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Post by travis on Aug 23, 2017 10:12:37 GMT -5
Batman has a cheat sheet?
...Batgirl doesn't seem to have received hers.
Part of her training involves deducing that the document exists. Batman's a dick like that. Remember the good old days, when Batman wasn't a dick...? Those were fun.
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Post by emmawoods on Aug 23, 2017 13:21:27 GMT -5
Batman has a cheat sheet?
...Batgirl doesn't seem to have received hers.
Part of her training involves deducing that the document exists. Batman's a dick like that.
"Batman's a dick like that."
Advanced Preview from an issue of Batgirl at some point.
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Post by claypot on Aug 24, 2017 2:56:03 GMT -5
I seem to recall that the female Clayface had a kid, but that was waaaaay back in the 90's, so he/she/it could have been killed/retconned/ turned into an attractive coffee mug by now. What version of claycface is the current guy? He looks like the animated one, but I have no idea what continuity they are going with. It's the original one, Basil, but he is more based on the Matt Hagen version who can shapeshift.
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Post by travis on Aug 24, 2017 8:57:34 GMT -5
I seem to recall that the female Clayface had a kid, but that was waaaaay back in the 90's, so he/she/it could have been killed/retconned/ turned into an attractive coffee mug by now. What version of claycface is the current guy? He looks like the animated one, but I have no idea what continuity they are going with. It's the original one, Basil, but he is more based on the Matt Hagen version who can shapeshift. People keep telling me rebirth has fixed DC's mixed up continuity, but every explanation I get disproves that claim
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Post by emmawoods on Aug 24, 2017 10:10:59 GMT -5
It's the original one, Basil, but he is more based on the Matt Hagen version who can shapeshift. People keep telling me rebirth has fixed DC's mixed up continuity, but every explanation I get disproves that claim
Oh heavens no, the TPB's I've read so far have only served to convolute it even further. As much as I've enjoyed the majority of what I've read, DC's continuity has never been so hilariously scattershot.
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Post by travis on Aug 24, 2017 11:08:44 GMT -5
Yeah, people keep trying trying to convince me rebirth 'fixed' all the problems of the new 52.
And by 'fixed' I mean 'ignored' or 'made worse'.
I've enjoyed a bunch of DC titles since the relaunch, but they mostly got canceled and even then they only worked if you ignored the rest of the new 52.
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Post by emmawoods on Aug 24, 2017 11:44:57 GMT -5
Yeah, people keep trying trying to convince me rebirth 'fixed' all the problems of the new 52. And by 'fixed' I mean 'ignored' or 'made worse'. I've enjoyed a bunch of DC titles since the relaunch, but they mostly got canceled and even then they only worked if you ignored the rest of the new 52.
I would say that, overall, at least from what I've read so far (TPB's all the way!!), Rebirth has been significantly more enjoyable that New 52.
New 52 turned me off immediately purely on the bases that I didn't find the new version of the DC Universe, or the characters within, to be overly compelling. Rebirth, on the other hand, has been managing to deliver far more stories that I actually want to read about, whilst also being new. That being said, I can only imagine anyone coming into DC comics for the first time will be hopelessly lost. I personally love that pre New 52 Wally West is back, but good lord it's convoluted.
As a cohesive narrative, it's muddled as all heck.
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Post by travis on Aug 24, 2017 14:54:58 GMT -5
There are individual titles I enjoy (Everyone should be reading the new Titans series!!) and I was willing to pretend both 52 and Rebirth ( and let's not fool ourselves they are the same thing, there was no big change or fix, DC just changed the name) is coherent on any level. But, when ever anyone says 'Oh, they fixed that!' I reflexively have to say "Nope".
My other favorite is when people say "This really shakes up the status quo!" There is no status quo, there is just a constant, drunken stumble from event to event.
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Post by D. Golightly on Aug 24, 2017 15:39:51 GMT -5
There is no status quo, there is just a constant, drunken stumble from event to event. That's pretty much why I stopped buying comics a few years ago.
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Post by robertbell on Aug 24, 2017 16:57:42 GMT -5
Eh, I still like most of what's DC is publishing these days.
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Post by travis on Aug 24, 2017 18:18:25 GMT -5
I enjoy a bunch of stuff that DC is putting out, I just don't buy into the common wisdom that 'rebirth' was the best thing to happen to them and/or fixed any of the problems of the new 52. It's a mess, but an entertaining mess.
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Post by JD Mathis on Aug 25, 2017 4:30:20 GMT -5
Oh Rebirth has not really fixed anything at all, with the exception of they removed New52 Superman and replaced him with the old Clark Kent/Superman as well as brought back Lois and gave him his son Jon. They are slowly putting back his continuity back slowly. You can see that in the fact that the Hank Henshaw they had introduced got his original memories back and reverted back to the original Cyborg Superman. Even though shes not in a wheel chair any more Barbara Gordon/Batgirl has reclaimed her previous identity as Oracle. Hell evem Green Arrow has slowly went back to how he was pre 52.
When it comes to DC and the failure that is New52 I will never forgive them for what the did to Superboy, Impulse, and Teen Titans. That monstrosity of a Superboy was just horrible and from day one made me wish and pray that one day we will get Connor Kent back. The fact they turned Bart into a terrorist from the future was just a slap in the face to all those people who loved the fun loving impulsive Impulse.
At the moment I love reading books like Action Comics, Detective Comics, Green Arrow,
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Post by JD Mathis on Apr 12, 2018 8:17:09 GMT -5
So Agent of the Bat has had a slow start due to some health and work issues here lately and the fact that I started ASM with Tony recently as well. I’m learning how to work on more than one story a little better by spending a couple hours a night working on each story project. So expect more adventures with Duke here soon as well as a cross over or two in the future.
So I thought I’d ask is there any other heroes or villains you’d like to see show up in Agent of the Bat? I plan on having Duke have run ins with those outside the world of the Bat.
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Post by johncheese on Apr 12, 2018 8:25:38 GMT -5
No idea on appearances, did mean to ask which Firebug you've dibbsed (wrong spelling) just to see if its the same one appearing in ToD
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Post by emmawoods on Apr 12, 2018 8:34:33 GMT -5
So Agent of the Bat has had a slow start due to some health and work issues here lately and the fact that I started ASM with Tony recently as well. I’m learning how to work on more than one story a little better by spending a couple hours a night working on each story project. So expect more adventures with Duke here soon as well as a cross over or two in the future. So I thought I’d ask is there any other heroes or villains you’d like to see show up in Agent of the Bat? I plan on having Duke have run ins with those outside the world of the Bat.
I can't wait to see some more from Duke, and how about an encounter with either of the Blue Beetles?
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