Is it okay to talk politics if a comic gets political? In the solicitations for July, we have JLA 83. Here is how DC solicits it: President Luthor has Qurac on his hit list, and heaven help any hero who stands in the way. Now Superman finds himself in a living nightmare as his fellow…
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Slow month for DC Direct
I just can’t find any excitement for July’sDC Direct stuff. I don’t collect statues (the Hal Jordan GL statue…I can’t believe it wasn’t out by now). Although I must say one thing for the Superfriends figure sets: this is about the only way to get a Scarecrow that looks the way Neal Adams used to…
Random thoughts on DC Solicitations
Comics Continuum also has the DC Solicitations, and since there isn’t one big item I’ll comment on the little ones: “Formerly Known As The Justice League” is finally going to appear, and I love the cover. That said, the books seems to be in a time warp. Maxwell Lord is said to be alive (last…
Formerly Known as… release date?
This is about as gossipy as gossip gets, but Rob Snow posts over on the Dixonverse Message Board that there is finally a release date for “Formerly Known As The Justice League”. July 2nd.
Oh, thank you, that’s much better.
Comedian Patton Oswalt’s upcoming JLA one-shot, JLA: Workweek, has been retitled! “Oh, good” I thought. Workweek didn’t seem like a great title. Hopefully they found a much better candidate. So: the new title is “JLA: Welcome to the Working Week.” Who are the ad wizards who came up with this campaign?
Where is the Justice League?
Let me get this straight: Season Two of the Justice League animated series doesn’t debut until OCTOBER? It feels like I’ve been watching these reruns forever, and yet there are six more months to wait! Oy. It sounds like Cartoon Network felt that the last season dragged out between the production of new episodes. I…
A classic from the Onion
Yeah, yeah, I’ll get to posting news in a minute. But for now, an Onion classic: When You Are Ready To Have A Serious Conversation About Green Lantern, You Have My E-Mail Address
Arkham Asylum ref’d
Arkham Asylum was discussed on National Review’s “The Corner” today. I mention this only because Jonah Goldberg fears that the reference will get him “8 billion e-mails about DC comics”. He obviously hasn’t seen what sales figures are like on comic books these days. By the way, if anyone does e-mail Jonah to go on…
eBay Sucks!
I really hate it that I have the high bid on this DC Direct Metal Men 7 Piece PVC Figure Set and then someone logs on 25 minutes before it ends and beats my bid by only 50 cents. A few years back I was talking with someone about how to really make eBay a…
As for this preview…
Graduation Day, the mini-series that spins off into the new Teen Titans and Outsiders books this summer, don’t look so hot. Oh, it could be great. So far, it’s still better than anything published in “The Titans” in ages. And I give it big time brownie points for offering great intros to each character over…