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marionjasper
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:04 pm |
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Neil Gaiman's "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader" part 1(BATMAN 686) will be released next week(instead next ths week). Then, part 2(DETECTIVE COMICS 853) will be shipped a month after(MARCH 18 ).
Well, I can't help it. Good thing they're both over-sized(at least 34-38 pages of story), which could be a valid excuse.  |
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:18 pm |
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Aw damn. I was waiting for this storyline!  |
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Job McBadass
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:23 pm |
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A shame. I really loved Moore's "Whatever Happened...", and if Gaiman's up to snuff with his version and maintained the resonant poignancy of Moore's Superman classic, I may actually buy it.
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Sir Pepoy Josepito
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:38 pm |
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i 'd when i looked at the shipping list on the net
at least war of kings is starting!
i should totally start a topic about that on the marvel board
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Job McBadass
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Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:01 pm |
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| Pepoy Josepito wrote: | | at least war of kings is starting! |
Read the Secret Invasion tie-in of that. Like most SI tie-ins, it was excellent. And HOLY HELL, STARJAMMERS. And I will read anything with Blackbolt in it. I don't know how Nova and that psycho Darkhawk will figure into it, but I will definitely make a topic once it comes out this March.
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Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:43 pm |
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You mean THIS?
'Course you fellows would rather buy the issue when it comes out. You probably don't want spoilers or anything, but poor/ excited people like me can read the preview over here.[/img]
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marionjasper
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:20 pm |
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Yeah! The one with that cover! I like it better than Alex Ross's. I hope that cover is not pricey.  |
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marionjasper
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Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:39 am |
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Topic not related:
I've read from Morrison Exit Interview part 2 at NEWSARAMA that GM's returning to BATMAN on June. I didn't expect he would be back that soon. |
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Job McBadass
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:18 pm |
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This is now the Batman 686 discussion thread.
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Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:07 am |
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Wow. I am...not sure what this feeling is. I'll hold my opinions until the whole thing's out. Just...
Alfred.
And mother careless whisper Joe Chill.
I do have a question though. The panel with the car-watch kid mumbling that Joker's going to kill him, who are the three people entering the place? I'm thinking cape-guy is Ra's. Who's the small kid? And the guy with the shades?
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Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:55 am |
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| The kid is Damian, Bruce's alleged son. And the one with shades might be the White Ghost, Ra's al Ghul's son (supposing that the story doesn't consider some recent continuity events). |
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Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:07 am |
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For some reason, I was expecting Damien to be in the Robin outfit. Or something. That's why I didn't recognize him.
Where the hell is Tim?
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Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:36 am |
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| I don't expect Damian to be in a Robin suit because it may cause some anomaly with BFTC, especially now that it's not starting yet.... |
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Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:41 pm |
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| Um...I don't know. It was nice, I guess. Ish 2, that is. I just think it...I dunno. No words for it. Not awesome, just okay. |
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Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:30 pm |
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Surprisingly not as bad as I thought it would be since I have no more faith in Neil Gaiman and his comics writing skills.
Not bad, but not awesome either. He's not really in par with his mentor except for his Sandman volumes (the original ones, not the money-milking schemes afterwards).
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Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:09 pm |
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I was impressed. It maintained the emotional tone of the Moore classic. It wasn't hamfisted in execution, didn't seem contrived. Gaiman's prose is spare and unpretentious. Nothing like the sometimes heavy-handed emotional butter of Straczynski. Kubert's art here is evocative of our favorite Batman stories (Killing Joke, Arkham Asylum, etc.) while still refraining from direct reference. The paneling were works of art.
It wasn't awesome, that's for sure. Awesome's reserved for the huge-ass explosion that leveled thirteen Gotham City blocks, for the climactic face-off with the Joker on top of the GCPD Central with the night wind screaming in your ears; awesome's a label for the epic boss battle escrima with Ra's in the middle of the Gobi desert or for the skyline cat and mouse with Selina Kyle.
But this didn't have those, did it?
I present you a Batman story without all the superfluous--yet still greatly entertaining--aspects that sometimes take center stage. No fireworks, no fisticuffs, no gratuitous careless whisper; just a simple Batman story about what makes the Dark Knight tick, what keeps him going and what's his place in DC continuity. The Omega Sanction doesn't matter, loopy Gaiman mysticism doesn't matter; this is a story that doesn't answer any questions, or even aimed to ask them in the first place. It's a study of the mythic Batman, with none of the continuity ties and historical back issues that bogs a prolific character such as himself.
The deaths might be incongruous, the character portrayals might be wonky. The Bats might be a psychotic senior citizen with a death wish, a campy pop culture icon with a pot belly, a grizzled urban war veteran or a sleek, debonair tactician with contingency plans wrapped up in contingency plans.
There is only one constant.
He's a vigilante fighting an endless and tireless war on crime.
Good night, Batman.
Hello, Batman.
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Sir Pepoy Josepito
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Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:09 pm |
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i was spoiled by marion through text so whatever
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Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:03 am |
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GOD someone gimme a link for part 2. Wont read a word that Job wrote until I read part 2.
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Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:12 pm |
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Sorry, Joseph. I thought you've already read it the time I sent you a text message.
The issue is really entertaining. I thought I would have my own copy yesterday but there were enough issues on the shelf.
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