Weekly Comic Book Discussion 23/02/06 (or 02/23/06, if you prefer)

Cafe Society
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We seem to lack a discussion thread so far this week, and I want to speak!

So I’ll start! Hup!

Not a big week for me…

Read so far:

Wonder Woman 226 - Last issue of the series (until v3 starts in a couple months). Interresting look at Wondie through her history. 10 year time-line clearly in effect - I really wish they’d decide whether or not that applied. We’ve got one book saying Elongated Man has been a superhero for 20, 30 years, another saying that Superman (who is generally agreed to have predated him) has only been around for 10. It’s a PITA.

Legion of Superheroes 15 - Lovely cover. Misleading as hell. Beautiful. The cloaked figure’s reveal was…not what I was expecting. I was SO expecting Supergirl to be making her appearance.That was a few good panels of WTF, although, I do have to wonder how effective it’d be for new readers. The letters page…was a classic. I can even forgive them making up a letter for it. Luckily, the issue does explain this gag entirely inside itself. But way to get my hopes up, guys. snif

It does occur as I write this…This issue was heavy on the misdirection. I can’t believe I missed it until now…

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Ack…forgot my main comment on WW - the Echo Effect page was by far the most interesting of the lot. That costume just doesn’t work on a man. Oh, no…

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Thanks for starting the thread!

*Batman * #650 was good. Three-way arguments involving Batman, Jason and the Joker should never be not good.

Green Lantern teams up Hal and Batman, who have been such good friends lately. Nice to see the sorta-resolution of some of the tension between them. My comic ship-managing husband reports that every person who bought this issue yesterday remarked that on the cover, Hal and Bruce look like they’re about to become VERY good friends.

Ultimate Spider-Man #90 wraps up the Silver Sable storyline. A good read as always.

Astonishing X-Men #13: I didn’t love the “Danger” arc, but this issue was better.

I liked Wonder Woman, even if they had to briefly remind us of her old, god-awful biker shorts and bikini top outfit. :wink: The super-tabloid device was fun.

I still have a bunch of other books that I haven’t read yet.

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I’m not so sure. Remember that Wonder Woman, Post-Crisis, is a relative newcomer compared to Superman. So if she’s been around 10 years, then Superman and Batman have been around for at least 15 years, so Bruce Wayne is…

This is only making it worse. I’ll stop.

Good week for me.

Legion of Super-Heroes #15: Hmm… For the sake of my sanity, I’m going to assume that the last story really was false, and the kid was just a lookalike. The alternative makes my head hurt. Otherwise a very charming story, although I’m sure it’d be more meaningful to long time Legion fans. The letter column was awesome, as always.

Astonishing X-Men #13: Oh, they’re still making these? Cool. I like Joss’ take on the whole House of M thing “Nothing has changed. I’m still going ahead with the plot I already did. Suck it if you don’t like it Marvel, I’m Joss fucking Whedon. The other guys have my writing and directing Wonder Fucking Woman. The Movie. I AM POWER!”

Ahem.

Sorry there. Anyway, great setup and character work. Worth getting for the Wolverine training scene alone. Anyone translate the Japanese?

Batman #650: Finally, I’ve been waiting fro this fight for months now. I can’t say that it was worth the wait, exactly, but I liked it for what it was worth. Loved Jason’s motivation. It was vaguely rude of them to end it on a cliffhanger, however.

JLA Classified #17: Now this is what I like out of the JLA. I’ve really grown to like Tuzik. He’s kind of a poor man’s Doom, but he’s so slimy and… like a real asshole dictator that he’s got his own charm. I also enjoy how all the weapons are recycled bits from old JLA villains.

Green Lantern #9: This is how I like my Batman. Cold, distant and troubled, but not an insane dick. Love the new Tattooed Man.

Wonder Woman #226: Final issue. I found it very touching.

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snicker Lantern/Bat OTP!

(I can’t belive I just said that. Don’t hurt me!)

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I can’t bring to mind what OTP means. I can probably guess from the context, but…

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She’s been around 9 years according to both this issue and the 10-year timeline, so this issue supports the 10-year timeline, where recent JLA have ignored it. Identity Crisis being ‘a year ago’ gives an idea how fast things move into the past on this timeline, too.

‘One True Pairing’…I’ve been hanging around a lot of fanfic writers…particularly slashers.

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That’s far tamer than the only theory I had! I’ve seen my share of slash fic but somehow I wasn’t familiar with that acronym.

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Oh, now you have me interested…

And getting almost back on track, I looked up that cover.

OMG, it’s so true. That is totally the moment before Angry Sex.

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I’m providing a link so people who haven’t seen it can join in the fun.

My husband described it to me on the phone before he brought it home last night. As soon as I saw it I cracked up. That would be some seriously macho mugging down, wouldn’t it?

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Hey, someone sent me a cryptic e-mail saying I was killed by Geoff Johns. Was there a character with my real name, Louis (or Lou) Rosen, in Green Lantern, by any chance?

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Yes. You, Lou Rosen, were chased through the streets of Gotham and killed by a sabretooth tiger. :smiley:

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Was I a good looking guy, at least?

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Forgive the hijack, but I’ve just gotta ask -

Okay, so I’m no longer a regular comics reader - I don’t read any ongoing series any more. But I am curious about this “Infinite Crisis” shake-up and have been reading Cafe Society threads about it. I only recently learned Wonder Woman is getting a major revamp - complete with a new #1 issue. I followed the link cbawlmer provided, and checked out a synopses for the last few issues of her current series. It seems to imply that the Amazons have deserted her and fled for parts unknown. That seems awfully similar to the beginning of the infamous “Emma Peel” age of Diana’s career - which is considered one of the worst series revamps in comicdom history. Please say the Powers That Be at DC aren’t going to subject her to that indignity again. Can somebody spoil me, please, please, please?

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I’ll have to go home and re-check the issue! Do you ever post on Johns’ web board? I know he sometimes borrows the names of posters if they use their real names.

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Yeah, I’m a semi-regular on Johns’ board. I figured that’s how he would have used my name, but I’ve never commented on Green Lantern. Once he and I had a good chat about how awesome Suicide Squad was in the '80s, but that’s it. Funny, though!

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Unknown. But probably not. (Then again, maybe, Wonder Girl remarked that she was having trouble with her powers over in her appearance in Robin)

A more likely indignity is that she’ll be replaced. Possibly by an alternate-universe version of herself. They’ve been very coy about who’s headlining in the rebooted titles.

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Am I the only one who got Mouse Guard #1 this week?

That’s a really good book, folks. Well worth the effort. The writing is well done and it’s sure different from your run-of-the-mill superhero book.

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That is ultra cool. Congratulations! Too bad about you getting killed, though… :smiley:

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Actually, I remember reading an interview with him saying that he would incorporate the House of M changes at least somewhat. All of the students that showed up in the issue are ones that have been confirmed as retaining their powers, for instance.

Rough translation of the Wolvie scene (between Astonishing X-Men and Daredevil, I’m beginning to feel that 8 years studying Japanese is finally paying off :slight_smile: ):