cristoballago
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Who’s Blue About The New 52?
October 8, 2012 12:00 am to davidtobin100: I consider these improved:
entire Superman line
Animal Man
Aquaman
Batman and Robin
Batwoman
Blue Beetle
Catwoman
Earth 2 (=JSA)
Flash
Firestorm
Grifter
I, Vampire
Justice League
World's Finest (=Power Girl/Huntress)
Legion Lost
Legion of Super-Heroes
Nightwing
Phantom Stranger
Stormwatch
Swamp Thing
Teen Titans
Justice League Dark
Worse after reboot?
Dial H
Green Arrow
Green Lantern
Savage Hawkman
Wonder Woman
Most of the Batbooks are a wash (no difference after reboot)
My jury is still out on:
Frankenstein
Ravagers
Team 7
Suicide Squad
Sword of Sorcery
I like the way the DCnU is slightly tweaked every 6-8 months. Keeps me on my toes, I miss most of the cancelled titles but Wednesday is much more interesting now...and yes, there are senior citizens like me who walk with canes and read DC's (oops, National Comics) before Marvel existed! I still cherish my old friends, but I sure like making new ones...
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Winter 2012: The Perfect Comics Jumping-Off Point?
September 25, 2012 10:05 pm Very psyched about the new 52, they suckered me into 46 of 'em, and even most of the newbies when they drop the bottom titles~(I miss O.M.A.C.'s goofy acronyms!) Ashamed to say I'm even picking up extra "number 0" variants. Just the opposite with Marvel: FF is unrecognizable, Thor is usually not even on this planet, I can't keep track of the Hulks, Iron Man is $4 like every week and a half.
Mostly, they've given a primer on how to dilute your brand-Avengers and X-Men. Everytime they added another incestuous, navel-gazing ongoing or miniseries, I cringed a little more. Is Spidey an Avenger? Is he an X-Men (technically anyone with a genetic mutation, i.e., different that the normal h.sapiens is a mutant)? Oh, wait, let's make him both-the Amazing, Avenging Uncanny Spider-X-Man!!!
My turning point was One More Brand New Day, or "How to Reboot a Character With Total Disdain for the Detailed Universe Said Character Inhabits." DC did it right-they chucked the whole thing (except Bats and GL-they're not crazy!!) I've gone from 50-70 Marvels a month to Avengers Academy (a placebo for Runaways/Young Avengers) and X-Factor. 50-60 other titles a month, heavy into the new DCU. And give me more Mind the Gaps, Higher Earths, Sagas, and anything Valiant puts out!
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