Lock Jaw Reviews The New 52 Week #4

Superman #1



Aquaman #1



Blackhawks #1



Green Lantern: New Guardians #1



I, Vampire #1



Teen Titans #1



The Fury of Firestorm - The Nuclear Men #1



Voodoo #1



All-Star Western #1



Justice League Dark #1



The Flash #1



The Savage Hawkman #1



Batman: The Dark Knight #1

Week 4 Rankings

Felt this was definitely the weakest week. Had a hard time deciding the order of anything but the first two.

1) All-Star Western
2) Aquaman
3) Superman
4) Green Lantern: New Guardians
5) Firestorm
6) The Flash
7) Batman: The Dark Knight
8) Voodoo
9) Justice League Dark
10) The Savage Hawkman
11) Teen Titans
12) I, Vampire
13) Blackhawks

That's not a spoiler, dude.

echoing the existing sentiment expressed already about starfire (really hate what they've done), another thing that kind of bothered me about the red hood book was that, in the interview that appears in the back of a tonne of the new 52 books, the writer is all "YEAH WE'RE MOVING JASON ON FROM HIS BAT AFFILIATION. BATMAN ONLY GETS MENTIONED TWICE IN THE FIRST TWO ISSUES AND NOT EVEN BY JASON!" but then they've slapped a bat-logo on his chest and thrown one into the series logo too. okay buddy. way to move on.

Still haven't read any of it. Dunno if I will. After years of not really caring much for DC, they were finally getting me really interested in a lot of their books, and then this happens. It just seems frustrating, and I don't want to deal with it, so I'm going wait for the inevitable return of the regular DCU. Until that happens, I'm sticking excusively with marvel.

I picked up Superman #1 and The Savage Hawkman #1 earlier and I have to say I enjoyed them. I didn't think I would enjoy Superman based off of some of the reviews I had seen, but I was pleasantly surprised as it was very enjoyable. Not much really happened in the book, but it was a pretty good standalone issue I thought.

Hawkman I wasn't sure of at all. I haven't read or really even seen the title since the 90's so I have no idea how convoluted it used to be, but I have always loved the look of the character so I figured while I was there, and every other comic I wanted was out of stock, this would be a good starting spot to see if the character was worth getting invested in. I agree with Lock Jaw in that I don't really care for the "suit" coming out through his skin, hated it when Iron Man did it as well, but that's just a minor personal preference. Nothing amazing happened by any means, but it was just simple straightforward storytelling with an interesting battle scene. The issue did it's job, perhaps more so that Superman, it has me anticipating issue #2 and what will happen next.

I was looking into getting a few other books such as Detective Comics, Action Comics, Batman and Green Lantern and all of them were sold out. The guy behind the counter said he had more ordered and they were issuing a second printing for a couple of them and a few were even on a third print. So hopefully this will be a sign of good things to come and not just a sales spike for DC.

Judging by this new 52 preview issue they had at the store Grifter looks like it could be an interesting book. I saw it on the shelf, but didn't pay much attention to it, but after looking through the preview when I got home I wish I had picked it up.

Have you found the Woman In Red?

I did in Hawkman, she was pretty obvious in that one. Honestly I had forgotten about her, but she's so blatant in there that you can't miss her. I'd have to check Superman, but I'm sure she's in there too.

Ok went back and flipped through the pages and yeah found her in Superman too.

Aquaman was fucking great

Okay, so I read Week Four's comics to round out the New 52:

All-Star Western:


Aquaman:


Batman: The Dark Knight:


Blackhawk:


The Flash:


The Fury of Firestorm:


Green Lantern: The New Guardians:


I, Vampire:


Justice League Dark:


The Savage Hawkman:


Superman:


Teen Titans:


Voodoo:

:'(

Yikes. That's........something.

Action Comics #2 is a slight improvement. Only thing that took me as a real ":nono:" moment, was

Continued to really enjoy Animal Man. Enjoyed Swamp Thing as well. Seems like these two are somehow "connected tangentially".

Also continued to enjoy Justice League International. Probably the only "team" book that I am enjoying.

I gave The Batman a hard time, turned out to be good. Gave Brave and Bold a hard time, turned out to be good. Beware the Batman looks weird with Katana and Alfred all gun toting but hey, it may work.

shouldn't the Jor-El pic be in spopiler tags at least??

I wouldn't consider that spoilerish, but I will be more careful.

JOR-EL IS IN A SUPERMAN MOVIE?! SPOILERS. :'(

Finally saw Green Lantern today.

Gotta say, I really enjoyed it. Maybe it's because I had such low expectations going in, but it surprised me.

Reynolds as Jordan really exceeded my expectations. He toned down his smart ass personality just enough. Hal Jordan is no Guy Gardner, but he's still a bit cocky and brash. And in scenes where he had to portray the will and determination that define the character, he did great.

Rush as Tomar Re was perfect. GL Sinestro was great. He had just enough arrogance to sew the seeds of his future fall, but without crossing that line(until the post credits)

I actually like the movie parallax more than the comic version. Was more interesting as a fallen guardian, than as some generic ancient evil.

Hector Hammond knocked it right out of the park. Can't see how they could have made him better.

Only thing I really didn't like was Duncan as Kilowog. His voice, while deep and scary sounding, is still very monotone. Feel like kilowog should be loud and boisterous.

The suit looked better in motion, especially with that effect of energy flowing through it. When idle though? Yeah, looked shitty. But it didn't bother me that much.

In the end, It's no Dark Knight or anything, but I still thought it was a fun movie.

A shame there probably won't be a sequel. Would have loved to see Sinestro Corps War on screen.

Oh, and I loved the bit with the domino mask. Always thought they were one of the stupidest things commonly utilized in comics, and this film seems to agree with me on that.

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War of the Green Lanterns was good. Wish they would have gone deeper into the first green lantern mystery, though they are probably saving that for a later story.

Really interested where they take Sinestro from here.

Just watched the animated Batman: Year One.

Probably the most faithful, panel for panel, word for word adaptation that they have done.

Year One was great. A little short, but great nonetheless. The voice casting, per usual, was awesome. Particularly loved Bryan Cranston's Gordon.

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I really think that this DC Comics New 52 has all but killed my interest in comic books. Which is no easy feat.

I can't stand to look at or read my favorite superhero anymore (Superman).

There are only a handful of books worth reading, and they are the ones who didn't really retcon much. But then they just serve to make me sad because they remind me of how good the DC Universe was just before they decided to reset everything.

Read Marvel.

It just isn't the same...

But I have been reading more Marvel lately. Trying to catch up from where I left off... which is still a few years behind. Perhaps I should just skip to the present.

Pretty much done with comics in general. I keep up with what's what, but I can't be arsed to keep up with Marvel's history and DC's utterly unnecessary reboot/relaunch/whatever. I'm more invested in other media.

Just read Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes that just came out.

Seriously depressed me. Basically just finishing up a story from the old universe. So the old Batman status quo is present.

Read X-Force and Uncanny X-Force. Anything by Ed Brubaker is gold. Daredevil, Captain America, and The Immortal Iron Fist are all particularly awesome. Anything with the word "Avengers" in it, has been really good since Heroic Age started. First couple issues of Future Foundation really impressed me.

I really don't care much for the art in this Hawkman series. The story isn't bad, although all of the reviews I've seen say otherwise, but the art on anything other than Conner/Hawkman leaves a lot to be desired. In this last issue there were certain panels where I really couldn't make out what Morphicius (who is supposed to be the main villain at this point) is even supposed to look like.

I mean I'll still be reading it for a while, but I can see it being one of the first books they cancel from the new series.

I think I made some picks before the books came out about which would get canceled. Forget what was on it though. Lemme see if I can find it.

I am the only one playing this game though. I hope I win.

I'd probably take I, Vampire off of the list though if I did it now. I mean, I don't like it at all... but for some reason it has been getting "acclaim" as one of the better relaunch titles. No idea how.

I've never read it to be honest. I finally found a comic store relatively close to me and when I went in there a couple of months ago they didn't seem to carry many of the new series at all. This was week 3? of the launch I believe, and he said everything had been sold so I never ended up getting into any of the smaller name series other than Hawkman which was still on the shelves. I've just been ordering them from midtowncomics.com and getting Superman, Batman, Detective, GL and Hawkman.

I started out with Grifter and Batwoman too, but they didn't really keep my interest though I can see why people love Batwoman so much. Grifter is another one I can see being cut out soon, the book looks good, but up through issue 2 he kind of struck me as a print version of a Jason Statham movie.

where do i start in
 

Batman and robin

Number 1?

What does the tpb that contains 1 look like?

I don't know if they're collected yet, the reboot is still kinda new. You'd have to ask your local comic store. I'm sure the pic of the cover is online.

Or do you mean the Batman and Robin that had Dick Grayson as Batman? #1 of that volume can be found in the book that looks like this:

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I have that book. It is fantastic.

Fuck the new 52.

Pretty much.

There are a few books in the New 52 that I really really like (Animal Man, Action Comics, Aquaman, Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman), but overall it's a confused half-baked mess that still seems unnecessary. I mean, I'm glad it got people reading DC again, but so much of it is extremely off-putting.

Most 52 stuff has been kinda hit or miss.
Action Comics is the shit tho.

If you mean that in a negative way, then yeah. It has been shit.

I didn't really care for the first couple issues of Action personally.

I dunno... the porno issue of the first couple catwomans of the new 52 were a nice change of pace

The only books of the New 52 worth reading are:

All-Star Western
Animal Man
Aquaman
Batman (The only bat-book that doesn't just depress me, missing the old status quo)
Green Lantern Books Minus Red Lanterns (Which were not rebooted at all)
Swamp Thing


I am on the fence with Demon Knights and Resurrection Man.

NEEDS MORE UNDERPANTS OUTSIDE OF HIS PANTS

Wasn't one of the points of this reboot to eliminate multiverses again?

If so why is DC already starting a JSA book based on Earth-2?

Because that was not one of the points of the reboot.

Well then it makes sense.

wait wait wait..my mistake.
I meant Detective Comics.
Action Comics has been..eh. I wouldn't say shit but just eh..for me.

Detective Comics has been "eh" for me. Not bad, but perfectly average. Batman is better.

Here's my pull list:

Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern: New Guardians
Red Lanterns
Batman
Detective Comics
Action Comics
Aquaman
Justice League
Animal Man
Swamp Thing


I pretty much enjoy all of them, although John's Green Lantern and Animal Man are my fav's. I was very dissapointed in the new JLI series, being a big fan of the old group.

Cancellations, ahoy!

Static Shock and Mister Terrific have also been canceled.

BUT

Six new books are going to be replacing them.


Batman Incorporated by Grant Morrison

Earth 2 by James Robinson (Really pulling for this one and hope it isn't a pile of crap)

World's Finest by Paul Levitz (BUT not Batman and Superman. Apparently it is going to be Power Girl and Huntress from Earth 2, but on Earth 1)

The Ravagers by Howard Mackie (I assume this is an expansion of the porn line)

G.I. Combat by J.T. Krul (Featuring more "vintage DC" war stories like The War That Time Forgot, The Haunted Tank, and The Unknown Soldier)

Dial H by China Miéville

I actually kinda liked Static Shock, so I'm rather disappointed to see it go.

Also, hooray for Power Girl getting her own comic again and not just being reduced to Mr. Terrific's girlfriend.

On the other hand......do we really need another goddamn Batman comic? We've already got about 1 in 3 of the New 52 as Gotham titles.

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The CW will order a pilot for a one hour live action Green Arrow series, according to Deadline. The series is written and executive produced by Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim (Green Lantern), with Andrew Kreisberg (Fringe). The pilot will likely be directed by David Nutter, who directed the Smallville pilot (which was picked up by the CW for a long run) and episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Game of Thrones, and non-genre series like Shameless and Entourage.

Green Arrow was actually a long-running character on Smallville, portrayed by Justin Hartley (who’s not attached to this new project).

The plan is to put the character in a new world not based on the DC comics.

CW has been searching for a replacement for its long-running Smallville series, which recently ended (see “Complete ‘Smallville’ DVDs’).

"Hey let's have Green Arrow, a DC superhero, but without him in a DC world."

Until a few seasons pass, then we can just turn the show into random guest stars from the DC Universe showing up.

Well if they're going with this idea then Halle Berry's Catwoman should make an appearance.

I loved that show, I miss it.

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A Green Arrow show? Hmmph... that's sure to put butts in seats.

Has anybody heard the latest on when the Green Lantern Animated Series starts up again?

Starts up again?

Well, they released 2 episodes already late last year.

Oh ████.

why are all the swear words blocked out?

nevermind i figured it out

Don't know why you would have asked the question in a DC Comics thread of all places.

Anyways, to keep in line with their ████py new direction, DC has unveiled a ████py new logo:

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They've also got "custom" ones for specific books:

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(Note the Watchmen one, which fuels more into the rumors of a prequel that have been going around)

Holy shit that logo is awful.

Valiant had a better logo than that.

Holy shit, I can say shit again!

That is just.....awful. Seriously. That's just embarrassing. Not to mention unnecessary. I mean, Marvel seems to have gotten by pretty well with their logo just being the word "MARVEL" in big blocky letters. And it's not like there's anything wrong with the current DC logo. Or the one before that, really.

Also, if there is any truth to the rumors of a Watchmen prequel, I will personally murder Dan DiDio.

It looks like some random low budget office logo.

Eww...

So at what point does DC go out of buisness and start selling off their trademarks?

Never. WB does good by them.

Better question is when they give up on "The New 52" and go back to the old universe and tout a "Return to the Classic!"

about 4 weeks before the file bankrupt?

so 2 months-ish?

As much as it annoys me, DC's sales have actually been up significantly since the reboot. So I doubt they're going to be throwing in the towel any time soon.

those are morbid curiosity sales tho, they cant last

I wouldn't mind them going back to the classic universe, and keeping DCnU as a new parallel Earth.

I honest-to-God would have gladly accepted the DCnU if they had packaged it as a parallel universe like Ultimate Marvel. It's the fact that this new continuity also went out of its way to take everything we'd already known and say "nope, didn't happen" that annoys the hell out of me.

Please tell me that is not the actual actor.

It's him. He looks goofy here but I think he can pull it off.

Hate his face and hair.

I would not trust that man alone with my child.

But he's Superman.

Exactly, so he should look like I should be able to trust him.

He looks like a traveling salesman. Horrid.

why have the past two supermen been really scrawny?

Because Vince McMahon made steroids a dirty word.