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223008 No. 223008
Old one was saging.

Ben Affleck Batman Shenanigans

Geoff Johns getting his overrated mitts on Superman again

Everyone's turning White.

Forever Evil was not as bad as Infinity, two more issues to see how it all wraps up

Harley showed Ivy her homicidal, pointy beaver

I think that's about it.

Oh, and JL 3000 is darkly comedic, action-packed fun
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>> No. 223012
I believe there was also something of Batman and Ivy. Hey if this somehow gets us Robely Quinn then I'm game.
>> No. 223014
>Everyone's turning White.

on black history month.

BTW Johns said rebooting Superman in the new 52 to point out how lame and retarded that will be.
>> No. 223018
>Everyone's turning White.
Wut? I thought Wally West was turning black?
>> No. 223020
http://www.newsarama.com/20029-gotham-will-center-on-bruce-wayne-afterall-include-bat-villains.html

Woo another batman show, how will I ever contain my enthusiasm. Why have a Comic Police Procedural when we can have, Batman without the Batman. Arrow does that Better anyway.

>>223018
I thought that was just for the Television Series.
>> No. 223031
Last time I remember really, really enjoying a new Superman story was escape from Bizarro World. Though, I might be forgetting something. So that's primarily why I'm actually considering Johns' Superman.

I fully accept that it might be terrible, but I've very much enjoyed stuff from both creators. And it seems Johns will be down to just this book and Justice League.

oh, and just because I saw this while trying to get my facts straight:
>It's official: Comedy veterans Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are writing a "Preacher" adaptation for AMC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Breaking Bad" alum Sam Catlin is also on board the project, and will serve as showrunner.
>> No. 223043
Has anybody mentioned this yet? Because it's a thing that's happening.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/19353
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>>223043
>> No. 223064
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That Red Arrow is a ginger Connor Hawke is less frustrating to me than his previous identity of Roy McQueen being overwritten, since it's yet another example of Robinson's original outline for the series being disregarded. It's not even an issue of respect for the writer, there were simply several important plot threads hanging around when Superman went Anti-Life that will probably never be addressed now. Plus more JSA characters were supposed to be around by this point. Shit, even if Taylor does draw on Robinson's ideas, it probably won't be until fall, at the rate this Superman battle is going.

>>223012
They teamed up to fight Scarecrow. She was surprisingly eager to help, considering she coulda just runnoft the moment he opened her cell. Also, Batman looks really uh, distracting without his belt or shorts.
>> No. 223069
Had a thought, would a Cable and Deadpool style Harley and Ivy book work?
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>>223064
>Also, Batman looks really uh, distracting without his belt or shorts.

Wait what? No, gosh no, I mean look at Superman! it's not like his costume is fucking terrible...oh.
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>>223069

?
>> No. 223098
The Cape Creator: Bill Finger,…youtube thumb

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comicartscouncil/the-cape-creator-a-tribute-to-bat-maker-bill-finge
>> No. 223104
>>223080
Yea if one could restarting Sirens would be great. I was just going with what is established at the moment that being Pam and Harley. An Outsiders type book would be neat.
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223154
A great comic you're not reading. Sholly Fisch is writing so like his Batman The Brave and the Bold it's loaded with in-jokes and references to DC history. And its just fun seeing Batman hang out with Mystery Incorporated.
>> No. 223279
>>223154
#1 is only selling for stupid prices... guess this is another one I'll be trade-waiting for.
>> No. 223288
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Son of Batman Previewyoutube thumb

It looks like Damian's animosity toward Tim will be aimed at Dick in this adaptation.
>> No. 223332
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223332
Batman 28 was released on Comixology a bit early today, and here's a brief spoilerless rundown.

- Takes place six months in the future, acting as roughly Batman Eternal 39.5 and a peak at the new post-Batman: Year Zero status quo.
- Gotham has a new Kingpin of Crime, and it appears to be someone written correctly for the first time since the reboot, hooray!
- Harper Row has a new secret identity (isn't Nightwing).
- And a fan favourite has made/will make a welcome return to the DCU (spoiler in the image).
>> No. 223333
>>223332
And the gun is less, "gun" and more UT Shock Rifle kinda deal hearing some describe it.
>> No. 223341
>>223332
The character with their back to us?
>> No. 223350
>>223341
Catwoman, who is now a smartly dressed kingpin of crime and no longer on friendly terms with Batman.
>> No. 223352
So Spoiler going to lead us back to the universe that isn't full of crap.
>> No. 223353
Pretty much, they said way back when that Batman Eternal is Snyder and Co. reorganising the Batman status quo, complete with permission to use any character in the Batman Catelogue they want. Hence Spoiler appearing after the kind of Orwellian attempt to erase all traces of her from Lil Gotham etc.

Amusingly Geoff Johns said that he's going to do the same to the Superman comics when Scott Lobdell leaves in April, and there are rumours that the Teen Titans-related books are also going to be rejigged too.

So, yeah, it took two or so years but DC realised that the reboot was handled really, REALLY badly!
>> No. 223376
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Even in the grim dark future that is JL3K, Hal finds himself a yandere.

>>223352
And into the one where she was tortured to death by a third-rate villain whose origin includes getting rabies from a raccoon.

>>223353
Snyder has actually been given gradual access to pre-New 52 events and characters since his first arc closed. That's why the human tapestry seen during Death of the Family, the one showcasing Joker's greatest hits, referenced his murder of Sarah Essen Gordon during No Man's Land.
>> No. 223727
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223727
>Scooby-Doo/Teen Titans crossover
Yesssssss.
>with TTG designs
...ok.
>> No. 223728
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223728
And Justice Lords Beyond!

I wouldn't have trusted the old writers to not fuck this up but I've got confidence in the current guys. Christos Gage's JL Beyond has especially been fun.
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223733
12 Issues or MOAR!!!
>> No. 223734
Simone goes to Britain, DC Cancels The Movement. Yea both it and its partner comic were non starters, and it looks like some will show up in the new Titians. Still kinda a crappy move.
>> No. 223830
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Oh Shit.

I may end up buying this, even despite the fact that it has everything going against it (and by everything I mean being a DC Collectibles figure and being a new 52 design, even if it does look like it has joints and is not a Pat Lee based design)
>> No. 223847
>>223734
I lost the ability to feel bad for Simone when she agreed to put the Simone Seal of Approval on their plans for Batgirl.
>> No. 224071
http://io9.com/what-we-learned-from-the-script-for-gothams-first-epi-1530515272 welp that is something to take with a large grain of salt.
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>> No. 224140
>>224139
VERY ACCEPTABLE at least from what I can see.
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So I watched the remaining two episodes of Beware the Batman that appeared in the last few months.

I wasn't all that taken with Attraction. Lately I've been really skeptical of the treatment of mental illness in media, so that soured me on this a little. Outside of that, it didn't do much different. Didn't shake up the Katana/Batman dynamic or have a new formula for the episode. It was solid, but not exceptional in the way that a 12th episode that suddenly became the second last episode needs to be.

Now, Fall was a FANTASTIC mid season finale. The framing device of Alfred's life, while a little convenient, is just so well done. They use it to highlight Bruce's major character flaw in this. And it's the consistent flaw that's been around since episode one.

The major B plot up until now was followed up on well and I really liked the fact that this version of Ra's ads asiatic features to the traditional white guy Ra's design... Actually, I just noticed that they (unintentionally?) made Ra's old school facial hair look like a Fu Manchu... Not sure how I feel about that.

Anyway, basically the only flaw about Fall is that it's the last episode. It ends on a massive cliffhanger, and that's a bummer.

Oh well, at least Clone Wars is putting it's final season on Netflix, so I can enjoy that show, which I started watching only because it was before the DC Nation block. I'm not interested in watching the earlier seasons, but I really enjoyed large chunks of 5, so that's something to look forward to.
>> No. 224152
>>224151
There's 13 more eps after Fall.
>> No. 224153
>>224152
Oh. Wikipedia didn't say that... Any word on airing?
>> No. 224154
>>224153

The latest update was yesterday.

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/2014/02/new-beware-the-batman-episodes-not-on-cartoon-network-march-2014-schedule/

>Cartoon Network has provided The World’s Finest with programming details for the month of March 2014, and once again, new episodes of Beware The Batman are absent from the schedule. The CG-animated series was removed from the Cartoon Network schedule back in October 2013, marking exactly six months since an episode aired on the US channel.
>When asked for a statement, a representative for Cartoon Network would only say that there are future plans for Beware The Batman but no specific details are currently available.
>While the remaining fifteen Beware The Batman episodes from the series’ first season currently remain unscheduled, two unaired episodes were included on the recent Beware The Batman – Season One, Part One: Shadows of Gotham DVD and Blu-ray release – “Attraction” and “Fall.”

Because they expected the episodes to have aired by now, the Beware the Batman comic has given away some of the things coming in the last half. Oracle, Man-Bat
>> No. 224166
>>224154
You know one of those things that would have actually brought interest and raised the cartoon up a bit as the action picked up, but fuck that we've got to make room for more animated Sitcoms since they are doing that adult swim extension bullshit.
>> No. 224167
I expect those fifteen episodes will be given the final season of Generator Rex/second second of Mystery Incorporated treatment - shelved for a year then burnt off in early morning/afternoon weekday airings.
>> No. 224385
Does make you wonder what the heck DC Entertainment are thinking will become of their plans fo the DC Nation segment, considering how although CN are owned by the same people, they seem determined to only keep Teen Titans Go going. Have they effectively closed the door on any further dramatic animated DC titles for the foreseeable future? Will we all have to watch Constantine and Gotham to get our DC TV fix?

Oh yeah, the new Arkham game's trailer came out.
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Seems to be based after City, you can play as Harley AND you can drive the Batmobile this time! :D Also it's made by Rocksteady, so it should be more consistantly good, unlike Origins which had good parts but was kind of... meh.
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224450
So I think many people who actually followed Forever Evil correctly guessed the identity of the hooded prisoner. But there's a slight twist. This must be what detractors see when they look at New 52 Captain Marvel.
>> No. 224457
>>224450
That's still going on?
>> No. 224459
>>224457
I know right, it just kinda keeps going, I'm more than a little surprised to see anyone cares actually.
>> No. 224460
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looks like some of the costumes are starting to slide back even if it is Earth 2.
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Yesssss.
>> No. 224462
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And is it just me or does anyone else see a certain influence on Batbaby's design there?
>> No. 224463
>>224460
That happened a few months ago. Bits here and there are reverting. Captain Cold is a guy with cold gun again.
>> No. 224465
>>224463
All it took was 90% of their talent leaving but they still won't admit most of the changes were toxic.
>> No. 224471
Heard Azzarello's off Wonder Woman. Did the Amazons ever get fixed?
>> No. 224476
>>224471
Not until late summer/fall. And if you didn't like Azzarello, you really shouldn't get your hopes up about the next writer.
>> No. 224477
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Cheeks should be doing a Superman book all the time. This issue summed up everything Superman is, and what DC's been missing for the last few years. All I need now is Cheeks to draw the Super Fridge.
>> No. 224478
>>224477
I just wish he wouldn't add that weird mole fetish he has to everything.
>> No. 224479
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>>224477
Adventures of Superman is so good. The last story was a team-up with THE IRON GIANT.
>> No. 224487
>>224459
>>224457
And it only took 6 months for the confrontation promised in those early teasers and interviews to actually happen.

>>224476
It's going to be drawn by Finch anyway, so even if the writer is competent the book will still be a chore to read due to all the heavy blacks and snarly goblin faces. Not that Azzarello's glacial pacing helps his story but at least Chiang and his fill-in buddies can draw worth a damn.
>> No. 224500
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HAHAHAHAHAHA Arkham War's ending

>it's the last issue
>ends on a cliffhanger but doesn't tell you where it's continuing

DC: "To be continued! Where? Don't know! You figure it out, chump!"
>> No. 224503
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>>224500
Awesome. Comic Bane is now swagtastic as the live action version.

I'm not being sarcastic here. I thought the coat looked good on movie Band and I liked the mannerisms he had there. And fuck everyone who didn't love his voice.
>> No. 224504
>>224500
There's a Batman vs Bane one shot coming out next month that at least advertises the end of this whole mess. Not sure why it wouldn't be advertised at the end of that issue, unless they simply didn't have a plan going forward. Which wouldn't surprise me.

Nice Tom Hardy impression, there, Bane.
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>>224503
An added bonus is it hides the shittiest part of his New 52 design that tubey backpack thing.

>>224504
I looked and the solicitation for Arkham War's last issue also says it leads into Forever Evil #7. Buy'em all!
>> No. 224532
>>224476
Thanks, but I learned to just not read DC.
>> No. 224533
>>224532
Wse.
>> No. 224742
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How would you have put them into the New52?

Would you place them in the same book right away or on separate titles at first?

What's your nightmare scenario as to how they could be implemented in the New52? The creative decisions that would make you rage to high heaven?
>> No. 224743
>>224742
> How would you have put them into the New52?

I look at them.
I look at the Nu52.

You're asking me to put them in that ungodly mess? No. Nosir, I'm not going to do it.
>> No. 224747
>>224742
It would probably turn out as well as it did for that green bow chick from Young Justice.
>> No. 224748
>>224747
Oh man, she didn't even survive one comic. They fridged the fuck out her for Red Robin's sake. And for the record, Aya is already in the comics or at least the ship is.
>> No. 224749
>>224747
Fucking Lobdell.
>> No. 224751
>>224749
>Mocks gay people to their face
>"I'm sorry (you don't have a sense of humor)

How is this man even still employed? Seriously?
>> No. 224756
>>224751
That has nothing to do with his job?
And DC sucks?
>> No. 224766
>>224756
>That has nothing to do with his job?

Nope! On stage at the DC panel! also where he harassed the shit out of a women with uncomfortable sexual propositions.
>> No. 224768
>>224766
It wasn't a DC panel.
>> No. 224790
>>224756
>That has nothing to do with his job?

I'm not certain I agree. In terms of literature, the average DC book is a step down from greeting cards, and is equally focused on commercialism. Lobdell's been an embarrassment to the company, PR-wise. For a company that puts bucks first, it's surprising he's still around.

>DC sucks

Well yeah.
>> No. 224810
http://www.newsarama.com/20535-cartoon-network-2014-2015-schedule-reveals-beware-the-batman-cancelled-no-new-dc-shows.html

Welp so far new DC cartoons is looking dead. Hopefully the way those shows were treated is part of the reason for Snyder being chased out and we'll get some returns or new shows on the slate.
>> No. 224811
>>224810
I doubt we'll never see DC cartoons again.
The stupid civil war can't last forever.
>> No. 224812
>>224811
Say part of that depends on who they get to replace Snyder. So far the pipeline is quiet on who they'll get.
>> No. 224814
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The live action Flash costume is nice, but the latest pic reminds me of a photoshop cosplay costume on deviantart. Anyway, with so many great shows on TV now (which are arguably rivaling Hollywood films), it's great to see DC Comics take advantage of the medium.

>>224810
>>224811
>>224812

It's not like DC cartoons were treated better before Snyder. The last season of JLU was aired unadvertised. Kids WB were really the best place for them.

Judging by TTG staying on the network and the new Scooby-Doo show, DC will have to cater their shows to Cartoon Network, if they want them to last longer than a season.
>> No. 224839
Wait, Snyder as in Scott? Why would his presence reduce the amount of DC animated stuff?
>> No. 224845
>>224839
>Wait, Snyder as in Scott?

They mean Stuart Snyder, not Scott Snyder. Stuart Snyder is the very soon to be former CN head.
>> No. 224880
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Filming on the Constantine pilot has begun, and it seems that in addition to having a character be English this time, they've also got him looking like Constantine. Huzzah!
>> No. 224882
From here,
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=51437
>> No. 224887
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>> No. 224904
So what are classic comic book lists that I can read? I read some of the classics but rewatching DCAU really made me want to read the old universe.
>> No. 225051
Superman With a GoProyoutube thumb
This is cool!
>> No. 225053
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225053
Set photos of Gotham's versions of Jim Gordon and the Penguin have been leaked, needless to say people are freaking out that the characters in the very first episode don't look like what they will ten years or so along the line.

Like, "Where's Gordon's moutache!?" "Why's Cobblepot so thin?!"

Not like people's can grow hair or put on weight over the course of a decade or anything.
http://batman-news.com/2014/03/17/gotham-set-photos-give-first-look-ben-mckenzie-gordon/
>> No. 225054
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>>224810
>>224811
>>224814
Ahem, I think you're forgetting the current top rated program (that's right, higher than AT, RS, SU, JT, Gumball, and Dragons) of Cartoon Network is a DC animated show. It's also getting a second season.
>> No. 225076
>>225053
Wow, that Penguin is almost...cute?
>> No. 225079
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>>225053
Wow that's actually a pretty damn fine looking Cobblepot. Maybe this show will have a chance.
>> No. 225107
>>225054
Nice trolling and/or cherrypicking.

TTG is undoubtedly a success. But the ratings in your screencap are from a week in which TTG had a premiere episode while AT and RS had reruns.

Compare ratings for all AT premieres of season 5 episodes, with ratings of TTG premieres and you'll find AT still outperform TTG:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Time_%28season_5%29#Episodes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Teen_Titans_Go!_episodes#Season_1_.282013.29

Same goes for Regular Show.
>> No. 225159
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Was not expecting this from an Aquaman team-up.
>> No. 225181
>>225159
You weren't expecting graphic and gory images in a DC comic? Guest starring a character who's totes serious business for big boys now? Written by Peter Tomasi?
>> No. 225189
>>225181
I didn't think of the creative team being fans of gore but now that I think about the cartoonish way B&R used horrible injuries for those Batfreaks and stuff like Batman dismantling Frankenstein, it does kind of make sense.
>> No. 225190
>>225189
Everyone knows Geoff Johns loves dismemberments and blood vomit but Peter Tomasi has an even bigger hard-on for that shit.
>> No. 225212
>>225190
Speaking of which. Scott Snyder, too.
>> No. 225269
So it looks like the last half of the Beware the Bat series is pretty good. Shame its dead as it is.
>> No. 225270
Well, that's what it gets for having interesting female characters, a dramatic storyline and not mindless comedy like Teen Titans Go, I guess.
>> No. 225272
>>225270
Yea trying to build on atmosphere and story and not common name recognition. What do you think this is Guardians of the Galaxy?
>> No. 225275
You are missing the point, Girls dared to like cartoons not aimed at them.

It's their fault for daring to step outside the demographic box they have been exiled to for the purity of all.

No girls allowed is the unshakable rule, when will they learn?
>> No. 225277
>>225275
Oh c'mon Tiki, you can't make EVERYTHING about girls being excluded from the fandomm. Seriously dude, that's just fucking obnoxious, not every little thing that happens has to come back to these same issues that a few highly-vocal self-appointed crusaders thi-

-oh Dini said that's literally why it got axed? Cartoon Network's trying to cut anything that doesn't fit into their pretty arbitrary critera for "thinks likely to get boys to buy toys"?

...Yeah, I got nuthin'.
>> No. 225280
>>225277
Might be one of the reasons Snyder was told to leave or be thrown out. FiM is going crazy with this cross demographic appeal and they stick to rigid old ideas of demographics? Sounds like the dude that got Snyder to leave was really pissed hearing they had multiple chances to bring in other demographics and it was all flushed.
>> No. 225292
Remember the polling DC did the other year to evaluate how well the nu52 worked (spoilers: not very well)? Female readership was down to 7%. It was at 8% 20 years ago.

They not only failed to make inroads on the "half of all humans" demographic, they actually managed to SHRINK an already pathetically small percentage.
>> No. 225294
>>225292
It likely has something to do with that fact DC has been ACTIVELY ATTACKING WOMEN AND ANYTHING THEY LIKE EVEN IF IT MEANS SHOOTING THEMSELVES.
>> No. 225298
>>225280

Greg Weisman over on his website said that he'd pitched a third season of Young Justice, an Arrow Family-centric spin-off and a whole bunch of other DC-related stuff (including a YJ novel that would act as an official third seasony thing) and was turned down flat over and over again.

The comparison brought up in the Dini/Smith conversation was that someone, possibly Snyder, wanted shows like Adventure Time... but interpreted that as just "silly humour for boys" ...despite the huge female fanbase of AT, in addition it's gradually deepening plot and multiple complex female characters.

It's weird, you'd think that cross-demographic appeal would be something that they'd want to encourage, not stamp out.
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