unikrunk wrote:Here's the rub; when I think of the greatest comics I have ever read, they are one-offs, TBs, or graphic novels and they are all DC.
I agree except Marvels is in there for me as well. So one Marvel entry.
unikrunk wrote:Here's the rub; when I think of the greatest comics I have ever read, they are one-offs, TBs, or graphic novels and they are all DC.
Adam Balm wrote:Was that that one where Superman rode a motorcycle and dressed like an idiot?
Adam Balm wrote:Wait. I just remembered Superman #400.
ONeillSG1 wrote:http://www.dccomics.com/media/desktop_patterns/Absolute_Kingdom_Come_1024x768.jpg
Though not an exclusive Superman issue, a great story and excellent artwork to boot.
Chairman Kaga wrote:I love Kingdom Come but I thought the end was a bit messy.
Leckomaniac wrote:Chairman Kaga wrote:I love Kingdom Come but I thought the end was a bit messy.
Hm. Messy? Not too sure what you are trying to articulate here Kaga. Are you referring to the Superman/Wonder Woman/Batman dinner out part? Care to elaborate. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Chairman Kaga wrote:Leckomaniac wrote:Chairman Kaga wrote:I love Kingdom Come but I thought the end was a bit messy.
Hm. Messy? Not too sure what you are trying to articulate here Kaga. Are you referring to the Superman/Wonder Woman/Batman dinner out part? Care to elaborate. I would love to hear your thoughts.
I dislike the fact that everyone who survives just sorta shrugs off the death of hundreds of comrades/children when the US nukes all the rogue "heros". Supes goes nutso for a page or so but after that everyone just says essentially "meh thems the breaks." After the rest of the story's really great writing I found that completely out of whack. The dinner part is just campy goofiness, I don't like it so much but that doesn't taint the story for me so much as the previously mentioned bit.
Leckomaniac wrote:Chairman Kaga wrote:Leckomaniac wrote:Chairman Kaga wrote:I love Kingdom Come but I thought the end was a bit messy.
Hm. Messy? Not too sure what you are trying to articulate here Kaga. Are you referring to the Superman/Wonder Woman/Batman dinner out part? Care to elaborate. I would love to hear your thoughts.
I dislike the fact that everyone who survives just sorta shrugs off the death of hundreds of comrades/children when the US nukes all the rogue "heros". Supes goes nutso for a page or so but after that everyone just says essentially "meh thems the breaks." After the rest of the story's really great writing I found that completely out of whack. The dinner part is just campy goofiness, I don't like it so much but that doesn't taint the story for me so much as the previously mentioned bit.
Thanks for the reply Chairman. Although, I disagree with you a bit. Tiny text, ahoy!
Looking over it...Batman does seem to be unphased...but I don't think the way he was written throughout the series...that kind of makes sense. Clearly, Superman is absolutely torn. Evidence of this can be seen when he makes the huge grave site/memorial thing. Not to mention when freaks out...and goes to attack the UN. I would have liked to have seen Wonder Woman act a little less cold. She was meant to have had this emotional break through at the end...but it is never really portrayed in the way it should have. So yeah, I can see where you are coming from. Although, I do feel that Superman's emotion can be seen for longer than "one page" as you put it.
Anyway, thanks again for the response Chairman. Its always a pleasure reading your thoughts.
Chairman Kaga wrote:The new movie makes me want to go ut and pick up some new stories thanks for the thread.
RogueScribner wrote:Regarding Secret Identity. am I correct in reading that it's not really Superman, just some kid named Clark who happens to manifest similar powers? Is this an alternate universe thing?
thedoglippedone wrote:Fuck yeah! I'm ordering it NOW!
EDIT - Dammit, not out here till December........
DC Comics has provided Newsarama with an exclusive look at the full Alex Ross image that will make up the covers to Superman #681, Action Comics #871 and Supergirl #35 - encompassing parts 2-4 of the nine part "New Krypton" storyline.
TheButcher wrote:DC Comics has provided Newsarama with an exclusive look at the full Alex Ross image that will make up the covers to Superman #681, Action Comics #871 and Supergirl #35 - encompassing parts 2-4 of the nine part "New Krypton" storyline.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: It's Raining Kryptonians - Hallelujah!
From Newsarama: SDCC '08 - Talking to the Superman/'New Krypton' Team
Action Comics# 868 preview: http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=20714
From Comic Book Resources: CCI: Superman The Man Of Tomorrow
Neil Gaiman’s upcoming story in Batman and Detective Comics is titled “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?” When this was announced, longtime readers and/or Alan Moore fans instantly recalled a story with a very similar title. The story, printed in 1986, also took over two premier titles, in this case Superman #423 and Action Comics #583. Alan Moore wrote, Curt Swan and George Perez drew, and they together created a story that looked back on the life of Superman, the Man of Tomorrow. The story was designed as “the last” Superman story, a clear precursor to many other “possible future” stories, including Marvel Comics “The End” stories.
By Vaneta Rogers
posted: 27 September 2008 06:10 pm ET
The Superman panel Saturday at the Baltimore Comic Con took place in a very hot room before a crowd of fans who were fanning themselves, but putting up with the heat so they could hear:
Matt Idelson, Superman books editor
Sterling Gates, Supergirl writer
James Robinson, Superman writer
Geoff Johns, Action Comics writer
Jamal Igle, artist on Supergirl
Idelson said that October is going to be a huge month for the Superman books. "Probably our biggest month in a long time," he said.
The first issue of Supergirl by the new creative team of Gates and Igle comes out Wednesday and features a media blitz by Cat Grant in a story called, "Why the World Doesn't Need Supergirl."
Robinson said Gates is doing a lot for the Supergirl series, including giving Supergirl a rogues gallery. He said Gates' writing is fantastic and Igle's artwork is fantastic. "I think they're going to be one of the greatest combinations that DC has seen for a long time."
There will be a Jimmy Olsen special by James Robinson coming up, Idelson said. "This is our attempt to turn Jimmy into a vibrant young man of 22," Robinson said. "This is going to be the beginning of him as an investigative reporter. He'll go out in search of answers in different places in a story including the Guardian.
Johns will finish up the Brainiac story in Action Comics and it will continue into the New Krypton Special. All the Superman-related books will have the triangles on the front. "Each one of our books will deal with the bigger story but also threads that our characters deal with," Johns said.
Igle said in Action Comics #869, Supergirl's parents are alive, and Igle will flesh out the story. Gates said Supergirl #35 will explain everything that's happened up to this point with Supergirl and how that fits with the discovery of her parents.
The Guardian will be in a special, and Robinson explained that Jimmy Olsen will find out all kinds of horrible secrets about his past as he's refolded back into the Superman Universe. Idelson added that it will fit into the New Krypton story.
The crossover will spiral the books into different directions, Idelson said. And Action Comics is going to take a really different direction, although Johns said he couldn't talk about it now.
Kiel Phegley wrote:Every DC Comics fan has their favorite underutilized corners of the DC Universe. From Dinosaur Island to Earth-8 and beyond, the cosmos of the DC heroes is full of strange and shiny ideas that don't always get their day in the sun.
But this December, writer Chris Roberson will be resurrecting one of DC's forgotten pieces of world-building for a story running in "Superman/Batman" #79 and 80: the 853rd Century of "DC One Million." Originally conceived by Grant Morrison during his '90s run on the publisher's "JLA" as part of a massive, line-spanning event, the DC One Million future presented a world millions of years in the future where our solar system was still called the home of heroes from Green Arrow to Wonder Woman and, of course, Superman and Batman.
After the initial "DC One Million" event, the characters of that world were seldom heard from outside the occasional appearance (mostly in works by Morrison or his peers), but as Roberson – best known for his Vertigo series "iZombie" as well as a wave of BOOM! Studios titles including the upcoming Stan Lee superhero series "Starborn" – and artist Jesüs Merino are out to show, the concepts have life in them to go to infinity and beyond. Below, the writer explains how his emersion in Morrison's work led to the story, which forgotten villain helps kick the ball rolling and why a more Silver Age feel to the proceedings is nothing to fear.
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