DC Relaunching AGAIN

[snake]

Read them all today except Green Lantern

Superman was the best one, followed by Green Arrow, then Batman

[TurtleTitan97]

Preview's up for The Flash-Rebirth: http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articl...1/1100-155573/

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Batman Rebirth was idiotic.

Didn't bother with Superman.

Green Lantern was a'ight; I'm very interested in Jessica's continuing development.

Green Arrow was great.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Batman Rebirth was idiotic.

that's definitely the word for it!
i still have no clue why-

- Bruce Wayne was doing one-armed pull-ups from the top of a skyscraper over a death-drop out in broad daylight?

- doesn't enforce the use of code-names when on missions.

- still is trains by trying to karate kick trees down?

and yet i see hoards of fanboys heaping praise over this it, as if it actually deserved it.

[ZariusTwo]

DC have cancelled the remaining issues of the current JLA, along with it's annual, following months of delays (mostly their fault, as they commissioned Hitch with Rebirth stuff so he had no time)

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/06/...elled-for-now/

[myconius]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

DC have cancelled the remaining issues of the current JLA, along with it's annual, following months of delays (mostly their fault, as they commissioned Hitch with Rebirth stuff so he had no time)

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/06/...elled-for-now/

really glad i dropped that one months ago!

aside from ok art, i just wasn't getting it.

[sdp]

If Rebirth had been a mini-series I would be reading it but if it's all going to be told through the different comic issues then I guess I'll just have to read spoilers.

[ZariusTwo]

More changes at DC coming

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/06/...es-on-the-way/

[ZariusTwo]

Aquman, Flash, and Action Comics were all decent to great (especially Aquaman)

WW is a bit confusing,

Spoiler:

seems it wants to retcon a lot of her N52 stuff like the God of War thing.

Detective was a bit eh,

Spoiler:

it has a compelling start with Azrael but after Bruce reveals who he is to Kate, it's just recruit, recruit, recruit, and then Kate playing drill sergant.

Action was solid,

Spoiler:

Maggie back in metropolis, and Clark Classic going after Super Luthor, going on gut instinct he'll do something sinister even if he's not doing anything like that yet. Seems most of Metropolis just thought their Superman was missing also, not dead

In Flash, there's more a follow up to Rebirth

Spoiler:

The Comedian's pin is studied by Bruce and Barry, they keep their research from the rest of the JL, and they find unique traces of radiation on it

[myconius]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Detective was a bit eh,

Spoiler:

it has a compelling start with Azrael but after Bruce reveals who he is to Kate, it's just recruit, recruit, recruit, and then Kate playing drill sergant.

one thing i always wondered, is Kate supposed to be older than Barbara Gordon?

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by myconius

one thing i always wondered, is Kate supposed to be older than Barbara Gordon?

Yes she is. Since Kate is Batwoman and Babs is Batgirl.

I'm confused with the upcoming Titans Rebirth. It seems to be about Nightwing, Donna Troy and Arsenal remembering their past. But I thought the new Titans series was supposed to be about Damian leading them and whatnot?

[MikeandRaph87]

Damien is alive and leading a team? He can't handle himself with that attitude and out for blood way he operates. Yeah,yeah Robin is the #1 sidekick so he call the shots, but that is more of Dick's thing. Tim maybe, but the costume does not give the position of leadership.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Yes she is. Since Kate is Batwoman and Babs is Batgirl.

i knew their callsigns, but was wondering if they were keeping all of Barbara's years as Oracle? Batwoman is pretty new to the scene. it just seems odd that she'd actually have room continuity-wise to actually be older than Barbara?

looking at the drawings from Gail Simone's New 52 Batgirl run Babs actually looked older to me that Kate did.

probably why they started doing the whole Burnside Hipster Babs thing?

[myconius]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Damien is alive and leading a team? He can't handle himself with that attitude and out for blood way he operates. Yeah,yeah Robin is the #1 sidekick so he call the shots, but that is more of Dick's thing. Tim maybe, but the costume does not give the position of leadership.

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I'm confused with the upcoming Titans Rebirth. It seems to be about Nightwing, Donna Troy and Arsenal remembering their past. But I thought the new Titans series was supposed to be about Damian leading them and whatnot?

Dick is leading the 'Titans' and Damian will be leading the 'Teen Titans'.
this way they can appease both sets of fans and have 2 different titles to sell.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

It's ridiculous the amount of "reboots" we get these days. I feel like all of this is the result of the big 2 going crazy with so many "event books" that mess up the universe. I realize that DC especially has TONS of continuity with its characters but good grief just put the origin in a paragraph in the front of the book like they did in the old days and just tell me a good story. Is that really too much to ask? If the stories are good then the books will sell. Quit relying on stupid gimmicks to sell books. I wish there were more Stan Sakai's and Carl Barks' in the world. They just have awesome stories that are fun to read and their characters are always really well fleshed out and you don't have to know a century worth of obscure backstory to enjoy them.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by myconius

Dick is leading the 'Titans' and Damian will be leading the 'Teen Titans'.
this way they can appease both sets of fans and have 2 different titles to sell.

I thought the other set would have been Tim not Damien. I want to see a retrospective with Dick as Robin. After the Deathstroke part of the storyline is resolved in NTT#55/Tales the whole comic is not interesting to me. Unless Barbara and or Kara interact with Dick's group I am not interested. I always thought not having those two ladies interact with the original group or New Teen Titans group was a missed opportunity. I liked the idea of Dick and Wally in Young Justice interacting with Tim's friends to appease both groups but soon Dick switched costumes and Wally left the show taking away my investment. Two groups calling themselves Titans? Don't know if that would work. Sure Justice League and Justice Society both have 'Justice' BUT both groups are 'Titans' teenagers or not. Don't really see this working.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!

It's ridiculous the amount of "reboots" we get these days. I feel like all of this is the result of the big 2 going crazy with so many "event books" that mess up the universe. I realize that DC especially has TONS of continuity with its characters but good grief just put the origin in a paragraph in the front of the book like they did in the old days and just tell me a good story. Is that really too much to ask? If the stories are good then the books will sell. Quit relying on stupid gimmicks to sell books. I wish there were more Stan Sakai's and Carl Barks' in the world. They just have awesome stories that are fun to read and their characters are always really well fleshed out and you don't have to know a century worth of obscure backstory to enjoy them.

yeah, it's disappointing when it feels like quality gets sacrificed for the cash cow.
some of the Superman Rebirth stuff actually looks really good. but this all came a day late and a dollar short for me though.
i'm sticking to my guns and not taking the bait.
there is one and only one DC title that i will allow myself to get once august rolls around. till then i just lurk the reviews ans see if anything looks worthwhile for trade paperback?

[myconius]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

I thought the other set would have been Tim not Damien. I want to see a retrospective with Dick as Robin. After the Deathstroke part of the storyline is resolved in NTT#55/Tales the whole comic is not interesting to me. Unless Barbara and or Kara interact with Dick's group I am not interested. I always thought not having those two ladies interact with the original group or New Teen Titans group was a missed opportunity. I liked the idea of Dick and Wally in Young Justice interacting with Tim's friends to appease both groups but soon Dick switched costumes and Wally left the show taking away my investment. Two groups calling themselves Titans? Don't know if that would work. Sure Justice League and Justice Society both have 'Justice' BUT both groups are 'Titans' teenagers or not. Don't really see this working.

they put Tim Drake in Detective Comics, and now Damian gets tossed into Teen Titans.
but i see what you mean about 2 titans groups being way too much!
it'll divide the market and it'll probably hurt both titles in the long run?
but brighter minds are making the decisions so...

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by myconius

they put Tim Drake in Detective Comics, and now Damian gets tossed into Teen Titans.
but i see what you mean about 2 titans groups being way too much!
it'll divide the market and it'll probably hurt both titles in the long run?
but brighter minds are making the decisions so...

It happened three before and failed. Back in the late 70s' with Titans West as a spin-off and then again when Deathstroke lead a rouge group Titans also called Titans West. Between that was the Baxter edition direct sales and the Tales book. All three times it failed. Three strikes are already given so no use to try again.The Titans book looks like the 1999-2003 grouping of the costume changed first five Titans and the one with Damien looks like the Titans series that succeeded it during Infinite Crisis that featured the four New Titans mentoring the four Young Justice.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

Originally Posted by myconius

yeah, it's disappointing when it feels like quality gets sacrificed for the cash cow.
some of the Superman Rebirth stuff actually looks really good. but this all came a day late and a dollar short for me though.
i'm sticking to my guns and not taking the bait.
there is one and only one DC title that i will allow myself to get once august rolls around. till then i just lurk the reviews ans see if anything looks worthwhile for trade paperback?

Batman is my only "must have" DC book anyway. I'm a tad behind and haven't gotten to get my pull file in a couple of months because of saving money for vacation but as long as his universe is kept in tact I will be fine.