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Not partial to Morrison's "Batgod" who has a plan for taking down each JLA member and can do so without breaking a sweat. The very concept disgusts me.Give me back Adam West Batman who smiles, doesn't...
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Quote:Not partial to Morrison's "Batgod" who has a plan for taking down each JLA member and can do so without breaking a sweat. The very concept disgusts me.That wasn't his fault!
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Whose was it then?--Retroactive Comics - 60s, 70s, 80s style comic books!Retcom Forums | Retcom BlogPersonal Blog - boring stuffRecently read pile: Legion Archives 3, Birds of Prey: Battle Within,...
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Quote:Give me back Adam West Batman who smiles, doesn't plan to betray his friends, acts amicably towards his friends and jokes with them, calls Dick "old chum", and I will start picking up the...
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To be honest I haven't had enough exposure to the Batman between Adam West and DKR to be able to make an educated judgment. But I *would* very strongly take the camp Batman over the jerk Batman, at...
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Come to think of it, it's a little odd, because usually I like jerk characters (as one might be able to tell by my personality). Namor, Quicksilver, Guy Gardner, USAgent and that lot are some of my...
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Hey Samy, given your affection for the Bronze Age, you might like the Englehart/Rogers Batman, collected in trade under the title Batman: Strange Apparitions. I think that just might be the Batman...
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Thanks for the tip, cc!--Retroactive Comics - 60s, 70s, 80s style comic books!Retcom Forums | Retcom BlogPersonal Blog - boring stuffRecently read pile: Legion Archives 3, Birds of Prey: Battle...
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Actually, the Superman's best pal thing is a recent development. YES, they were best buds back in the GA and SA, but for the past twenty years (since the COIE and the Man of Steel reboot, really)...
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A couple of my favorite scenes of Gail's BOP were the times Black Canary stood up to Batman, telling him to cut the crap, cut Helena some slack, and give Oracle an apology.
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Orion's marriage occured in Hunger Dogs, the final New Gods story by Jack Kirby IIRC. Which DC has treated as being out of continuity, but the DC Encyclopedia writers apparently didn't get that memo.
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Quote:To be honest I haven't had enough exposure to the Batman between Adam West and DKR to be able to make an educated judgment.Well, this explains a lot.
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Pretty big list (for me). Normally I wait for trades, but some comics are too much fun to wait for:COUNTDOWN PRESENTS THE SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER: WILDSTORM #1BOOSTER GOLD #2JLA WEDDING SPECIAL...
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Quote:Whose was it then? The guy who actually wrote the story you're referencing? His name is Mark Waid.- thesherf@aol.com
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"His name is Mark Waid."Yeah, Morrison did write an ubercompetent Batman in JLA, although his current Batman run shows him much more falliable -- and that the" Batgod" routine was really yet another...
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What's that?Flash renumbered with #232???When will they learn...tfuchs
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Didja see the Kryptonite prop! TOO COOL.----Reading EC ShockSuspense v.2 and the Amazing Spider-Man OmnibusListening to Tom Waits (as always)
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Jeez, reading this thread just reminded me how depressing todays floppys are.And we're supposed to give these out to kids on Halloween to build future readers?It'd be like sticking razors in apples...
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for me, just Batman/Lobo. It's by Sam Kieth, my comix god. it'll be completely mesmerizing, if nothing else.
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