Great drawing, Gloomcookie!
There is an antitrust trial involving a well-known software manufacturer right now, and every time I see a Google News headline that refers to "Oracle Trial...," I do a double-take.
Having just reread the reread-worthy pre-Simone bits of BoP, though, I am once again amused by the G-ratedness of it all, especially given the skimpitude of the outfits all the superheros wear. Nightwing comes over the Oracle's apartment, there's massive smoochies, and the next thing we see it's the next morning, and... he's apologizing for having fallen asleep on the couch? Fully dressed? Uh-HUH....
Dick Grayson: Man-ho trapped in a world he never made. Literally.
Phoenix = Cool. Jean Grey, sans Phoenix? nsm. I support all the characters you named that I've read anything of. Forge, in 1985, looks like Freddie Mercury.
What about Sinister? He's pretty sinister.
I missed all the Sinister episodes.
No Man's Land is so good - I can't wait to see how they come back from that to modern Gotham. I just love post-disaster and apocalypse stories, so this is pushing all my buttons. The art is weirdly inconsistent though - characters look wildly different, even in a single volume (I'm just done with Vol 2, so it may be different in later books).
But as long as you aren't dissing Storm or Wolverine or Colossus or Rogue or Gambit or Professor X or Angel or Forge I'm pretty much good.
Angel? ANGEL? The X-Man most likely to need rescuing? How can you not diss him?
The X-Man most likely to need rescuing?
Is NOT! tries furiously to work out who needs it more
But it's possible that I'm coloured by him in Ultimate, where he's oddly broody and forlorn.
Hey .. in the main title, isn't he making time with Husk? That's kinda gross.
I've always liked Apocalypse. Cause he's ginormous and apocalyptic.
Yeah, but then you do a team-up supercombo on his hand and he dies. Not exactly a fearsome enemy.
t /X-Men vs. Street Fighter
But it's possible that I'm coloured by him in Ultimate, where he's oddly broody and forlorn.
Honestly, I think all of the Ultimate-verse X-men are pretty nifty. There's some I prefer original-verse and some I prefer Ultimate-verse, but I can't think of any I have issues with. Though I think Cyclops forgiving Wolverine for dropping him off a cliff was a little forced.
No Man's Land is so good - I can't wait to see how they come back from that to modern Gotham.
That was my reaction, too -- because, reading it, there doesn't seem any way to come back from the devastation.
Catching up a bit...
No Man's Land is so good - I can't wait to see how they come back from that to modern Gotham. I just love post-disaster and apocalypse stories, so this is pushing all my buttons. The art is weirdly inconsistent though - characters look wildly different, even in a single volume (I'm just done with Vol 2, so it may be different in later books).
The reason the art is inconsistent is because No Man's Land (and man Batman trades) is made up of a multi-title extended crossover, with different art and writers for each title. If you look at the first page of, say, NML #2, you can see in the small print:
Originally published in magazine form as BATMAN:LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT 117, 119; BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT 85,86,87; BATMAN 565; DETECTIVE COMICS 732,733; BATMAN CHRONICLES 16.
Each title has its own writer and art team, but one writer is given the overall responsibility of "driving" the crossover (plus massive planning amongs the editorial staff). I'm not sure who drove NML, but I would guess Denny O'Neill.
Superman Birthright #11 - By this time, I'm just collecting it to keep the run intact.
Buh? Whu? I love Birthright. Clark Kent -- a woobie in all media.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but the title seems to have lost the sense of urgency and "newness" that the early issues had. It seems to have devolved to a big brawl, and you know who's going to win.
I forgot to mention that Flash #210 came out last week. Nightwing had a prominent guest role in the issue, and they even had a flashback to when Dick snuck Wally into the Batcave the first time, back when they were still Robin and Kid Flash. Good stuff. If anybody needs backstory on recent Flash happenings, just ask.
