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Final Crisis and also how to fix DC Comics
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Since my old thread got locked, here's a new one!
I think Final Crisis was pretty good upon re-reading it, except for the last issue which was way out there!
Doug Mahnke's art in #7 was awesome (except for his weird eyes) and he should've done the whole thing
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I think Final Crisis was pretty good upon re-reading it, except for the last issue which was way out there!
Doug Mahnke's art in #7 was awesome (except for his weird eyes) and he should've done the whole thing
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Does Superman Beyond explain how Mandrakk got all evil? I know he was the original Monitor, but not much beyond (hah) that.
And Doug Mahnke needs to be put on something high-profile right away. Maybe Flash, once Van Sciver moves on. Or Robinson's Justice League.
Really, just anything that doesn't suck and gives him the prestige he deserves.
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Oh, and I'm way excited that Barry Allen is back. Here's to hoping that Flash: Rebirth is as awesome as Green Lantern: Rebirth was.
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i really enjoyed 7. i picked up the two superman beyond issues as well, since everyone has been raving about them, but i haven't read them yet.
my favorite parts of 7 were pretty much everything with superman. i think morrison writes superman and superman-related issues better than pretty much anyone around, case in point for example the revelation of superman's wish on the magic wish machine.
the only big thing i've read that i can think of is the frankenstein arc of seven soldiers.
oh and stormwatch p.d., a book of which i bought the first trade back when it came out and never got around to reading.
so...
do I need to spoiler here?
His art on Frankenstein was amazing. And also he is apparently some kind of freakish art chameleon. I read it and was like "man this guy is great, it's a shame this horror style would never work for a vanilla superhero book" and then Superman Beyond blew me away with how completely different (yet recognizable) it was.
EDIT: and you will love Superman Beyond. It's a giant love letter to the guy.
Recently, he did Black Adam: The Dark Age, and Stormwatch PHD, as Servo mentioned. Before that, Frankenstein, Justice League Elite, a bunch of Superman, some JLA, Major Bummer, and tons of other stuff. He also mentored Green Lantern Corps' Patrick Gleason. The dude's been working steady for years, with good writers like Chris Gage and Peter Tomasi, and he always turns in great work.
It just bugs me that guys like Ed Benes and Tony Daniels are working on top tier books, and in my opinion ruining them with their mediocrity, while Mahnke works on books that sell 30,000 copies or less.
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Like, ok, omega sanction or whatever, but a rocket?
Yes. This. I literally cannot believe some of the stuff that gets touted as good art these days, and it's a crime that guys like Mahnke get ignored.
Did you read the book?
Don't pull that shit... it didn't make sense to me either. Maybe you can explain it to us, without being a dick for once.
Nope.
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Didn't think so.
Daniel isn't that bad, he's improved a lot since he started on Batman. Benes, yeah, what happened to him? I actually thought he was pretty good on Birds of Prey...
Sentry:
As for his charred corpse, we'll probably find out when they eventually bring him back (or get Morrison to write a mini-series following him and his efforts to get back to the future). My guess is that that was actually his body but he only appeared dead. He then broke free of the Omega Sanction but by then, he'd already been shot into the past.
Edit: oh I guess they could have put Batman's corpse in the time capsule...but that's kinda weird
Really, if Batman is now functionally immortal and constantly moving from one place and time to the next, him meeting the rocket is inevitable.
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yeah but...
at this point, it's the only thing that makes sense... but even then...
Yeah... I still see the flaws, but whatever... it was an awesome Batman moment... despite undermining the character completely, I guess.
Yeah, I just re-read it and noticed that they didn't actually put him in the rocket. So I'm changing my guess.
Also, the clone idea doesn't make any sense. Go read those two Batman issues again, they don't even look humanoid, let alone wearing Batman's costume.
Lucascraft: Like I said before, Anthro is the first boy (aka, the first homo sapien).
The first boy. Discovered fire with a little help from his buddy Metron. See the first issue.
As for the prehistoric time period? Maybe it's Bruce's ideal place? I mean there's the solitude, and in such a time Batman would thrive from the thrill of the hunt and survival.
I don't think this theory is stupid at all... at least, no more then any other theory so far, and actually better then some.
If it is the case, it makes you realize just how completely fucked up Batman always was...
Not really.
I'm guessing that the 'happy ending' is the end result to Superman Beyond's 'To Be Continued'. The immediate example seemed to be Nix Uotan, who was seperated from Weeja Dell and is probably going to go looking for her eventually. When he finds her, I'd guess that's when he gets his happy ending.
Not that it matters much anyway, editorial will march in and ruin 99% of what Morrison did. I bet it's frustrating to be Geoff Johns or Grant Morrison, constantly cleaning up editorials shitpiles (see: Captain Carrot).
Anyway, did anybody else notice that Hawkman and Hawkgirl died? I barely noticed until I read the FC #7 annotations. I figured they were boomtubed to Earth-51 with everyone else at Checkmate HQ.
PaperFootball: Nope, he's actually in the past, otherwise Anthro would be a ~37 thousand year old skeleton. ;-)