I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.

Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'


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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.


Jeff Mejia - Jan 26, 2005 9:06:47 am PST #7284 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

ita - it's supposed to carryover in all of Wonder Woman's appearances in other titles (until her sight is restored, whenever they get around to it). However, the blindness is supposed to last for a while, and will be played out as "permanent" in the title.

Highlights from this week's pull list - we get a Grant Morrison double shot with the conclusion of both We3 and his arc on JLA: Classified
Planetary #22
Legion of Superheroes #2 (I've never followed the Legion before, baecause of the daunting task of sorting out continuiy, so the re-launch has been a godsend, and I was a big fan of Waid and Kitson's Empire)
Sleeper #8
Nightwing #102
Batgirl #60 (I'm thinking Gabrych might be at the top of the Bat-writer list at this time)
Batman #636
Flash #218

Robin is still on my pick-up list, so I will report back on the issues since so many have given up the title because of Willingham.


sumi - Jan 26, 2005 9:27:30 am PST #7285 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!

I picked up Batgirl, Batman, Nightwing, Robin and the Flash.

Do we know when the next Astounishing comes out? For some reason, I thought it might be out this week.


Jeff Mejia - Jan 26, 2005 10:34:09 am PST #7286 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

According to the Upcoming Releases List, Astounishing #8 has been pused back to February 16, with #9 coming in on 3/23, and #10 pushed back to 4/20. I expect this will add to the likelyhood that Joss will not carry on past #12.


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 10:54:09 am PST #7287 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Batgirl made me bounce -- much fun.

Uncanny X-Men had some woman who looked like Storm, but sure didn't speak like her. Which irritates me, since it's my only avenue for classic Storm fix. Claremont knows better than this.

I skipped through Robin, and found it also irritating. I would like to read Tim's story, but not written that way, and the art (which didn't bother me when Batgirl was there) is just no go.


Steph L. - Jan 26, 2005 10:56:03 am PST #7288 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Batgirl made me bounce -- much fun.

Right on! I'm going straight to the comic store after work.

I skipped through Robin, and found it also irritating. I would like to read Tim's story, but not written that way, and the art (which didn't bother me when Batgirl was there) is just no go.

It so pisses me off that I can't stand to read the comic in which my favorite character is the TITLE character.


Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2005 11:41:52 am PST #7289 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Batgirl made me bounce -- much fun.

Yeah, it was good stuff. Though the Batgirlcave feels like some sort of J.J. Abrams reset.

Nightwing was pretty good too. Who was the guy at the end?

UXM was great. Very fun, very fast-moving. Who was the chick at the end?

Y delivered on the last issue's cliffhanger, which was nice. Props to Vaughan for his use of science-speak. There are still more unanswered questions, but the answered question came with a good sense of humor.


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 11:44:58 am PST #7290 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The chick at the end of UXM is Spiral -- in the real X-world she's a six armed hench-creature of Mojo -- he magicked up an earth chick and made her his.


Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2005 11:49:04 am PST #7291 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Ah, thanks, ita. I think I remember her from one of the Marvel vs. Capcom arcade games.


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 11:50:17 am PST #7292 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Damn, I should have skimmed in the store -- I didn't see an answer to how Wonder Woman is getting around during her blindness. Flying with a cane? How's the bullet deflecting going?


Steph L. - Jan 26, 2005 11:54:47 am PST #7293 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

So, wait. Wonder Woman is going to be blind, like, FOREVER? Weird.