DC Comics Discussion Thread

[Mecha-gino]

Hmmm..... now earth 11 is the Gender reversed universe.

Superman is Superwoman and Batman is Batwoman.

Now Power girl would be Power Boy or something right? Well Power Girl is known for having huge knockers so does that mean power boy is known for a huge penis...... lol.
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[marhawkman]

Hasn't come up yet. They have shown Supergirl's analogue though. He looks almost like Superman as a teenager.

The Powergirl analogue would probably look like Fabio in a cape(aka Powerboy from Earth-1).
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[Hellspawn28]

I still need to read 100 Bullets soon since I read a few chapters of it and it was good.
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[Mecha-gino]

So.... I finally got to read some Swamp thing and I didn't read my moore stuff because I was waiting for the roots of the swamp thing to come in.

Now, I've read Roots of the Swamp thing.... I must say it was pretty awesome. I love the story style and I loved the art, it's sort of hard to believe it takes place in the DC Universe because there's no real elements of it what so ever. Swamp thing alone is badass, and has become a favorite of mine.

Now, when I get to the Alan Moore stuff I'll probably jizz myself. Because..... Moore writing one of my favorite characters and with Spectre and Etrigan appearing.... Epic Wins.

I plan on reading some of Batman the dark knight returns after I'm done with Moore's whole run. Then, I'm hitting wild storm to FINALLY read up on Mr. Majestic(Yeah, I know another Superman-like character what a surprise). Heh.

Speaking of which.... I need to start catching up with the Man of Steel seeing how I've left him behind for a while. So DC fans, what books of Superman do you recommend me to read?
Anything but the following:
The Death, the world without, and the return of Superman
Superman Red Son
Superman: Doomsday(Collecting nearly all the battles with Doomsday)
Superman Last son(Which if you've seen Superman II, you GOTTA read it! It's a masterpiece and it's OOHhh soo good.)

And while you're at it, why not throw some Batman at me. Because.... I've never really liked the character but I kind of want to read up on him now.

So, which do you NOT choose?
Just Batman: Red Rain.
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[Jon Leo]

I just finished reading Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Superman For All Seasons which I thought was great.

I'm also picking up Geoff John's new origin story, Superman: Secret Origin as it comes out each month, and that's been fantastic too (I'd recommend it if you can get both issues out so far, if not, wait for the TPB, Amazon has it listed as a June 8th release next year).

I'm a little behind on Superman reading myself ( any recommendations for me too?), but as far as Batman goes, I'd recommend:

The Dark Knight Returns (which it sounds like you're doing already)
Batman: Year One
Batman: The Long Halloween
Batman: Dark Victory (sequel to Long Halloween)
Batman: The Killing Joke
Grant Morrison's run from the last few years, including Batman and Son, The Black Glove, The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul, Batman R.I.P (to be read in that order, I realize TRORAG isn't just Morrison, but it fits into his run on Batman really well).
Arkham Asylum
Batman: Hush
Batman: Heart of Hush (along with the rest of Paul Dini's run on Detective Comics, and his current, ongoing series Gotham City Sirens and Batman: Streets of Gotham)
Batman: A Death in the Family
Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying

Batman: Cataclysm and No Man's Land are also pretty fun. The Knightfall trade paperbacks are worth looking into also, but not as much as the other stuff IMO (Knightfall Vol. 1 is really good, but after that it goes down hill slowly, and they left out a huge chunk of story between volumes 2 and 3).

Batman related without really starring him, but I'd also recommend Greg Rucka's Gotham Central: Half a Life, and especially his current run with J.H. Williams on Detective Comics featuring Batwoman (which is currently my favorite monthly title).

If you like Golden Age comics, then I'd also recommend The Batman Chronicles. If you aren't a fan of the era, you may want to pass though.

Oh, but stay away from All-Star Batman and Robin. I only bought it because of a few issues I picked up at the store, and everything I heard about it. It's got beautiful art, but its a total train wreck. A totally fascinating train wreck, but a train wreck none the less.

Sorry if that seems like a lot. Probably more Batman than you wanted, but I was on a role.

Anyone got any good Batman stories I didn't mention I should check out? I hear good things about Batman: Year 100.
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[marhawkman]

I'd recommend the Blackrock story from a few years back.
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[G1]

Green Lantern Corps #42 has done something horrible......

SPOILER in invisotext.

















Kyle Rayner was killed at the end of the book





END SPOILER
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[marhawkman]

Meh, We'll see what happens later. :p
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[G1]

Notice the Font color on that post. Heres hoping!
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[Mecha-gino]

Heh, you know what I'm shocked none of you guys menetioned?

The Promotional rings that come with certain comics. XD

I got mine(FINALLY) on Wednesday. Love and Hope...... Yeah, kind of gay. XD But next week..... WILL POWER AND RAGE!!!!

Oh and I feel like talking about Swamp Thing.... just gonna wait until someone replies to this.
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[Hellspawn28]

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing is awesome, I have read like twice. Great comic, one of the best horror comics out their.
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[Carnosaur Rex]

So I'm in the process of gettin my Lantern Corps sorted out. I gotta say the Red Lanterns are a pretty neat group, cause they're all so effin Crazy.
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[G1]

Ok ok ok ok ok - I've just finished reading Blackest Night #5. This series just went beyond epic. Before you read BN#5, read Green Lantern #48 as it sets up BN#5.

ok

SPOILERS AHEAD

So, in GL48, we get every leader of the colored lanterns together to fight a common threat. Then they go to where the Black Central power battery is supposed to be, only to find it not there.
Where could it be?
Answer: Its on earth, along with the main baddie - Nekron.

Now, I've been waiting for the big guns to show up in this crossover event, and Blackest Night 5 pays off. We get Superman, Wonder Woman, the Teen Titans - you know, the big guns. You've got the whole Flash Family running around too. Then the Lantern Brigade arrives on earth (through teleportation) and enters the fray. By uniting they're light, they create the white light, and use it to destroy the Black Central Battery. But that doesnt work. And Nekron says something along the lines of "Its time to see where the Guardians of the Universe messed up".
Enter - SPOILER


Black Lantern BATMAN!!!!!!

And because it was Black Lantern Batman, all of these hero's have emotional ties to him. And most of these hero's have been dead before. And Nekron, who is Lord of the Dead, was waiting for just this instant. Black Lantern Batman spews out black rings, which go on Superman, Wonder Woman, Connor (Superboy), Kid Flash, Donna Troy, Green Arrow, Animal Man, and Ice. And now they all become Black Lanterns!













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And thats how issue 5 of Blackest Night ended. It was a doozy, and I cannot tell you how much I'm digging this series - especially now!
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[marhawkman]

So where is the real battery? Ya know the one with the Antimonitor in it?
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