5
I wonder what this means for Waid's Starboy? But then again, if this is a multiversal thing going on, then there isn't a problem since it makes sense to have alternate timelines.
Do you think Dawnstar's eventual reappearence might give way to her return to Waid's Legion? Do any of you really care since the old Legion will show up anyway?
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Post by Lantern Lad on Jan 15, 2007 18:23:53 GMT -5
Seeing Thom Kallor & Dawnstar again is the coolest part, Crow, but it just reinforces my theories regarding Waid's Legion & the existence of the Multiverse.
Keep in mind the multiverse never ceased to exist, it just gained 2 new names: 'Elseworlds' & 'Hyper-time'
I still hold to the fact that I believe the Legion exists in an alternate reality (which I originally thought was Earth Prime, now I'm not so convinced), think about it... as far back as issue #1 there have been comic books & posters that exist in our world decorating their halls. The one thing that doesn't exist in normal DCU continuity is comic books of DCU heroes (unless I missed it somewhere). This theory goes back to Grant Morrison's Animal Man series. I surmise, that if there were comics in the DCU for kids (or adults) to read, they'd be of the Wildstorm Universe.
Keep in mind, this is just a theory... I think that the Levitz era Legion takes place in the current DCU's future, where Waid's Legion is... elsewhere (elseworld?). An alternate universe with an alternate Supergirl. This could explain, also the existence of the Kingdom Come era characters appearing.
I could be wrong because in the upcoming Action Comics Annual there is a new Mon-El origin. But who's to say the Phantom Zone is no the buffer that separates the Multiverse?
Again, just a theory... but those are my thoughts.
God this JSA is just phenomenal!
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Post by HoM on Jan 16, 2007 4:59:03 GMT -5
Interesting theory, Scott!
But then wouldn't the Phantom Zone be akin to "The Bleed" in Wildstorm?
And if you read Captain Atom: Armaggedon, remember how The Authority couldn't get Cap back to the DCU, even though they went through all the realities?
You're ideas might have some basis in fact, my friend!
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Post by Lantern Lad on Jan 16, 2007 23:41:56 GMT -5
I know nothing of Wildstorm other than what I read in that Captain Atom series... so I know not what the bleed is.
As far as getting him back to his own reality though, if he were trapped in a comic book Universe, thinking of course that the DCU is REALITY, they wouldn't be able to break him through. It would be like Superman breaking through a back issue in one of my long boxes and taking up the good fight here. It would be an impossible task!
Now I'm just talkin' outta my butt.
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Post by Crow on Jan 17, 2007 17:24:54 GMT -5
The Bleed, my good man, is this dimensional pocket like place that, like Charlie said, could pretty much be compared to the Phantom Zone. But no one is put there for prison I think, but they use it to slip in and out of with their ship.
But I like the ideas about the multiverse. I'm excited to see what will be happening in the DCU and for these mysteries to be explained.
And the thing about the comic book universe...As long as you took care of those issues you're good. But if you got a tear on them, I think Big Blue might come swinging. Maybe I should take better care of my back issues...
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Post by David on Feb 19, 2007 19:36:26 GMT -5
Another freaking awesome issue! This is what comics should be like. Pacing, pathos, chemistry, mystery, characterization, action, romance...!
And a killer couple of cliffhangers!
And I love how we didn't have to wait 6 issues before finding out who was the Big Bad was.
Anyone not reading this series needs to do themselves a favor and give it a shot!
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Post by Lantern Lad on Apr 27, 2007 11:52:27 GMT -5
The question I keep asking myself after I read these issues is:
Just who is the correct version of the Legion of Super-Heroes?
Obviously Superman knew the LSH of the 60's- pre-Zero Hour 1990's, which is fine by me, they were my favorite. But just who is the current Legion? My answer (still, I've been holding on to this idea for almost 2 years now) is they're the LSH of our Earth's future! Of course, that would mean the Dominators are out there somewhere...
Otherwise, the latest issue was OK... I know it's a crossover, but I want to see more JSA in the JSA book. Batman & Superman are already everywhere. Know what I mean?
Remeber the fffiddeee tu!
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Post by Crow on May 4, 2007 15:38:00 GMT -5
I'm like the plot and premise and all that, but I don't like this weird mixture of one LSH in JSA and the Waid one with Supergirl. Mainly I don't like what I think may happen where one will either be erased or both will exist but one will overshadow the other one. I know one way or another that will happen, but I feel like for Waid to do a whole new series with these guys, reintroduce them with these pretty cool character redesigns, and then have it all for nothing would be a sucky idea.
By the way, did the last crisis make Superman remember his pre-COIE history where he was connected with the Legion? How did they introduce this idea? Was it in Birthright? Because I missed the first crossover with this JLA-JSA story and I'm seeing Superman in his FoS talking about his younger days with the legion, and carrying a flight ring while walking through life size replicas of the members.
Please, explain to me.
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I never read classic JSA, or even Geoff Johns run on it, but this new JSA comic was very good. 