A general discussion thread for all things DC Comics. Topics may be split off into their own threads if necessary. That said, since there's already a thread
for the D Cn U (aka Nu52), this one would probably stick to pre-Nu52 comics to avoid redundancy.
I've always wondered if there's a justification for Wonder Woman's outfit being designed after a modern-day one-piece swimsuit/leotard instead of something that would fit her Greco-Roman mythological background (e.g. Amazons were more often than not depicted as wearing trousers
◊note ). A few attempted redesigns had her adopt Lady Legionnaire Wear for a skirt, but they never stuck. And then of course, there's her pants-wearing design during J. Michael Straczynski's run (courtesy of artist Jim Lee).
edited 27th Dec '13 7:51:31 AM by MarqFJA
"I think what SCS is saying is that of course Waid is gonna blow it off and downplay Convergence. He's working for the other team, and doesn't want you to realize they're doing the exact same story."
1. Ad Hominem.
2. Did you miss what I wrote? This is an industry. Waid will be working for DC again. Face Palm.
Opinions are not intrinsically subjective or irrational. Certainly they CAN be, but in such a case they would qualify as more of a simple feeling, emotion, or impression. An informed opinion is a conclusion one draws based on demonstrable information. You have to be able to demonstrate the reasons for your opinion. If you want it to be taken seriously, that is. If one has no problem with ones opinions having no meaning to anyone else (in which case, why discuss them? They don't offer any avenue of discussion) then one can just pull them out of ones butt.
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- Sonja: Immorality is subjective.
- Boris Grushenko: Yes, but subjectivity is objective.
- Sonja: Not in a rational scheme of perception.
- Boris Grushenko: Perception is irrational. It implies imminence.
- Sonja: But judgment of any system or a priori relation of phenomena exists in any rational or metaphysical or at least epistemological contradiction to an abstracted empirical concept such as being or to be or to occur in the thing itself or of the thing itself.
- Boris Grushenko: Yeah, I've said that many times.
edited 18th Jan '15 6:28:07 AM by AnotherGuy
Lobo in Warhammer 40 K.
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I can hear him laughing from all the way over there.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.as a fan of prez (maybe the only one in existance thank you grant morrison
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Oh very much so its heavily implied this prez IS the one from sandman
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prez_(comics)
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It's not Gaiman reusing an established character that surprised me. He did stuff with Element Woman, for one. It's that Prez was one such character.
edited 28th Jan '15 4:28:03 PM by rikalous
What can I say? It was the early 70s sadly prez was a casualty of the dc implosion. Those four issues and a one off supergirl issue was all he ever appeared in until that sandman issue. Poor guy never even got a whos who entry
" I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end." "In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."I remember Gaiman resurrected Brother Power the Geek for a Swamp Thing Annual once, too. And it was actually pretty good!
Now, I never read the original Prez, but does Ted Grant/Wildcat figure into it at all? I know he showed up in Gaiman's story, and I always felt his inclusion felt kind of random. It felt like it had some significance that I wasn't privy too.
They actually intended to include Prez in their original Who's Who, but apparently they had some kind of technical difficulties with his entry and elected to drop it rather then delay the issue. They actually mention it in that issue's letters page.
edited 29th Jan '15 9:58:26 PM by Robbery
If i recall wildcat one of only two actual characters from dc he interracted with the other one was the pre crisis supergirl
Also brother powers on that earth too hes at the back of that image xd
" I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end." "In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."I hate to bring up something a year old but...
In 2013, the list of creators leaving unexpectedly grew, with Andy Diggle saying goodbye to Action Comics before he even began, and Joshua Hale Fialkov doing the same with Red Lanterns and Green Lantern Corps.
When DC announced it was pulling Jim Zubkavich from writing Birds of Prey before his first issue came out, writer Nick Spencer (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents) said: “[T]he way DC treats a lot of their freelancers is absolutely abhorrent... When it happened to me on Supergirl, I didn’t say much, because I didn’t want to dwell on the negative. But when you see it happen to so many good people, and the damage it does to their careers, their incomes, etc…It’s just not okay."
Last month in an interview with iCV2, DC Co-Publisher Dan Di Dio said the creative shuffle is being blown out of proportion and is “a little bit less in the last decade than its ever been." His Co-Publisher Jim Lee said it’s the “normal course of business."
But from where we sit, with Kevin Maguire just recently being taken off Justice League 3000, James Robinson leaving Earth 2 somewhat unceremoniously, and J.H. Williams III and Haden Blackman leaving Batwoman, it looks like Di Dio and Lee might want to make a change in the way freelancers are being handled by editorial.

Re: Crimson Avenger becoming more Batman-like.
It happened across the board, as Superman/Batman style heroes became so popular. Crimson Avenger, a straight up Green Hornet clone, started wearing a super hero costume and his driver Wing did as well, becoming his kid sidekick. The same thing happened to the Wes Dodds Sandman. Will Eisner originally wanted the Spirit to just be a detective, he put him in a mask to make him a super hero, at his editors request.
The Ultra-Humanite is officially considered to be the first super-villain, and he was definately Superman's first recurring villain. He appeared several times, and was ultimately defeated after having his brain put into the body of a young actress; he didn't show up again until the late Silver Age, I think, at least as the Ultra Humanite. A argument can be made that Ultra just morphed into Lex Luthor, as Lex, originally equipped with a full compliment of hair, started looking like him pretty quick into his appearences.
Don't think you can really say Hugo Strange turned into the Joker; beyond their reliance on dangerous pharmaceuticals (just one in the Joker's case), the two characters ain't at all alike. That actually raises a point: I've read stories that imply the Joker is a brilliant chemist, given his Joker venom, but that doesn't get played up much. Any more the Joker venom just gets treated like a gimmick that came out of nowhere...