It seemed to me he was referring to Ultimate. He was talking about how his kid didn't want him to kill Ben, but I suppose he could have meant the series in general, not wanting to explain to the kid the entire history of comics and what "canon" means and all that.

Hmm. Well, the Ultimate-verse does re-write a lot of stuff. My guess is they were toying with the idea of not killing off Ben in Ult. Spidey but in the end decided it was an integral part of the Spiderman mythos.

Any suggestions on what I need to open them?

You need a comic reader program. Some others might have different preferences, but CDisplay was the first one I found and I have no complaints with it.

I was just going back to add that I have CDisplay and it still doesn't work.

My guess is they were toying with the idea of not killing off Ben in Ult. Spidey but in the end decided it was an integral part of the Spiderman mythos.

That sounds like a good explanation. Thanks.

One thing that bugged me about the trade is they didn't have the covers. Maybe two of them, but that's it.

askye, those are Comic Book Reader archives. If you're on Windows, download CDisplay. On Mac OS X, the equivalent is Jomic. Both programs are free, and will let you read cbr and cbz files -- pretty much any comics you find online will be in those formats.

(You can also futz with the file extensions to make them into ordinary zip or rar archives, but it's way, way easier to read 'em with the software than to change extensions, unzip, then view each page individually.)

I have CDisplay and it still doesn't work.

Oops. Never mind.

Is it windows asking you to pick a program for that file extension, or does CDisplay open a blank/gray screen and then put up an error saying that it can't read the file?

cereal: September previews/solicitations/whateveryoucallems are up at DCComics.

The good: Rucka is back for another run on Gotham Central. Whee! Also, The Loeb/Sale Catwoman miniseries starts.

The bad: Tarantula still. won't. just. go. away .

amych -- CDisplay puts up the blank/gray screen and then gives the error message.

Ouch. In that case, it's generally the case that the file is somehow corrupted -- which sucks for such a big download.

You might try changing the extension to .zip (for .cbz files) or .rar (for .cbr), then unpacking them so you can check out the pages manually -- it could still be that parts of it came through okay, but the chances aren't great.

Speaking of corrupt files, amych, the stuff you posted for me last night no anda bien. Chokes and dies about 3-4 issues in. Waah!

(Rereading the start of Hush, though, I have to say, Bruce's repeated flashbacks to kissing Selina are EXACTLY the sort of thing I thought were missing from the last Nightwing issue. )

And, yeah, the Sensei and Student arc was the sortt of thing that I think will work better in TPB, even for those of us who came in in the middle of it, let alone the end. Bringing in so many of the book's previous kick-ass chicks was hella cool for the big finale, though.

The issue out today looks like a breather between plot arcs, although it does reference one plot pooint from the last arc -- Huntress agreed to go out on a date with a dorky parking-lot attendant to get his help when it was needed.

You might try changing the extension to .zip (for .cbz files) or .rar (for .cbr), then unpacking them so you can check out the pages manually

This always works for me.