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Ask Whippy (Or ANYBODY) Thread Mark XVIII
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I just want to know how they compare and I don't really have the comic book knowledge to really decide for myself yet.
Also, how does anyone defeat the Silver Surfer?
Arm-lock.
Make him feel guilty.
Honestly though, if the tournament taught us anything it's that, given the bias of the writer, anyone can beat anyone else at any time....
Therefore, most questions of "could ____ beat _____" can all be answered "yes and no."
That only works for batman.
They all have complexes, which is why they're villains
Double-u tee eff. That's for Batman, and Batman only.
Of note is that Earth-2 is going to be Golden Age pulp action style stuff and Earth-3 is evil Earth-2. Anti-Matter Earth is still in-continuity and regularly "teams up" with Earth-3.
Earth 4 is all "film noir'd" up featuring the Charlton characters and Earth 5 is apparently Harry Potter inspired.
More like lightning bolt to the torso and roll into a friggin canyon
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By this I mean, all future appearances on New Earth by these characters will cease. DC doesn't have to write off everything that happened, history can remain the same, but, in order to save the fabric of the Multiverse or some shit, everyone should be sent back to their original Earths. I like the idea of DC publishing books that cover the different Earths. I love the idea of the JSA going back to being the premier superteam on its own Earth.
Earth-2's are still considered to be 3/5 of a person, though, so at least we're making progress.
My question is: Without having read any DC in years, and I mean since Hal came back, how hard would it be to get into the current Flash/Lantern books, without any knowledge of 52 and One Year Later? Which Lantern book should I pick up, since I know there's a couple. Also, is there still a book about Kyle Rayner, now that he's Ion?
You forgot Black Panther, who, incidentally, did beat up the Silver Surfer last issue in FF. It turns out his Galactus Contingency Plan was pretty good.
The GL Corps is about to get beat down. Again.
Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
Flash book: Bart Allen (the former Impulse/Kid Flash) is now the Flash, and Barry Allen is dead/part of the speed force. It's Bart Allen, so if you don't like him, you probably won't care for the book. Besides that warning, the book is okay. Hardly the apex of superhero storytelling today, but neither is it the worst of the lot. If you just want some red-union-suit-fast-runner action, it's perfect. The current arc will confuse the hell out of you. Heck, the whole first year is a bit confusing, because it's hard to figure out what happened to Bart when he dragged Superboy-Prime into the Speed Force during Infinite Crisis.
Green Lantern: Hal Jordan stars in the main book. I don't read it, and I don't know enough about it to tell you anything worthwhile.
Ion: Kyle Rayner is Ion, and he flies around the Universe tending to his own narcissistic needs. I bought the trade for the first 6 issues, and it was ho-hum. Maybe it's become better since then (current issue is 13, I think).
Green Lantern Corps: I bought the first issue of this one. It seemed okay, if you really, really love the Green Lantern mythos.
Ion was a 12 issue maxiseries, it's over. And ho-hum is a pretty good description. As for the GL books, I dont know that I would advise now as a good time to jump right in, since the Sinestro Corps event is about to happen and its been building up for quite awhile. If you are interested in getting into GL, I'd suggest going back to Green Lantern: Rebirth and then Green Lantern Corps: Recharge, these are the two minis that set the current GLC status quo, after that you could skip ahead to the OYL storylines of each book if you want to get "current" in a hurry, but I've enoyed the entire run of both series so I would say to read it.
As for Flash, Bart Allen recently took over the mantle, and his whole storyline (both back. present, and future) are tied up in Infinite Crisis and Countdown, so it would probably be pretty daunting to hop on. However there are a bunch of trades featuring the Wally West Flash by Geoff Johns (and Waid's run before his is also highly regarded) that are what made me fall in love with the character.
Fuck me I'm glad you aren't writing for DC.
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I still look shit up on wiki before I ask about it.
As far as Bart being Flash, he's gotta be my favorite, just because he was always my favorite. Well, except Wally. The thing in Zero Hour, when he recited Johnny's formula in order to "stop time" so he could say goodbye to Linda? I was a little choked up.
I'm thinking I'll at least look at GLC or one of the others. I'm hesitant to buy DC at all, really.
Where can I buy a black costume spider-man minimate (think that was series 2) that isn't >$45 on ebay.
Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
Thats right, I forgot he got freed in Daredevil
Guess who's coming to my LCS?
Die in a fire.
DAMNIT!!! Until I moved to Colorado last summer, that was my LCS!!
Because Whedon apparently hates the idea of his comics fitting in with things happening elsewhere