So far, I'd say Hawkman (which has been Indiana Jones-esque) and Bendis's Superman stuff are what I'm enjoying. Enjoying Tom King's Batman stuff on and off (about to read Batman 53).

Haven't read #6 yet, but agree with METAL and No Justice..... just "too big" with not a lot of breathing room to focus on the characters..... Snyder's run on Batman was great, but he always focused on the characters more than "big ideas" (which he still had, but did alot with the characters still).

Meanwhile, I finally read all the other "New Age of Heroes" comics.....

I like The Terrifics (Fantastic Four feel), The Silencer (quasi John Wick ripoff), and I still am enjoying Sideways. Would prob rank them in that order.

The Immortal Men and The Unexpected are "interesting" in a weird "this might be good down the line" way.

Damage, Curse of Brimstone, and New Challengers are very skippable.

53 was well-written...and I actually like the idea of Batman back in the trunks too but I might take a break from that too...IDK

Maybe I should give a different Batbook a try

this looks/sounds so depressing

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Really liked James Tynion's run on Detective Comics, but it is over now, and the current arc/writer doesn't live up to it..... I think James Robinson taking over the book soon.....

Oh no James Robinson always writes 'lots of death'

I liked his Justice League when he was writing the actual book. Did not care so much for his Cry of Justice mini... which I guess is what you are talking about....

Noticed Commander Steel and Power Girl in that Heroes in Crisis promo image..... wonddr what the deal is....

It's about a PTSD center for superheroes but a mass shooting or something happens at the ptsd center and DC is teasing 2-3 major characters will die

Feel like it will be 'beloved' characters like Tim Drake, Roy Harper and Wally West and they'll eventually have to 'bring them back to life'. The main characters are supposed to be Harley, Booster, Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman.

Can't wait for a second crash that'll force comics to be fun again.

I know what the event is... just curious of those characters and how they fit into continuity now....

Don't think they will kill Tim, because he just "died" recently. Wally, maybe, but they just brought him back too, so he would probably come back again very soon after and move his story forward another step.....

Read Peter Tomassi's run on Superman or Super Sons...... very fun....

Superman has become the most 'fun' DC character lately (imo)...started before Bendis was ever at DC, like you said Tomassi's run.

Oh look another big event in DC where everyone's in Crisis.

God I hate this so much.

DC likes it "Crises", Marvel likes its "Wars"

That's the truth!

I recently read ZERO HOUR: A CRISIS IN TIME and enjoyed it quite a bit.

I remember reading that as a kid, and thinking "who are all these lame old dudes?" @ the Justice Society.....

But since then the JSA have become one of my favs and going back and reading Zero Hour now is like "Wow! I can't believe they would just do that! That's outrageous!"

Oh I love Super Sons. Just a really fun book and a great candidate for an animated movie.

I know there's been some cool hero books but overall, everything's so drab. And if it isn't grim dark It's probably some preachy bullshit. DC is more in the clear than Marvel but generally speaking the big deconstruction wave of comics has left us with two universes of barely heroes.

There are lots of individual titles that are fun to read.

Its just the major crossovers that have been shit. If it were up to me I wouldn't even have them as all their fucking tie ins put good stories in other books on hold until the event is finished.

People will one day look back very differently on this film, I believe. One of the best scenes in any superhero film, imo.


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It's almost from a slightly better movie.

I fell asleep in the theater while watching man of steel

I thought it was good, only DC film I haven't liked is Justice League. Was just atrocious.

I think Man Of Steel and Batman vs Superman are better films than most MCU films, but I'm also not a fan of the weird 'Marvel vs DC' obsession people have.

If you combined the good bits from Superman Returns with the good bits in Man of Steel, you would have a great Superman movie. As it stands, would much rather watch Superman Returns.

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I would not recommend that one

Man of Steel was a really interesting film that wasn't very good. But it's the best of the Snyder films.

I like everything about it besides the plunge into "reality" with the acknowledged deaths of thousands of innocent bystanders.
Zack Snyder does the one thing that pulls the movie out of fun and into a level of self-worth that almost completely undermines the entire concept of Superman. He did the same thing to Batman. You need a bit of a cheeky wink to camera that lets you know you're ok every now and then. Zack Snyder exchanged the winks for more carnage.
It's a decent film but I don't think Snyder knows how to use comic characters. He's still stuck in Watchmen mode where everything has to die horribly and nobody cracks an honest smile.

He at least had plenty of laughs in Justice League which was actually the only thing that saved it from a negative review. Ezra Miller saved an entire movie that Zack Snyder tried his best to destroy.

Oh and Amy Adams. She is a good actress but not in comic adaptations or science fiction films.

I also liked what joss whedon did with justice league

Justice League went too far in the other direction. I don't have an issue with the DCEU being the more gloom of the two big universes. It was only BvS that pushed it to a depressing degree. Something a tad lighter than Man of Steel (Wonder Woman really) would be the right tone.

What's Superman holding?

The Phantom Of The Opera mask or a BAFTA award trophy, or perhaps it's a BAFTA for the Phantom Of The Opera.

The counsellors at The Sanctuary wear white bedsheets and golden masks. You can see a few in the background. Superman is holding an empty one that is all bloody.

Can't even win a BAFTA

Thought it was Psycho Pirate's mask.

Action Comics 1002 really good

I'll be honest. I forget what he's up to these days what with him having been so busy for so long. I now see he was screenwriter, which probably accounts for the quality of Ezra Miller's Flash. Not to detract from Miller because his performance carries that film further than it has any right to go.

The Flash was Joss' classic humor written all over it. If you follow his work as soon as Flash hit the screen youre immediately like "Oh there's Joss." That and aquaman's confession screen Joss' writing style.

Didn’t like Ezra Miller only because he doesn’t know how to run. Really bothers me.

Just read the latest issue of Justice League.

"Whoa" @

Seems Henry Cavil has quit Superman.

A shame after he finally had a good showing, but probably for the best to get away from the stink of Man of Steel and BvS and start fresh.

I thought Cavil was a great Superman.

Sounds like Michael B Jordan (Kilmonger) might be the new Supes (rumors).

There's a graphic novel series called 'Earth One: Superman' I think would make a good Supes film, it's a bit more modern take on him w/o continuity restraints.

Speaking of Supes, some funny pages from the latest issue (Earth has become trapped in The Phantom Zone via S.T.A.R. Labs having a woops moment):



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jesus christ

SJW is a virus. It's taking over everything.

There is no talks of a new superman. Its all in on Supergirl....

That Adam Strange panel and Superman telling rioters to knock it off is pretty good.

Skipped over it because I haven't picked up the issue yet.....

He can’t play Superman as he’s not an alien with super powers.

Can you do Supergirl without Superman? The TV show couldn't.

If Cavil is out as Superman I think he'd be great as the next James Bond. Don't really think he's out as Superman just yet but he could still do both.

Tv could did and does. The 2 ep supes is in was for fun not necessity

I think Cavill is the next big thing in Hollywood which makes this news really unreal, unless he wants out of the role.

DC should be fighting to keep him as Superman. He is the next leading man in Hollywood. He's about to tear it up as The Witcher on Netflix.

Cavill has to be trying to get out of being Superman. Now way DC Movies wants him out. He's the best Superman they can have. It makes no sense. He has to be wanting out of this. Makes sense too. He's literally the next big deal in Hollywood. He might not want to be type casted.

RP you're making the mistake that DC/Warner Bros. knows what the fuck they're doing. They don't. They're trying to ape Marvel/Disney's success without understanding the work that was put in to make it a success in the first place. Instead, we get the schizophrenic tone the DCCU has that turns off moving goers.

Cavil shitposted himself with a Superman toy. Seems this was all hype.

Nah. That guy just got paid is what this was. I got a dollar that says we'll be hearing about a new solo supe film real soon too

Clever negotiating tactic tho. Ballsy too.

The Superman toy was in a Killmonger box.

Terrible casting.

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IGN very misleading with it's description...... Todd Phillips said it was a pic of "Arthur" not "The Joker"........

It is a "Joker Origin" movie, so "Arthur" will eventually become "The Joker", but that is not a picture of it.......

IGN trying to "outrage people" intentionally

Batman hangs dong in a new comic book:

That's not real, right?

From a new comic called "Batman: Damned"

Part of DC's new "mature" "Black Label" line

I read it earlier, actually pretty decent and 'dark'

It's own continuity and taking some liberties with some things from Bats past.

"Mature" and "black label" as in "porn", right?

At least now we've got an answer to the question we've been asking ourselves for decades.

Batman IS circumsized.

I wonder if his dad did it himself. He was a doctor.

Thomas Wayne was a doctor? I thought he was some kinda businessman.

Unpopular opinion here... I liked BatmanVSuperman and Justice League. I enjoyed those movies.

Batman shaves

His dick also leans to the right.

BvS is a guilty pleasure. It sucks but I'll watch it every so often because there's some really great scenes. Affleck pretty much stole the show.

Also, Batman has a big black dong in that comic.

I think Phoenix is an amazing actor, but this project he's trying to take on is beyong crazy. Ledger nailed it . You cant nail it any better than Ledger did. I love Phoenix, but man, he cant top Ledger. This is a terrible role for him to go after. I dont even get it. I suppose if anyone can top it, Phoenix is the man, but i think he'll fall short of Ledgers performance.

It's really not that big.

Also, Damian, I think it's because he's walking.

its flaccid. Trust me i have a big dong.

Watched a fan film earlier called Joker Rising that has me interested to see this movie. Agree Ledger did a great job but I don't think that stops anyone else from pulling the character off. I think Leto did a great job with his version of Joker. Phoenix has that look though that I feel like once he gets into Joker mode it'll just feel right


Here is that fan film. It is a fan film and low budget but it told a good story. Guy that plays Joker reminded me of The Miz. It's about a hour an a half long

He doesn't have to top Ledger. And I doubt that's what he's shooting for. It's an interesting character to play, and Phoenix probably sees it as a chance to do something different and fun with an iconic character that he could put his own spin on.

People used to think Nicholson Joker was tut best till Ledger came along. I'm interested to see how this plays out.

I think he's a terrible choice for Joker, but then again so I thought about Ledger.

I thought Leto might be good but we all know it ended.

So we'll just see.

By the way, we still don't know who's gonna be Batman?

Leto didn't get a fair shake. He should've been the main villain in that movie. But he was nothing more than a sidecharacter with very little screen time. I don't think we got enough of him to know whether or not he'd be good. I didn't care for all the tattoos tho.

They can't just never do a live action Joker again because Ledger was great.

They should have used his death for the film.
Coulda had Batman come in and be all "Drugs, Joker? My God..."

They waited 20 year after Nicholson

He was dead in a single movie series until Begins where they immediately put him in a sequel.

Well they've tripled down on Joker sense Ledger with Leto, Phoenix, and the Gotham TV show. I think with the Star Wars rebirth and Hamil getting big praise as the animated Joker they've seemed to want to find that next great live action Joker.

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This 32 second clip is better than everything Jared Leto. I'm warming up to Phoenix as Joker right now.

I don't like the red nose and blue eye paint. Looks too much like a clown. I know he's the Clown Prince of Crime but I feel like that's too much on the nose so to speak.

Also Leto was a good Joker and didnt get a fair shake at the character.

I didnt like the colors either. Red i dont care. THe blue was a little much.

Probably not the actual "Joker look", but just some actual clown makeup that he wears before he becomes the Joker

Feel like the hair is s bit long as well. I thought Phoenix was a good choice because I imagined his Johnny Cash look only as Joker but that's completely different than what I imagined. I won't let that deter me from the movie as I'm still interested in it but the look has me disappointed.

He's a far, far better fit for the role than Jared Leto. I think he's a better pick than Ledger too. Joaquin Phoenix is a consistently great actor and I never had that much love for anyone besides Jack Nicholson in the role.

Really like Phoenix's Joker appearance since it gives off a playful sociopath feel to it.

Compared to Legder or classic Joker tv/film appearances, didn't really like Leto's design.

I think it looks shit. Better than Leto's hipster Joker, but still shit.

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Do we even know who's gonna be Batman?