Thomash, your question is addressed in detail in the most recent arc of Gotham Knights. And I'm not saying anything more, because pimping is much more fun.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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amych - Aug 12, 2004 10:58:11 am PDT #5452 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
§ ita § - Aug 12, 2004 11:01:27 am PDT #5453 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What I like about Dick's angst is the sheer simplicity of it. I love how he just shuts down, and reverts to an almost pliable and reflexive person. Kinda hot. Tim, OTOH, I suspect would have a more complex and wrought time of it.
The first few pages of this week's Nightwing did as much to drive home his mental state in reaction to the killing as all the issues beforehand, to me. I only recently started following the story, so I was a bit disjointed in my emotional responses. However, my magic formula seems to be well, show me how they act with Batman around, and how he reacts. That way I start to feel it. I wonder how he feels about Jean Grey's death...
Thomash - Aug 12, 2004 11:04:06 am PDT #5454 of 10000
I have a plan.
Thanks amych, now I have to go find a bookstore.
I'm too cheap (and poor) to start buying the title, since I've re-started buying some of the X-men stuff again.
-t - Aug 12, 2004 11:12:20 am PDT #5455 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Read Planetary:Crossing Worlds last night, and between the two appearances of Bats in that and reading y'all, I find myself hoping I get the long-term assignment I interviewed for this afternoon so that I can afford more titles.
BTW, I feel I should mention that the criticisms that didn't occur to me at all totally make sense, now that they have been pointed out.
(eta: not hired. Will have to find other way to fund expansion of reading materials)
askye - Aug 12, 2004 4:16:24 pm PDT #5456 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
I need some clarification, I know this has been stated before but which titles are part of War Games.
I get to the comic book store and see all the comics and my brain gets overwhelmed by all the books with Batman in the title or on the cover.
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2004 4:21:03 pm PDT #5457 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Detective Comics, Legends of the Dark Knight, Gotham Knights, and Batman, as well as Nightwing, Batgirl, Catwoman, and Robin.
Plus last week's 12-Cent Adventure.
askye - Aug 12, 2004 4:23:46 pm PDT #5458 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Okay. I think I picked up the wrong title then...I was trying for Legends of the Dark Knight.
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2004 4:27:02 pm PDT #5459 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
They'll all say "War Games" somewhere on the cover, with "Act X, Part X" -- August's issues are Act 1, Septembers are Act 2, etc. The "Part X" just refers to the order in which they appear. For instance, last week's 12-Cent Adventure was labelled "Act 1, Part 0," because it was sort of the intro, and the title won't recur.
So that's how you can tell if you have the right ones, and if you have them all.
Michele T. - Aug 12, 2004 4:30:29 pm PDT #5460 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
thomash, did you read both parts of Hush? Because your question is answered in book 2.
askye - Aug 12, 2004 4:36:03 pm PDT #5461 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Okay, I'm going to hit another comic shop this weekend and dig through their back issues, I'll see if I can get caught up then.