Stepjan Sejic is finally making the book he has been trying to get made for years, Harleen, with DC Black Label following Harleen Quinzel's first meeting with the Joker and transformation into Harley Quinn .
This comes like 2 weeks after another Black Label book announcement, Harley Quinn/Joker: Criminal Insanity, by Kami Garcia and Mike Mayhew, with the same premise but recasting Harley as a profiler working with the GCPD to try and catch Joker rather than his psychiatrist in Arkham.
Boy is stuff about Harley and Joker's origins and romance basically the last kind of Harley Quinn story I wanna read
The best hope I can have is that they will be very clear in showing how horrible the Joker is and try not to make him sympathetic or relatable at all.
I like Stepjan Sejic's art and admittedly haven't read Sunstone or his other work that he has written but with how...extremely horny all of his art is am I definitely worried that he is gonna end up making it sexy Joker and Harley times, even if it doesn't end with them together, and woof no thank you
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Its about time Saturn Girl had something new that wasn't a bikini.
I had to look this up because I've never seen her in a bikini costume. She had 1? Decades ago?
What I meant is that she got a bikini, then went back to endless variations of her original costume. Some of which were very good. But its nice to see something different.
Solicits are out with one last surprise, the Inferior Five book from Jeff Lemire and Keith Giffen is finally actually coming out, still 12 issues.
The other big stuff:
Naomi makes her first appearance outside of her solo series in Action Comics, asking Superman for advice.
Batman/Superman seems like a skip for me as the first hero infected by TBWL and turned into a twisted nightmare is Shazam. I'm good!
The Lois Lane miniseries will he co-starring The Question....s. That's right, both Renee Montoya AND Vic Sage are officially active as The Question in the DCU. Hell yeah!!!
Jon is 10000000% being recruited by the LoSH.
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I like Stepjan Sejic's art and admittedly haven't read Sunstone or his other work that he has written but with how...extremely horny all of his art is am I definitely worried that he is gonna end up making it sexy Joker and Harley times, even if it doesn't end with them together, and woof no thank you
If it's based on the Harley Quinn thing he had been doing as fanfic, it's pretty much Harley/Ivy with Harley telling Ivy about how her relationship started and how she came to realize that she was in an abusive relationship.
James Tynion announced his first creator owned book in 2 years, with Werther Dell'Edera on art: Something is Killing the Children
"In a sleepy town in the heart of America, children have started to die in horrific ways. The local police are mystified by the brutal murders, and frantic to catch the killer. But they refuse to believe reports of impossible creatures that lurk in the shadows snatching children and tearing them to pieces, especially since the only people who claim to have seen these so-called monsters are other children. Enter Erica Slaughter, a mysterious stranger who rides into town and claims she can solve their “monster” problem. But can the townspeople trust this dangerous outsider with their children’s lives? And more importantly, can the children trust this strange adult with their secrets?"
JLD has remained one of my favorite books since it launched and has done an outstanding job of making horror work with an ensemble cast of superheroes, I am excited and terrified to see what Tynion does with complete free reign in the genre.
Batman #73 might be showing the big changes King has planned that he was talking about cause Hoo Boy
The issue has Flashpoint Batman, Thomas Wayne, dragging Bruce and a coffin through the desert.
Thomas has been working with Bane for undisclosed reasons (his survival of the events of The Button crossover are going to be explained shortly per King) and working as part of Bane'a big plot to destroy Bruce.
Turns out, it was because he hates what Bruce has become. He respects his strength and skill and desire to save people, but loathes that Bruce has used his and Martha's deaths as an excuse to not live his life and be happy.
So he let Bane break Bruce down harder than he has been broken before, and then absconded with him. Because, now is the time for Bruce to rebuild. Not just his body, but everything about himself and who he is.
Thomas is going to the Death Pits, the ultimate Lazarus Pit that Ra's keeps hidden, and bringing Martha's body with him. Their son won't be alone anymore, and Bruce won't have his vow to hide behind.
And Bane will realize just how much scarier and effective a Bruce Wayne who is willing to move past his childish crusade and grow as a person, with the love of his life and his parents supporting him, is.
Batman #73 might be showing the big changes King has planned that he was talking about cause Hoo Boy
The issue has Flashpoint Batman, Thomas Wayne, dragging Bruce and a coffin through the desert.
Thomas has been working with Bane for undisclosed reasons (his survival of the events of The Button crossover are going to be explained shortly per King) and working as part of Bane'a big plot to destroy Bruce.
Turns out, it was because he hates what Bruce has become. He respects his strength and skill and desire to save people, but loathes that Bruce has used his and Martha's deaths as an excuse to not live his life and be happy.
So he let Bane break Bruce down harder than he has been broken before, and then absconded with him. Because, now is the time for Bruce to rebuild. Not just his body, but everything about himself and who he is.
Thomas is going to the Death Pits, the ultimate Lazarus Pit that Ra's keeps hidden, and bringing Martha's body with him. Their son won't be alone anymore, and Bruce won't have his vow to hide behind.
And Bane will realize just how much scarier and effective a Bruce Wayne who is willing to move past his childish crusade and grow as a person, with the love of his life and his parents supporting him, is.
I didn’t like King’s Sanctuary stuff
But this right here? Takes some big ole brass balls.
It’s about damn time, and I wholeheartedly approve everything about this.
If this isn't a fakeout and is the direction King is pushing Bruce, I totally get his "this is going to change the character for a decade" talk because what a fundamental shift
Just
Goddamn
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GustavFriend of GoatsSomewhere in the OzarksRegistered Userregular
If by change the character for the decade I'm gunna guess he means probably get undone very quickly by the next writer
If by change the character for the decade I'm gunna guess he means probably get undone very quickly by the next writer
He has said as recently as last week that he is working with the writer who is taking over after he leaves and that they are running with the set up in a "very cool way"
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And the news just keeps on coming, as Tom King did an interview with EW and confirmed Batman and Catwoman are reuniting in Batman #75.
Bane breaks Bruce and runs him out of Gotham, which leaves Bruce trying to rebuild himself and failing at every turn, hitting rock bottom. And that's when Selena finds him.
King also clarifies that his run being shortened and changed to Batman/Catwoman was done to assist his schedule (he is working on the New Gods movie, a TV project and a new book with Mitch Gerads besides Batman stuff), as a monthly book is much easier than a bi-monthly one.
He also reaffirmed that Batman/Catwoman is still following his planned ending for the run, and that Clay Mann was already planned to draw it. The only changes are a few issues of length and it being a standalone mini.
100 bucks on how rich Johnson triples down on "no it's because of these reasons which I made up actually."
That's a pretty impressive move, and I'm curious to see where it goes, but I actually don't fully like it for one reason:
It's built on the assumption that Bruce is still hung up on his parent's death. There have been multiple interpretations of the character over the years, and some have been the "My parents are DEEEEAD" version and some have been the "I have moved past it and have built a new family for myself now" version.
As a younger man, I was like "Well of course he's still fucked up about it, that's what makes him so dark, he's a 'rich boy with issues; lots of issues' JLU never forget Conroy Conroy Conroy". More and more, though, I've been leaning towards thinking that this take is kind of weak, and that it's much more interesting to have a Batman who moves past his trauma, recognizes the good in life and that people care about him, and still keeps doing his Batman thing. So, I'd prefer that view of Batman, generally.
But, actually, as I was writing this post, it occurred to me that if King's story is truly accepted into the canon, then that's exactly what's going to happen. Bruce will not have the "My parents are deeeeead" excuse for other writers to use as a crutch, and they'll have to write something more forward-looking.
(Although I still prefer Bruce moving forward by recognizing that he has friends who love and support him, rather than moving-forward-by-moving-backwards and having his parents be resurrected.)
that he won't go through with it and ends up stopping his father, acknowledging that he's moved past it but also ends up feeling guilty that maybe he made the wrong choice. Especially if Selina's finding him in #75
that he won't go through with it and ends up stopping his father, acknowledging that he's moved past it but also ends up feeling guilty that maybe he made the wrong choice. Especially if Selina's finding him in #75
I can definitely see that, and a way that this ends without Thomas and Martha alive and active but as long as the core idea of Bruce longer being bound and obsessed by his parent's death sticks I am fine
The Lazarus pits are not a fix any corpse for free button. Someone who just died, sure. So if this works, does he go to Dick and offer to get his parents up and alive again next? Are any of Tim's parents dead after the cluster they made of the timeline? I think it'd be nice to call up Barry for his mom... Opening this storytelling device is a fucking bad idea.
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FencingsaxIt is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understandingGNU Terry PratchettRegistered Userregular
The Lazarus pits are not a fix any corpse for free button. Someone who just died, sure. So if this works, does he go to Dick and offer to get his parents up and alive again next? Are any of Tim's parents dead after the cluster they made of the timeline? I think it'd be nice to call up Barry for his mom... Opening this storytelling device is a fucking bad idea.
this is one reason why I think Bruce isn't going to go through with it. He is probably going to be real pissed Dad worked with Bane to screw Gotham, though.
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GustavFriend of GoatsSomewhere in the OzarksRegistered Userregular
Honestly I don't like it at all just based on how it's being presented through summary and speculation. Could def work better in text, and with like the actual end point of the story... but
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I really really don't like the idea of dealing with grief through basically a magic OH HEY YOUR PARENTS ARE ALIVE AGAIN kind of easy button fix.
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FencingsaxIt is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understandingGNU Terry PratchettRegistered Userregular
Honestly I don't like it at all just based on how it's being presented through summary and speculation. Could def work better in text, and with like the actual end point of the story... but
Batman status quo spoilers
I really really don't like the idea of dealing with grief through basically a magic OH HEY YOUR PARENTS ARE ALIVE AGAIN kind of easy button fix.
King has to know about Brand New Day
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GustavFriend of GoatsSomewhere in the OzarksRegistered Userregular
Sure. And I don’t know that I really buy that this is what the big status quo change actually is.
But I dunno, if it is, I might just be the one dork mad in the corner about it
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I had to look this up because I've never seen her in a bikini costume. She had 1? Decades ago?
The Legion are making their first DCU appearance in Superman #15 to "make an offer" to a member of the Superman family.
(It's Jon.
They are recruiting Superboy.)
This comes like 2 weeks after another Black Label book announcement, Harley Quinn/Joker: Criminal Insanity, by Kami Garcia and Mike Mayhew, with the same premise but recasting Harley as a profiler working with the GCPD to try and catch Joker rather than his psychiatrist in Arkham.
Boy is stuff about Harley and Joker's origins and romance basically the last kind of Harley Quinn story I wanna read
The best hope I can have is that they will be very clear in showing how horrible the Joker is and try not to make him sympathetic or relatable at all.
What I meant is that she got a bikini, then went back to endless variations of her original costume. Some of which were very good. But its nice to see something different.
I've been reading Legion for a long time.
This book is already perfect
The other big stuff:
Naomi makes her first appearance outside of her solo series in Action Comics, asking Superman for advice.
Batman/Superman seems like a skip for me as the first hero infected by TBWL and turned into a twisted nightmare is Shazam. I'm good!
The Lois Lane miniseries will he co-starring The Question....s. That's right, both Renee Montoya AND Vic Sage are officially active as The Question in the DCU. Hell yeah!!!
Jon is 10000000% being recruited by the LoSH.
Should be a good 12 issues.
not to be rude but
did you really expect anything different?
If it's based on the Harley Quinn thing he had been doing as fanfic, it's pretty much Harley/Ivy with Harley telling Ivy about how her relationship started and how she came to realize that she was in an abusive relationship.
(Tweet is from 2016, but I expect this will be very similar).
edit: Tweet-quote (because I always get annoyed when others don't do it:
JLD has remained one of my favorite books since it launched and has done an outstanding job of making horror work with an ensemble cast of superheroes, I am excited and terrified to see what Tynion does with complete free reign in the genre.
Because that's what his origin definitely needed
(One of the critics I follow, Oliver Sava, thought the book was pretty good until hitting that point and then it just falls off a cliff)
Batman #73 might be showing the big changes King has planned that he was talking about cause Hoo Boy
Thomas has been working with Bane for undisclosed reasons (his survival of the events of The Button crossover are going to be explained shortly per King) and working as part of Bane'a big plot to destroy Bruce.
Turns out, it was because he hates what Bruce has become. He respects his strength and skill and desire to save people, but loathes that Bruce has used his and Martha's deaths as an excuse to not live his life and be happy.
So he let Bane break Bruce down harder than he has been broken before, and then absconded with him. Because, now is the time for Bruce to rebuild. Not just his body, but everything about himself and who he is.
Thomas is going to the Death Pits, the ultimate Lazarus Pit that Ra's keeps hidden, and bringing Martha's body with him. Their son won't be alone anymore, and Bruce won't have his vow to hide behind.
And Bane will realize just how much scarier and effective a Bruce Wayne who is willing to move past his childish crusade and grow as a person, with the love of his life and his parents supporting him, is.
I didn’t like King’s Sanctuary stuff
But this right here? Takes some big ole brass balls.
It’s about damn time, and I wholeheartedly approve everything about this.
I need a few days to process that one
I think I love that
This Tom King guy, he's got some good ideas and thoughts
If this isn't a fakeout and is the direction King is pushing Bruce, I totally get his "this is going to change the character for a decade" talk because what a fundamental shift
Just
Goddamn
100 bucks on how rich Johnson triples down on "no it's because of these reasons which I made up actually."
As a younger man, I was like "Well of course he's still fucked up about it, that's what makes him so dark, he's a 'rich boy with issues; lots of issues' JLU never forget Conroy Conroy Conroy". More and more, though, I've been leaning towards thinking that this take is kind of weak, and that it's much more interesting to have a Batman who moves past his trauma, recognizes the good in life and that people care about him, and still keeps doing his Batman thing. So, I'd prefer that view of Batman, generally.
But, actually, as I was writing this post, it occurred to me that if King's story is truly accepted into the canon, then that's exactly what's going to happen. Bruce will not have the "My parents are deeeeead" excuse for other writers to use as a crutch, and they'll have to write something more forward-looking.
(Although I still prefer Bruce moving forward by recognizing that he has friends who love and support him, rather than moving-forward-by-moving-backwards and having his parents be resurrected.)
Jimmy Olsen #1 got the Zdarsky seal of approval
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But I dunno, if it is, I might just be the one dork mad in the corner about it