Stop! meara time!

Well, perhaps with a writer who had any respect for the characters and/or continuity, it might have worked out.

BW, however, has neither.

This is the point where I stick up for Bill Willingham and his awesome work on Fables, even though I respect your dislike of his take on Robin, which I can't evaluate.

I choked up a little when Wolverine said "Well, then I have two words for you..." I'm a sap like that.

I'm glad I learned about the fastball special earlier this year, so I got that. That was pretty sweet.

Steph, that was the best part.

Yeah, that was pretty great indeed. I thought the cover was overdramatic and misleading, but I've noticed that about the most recent slew of Nightwing covers.

And re: IC #6. Pretty much the same reaction. I agree with DX on the fact that Atom's narration, which states that he believes Dr. Light was the murderer, would be undermined by his guilt, and it wouldn't be playing fair. As far as the strangling goes, didn't they finger Slipknot for that? It's been clear the same person hasn't been killing everyone; Captain Boomerang was hired for the latest murder. Atom could merely be calling Calculator's shots after having killed Sue. I should have known. It's always the second one. Even in R.L. Stine's The Prom Queen, it's the second murder that's the misdirect. Like DX said, this is an old trick, throwing suspicion off yourself by being a victim. And it's always the second one! But not being well versed in DC, I can't see a motive, really. I can't imagine Atom would kill all these people just to get back with his wife. That's just...dumb. And sadistic.

Also, someone in this very thread pointed out, way back when, the discrepancy of Batman's presence when Dr. Light got his memories back, and wondered whether it was significant or an error. Kudos to you. Kudos to you.

This is the point where I stick up for Bill Willingham and his awesome work on Fables, even though I respect your dislike of his take on Robin, which I can't evaluate.

I hear Fables is good.

However, his Batverse stuff is wretched.

I hear Fables is good.

However, his Batverse stuff is wretched.

I'll buy that. After all, DeKnight's work on Buffy and Angel is good, and his Smallville stuff is wretched.

Whooooaa, weird. "Save Me" just came up on Winamp.

I would say that DeKnight's work on ME shows is varied. (Isn't he responsible for the RV of Doom episode?)

(Isn't he responsible for the RV of Doom episode?)

is an unabashed "Spiral" lover

And yeah, it's varied (he did work on "The Girl in Question," though it's likely he was responsible for the good parts involving Illyria), but there's much good.

I hear Fables is good. However, his Batverse stuff is wretched.

Oh yeah. It's like me and Bendis. I admit a lot of his work, such as "Alias" and "Powers," is brilliant. But his work on "Avengers" sends me into white hot fits of rage.

Some people just shouldn't play with other people's toys.

Victor, I was going to ask -- is it the normal Avenger line where he incurred your wrath?

Have you read The Ultimates?

Did Bendis work on Ultimates? For some reason, I thought that was Millar.

Either way, I'm not a fan, though I like most of Bendis' work.

Bendis is writing the normal Avengers line. Badly. Apparently someone told him in a dream that all the Avengers must die, and he's just following that dream. But I love his Powers to death.

I didn't much care for Ultimates. Every single character is a dick.

As far as the strangling goes, didn't they finger Slipknot for that?

Slipknot was cleared by Wonder Woman's magic lasso o' truth. Plus he was in prison at the time of the attack on Jean.

Holli. DX, are you both Avengers fans?

Me, I like Ultimates, pretty much, but I don't think I've ever read an Avengers issue that wasn't crossing over with the X, so I have no sense of what went before, and not attachment to it.