What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
- Beleriphon
- Posts: 53
- Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:41 pm
- Location: Ontario, Canada
- Contact:
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
What's new in DC?
Superman told everybody he's Clark Kent. Like everybody, at a press conference.
Alfred's dead and Batman and Catwoman forgot to get married, but decided they are emotionally so its all good. Bane killed Thomas Wayne.
Martian Manhunter's half Thanagarian son from the future released him from being fused to Lex Luthor. Something about doom, IDK.
Keep in mind I'm actually enjoying the Superman titles, the Batman titles, and Justice League.
Superman told everybody he's Clark Kent. Like everybody, at a press conference.
Alfred's dead and Batman and Catwoman forgot to get married, but decided they are emotionally so its all good. Bane killed Thomas Wayne.
Martian Manhunter's half Thanagarian son from the future released him from being fused to Lex Luthor. Something about doom, IDK.
Keep in mind I'm actually enjoying the Superman titles, the Batman titles, and Justice League.
- saint_matthew
- Posts: 120
- Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:47 am
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
Why? Why do you hate your readers? Why do you hate money? Why would you do this, why?
Seriously, I have never seen such a misguided middle aged, boomer, "well met fellow teens" moment as this is. Just no. There isn't enough no in the world to express how much this is the wrong creative direction.
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
Well, I like the re-design for Night Thrasher and that both Rage and Firestar are in slightly modified versions of their original outfits. Wish they'd give Speedball back his original look too.
Apart from that . . . there's a whole lot of NOPE! going on there.
Apart from that . . . there's a whole lot of NOPE! going on there.
"My heart is as light as a child's, a feeling I'd nearly forgotten. And by helping those in need, I will be able to keep that feeling alive."
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)
Want to support me and Echoes of the Multiverse? Follow this link to subscribe or donate.
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)
Want to support me and Echoes of the Multiverse? Follow this link to subscribe or donate.
-
- Posts: 24695
- Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2016 8:05 pm
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
It's apparently a Limited Series, and it reunites a bit of the old cast. Except Rage is currently supposed to be DEAD, and Thrash & Namorita were weirdly resurrected from their "Stamford Incident" deaths...
Lacking Justice & Nova is weird.
The new kids seem to be drawn from the "Modern Inhumans" school of Odd-Looking Fashionable Young Teens With Weird Hair school of character design, with a random chubby girl for "Body Diversity" (even though literally everyone else is ripped). Introducing five kids at once in a Limited Series is doomed to failure, and, well... the New Warriors name is dead and means nothing, really. That book has failed more times than the Doom Patrol has.
Also that's not how Firestar's mask should look in profile. I mean, art is HARD and that's a tricky thing to draw, but that's the COVER!
Lacking Justice & Nova is weird.
The new kids seem to be drawn from the "Modern Inhumans" school of Odd-Looking Fashionable Young Teens With Weird Hair school of character design, with a random chubby girl for "Body Diversity" (even though literally everyone else is ripped). Introducing five kids at once in a Limited Series is doomed to failure, and, well... the New Warriors name is dead and means nothing, really. That book has failed more times than the Doom Patrol has.
Also that's not how Firestar's mask should look in profile. I mean, art is HARD and that's a tricky thing to draw, but that's the COVER!
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
it looks more like Namora to me but eh.
Jab's right. Firestar's mask is way off. Looks like the pair of glasses I broke before Christmas. One side off to god knows what angle.
Oh hey look most have that "team costume" thing too. God, I hate that.
Why do the noobs look more like a Daft Punk video?
pass.
Jab's right. Firestar's mask is way off. Looks like the pair of glasses I broke before Christmas. One side off to god knows what angle.
Oh hey look most have that "team costume" thing too. God, I hate that.
Why do the noobs look more like a Daft Punk video?
pass.
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
So there's a new X-Men/Fantastic Four mini-series out, and someone is FINALLY calling the X-Men out on what they've pulling when they basically show up to try and kidnap Franklin Richards. Granted, Reed has a flub of his own and Franklin is acting like a tool, but at least someone is pointing out how the X-Men are basically acting like radical Mutant Supremacists and isolationists. I can't wait to find out that there's some pod room deep on that island filled with all the actual X-Men while a bunch of plant clones have been wandering around.
"My heart is as light as a child's, a feeling I'd nearly forgotten. And by helping those in need, I will be able to keep that feeling alive."
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)
Want to support me and Echoes of the Multiverse? Follow this link to subscribe or donate.
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)
Want to support me and Echoes of the Multiverse? Follow this link to subscribe or donate.
- saint_matthew
- Posts: 120
- Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:47 am
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
Reading Marvel for the last couple of years really shows you the character of the people writing for comics & how far it's drifted from anything that could be considered noble.
Age of Apocalypse: A country based on racial segregation is bad & our heroes need to stop it.
Genosha: A country based on racial segregation is bad & our heroes need to stop it.
House of M: A country based on racial segregation is bad & our heroes need to stop it.
X-men in the year 2020: A country based on racial segregation is heroic & our heroes are in charge of it.
It has been said that a writer can't write a story without writing about themselves, that what they want the world to be like will come thru in the narrative. Hmmmmm, I wonder what type of people Marvel has writing for it these days that suddenly we've gone from "racial segregation is bad" to "racial segregation is good."
It certainly gets the nogging a jogging doesn't it.
- Scots Dragon
- Posts: 303
- Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:08 pm
- Location: Trapped in England
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
Dan Didio has left DC Comics.
Formerly known as Narsil on the ATT and Ronin Army forums.
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
Now where it's too late or not to save DC Comics from what Dan has done to the franchise for the last 20 years is anyone's guess, but at least he's gone.
"My heart is as light as a child's, a feeling I'd nearly forgotten. And by helping those in need, I will be able to keep that feeling alive."
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)
Want to support me and Echoes of the Multiverse? Follow this link to subscribe or donate.
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)
Want to support me and Echoes of the Multiverse? Follow this link to subscribe or donate.
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
Ding Dong!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!
My Amazing Woman: a super-hero romantic comedy podcast.
When the most powerful super hero on Earth marries an ordinary man, hilarity ensues.
When the most powerful super hero on Earth marries an ordinary man, hilarity ensues.
- saint_matthew
- Posts: 120
- Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:47 am
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
Sounds like it's not so much he left, as much as he was forced out.
Alas this likely won't save comics or even save just DC, this appears to be a case of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
If the rumor mill is true, then DC Comics is in a lot of trouble. Apparently they need to do something to justify themselves in order for AT&T to maintain the comics publishing wing, or it might get shut down, with the characters potentially being licensed off to other publishers like Marvel or Image.
The problem is that apparently their options are either a) Hope the 5G initiative succeeds or b) Pull something completely new out of their butts.
Unfortunately, Dan DiDio was the mastermind behind 5G, and based on what I've heard, 5G would be the fastest way to ensure the comics division dies a fiery death. Imagine replacing EVERY major hero in DC with a new legacy hero and then forcing fans to pay extra for the classic characters?
I hope DC Comics survives. I'd love nothing more than to have a regular pull list again, to be invested in the universe and its direction like I once was. But as long as people like DiDio, Bendis and King were making major decisions for the company, that wasn't going to happen. Now when positive change could happen, it's at a make or break point for the company.
The problem is that apparently their options are either a) Hope the 5G initiative succeeds or b) Pull something completely new out of their butts.
Unfortunately, Dan DiDio was the mastermind behind 5G, and based on what I've heard, 5G would be the fastest way to ensure the comics division dies a fiery death. Imagine replacing EVERY major hero in DC with a new legacy hero and then forcing fans to pay extra for the classic characters?
I hope DC Comics survives. I'd love nothing more than to have a regular pull list again, to be invested in the universe and its direction like I once was. But as long as people like DiDio, Bendis and King were making major decisions for the company, that wasn't going to happen. Now when positive change could happen, it's at a make or break point for the company.
"My heart is as light as a child's, a feeling I'd nearly forgotten. And by helping those in need, I will be able to keep that feeling alive."
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)
Want to support me and Echoes of the Multiverse? Follow this link to subscribe or donate.
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)
Want to support me and Echoes of the Multiverse? Follow this link to subscribe or donate.
- saint_matthew
- Posts: 120
- Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:47 am
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
Well I will say this, I was willing to save Marvel & I am willing to save DC.
Just give me a shout DC, I can save you today, it's not like it would be hard.
-
- Posts: 1179
- Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:25 pm
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
“The rumor mill” at this point seems to be Ethan Van Sciver, so should be taken with an ample serving of salt.Ares wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:57 pm If the rumor mill is true, then DC Comics is in a lot of trouble. Apparently they need to do something to justify themselves in order for AT&T to maintain the comics publishing wing, or it might get shut down, with the characters potentially being licensed off to other publishers like Marvel or Image.
The problem is that apparently their options are either a) Hope the 5G initiative succeeds or b) Pull something completely new out of their butts.
That said, 5G would have been a train wreck as it was described.
- saint_matthew
- Posts: 120
- Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:47 am
Re: What's new with the big two: Marvel and DC Comics discussion thread.
https://youtu.be/5PCWUCv1rnUsaint_matthew wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:59 am
Why? Why do you hate your readers? Why do you hate money? Why would you do this, why?
Seriously, I have never seen such a misguided middle aged, boomer, "well met fellow teens" moment as this is. Just no. There isn't enough no in the world to express how much this is the wrong creative direction.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha, I so called it. I said this was going to be a hugely misguided middle aged, boomer, "well met fellow teens" moment & here is the official release of the characters information.