DarkKnightDetective

January 25, 2012 9:41 pm My only experience with Hawkman is the first two or so years of Geoff Johns run and I really grew to love the character in that time. To me he was almost like DC's Wolverine, a straight up rugged bad ass who kicked a lot of heads in. But of course Infinite Crisis mucked everything up and I didnt care anymore, but Ive always had hopes that some talented writer might come onto a Hawkman book and make him awesome again. I didnt even bother reading the new series and it looks like it was for the better, here's hoping for a better tomorrow for Hawkman... and Hawkgirl too.

January 24, 2012 11:38 pm @PsychoJudgeDredd See, we had this same conversation in another thread. Catwoman is not some character that is meant to be oozing sex on every page, if thats your thing then I guess you really must love the new Catwoman book, not to mention that god awful 90's series. If you ask me, THIS is how the character was meant to be, shes sexy no matter what, she doesn't need to be bending over and exposing cleavage or something, it's just inherent to the character(though it probably has a lot to do with the leather and whip). Ed Brubaker really took the best elements of Catwomans entire history and distilled her down to her most pure and definitive portrayal.

January 22, 2012 8:43 pm See, my problem with Catwoman right now isn't the sex in the first issue, in fact I'd find it hard to believe if Selina and Bruce had never done the deed before. My biggest criticism is the way Selina is being portrayed, she used to be a cool and collected professional thief, now she seems like a reckless wisecracking amateur. And I just cant get past the art which is the epitome of cheesecake art where is just tons of cleavage and raunchy imagery on every page. This just isn't the same Catwoman I loved in Ed Brubakers run.

January 20, 2012 12:57 am @zattaric but see the 90's Catwoman series epitomized everything that was wrong about the character and created all the stereotypes that people often associate with the character now, its the reason Brubaker was so highly praised when he made the effort to move away from all the stereotypes people often cast Catwoman as. I get it, the woman dresses in leather, stilettos, and carries a whip, shes got tons of sex appeal, I get that. But does that make her some sort of sex charged tart, constantly flaunting her cleavage ? I dont think so.

January 19, 2012 4:38 pm It's getting to the point where I think every great writer on Batman HAS to have at least one moment where we see Bruce completely out of his mind.

January 19, 2012 4:28 pm Wow. Am I the only who is frustrated by this book? If Catwoman werent my favorite comic book character, I would have dropped this book(still holding out a glimmer of hope it will turn around). The art is the epitome of 90's cheesecake art, anatomy and proportions are not words Guillem March is familiar with, and the characterization of Selina is feels so off. She used to be a cool and collected professional thief, now shes some sort of wisecracking reckless amateur. I guess I just really miss the days when Ed Brubaker showed that you can have a smart and strong woman in coimcs and not have them having to show cleavage in every panel.

January 17, 2012 7:44 pm I agree with whats been said before that this is a tricky list. I think there should have been some clarification before about what qualifies a movie to be a "superhero" movie. Is it about a masked hero kicking lots of criminal ass? Then why isn't Robocop here? Or is it about people doing amazing super feats and saving the world? Then why isn't the Matrix on here?

January 12, 2012 3:19 pm When I was a kid(and WAAY to young to be reading the TMNT comics) I had a trade collection where the Turtles are searching for Splinter and get sucked into some dimension where the place is run by triceratops people and they team up with a robot. Fun stuff.

January 3, 2012 2:46 pm Same here, except for those stupid boots. I dont know, I imagine Clark being a converse all star(red ones of course) kind of guy as opposed to the boots. Yeah yeah he grew up on a farm but it just doesnt sit right with me.

December 29, 2011 7:06 pm I hope the reason is that Paul Cornell is going to be put on a bigger DC title, and not because of some sort of creative disagreement or whatever. While people seem to like Stormwatch and Demon Knights, I really got the feeling that Cornell was not being used to his full potential in this new DC relaunch.