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May 11, 2012 3:52 am Riiight, I remember that Twitter discussion.

May 10, 2012 8:14 am You've done a little more thinking about this than I, clearly, but the possibility that the events in the backup foreshadowed the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne did occur to me as I was reading it. Personally, I hope that's not the case. There's something tremendously effective about the death of the Waynes being the result of random violence, something that would be lost if it were, in fact, part of a larger conspiracy. And that has to be a crime Bruce can't solve. I'm enjoying the backup, though, so I hope that whatever Jarvis has done is as intriguing as it seems like it might be.

May 6, 2012 8:17 am I feel like this is part of DC's attempts to broaden their audience without really broadening their catalogue...I think they realize that not everyone's going to go for superheroes, but they're hoping to bring in some of their existing comic fans with names they might recognize while attracting a different demographic altogether with the subject matter. I doubt it's working.

April 27, 2012 6:19 am I'm one of the three or so people who actually quite liked the previous team's work. But I realize this team is working in a style a bit more appealing to a broad modern audience.

April 26, 2012 9:48 am I definitely agree with you on all points here. This gave us some of what I've felt the book is lacking - a little more character development for its ensemble. And though I do roll my eyes at every panel where Bleez's rear dominates the right third of it for no reason, I still find this a lot of fun, and not a problem to follow even though it's the only GL book I'm reading.

April 26, 2012 5:49 am That longwindedness is my main gripe with the issue. When the two were having a dialogue I liked it - I like how Superman was written and was finally satisfied that Superman wasn't being, I don't know, modernized and made edgy as a character. But Helspont's monologues could've been abbreviated considerably. I might not rate the story as highly if it weren't post-reboot, but I think it does some things that are important in terms of how SUPERMAN stories are being and will be crafted in this continuity.

April 24, 2012 1:13 pm I always found myself really lukewarm to Runaways despite liking the initial arc and characters a lot. After the Pride was dealt with, it seemed like the stories mostly revolved around guest appearances and almost fanboyish goofiness, with the occasional really strong, more serious (but still fun) story here and there, but they just felt like they got less and less common as the series went on. I think what the team really lacks at the moment, and what made the series hard to get into long-term, is some kind of momentum. There's just not been much of a clear goal for the characters; they always just react. And that's...well, it gets old.

April 19, 2012 5:18 pm I'm not sold on Foreman. I think he's down some really creepy stuff for ANIMAL MAN, which works there, but the not-creepy stuff in that book is just so-so for me, and that's the limit of my experience. I've been liking the art in BIRDS to this point, so I hope the switch doesn't detract from the book.

April 19, 2012 9:40 am It reminds me a little of how SUPERMAN and ACTION COMICS have been interacting. SUPERMAN occasionally references things that are either happening in ACTION COMICS or may very well happen in it sometime, since it looks like ACTION will remain in the past while SUPERMAN's in the present. But JUSTICE LEAGUE doesn't have the luxury of a second title to use. If they insisted on the main story being "present day", I'd be inclined to use the backup as sort of a "from the files of the Justice League" kind of thing, filling in some backstory. Course, then they'd have the move SHAZAM.

April 19, 2012 5:30 am There's a two-page spread in this issue of the League fighting Manhunter. I suppose that might explain his distaste for them in STORMWATCH. I don't mind that change itself, since it does free up Manhunter to go be on STORMWATCH, which is interesting. My problem is the way it's presented, a reference to an earlier story that simply hasn't been told yet. Narratively this seems backwards given the circumstances.