Okay first, I like the new Captain Marv....I mean Shazam costume. Also Shazam is a stupid name to have and will help to ensure the guy doesn't take off so good. Seriously it sounds so freaking 40's.
Have him be Captain Marvel or just call him something else that sounds better.
Third, yeah okay what the hell is up with that face....that's a murder face if ever saw one. If this guy came to rescue me I'd be afraid he was going to rip my stomach open and start to feast on my intestine.
Did anyone post the Catwoman cover? That kind of thing can't possibly even be attractive cheesecake anymore, it looks like a tongue-in-cheek ironic cover.
Makes my spine hurt.
EDIT: Something about the Birds of Prey cover creeps me out, too, but I can't tell what it is. Maybe Black Canary's face? I actually really like that art, but something seems off.
Okay first, I like the new Captain Marv....I mean Shazam costume. Also Shazam is a stupid name to have and will help to ensure the guy doesn't take off so good. Seriously it sounds so freaking 40's.
Have him be Captain Marvel or just call him something else that sounds better.
Third, yeah okay what the hell is up with that face....that's a murder face if ever saw one. If this guy came to rescue me I'd be afraid he was going to rip my stomach open and start to feast on my intestine.
Hear me out.... What if they just callled him Mr Marvel
That's an even goofier name than Shazam!
Honestly
ditch the Marvel
Marvel is a name brand at this point, even with the average person. Having a DC dude named MARVEL is just gonna get confusing especially since Marvel itself also has a Captain Marvel.
Not only is there a Smallville comic but it's written by the guy who was writing my favorite DC book before the reboot and now I wanna cry because even I can't bring myself to buy a 99 cent Smallville comic.
Hear me out.... What if they just callled him Mr Marvel
That's an even goofier name than Shazam!
Honestly
ditch the Marvel
Marvel is a name brand at this point, even with the average person. Having a DC dude named MARVEL is just gonna get confusing especially since Marvel itself also has a Captain Marvel.
One of the first comics I read as a kid was a 90's Superman issue that featured a Captain Marvel team-up, and I thought it was a Marvel Comics crossover.
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Not only is there a Smallville comic but it's written by the guy who was writing my favorite DC book before the reboot and now I wanna cry because even I can't bring myself to buy a 99 cent Smallville comic.
Stupid DC, why you gotta be so stupid.
Smallville isn't all bad. It has a decent mythology (with many crappy things in it). All it needs is a good writer to expand the universe and create good stories.
Werewolf:
That looks great.
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Yeah, I thought so. Also liked the cover for the next issue of the Phantom Lady mini:
Also of interest in the extended solicitations: "Art of Amanda Conner" hardcover collecting a bunch of her DC stories, and one of those $150 1000+ page monsters collecting the "52" series. (The year-long one by Morrision et al).
So, my guess is we're looking at the new version of The Tattooed Man?
This is what I thought as well. It seems like something Geoff Johns would do; bring back what was essentially a throw away character he created a long ass time ago, and who was only ever used in Final Crisis afterward.
Also, Rocafort is the best at art, and I liked Lobdell's Superboy.
I am... torn.
Beyond that, I'm super fucking bummed out that Jurgens and Giffen are off the book already. I read an interview with either them or the Superbook editor that said they had planned a full two year run.
Their Hellspont issues sucked, but I'm sure that was entirely on the powers that be. Issue 9 was the first real breath of life for the book, and now we're losing two great creators before they even get a chance.
Also, this will be the first time these two particular creators don't have ongoing work at DC in ages.
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Hear me out.... What if they just callled him Mr Marvel
That's an even goofier name than Shazam!
Honestly
ditch the Marvel
Marvel is a name brand at this point, even with the average person. Having a DC dude named MARVEL is just gonna get confusing especially since Marvel itself also has a Captain Marvel.
That's just... ridiculous. Captain Marvel was the original, and was created in 1939. Letting Marvel have that name, when all they did was copy it, would be like giving a pryomaniac a book of matches for Christmas. Seriously, I don't want to reward someone for ripping something off, then suing to keep their name, and having a judge so hilariously ill-informed on "funny-books," that the judgment wouldn't allow the original to have his own name on a cover.
Also of interest in the extended solicitations: "Art of Amanda Conner" hardcover collecting a bunch of her DC stories, and one of those $150 1000+ page monsters collecting the "52" series. (The year-long one by Morrision et al).
Oh, hey, cool!
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So, my guess is we're looking at the new version of The Tattooed Man?
This is what I thought as well. It seems like something Geoff Johns would do; bring back what was essentially a throw away character he created a long ass time ago, and who was only ever used in Final Crisis afterward.
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Wait, I'm maybe misreading what you're saying here, but Johns didn't create the Tattooed Man. That's a GL foe from like waaaayyyyy back in the Silver Age.
He was in two fillery issues way early on in Johns's GL run, and then he popped up briefly in Final Crisis and was the subject of one of the Aftermath minis.
He was a black ex-marine who had been lost in combat, and returned with mystical tattoo powers from some generic DC stand-in nation. His thing was redemption. He killed bad people and the mystical element of his powers led him to believe that he would absorb their sins through his tattoos, somehow redeeming them. Then later on he became a good guy, anti-hero, and badguy over and over and over again.
The thing that drove me bug-nuts about the new Tattooed Man, was that the old Tattooed Man, who died to make way for Johns', was already a semi-reformed villain. So all that redemption stuff would have worked so much better with him, rather than the psychopathic murderer.
burn this shit to the ground
fire everybody but morrison, manhke and giffen and... snyder? I don't know, i'm too disgusted to know who else grovels and or wallows there
Hear me out.... What if they just callled him Mr Marvel
That's an even goofier name than Shazam!
Honestly
ditch the Marvel
Marvel is a name brand at this point, even with the average person. Having a DC dude named MARVEL is just gonna get confusing especially since Marvel itself also has a Captain Marvel.
That's just... ridiculous. Captain Marvel was the original, and was created in 1939. Letting Marvel have that name, when all they did was copy it, would be like giving a pryomaniac a book of matches for Christmas. Seriously, I don't want to reward someone for ripping something off, then suing to keep their name, and having a judge so hilariously ill-informed on "funny-books," that the judgment wouldn't allow the original to have his own name on a cover.
And just calling him Shazam is stupid.
It doesn't matter what you think is ridiculous, Marvel owns the name Captain Marvel when it comes to titling or advertising anything.
So Captain Marvel cannot be in any book or movie or show called Captain Marvel and cannot be referred to as Captain Marvel in any advertisment for his products.
burn this shit to the ground
fire everybody but morrison, manhke and giffen and... snyder? I don't know, i'm too disgusted to know who else grovels and or wallows there
what dreck
In fairness to DC, I feel like they're making the right moves, and trying to gett their house in order.
We've got new concepts like Talon, who's getting his own book, as well as stuff like DC Comics Presents or Weird Worlds, which were used to showcase new characters and concepts.
We've got revamps of old characters and concepts, like Amethyst, Doll Man, Phantom Lady, Team 7, and all the National Comics revivals.
There seems to be a greater effort to make books woman-friendly, like putting Star Sapphire in a costume that's not 90% skin, giving Power Girl a sensible origin and costume, and hiring writers like Ann Nocenti and Christy Marx.
They're bringing in guys from indie comics too, like Matt Kindt, Justin Jordan, and Tom Taylor.
I mean, their relaunch was still incredibly ill-planned and executed, and they have a long way to go, when it comes to getting me interested in their universe. But, I feel like they're making some progress.
I'm actually planning to try a couple of books from this round of solicitations, so that's something.
The thing that drove me bug-nuts about the new Tattooed Man, was that the old Tattooed Man, who died to make way for Johns', was already a semi-reformed villain. So all that redemption stuff would have worked so much better with him, rather than the psychopathic murderer.
The thing that drove me bug-nuts about the new Tattooed Man, was that the old Tattooed Man, who died to make way for Johns', was already a semi-reformed villain. So all that redemption stuff would have worked so much better with him, rather than the psychopathic murderer.
EDIT: Something about the Birds of Prey cover creeps me out, too, but I can't tell what it is. Maybe Black Canary's face? I actually really like that art, but something seems off.
The face doesn't look like it aligns with the skull.
Also the head is too small for the body. You know, that's a funny thing. So many actors have been used as models but the shitty artists forget that most actors are small and have relatively larger heads.
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Maybe it's just me, but I've really liked the preview art of all of Artgerm's covers for BoP. They're very pretty.
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Have him be Captain Marvel or just call him something else that sounds better.
Third, yeah okay what the hell is up with that face....that's a murder face if ever saw one. If this guy came to rescue me I'd be afraid he was going to rip my stomach open and start to feast on my intestine.
Makes my spine hurt.
EDIT: Something about the Birds of Prey cover creeps me out, too, but I can't tell what it is. Maybe Black Canary's face? I actually really like that art, but something seems off.
"Ride or Die" confirmed Dominic Toretto, as they took off to find the Dragon Balls in hopes of reviving their friend Sonic
Honestly
ditch the Marvel
Marvel is a name brand at this point, even with the average person. Having a DC dude named MARVEL is just gonna get confusing especially since Marvel itself also has a Captain Marvel.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
it was really cool and I was enjoying it a lot
this fucking sucks
With Liefield working so much at DC maybe he'll sell his stuff to DC too!
There you go, all cheered up.
it is exactly the kind of thing I love to read about with regards to superheroes
and now it is cancelled
*sob*
And is that girl Nightwing?
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
Not only is there a Smallville comic but it's written by the guy who was writing my favorite DC book before the reboot and now I wanna cry because even I can't bring myself to buy a 99 cent Smallville comic.
Stupid DC, why you gotta be so stupid.
One of the first comics I read as a kid was a 90's Superman issue that featured a Captain Marvel team-up, and I thought it was a Marvel Comics crossover.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
Smallville isn't all bad. It has a decent mythology (with many crappy things in it). All it needs is a good writer to expand the universe and create good stories.
Werewolf:
That looks great.
Yeah, I thought so. Also liked the cover for the next issue of the Phantom Lady mini:
Also of interest in the extended solicitations: "Art of Amanda Conner" hardcover collecting a bunch of her DC stories, and one of those $150 1000+ page monsters collecting the "52" series. (The year-long one by Morrision et al).
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
This is what I thought as well. It seems like something Geoff Johns would do; bring back what was essentially a throw away character he created a long ass time ago, and who was only ever used in Final Crisis afterward.
Also, Rocafort is the best at art, and I liked Lobdell's Superboy.
I am... torn.
Beyond that, I'm super fucking bummed out that Jurgens and Giffen are off the book already. I read an interview with either them or the Superbook editor that said they had planned a full two year run.
Their Hellspont issues sucked, but I'm sure that was entirely on the powers that be. Issue 9 was the first real breath of life for the book, and now we're losing two great creators before they even get a chance.
Also, this will be the first time these two particular creators don't have ongoing work at DC in ages.
That's just... ridiculous. Captain Marvel was the original, and was created in 1939. Letting Marvel have that name, when all they did was copy it, would be like giving a pryomaniac a book of matches for Christmas. Seriously, I don't want to reward someone for ripping something off, then suing to keep their name, and having a judge so hilariously ill-informed on "funny-books," that the judgment wouldn't allow the original to have his own name on a cover.
And just calling him Shazam is stupid.
Oh, hey, cool!
Wait, I'm maybe misreading what you're saying here, but Johns didn't create the Tattooed Man. That's a GL foe from like waaaayyyyy back in the Silver Age.
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Yeah.
He was in two fillery issues way early on in Johns's GL run, and then he popped up briefly in Final Crisis and was the subject of one of the Aftermath minis.
He was a black ex-marine who had been lost in combat, and returned with mystical tattoo powers from some generic DC stand-in nation. His thing was redemption. He killed bad people and the mystical element of his powers led him to believe that he would absorb their sins through his tattoos, somehow redeeming them. Then later on he became a good guy, anti-hero, and badguy over and over and over again.
Also, Rob Liefeld, how can you be so bad at drawing guns?
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goddamn
burn this shit to the ground
fire everybody but morrison, manhke and giffen and... snyder? I don't know, i'm too disgusted to know who else grovels and or wallows there
what dreck
So Captain Marvel cannot be in any book or movie or show called Captain Marvel and cannot be referred to as Captain Marvel in any advertisment for his products.
Changing the name is a no-brainer.
In fairness to DC, I feel like they're making the right moves, and trying to gett their house in order.
We've got new concepts like Talon, who's getting his own book, as well as stuff like DC Comics Presents or Weird Worlds, which were used to showcase new characters and concepts.
We've got revamps of old characters and concepts, like Amethyst, Doll Man, Phantom Lady, Team 7, and all the National Comics revivals.
There seems to be a greater effort to make books woman-friendly, like putting Star Sapphire in a costume that's not 90% skin, giving Power Girl a sensible origin and costume, and hiring writers like Ann Nocenti and Christy Marx.
They're bringing in guys from indie comics too, like Matt Kindt, Justin Jordan, and Tom Taylor.
I mean, their relaunch was still incredibly ill-planned and executed, and they have a long way to go, when it comes to getting me interested in their universe. But, I feel like they're making some progress.
I'm actually planning to try a couple of books from this round of solicitations, so that's something.
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Those feet.
oh god why did ardian syaf and ed benes swap red lanterns and batgirl in september
oh god
I hope this isn't permanent
...not sure what to think there.
... and muscles, hair, gear, stance, and ...
The face doesn't look like it aligns with the skull.
Also the head is too small for the body. You know, that's a funny thing. So many actors have been used as models but the shitty artists forget that most actors are small and have relatively larger heads.
He's also the one that did a bunch of Batgirl covers, right?
Dude is really talented.
In related news, I'm setting up One Year Later-Selina in Riverside in the Sims 3 with Helena. Who knows what might happen?