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And with a relaunch people still can't see through that master disguise of glasses and slightly different hair style.Trev wrote:Seems like they are trying to make him look younger and that involves Harry Potter glasses and an untucked shirt, I guess.
So when Hawk mentioned a "crisis", it was not what we thought it was.....For those in crisis over Crisis, let me clarify. The topic of Crisis was much discussed among the editors and talent working on The New 52. With so many characters and histories restarting, major events like Crisis are harder to place when they work for some and not for others. (that was one of the problems coming out of the original Crisis). While we are starting aprx five years into our heroes’ lives, we are focused on the characters present and future, and past histories will be revealed as the stories dictate. Yes, there have been “crisis” in our characters lives, but they aren’t exactly the Crisis you read before, they can’t be. Now, what this means for characters seen and unseen…… well, that’s the fun of The New 52, infinite stories, infinite possibilities, with the best yet to come.
Batman is clearly the better book. But Batman was also at an entirely different point in it's story. Bruce coming back, etc. After War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath it was pretty clear that those events weren't going to be the way the old storyline ended.Trev wrote:And yet batman is decidedly lighter in tone. Huh.
I was on the fence about Mr. Terrific, it's not yet earned a slot on my pull list. I had some issues with the dialogue also.keith71_98 wrote: It week 2 of the podcasts, you guys gave a really favorable review of Mr. Terrific. I thought it was a really bad book and it's probably my least favorite book of the New 52. I felt it had some of the most artificial and forced racial dialogue I had ever seen
I wasn't necessarily looking for the Batman/GL to be "fresh & new", but I WAS looking for them to be good #1 issues. There's a difference there.keith71_98 wrote: One more quick point. I remember DC saying a couple of different times that Green Lantern and Batman weren't going to change all that much in the New 52. I noticed you guys took points away from Green Lantern for not feeling fresh and new. But they never intended it to feel fresh and new. Being their best sellers, they are keeping them on track.
I was really frustrated with the book. I really like the character but hated the way he was portrayed here.BobBretall wrote: I was on the fence about Mr. Terrific, it's not yet earned a slot on my pull list. I had some issues with the dialogue also.
That's a valid point. And Trev gets to the difference between GL #1 and Batman #1. Batman is a tighter yet more welcoming first issue. Anxious to hear the new podcast to get your takes on it.BobBretall wrote:
I wasn't necessarily looking for the Batman/GL to be "fresh & new", but I WAS looking for them to be good #1 issues. There's a difference there.
Whether it was intended to be a "reboot/relaunch" or not, it still has a #1 on the cover.
If you put a #1 on the cover, you should go out of your way to make the book accessible and not have it feel like it's completely interchangeable as issue #68 of the previous series.
I agree, I very much liked the 'white king' version as built by Greg Rucka, and the Geoff Johns version. Not sure about this one, which is more Stark crossed with Pym and the flashpoint Thomas Wayne.keith71_98 wrote:I was really frustrated with the book. I really like the character but hated the way he was portrayed here.BobBretall wrote: I was on the fence about Mr. Terrific, it's not yet earned a slot on my pull list. I had some issues with the dialogue also.
Trev wrote:I agree, I very much liked the 'white king' version as built by Greg Rucka, and the Geoff Johns version. Not sure about this one, which is more Stark crossed with Pym and the flashpoint Thomas Wayne.keith71_98 wrote:I was really frustrated with the book. I really like the character but hated the way he was portrayed here.BobBretall wrote: I was on the fence about Mr. Terrific, it's not yet earned a slot on my pull list. I had some issues with the dialogue also.
That's a holdover from pre-Flashpoint.abysslord wrote:Btw, Mister Terrific says he's the third smartest .... are we supposed to know who is 1 and 2? or is that just a "humorous" statement.
CBR News: First and foremost, Mister Terrific is the world's third-smartest man. To set the record straight once and for all, who is the smartest and second smartest?
Eric Wallace: I'm not telling you, but I know the answers. The real question is… does Michael know who #1 and #2 are? And yes, this is something we actually deal with early on in the series.
maybe it's some effort to draw a tighter analogue to Pym? isn't he the '3rd smartest' in the Marvel U?abysslord wrote:Btw, Mister Terrific says he's the third smartest .... are we supposed to know who is 1 and 2? or is that just a "humorous" statement.
