The New 52

[POS Industries]

Meanwhile, in Batwoman, this reference happened and quite frankly I'm not sure which thread to post it in.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Holy socks

[Ecks]

What the fuck is Doc Scratch doing in the DC universe? Hussie's gone for a couple of weeks and he's already moving on to other projects, trying to bring Lord English into DC continuity... guy gets around.

[Magus]

BTW perhaps I didn't look closely enough at those old Detective Comics I was reading but was Kane made of pure ivory in those ones like she is in the new Batwoman?

Also something like three or four pages of that particular 16 page comic was devoted to looking at her and whatsherface stripping. Not sure how empowering that is to the LGBT community or whatever.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Picked up a couple of books this week.

- Batwoman: Must buy.
- Detective Comics: It's a good book. It's not great but it's definitely on the higher end in terms of quality from writer/artist Tony Daniel. Bruce seems like a better fit for Daniel than Dick so it might be worth the read to people who didn't care too much for his run on Batman.
- Batman and Robin: Do you like Damien Wayne? If you do, buy this book. If you don't, leave this on the stand and pretend he doesn't exist. The dynamic in this book isn't as good as it was between Dick and Damien but it has promise. I for one will be buying this book monthly.
- Batwing: Oh, boy. I'm not really sure what to think of this book. The art is good, really fits the setting, and the writing's not bad but it doesn't leave a lasting impression. This book could get really good in a couple of issues or it could get really bad. Flip through it a bit at the store and see if the first couple pages grab you.

[Magus]

I think the most ironic thing about Batwoman was she called the other chick's original costume "too flashy".

That said, it was good.

EDIT: Flamebird? Is that her name?

[Token]

Not particularly digging Batwoman, but I'm not gonna give up on it.

I don't see where the Batman books fit into the new timeline. At all.

Action Comics was certainly a thing. Enjoyed it at the time, but it wasn't amazing.

Static was whelming, but I'll give it time. Definitely gonna keep reading it.

Legion Lost... I don't know those characters, and I don't know why I should care about them at all. Won't continue with them.

Green Lantern was alright, I guess. Sort of a mess. Hoping it'll get better, but it won't.

Red Lantern shows promise. I'll continue to read it.

Hawk and Dove: dear fuck, I'm back in the 90's. Probably won't continue.

Animal Man: Not what I was expecting. Got me to read Morrison's run. Also not what I was expecting. Sticking with it.

Stormwatch: got bored, stopped reading about seven pages in.

Superboy: legitimately enjoyed it, which I didn't expect at all.

Batwing: Pretty brilliant.

Suicide Squad: WHAT. I'll probably keep reading it, because I hate myself.

Swamp Thing: knowing jack shit about the character, it didn't really grab me, but, like Animal Man, made me want to read the original. I'll be checking that out later.

O.M.A.C.: I need to read that at some point.

Justice League: very meh.

Men of War: It's a nice change to see a non-cape comic that deals with capes.That wording didn't make sense, but idgaf.

Demon Knights: Enjoyed it. Worth reading.

Green Arrow: utterly unable to give the slightest of damns.

JLI: I was excited to see Guy. Then Guy left. Now I'm disappointed.

Still need to read the rest, but I'm looking forward to Blue Beetle. Naturally, this means it will suck ass.

[Magus]

I know what you mean about Men of War, since it reminded me of Gotham Central, a bunch of normals have to deal with the supernatural and superheroes, at least tangentially. But instead of cops they're Green Berets/Navy Seals.

I kind of think whoever's writing it has got a bit of a hard-on for military stuff, though. "THE PEACE CORPS WAS ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT I REALIZED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE I NEEDED AN ASSAULT RIFLE!" lololol Jingoism. But the Navy Seals back-up was a lot more thoughtful than the Sgt. Rock main story, so...

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Alright:

- Nightwing #1: Really good. Pick it up.
- Batman #1: Excellent. Must buy.
- Red Hood and the Outlaws #1: Good art, very lackluster writing. Skip it if you're trying to save on cash.

[Magus]

Hahaha I kind of get why people hated the new Suicide Squad, but I dunno, that was just kind of too zany not to have been done entirely on purpose, like "so bad it's good" or something.

Plus I love King Shark and hope that he gets his own comic, that would be the best thing ever.

I am a bit confused as to why Amanda Waller was rewritten from a stolid, paunchy, ruthless 50-year-old no-nonsense bureaucrat to an attractive 30-something with a sassy attitude (yes I can guess that much from one panel folks).

So yeah it's pretty terrible but it's kind of like the best kind of terrible you could actually make into a comic, sort of.

Deathstroke 1: I like that they had the balls to make Deathstroke an actual completely amoral badass. Like he is seriously freaking badass looking and acting. Also the whole Clayface-DNA mutant thingsgave me an intense Marvel feeling, like that's the sort of crossover-universe thing I'd expect from a Marvel comic.