Speaking of Fastback – the Zoo Crew are featured in the big Super Pets “Character Encyclopedia” (it’s a fun book; better than the storybooks); along with tons of other animal characters that I assume all originated somewhere in the DC canon.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
Wow, you guys... were not kidding about how good that Kite Man shit was. Damn!
― Nhex, Thursday, 15 February 2018 07:38 (six years ago) link
hell yeah
― mh, Thursday, 15 February 2018 07:56 (six years ago) link
Read this in a bookstore, it's a legit fun Expanse-style take on Green Lantern with no Geoff Johnsisms whatsoever.
https://www.avclub.com/green-lantern-earth-one-spotlights-how-dc-comics-is-lo-1823995385
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 23 March 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
Wow - AV Club does a double whammy of an autoplay video and a pop-up prompt to subscribe to their newsletter!
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Friday, 23 March 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
reserved it from my library
― Nhex, Friday, 23 March 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
OH NO THEY DIDN’T
Back in the present, Rorschach II is freed by "Jane Doe", who is revealed to be the Pre-Zero Hour version of Saturn Girl, the cause of the voices in Rorschach II's head.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 7 April 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
that’s not realno, that’s def realor is it
― star wars ep viii: the bay of porgs (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 7 April 2018 20:05 (six years ago) link
Can't wait to see that twist adapted in Suicide Squad II
― Frederik B, Saturday, 7 April 2018 23:21 (six years ago) link
Geoff Johns exiting his DC President/Chief Creative Officer role.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Monday, 11 June 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
so long, fucko
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 11 June 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
Sadly, it’s worse for us as it means more Geoff Johns comics
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 11 June 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
#DCUDOOMPATROL premieres February 15, only on #DCUNIVERSE. pic.twitter.com/CHF5U3SLQs— DC Universe (@TheDCUniverse) December 21, 2018
Tearoom of despair
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 23 December 2018 01:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.cbr.com/doomsday-clock-dr-manhattan-dc-universe-connections/
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Sunday, 23 December 2018 03:38 (five years ago) link
I'm quietly optimistic about Doom Patrol, the Titans series was at least 50% good and the Doom Patrol ep the best of the bunch.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Sunday, 23 December 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
those poster look pretty fkn cool tbh
― H00kup with Jaundice Singles!! (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 23 December 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
shamefully admit i am interested in that Doom Patrol series. still too lazy to subscribe to a network though
― Nhex, Monday, 24 December 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
Especially an all-DC one.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Monday, 24 December 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
cosign on all the above; i imagine they'll do some sort of big tech package deal where it comes with something like youtube tv eventually though.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
Looks like there’ll be a Warner streaming service in the fall. I expect they’ll roll it into that when it launches
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
I find it unlikely the upcoming Warner service, the upcoming Criterion service AND the DCU service will all be running individually by the end of 2020.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 06:57 (five years ago) link
Did Clark Kent have adventures as Superboy in the current/mainstream continuity, or is it still the post-Crisis thing where he didn’t?
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Saturday, 23 March 2019 06:26 (five years ago) link
Guess this, uh, “clears it up”:
In current mainstream DC continuity, Superman does not begin his public superhero career until adulthood. However, as a teenager he joins the Legion of Super-Heroes,[51] and used the name "Superboy" while visiting the 31st century.[52] Thus, most of Kal-El's pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths stories with the Legion are once again considered canonical. In addition, Clark wears his Superboy outfit when he works as a clandestine superhero in and around Smallville.
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 05:37 (five years ago) link
Yeah this was 'clarified' when Superman and Superman watched Superman blow up then Superman left Superman to be the only Superman and Superboy became 'Superboy' and not Superboy leaving the way clear for Superman to have been Superboy.
The only trouble with that wiki answer is that although that Superman was Superboy in the future with the Legion, there currently isn't and never was a Legion because reasons, although the Legion members may exist but just not remember they never existed.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 09:26 (five years ago) link
reading that gave me a nosebleed
― i'm w/ tato, super hot AND weird!! (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 09:35 (five years ago) link
It did take about a year in the telling (post-Convergence and into the Rebirthiverse).
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 10:02 (five years ago) link
someone needs to stage an intervention on dc, this is v troubling behaviour
― i'm w/ tato, super hot AND weird!! (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 10:04 (five years ago) link
Following up on my post from 3 months ago, Doom Patrol is fkn great - full-on GMoz weirdness. So far we have had:
A black hole contained in a donkey from Paraguay A cockroach narratorA dog with the magic to save the universe inscribed on itA giant floating eye in the skyAnother giant floating eye in the skyA stare-off between the two eyes in the skyNazi scientist puppet showsAnimal-Vegetable-Mineral ManThe lost city of Nurnheim, accessed through a priest's stigmata and inside a snowglobeSome other shit
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 10:10 (five years ago) link
Is the Doom Patrol named the Doom Patrol from the start or do they only formally become the Doom Patrol towards the end of the series, after dressing up in Doom Patrol costumes and operating under the name 'the Doom Patrol' throughout the series? It's DC so I figured I oughtta check.
I've (ahem) acquired all of the episodes but am still very uncertain about how I'll feel about them. Might be helpful to consider the show as its very own thing, unrelated to anything that came before.
― The First Time Ever I Fly @ U Face (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 10:26 (five years ago) link
The Doom Patrol got mentioned for the first time in the latest ep, and isn't them at all (it's a Celsius/Lodestone/Mento lineup).
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 10:31 (five years ago) link
i need to get around to watching that
i just realised matt bomer is playing negative man - have they really hired one of the most comically handsome actors working today and entirely covered his face in bandages?
― i'm w/ tato, super hot AND weird!! (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 10:57 (five years ago) link
He spends a fair proportion out of bandages in flashback.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 11:03 (five years ago) link
i'm into it but happy to wait until it inevitable migrates to one of the big streams
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
Legion might come back following Doomsday Clock given some of the plot elements (Saturn Girl?)
The new Superboy, Jon Kent, is a great addition to the Superman mythos
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
Titans now on Netflix UK (and worth looking at, as a minimum the Doom Patrol ep) so seems the logical destination in about 6mo.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
sounds safe, especially since marvel will be on Disney+ so they need a big ally
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
my money's still on WB's upcoming service / DCU / Criterion merging
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
i will be amused if we get a 7th Seal/Darkseid xover
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
I've read that Bendis has been teasing a potential return, as well...
"I'm sorry, BMB, but we cannot admit you into the LSH creators' club! Your powers are just too ordinary!"
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 16:52 (five years ago) link
This is my regular slot to wonder aloud i. Amazement that anyone at all still gives a fuck about the tedious old Legion.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
Why is the Legion any more inherently tedious than any other DC thing that’s been around 50-80 years, and has been rebooted 4 to 10 times?
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
Because this whole game is about picking your arbitrary sides and giving other people's arbitrary sides a hearty round of the raspberries. The Legion? Pshaw! They're no L.E.G.I.O.N. '89!
― The First Time Ever I Fly @ U Face (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:08 (five years ago) link
L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 were no L.E.G.I.O.N. '90.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
lol!
Like I admit it's somewhat corny to purport to depict what Earth and humans will be like in 1000 years -- but it's no cornier than Planet Krypton, or the Green Lantern Corps, or (shudder) "Superboy Prime," or a lot of other DC stuff. Trying to spin contemporary cool out of Golden Age corn is their thing, right?
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
(Or "Silver Age," I guess... in fact one of their first attempts at "coolness" was probably when they tried to ghettoize the Golden Age stuff back in the day.)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:36 (five years ago) link
to be fair, I kind of hate all that other stuff you listed. But yes, the Legion just seems a particularly dated and tedious bit of nonsense. But I'm aware it's hard to justify this.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 28 March 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
Karate Guy and Matter Eater Lad and crying inside
― Nhex, Thursday, 28 March 2019 01:04 (five years ago) link
I think a Legion revival, if done well (and I know DC’d track record isn’t particular strong with that), could be cool & timely — because (among other things) the Legion has a large cast of characters, at least half of them women (depending on how Luornu is split at any given moment, LOL); and their interest lies less in their powers than in their relationships and interactions with each other. Plus, their world sits at a comfortable remove from the messiness of the present-day DC universe... at least until the demands of “making a new continuity work” intrude to f up their shit.
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Thursday, 28 March 2019 01:53 (five years ago) link
btw - I kinda like DC's intentions with a somewhat softer push on the New Age of Heroes line, which is largely a DC inversion of Marvel properties featuring mostly new characters introduced after <i>Dark Nights: Metal</i>. They're not all good, but I like that it was at least a creative push that was going for new books and characters and not just yet another universe reboot
At least Silencer (sorta-Elektra) was decent; Terrifics (Fantastic Four) and Damage (Hulk) were so-so. There's like three or more other books in the line I haven't gotten around to? Looks like they've already all been cancelled except for those first two anyway.
― Nhex, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:18 (five years ago) link
I think the Waid 'up yours, grandpa" Legion from (ouch) 2004 was pretty close to what you're describing, Morris - I remember enjoying it at the time, though after a while it just dissolves into soap opera again.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:47 (five years ago) link