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DETECTIVE COMICS #860


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  1. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    December 21, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    I like these shorter arcs.  I’d love to have a nice $7 three issue trade of this origin story.

  2. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    December 21, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    Very excited for this issue.

  3. Avatar photo RolandofGilead says:
    December 21, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    I’m hoping for a nice deluxe hc of these 7 issues. This has to be oversized or murder will ensue.

  4. edward says:
    December 21, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    yup. very good.

  5. flapjaxx says:
    December 21, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    Oversized treatment would be awesome.

    This seems like a decidedly average cover, which is uncharacteristic of this series, but maybe I’ll look better on paper than it does as a thumbnail image on a screen.

    Looking forward to the conclusion of the origin arc, bigtime. The previous issue was the best Batwoman issue yet, imo.

  6. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    December 21, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    @flapjaxx – Totally agree with you. Great writing. The art was ok .. I guess …  just kidding.

  7. Avatar photo HailScott says:
    December 21, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    When DC puts books out in trade, do they typically keep the co-feature? B/c I’d like to collect these without The Question getting in the way.

  8. Avatar photo NathanNicdao says:
    December 21, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    @stuchlach,@HallScott : 3 years?

  9. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    December 21, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    @NathanNicdao-what?

  10. flapjaxx says:
    December 21, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    @HailScott: I think I heard that back-up features (if collected at all) are going to be given their OWN trades. So there should be a Question trade coming out at some point (a few years from now once they have enough content, probably).

    I don’t think the back-up really ‘gets in the way’, but I just find that it completely lacks any tension for some reason. I know that, given the way superhero comics work, of course the hero is going to beat the bad guys and get out of their traps or whatever. But every installment of The Question is like, "Watch Renee beat guys up for eight pages! See those bad men over there?! Renee’s gonna beat them up good! Watch, here she goes! She’s beating them up good, huh?! *issue ends*" Maybe it’s just because the installments are only 8 pages, so it compresses the "hero beats villains" process, or maybe it’s just due to the generic situation (foreign smugglers!), but it just seems really uncreative. In general I like what bits of characterization Rucka has given to Renee and her mentor guy, but so far the stories seem too action figure-y, if that makes any sense. For what it’s worth, though, I honestly really do enjoy Hamner’s art in its own right. The coloring on it is really great too.

  11. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    December 21, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    Is there even an original way of praising JH Williams anymore? This guy is amazing. They need to put out an Absolute Edition of this out like the day after the last Issue.

  12. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    December 21, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    Fun fact that I haven’t heard brought up yet: This is JH Williams’s last issue for the foreseeable future.  Jock is solicited from January through March.

  13. Avatar photo Bryce31 says:
    December 21, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    Yeah…I heard that about Jock too.

    Guess it’ll be okay for awhile.

  14. edward says:
    December 21, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    wai, wait, wait. what the fuck? J.H. Williams is leaving? why did Rucka say that he had the issues completed already. That, my friends, is totally messed up.

     

    man, i’m angry now

  15. Avatar photo NathanNicdao says:
    December 22, 2009 at 2:58 am

    @drake: dc puts out trades after roughly 3 years, right?

  16. Avatar photo Zeppo says:
    December 22, 2009 at 7:23 am

    I think the back-up gets in the way. I didn’t even read it last issue, I went back later and read it. Once I’ve finished the Batwoman story, the only thing I want to read is the next issue of Batwoman.

    I couldn’t wait for the trade, DC’s trade department are not as good as Marvel. I used to read GL in trade, but the wait was far too long. Althought a nice hard back of the frist 7 issues you could give to someone to show them how great Batwoman is, would be a great thing.

  17. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    December 22, 2009 at 10:21 am

    @NathanNicdao-No. Roughly 6 to 8 months after the storyline wraps up.

  18. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    December 22, 2009 at 11:02 am

    I really like the art in this book but I’m starting to lose interest in the story. I’m giving it this issue and the first issue of the next arc to see where this is going.

  19. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    December 22, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    I love JH Williams and his work should get awards for best of the year. But I would not mind seeing Jock. It should be cool. I sure hope people don’t start complaining when Jock comes on as he is one of the best also.

  20. Avatar photo Urthona says:
    December 22, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    @flapjaxx – your Question comments exactly mirror my opinion.  The Question should NOT be a fight book.  I stopped reading a few issues ago, completely didn’t hold my interest.   Wonder if Blackest Night Question will show how it’s supposed to be done?

  21. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    December 22, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    @AmitCat

    You just said you hope comic fans won’t complain about change. Thought I should point that out.

  22. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    December 22, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    I just found out last night that JH Williams is gone after this issue. I’m not crying … it’s just allergies. *sniff*

  23. Avatar photo NathanNicdao says:
    December 23, 2009 at 1:33 am

    @drake: so why do people say 3years? Hyperbole?

  24. Avatar photo cromulent says:
    December 23, 2009 at 11:26 am

    I’m sad JHW3 is going but excited for teh Jock.

  25. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    December 23, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    @Slockhart – yes I did. I did say that.

  26. Avatar photo AquaPimp82 says:
    December 24, 2009 at 8:31 am

    I’m really shocked this the community PoW.

  27. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    December 24, 2009 at 11:21 am

    Magnificent.

  28. Avatar photo mansuper says:
    December 24, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Love the issue!! did not care for the extra story at all though…

  29. Avatar photo miyamotofreak says:
    December 26, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    Amazing issue. Even the backup was good. And JH will be back soon. 

  30. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    December 27, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    Unbelievable. Just like the whole run has been.

  31. edward says:
    December 29, 2009 at 5:57 am

    um, what’s wrong with all you people? the story is pretty average…, that’s one half of the book

  32. Avatar photo miyamotofreak says:
    January 1, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    @edward

    If this is an average story, then I’d be reading a lot more average books.

  33. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    January 3, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    @Edward

    I thought I was the only one who thought that… The art’s great, but the story feels like something I’ve read before. 

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