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Post by Alex on Dec 9, 2009 11:21:46 GMT -5
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Post by HoM on Dec 9, 2009 12:23:25 GMT -5
I like Grant Morrison's Batman. He's grown on me. Design sketches below:   |
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Post by chris on Dec 11, 2009 18:08:30 GMT -5
I was kind of hoping to not see Bruce come back for a really long time. I've been loving the Dick/Damien Dynamic duo. With the multiverse being in play they had a chance to actually make this one stick and still have Bruce as Batman stories out there. Oh well, looks like an interesting story though.
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Post by Alex on Dec 11, 2009 22:53:12 GMT -5
I don't think I have to let you know how I feel about Morrison's run. Oink.
I'm looking forward to this story. Like Chris said, I kinda wish Bruce was gone for a little while longer (I have same feelings about Steve rogers/Cap), but this looks like it's going to be full of the Morrisonian goodness that semi-lucid people like myself eat up
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Post by Quester on Dec 13, 2009 10:04:14 GMT -5
While I wish Bruce was gone for longer like a year or more (2 maybe) I wish Steve had acutally been dead (NOT ALSO BACK IN TIME LOL) for another good decade or so.
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Post by HoM on Dec 19, 2009 14:51:44 GMT -5
I think Brubaker has done amazing things with Captain America, and Reborn looks like it's coming to a spectacular conclusion. It doesn't hurt that we have imagery like this:   Never before has the swastika looked so awesome. |
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Post by Quester on Dec 19, 2009 16:16:20 GMT -5
Oh by all means brilliant series that is gonna be awesome especially since Hitch is worling on it but I woulda liked it to wait a bit longer.
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Post by Susan Hillwig on Dec 31, 2009 14:07:22 GMT -5
Bruce's return does sound a lot like Cap's...coincidence, or is one ripping off the other?  Ironically, I started picking up Cap because I just don't give a darn about the current Batman stuff. After OYL, my interest started waning, and the death of Bats plus the mass cancellation of so many Bat-books just seemed like a good place to get off. I'm buying the new Batgirl title, but that's all -- the rest doesn't jazz me in the least -- and I have no real plans of ever coming all the way back into the fold. I'll keep my old books and my Batman DVDs, I'll go see the flicks, and I'll still wear my Bat-pin on my jacket lapel, but other than that, I consider myself "retired" from the current Bat-verse. Only way I'll pick up this "Return of Bruce Wayne" story is if Jonah Hex shows up in the Western part. ;D |
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Post by HoM on Dec 31, 2009 14:26:08 GMT -5
Bruce's return does sound a lot like Cap's...coincidence, or is one ripping off the other? Not that I want to make this a conspiracy theory thread, but it's sheer coincidence I think. These writers have more respect for each other than to rip each other off, but also because the Omega Sanction, used to send Bruce tearing through time/reality, was established in Seven Soldiers: Mr Miracle, where it sent Shilo Norman through ever worsening realities until he escaped-- world's greatest escape artist and all that. Ed Brubaker is probably riffing more on Vonnegut whilst Grant Morrison is more than likely high on drugs. Zing  |
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Post by Susan Hillwig on Jan 4, 2010 0:37:10 GMT -5
Drugs, definitely. Maybe that's why I can't get published: too straight-edge.  On a related note, I finally picked up a copy of "Slaughterhouse Five" for the bookcase. Read it years ago, but it was borrowed from a friend. |
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Post by HoM on Jan 4, 2010 5:39:34 GMT -5
Drugs, definitely. Maybe that's why I can't get published: too straight-edge. On a related note, I finally picked up a copy of "Slaughterhouse Five" for the bookcase. Read it years ago, but it was borrowed from a friend. Such a great book! It was one of those "must reads" that I didn't really get round to much later than I should have, but an amazing piece none the less. I don't mind if Captain America and Batman are stealing their ideas from such mastery, because the source material is so solid. Good call, Susan! |
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2010 9:50:06 GMT -5
I love Chris Sprouse's work and I'm completely surprised that this is his first work with Grant Morrison. The two seem to be a stellar fit for each other, and the first issue of this series was quintessential Batman. Morrison seems to do his best Batman work when it's not just Bruce running around being awesome, and the other characters involved-- the cavemen cast, and then the appearance of the Time Masters (yes, Morrison's playing ball and it's going to rock), and yes, Vandal Savage himself-- with their speeches on how awesome and manly Batman is... well, I loved it. I loved the way Bruce's dialogue was presented, I loved the subtext of Vandal holding off on killing Bruce till the day time (Batman loses his strength in the day, doesn't he?) and the whole... well, there was so much I loved. This looks like it's going to turn out to be a spiritual sequel to Final Crisis, and hold half the baggage. I look forward to it muchly, and cannot support this story enough.
And how come Superman always gets the best speeches about Batman? He really does. Back in Morrison's first few issues he was all "the most dangerous man alive!" about Bruce, and then, in this... "the ultimate survivor". Brilliant. If Superman says you're awesome, why should we doubt?
Charlie.
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Post by chris on May 20, 2010 19:47:15 GMT -5
I loved it. The caveman Robin was pretty cool, and Vandal Savage being there made sense. I like Morrison's take on time travel too. When you go to the past you don't change the present you contribute to the way it already is. We should be seeing some interesting stuff in this series that sets up the Bat mythos. It did take me a second read to really get into the story though. When ever I read Morrison I am always looking for it to be complicated and this was pretty strait forward.So, my first read through it seemed almost too easy if that makes sense.
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Post by chris on Jun 4, 2010 10:27:23 GMT -5
Wow...what the f just happened? Number two delivered on some seriously intriguing twists. I can't wait to see how this all ties back to Simon Hurt. Maybe Nathaniel Wayne is Hurt? Didn't look much like him but something insane is definitely coming down the pike.
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Post by Admin on Jun 15, 2010 9:38:48 GMT -5
I loved #2 because it was a complete mind screw. It's Morrison taking all the ideas from the DCU and twisting them and making them that one step more crazier. His perception of Vanishing Point is a complete... mess... and I love it. I really do. I'm aware now of his many flaws-- his inability to temper his ideas to audience, for instance-- but I do continually enjoy his work. That being said, as much as I love Frazer Irving, his art in this issue was blurry as all hell, and it took a few readings just to understand what everyone was so terrified about. That being said, I loved Bruce taking the initiative here, realising in a way what's happening, and I loved Superman's pleading at the end. It was just brilliant. That being said, is that Bruce at the end of his journey? Or is he going to keep jumping forward, all the while travelling simultaneously sideways in the Time Sphere like a series of Lost?
We'll wait and see.
Charlie.
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Post by Susan Hillwig on Jun 27, 2010 20:58:20 GMT -5
Friend of mine sent me a scan from issue #3: Jonah Hex turns up in the last couple of pages, and it sounds like him and Batman are gonna go head-to-head in #4. I said from the get-go that I'd only buy this book if Hex turned up when they reached the Old West, and now I've gotta eat my words. I just hope I can comprehend the story, because every time I've peeked so far it's just been a hot mess to my eyes.  |
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