# Continuous Comic Book Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366 "2009-10-02T17:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/61 "2009-11-29T04:41:21Z")
See, I loved Robinson’s Superman this week, but then Cry for Justice… bleh. Finished my set of rings! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/62 "2009-11-29T05:02:50Z")
Anyone else reading IDW’s Transformers series? More specifically, has anyone, unlike me, actually made it all the way through All Hail Megatron? I was hoping for more of a capsule of what happened in the first issue of the new series, but, while there was enough that I wasn’t lost, there are a LOT of gaps. Like what’s the deal with Spike? And the humans’ energon-powered mecha? Any reason the Cybertronians have been redesigned AGAIN? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/63 "2009-11-30T17:18:14Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Anyone else reading IDW’s Transformers series? > > More specifically, has anyone, unlike me, actually made it all the way through All Hail Megatron? > > I was hoping for more of a capsule of what happened in the first issue of the new series, but, while there was enough that I wasn’t lost, there are a LOT of gaps. Like what’s the deal with Spike? And the humans’ energon-powered mecha? Any reason the Cybertronians have been redesigned AGAIN? I read some of the early modern Transformers stuff, but the constant stream of miniseries just.. wore down my attention span. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/64 "2009-12-18T20:02:45Z")
Been a while for all this… Comic store finally got in all the **Blackest Night** tie-ins they’d under-ordered. One would think that is the _reason_ they have pull-lists – so the pull-listers get the titles – but, whatever. Anyway, they’re all sort of a jumble. JLA and Outsiders were rather horrible. REBELS and Booster Gold actually worked in showcasing why they’re good books while also having the BN stuff. **Supergirl** seems improved by dropping most of that World Against Superman crap. **Brave & Bold** was nice to see Kent Nelson again, even though we’re already Hal-overloaded now. **GL Corps** continues to be awesome – bettern than the main GL and BN titles, really. Not too surprised to have seen what happened (except that last panel), but I actually think I started to feel sorry for Kryb. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/65 "2009-12-21T15:31:49Z")
Yeah, I’ve not been good about making sure to post every week… ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/66 "2009-12-22T00:30:09Z")
Heck, I’ve not been good about making sure to _buy_ each week. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/67 "2009-12-22T00:45:43Z")
I’ve only just caught up on my reading! NaNo gave me a gigantic backlog…especially since I’ve been collecting other stuff to read, too. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/68 "2009-12-22T14:37:43Z")
I’ll be travelling for a couple of days around the holiday, so I won’t get this week’s books until next Tuesday or thereabouts, in all probability. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/69 "2009-12-22T21:35:56Z")
My store sent out an e-mail, saying, “everyone knows the 30th is going to be a huge day in comics”. What’s the deal with Dec 30? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/70 "2009-12-22T22:03:23Z")
Blackest Night # 6 comes out. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/71 "2009-12-22T22:11:37Z")
My comic guy informed me that the week after Christmas was going to be a “no comics” week. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/72 "2009-12-22T22:27:35Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > My store sent out an e-mail, saying, “everyone knows the 30th is going to be a huge day in comics”. What’s the deal with Dec 30? Well nothing is shipping except for a special arrangement to get the next issue of Blackest Night. So it’s either sarcasm that can be taken two ways or a bit of hype. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/73 "2009-12-22T22:50:56Z")
As long as I’m posting in this thread… I read the first two volumes of Promethea yesterday. I liked the story and hated the neo-pagan proselytizing. Even taken in a fictional context the more the ideas are explained the more they fall apart and I get annoyed at wasting so much time explaining them to me. Is it worth continuing or will there continue to be chapters consisting of nothing but nonsense about magic? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/74 "2009-12-22T23:29:36Z")
I’ve never been able to find books 3 or 5, but I found book 4 very entertaining - a brilliant take on King Solomon at one point. Then again, I don’t mind reading the neo-pagan-mystical stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/75 "2009-12-23T02:59:33Z")
Anyone read Nova or Guardians of the Galaxy? Or is this an all-DC club? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/76 "2009-12-23T15:56:52Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Anyone read Nova or Guardians of the Galaxy? Or is this an all-DC club? I’m reading Guardians and I intermittently read Nova. It’s good stuff, but my enjoyment is hampered by my distaste for the overall Marvel status quo. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/77 "2009-12-24T03:28:20Z")
Remembered to buy comics today! … And it was mostly Blackest Night. Except BN: Wonder Woman, which they sold out of even though it’s on my pull list. I’m seeing a pattern here. Anyway, found BN: Teen Titans and BN: Batman/Superman to be uncompelling and rather dull. BN: JSA was pretty good. And Green Lantern _finally_ gets to the Jon Stewart payoff on Xanshi, and was pretty good, too. _Superman_ still sucks, and still somehow makes me find Mon-El boring. _JSA_ was somewhat better than _JSA All-Stars_, but the split team still seems utterly random and uncompelling. You’d think at least they’d’ve remembered which team PG got randomly assigned to when drawing the cover art, though. _Detective Comics_ continues to be awesome; good story, gorgeous art. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/78 "2009-12-25T02:30:54Z")
I’ve dropped every Marvel Universe book as of last month’s issue of Uncanny X-Men, though I’m still reading a few non-616 Marvel books - \ of Oz, The Stand, Spider-Man 1602, and X-Men Noir - just not a lot to say about them. Other than that they’re all very good. (Although 1602 explained something that had bugged me about the original 1602 - there was no reason to change Peter’s name, darnit.) Over at DC, the backups are starting to drive me a bit nuts - I’m loving that they brought them back (and I don’t mind that they’re switching most of them to rotating casts), but the chronology on some of them - specifically, the Manhunter backup in Streets of Gotham, and the Captain Atom backup in Action - is driving me batty. I don’t insist on chronology in different books lining up - if a Wonder Woman story and a Flash story that come out at the same time are clearly at different points, due to the characters’ status quo in a concurrent Justice League story, well, that’s fine. But when you’ve got closely connected (to the point of regularly crossing over) books, like the Bat-books, or the Super-books, having major plotlines diverging wildly is noticeable, and a bit annoying. Manhunter’s doing a Two-Face arc, primarily after Batman did an arc that involved Two-Face being driven out of Gotham. The last instalment of Captain Atom (2 weeks ago) clearly happens after this week’s Superman - probably significantly after - being based on communication between two characters who’ve only just met. Manhunter’s less annoying, since it’s too long a story to dispose of quickly, given the backups being 1/3 to 1/2 the length of the main stories. But Captain Atom could have included a filler story, to put the encounter in the next issue, after this issue of Superman. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/79 "2009-12-27T04:53:07Z")
I was surprised at _New Mutants_ #6 - which featured the return of Doug Ramsey (in yet ANOTHER return of the Living Dead storyline). I’m mad, because the whole idea of him using his ability to read/translate any language to include BODY language, making him an awesome fighter was one a friend of mine had 12 years ago, in an alternative universe fan story we were working on (but never completed). ---
**Author:** ![Anduinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Anduinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduinel)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366/80 "2009-12-27T07:30:32Z")
> [@Just\_Some\_Guy](#): > > Well nothing is shipping except for a special arrangement to get the next issue of Blackest Night. So it’s either sarcasm that can be taken two ways or a bit of hype. Doesn’t help that a lot of stores decided to hell with street dates and started selling the Blackest Night #6 a week early. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366.md?page=5)