Tag: DC comics

Thank you dash, the barrage of edits and posts about the new Jason and Duke team-up convinced me to buy the DC New Talent Showcase 2017. Am really enjoying it so far.

  1. Red Hood and Duke: Role Call – even if thanks to posts had seen pretty much the entire comic, still really excellent. Solid characterization for Jason, love him and Duke interacting together, plus Catwoman! Seriously add in Steph and Alfred and it would be the short list of my favorite Batfam members
  2. Katana: To the Hilt – a very simple but well-done Katana story, and the bit with ghost adviser Maseo made me desire a video game where you play as Katana and the disembodied voice of your dead husband is the helpful guide/tutorial/pointer character – and then a gut-punch beautiful dream sequence at the very end after you defeat the big bad where you’re briefly reunited with your husband and you cry over your controller 
  3. Nightwing: What We Talk About When We Talk About Family – It was okay. Stressed the found family Batfam (though bitter me bitter over Jason’s absence) I’m sure Grayson fans could have more detailed options on if the character felt right or not. Action was good. Can Count Vertigo’s half-brother and his husband and infant daughter be something that pops up again? I like dynastic drama and it gets a story hook the next time Green Arrow needs to bring that villain back in.
  4. Poison Ivy: Silent Screams – I’m not a huge Poison Ivy fan, but this felt pitch perfect. She defeated the villain without feeling softened into a hero, Harley/Ivy fan-service mentions, the and coloring was gorgeous and the type of style I like. Am still laughing because of course Pam would be the only one to care about dead kudzu. Would totally read this team of writer/artists if they did another character/quick plot
  5. Deadshot: Mercy – It is ridiculously, stupidly comic book plot. Decent comicky stupid revive backstory dead relative to be alive as part of the one-shot villain’s villainy, predictable resolution. Nothing bad, just not my tastes.
  6. Doctor Fate: The Cost of Magic – some panels I liked the art, some not. Bought the recent Doctor Fate series but haven’t read it yet, so not familiarly versed in Doctor Fate and Nabu and everything. Didn’t dislike it, not really into it.
  7. Wonder Woman: The Archive – Good. Way too short, felt like it was missing pages of the regular WW book, like it was half of chapter of set-up for the regular arcs.

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How People Think the DC Trinity Works:

Bruce & Clark: making dumb jokes

Diana: Children, I work with children

How the DC Trinity Should Work:

Diana: How can you defend a country where 5% of the people control 95% of the wealth?

Bruce: I’m defending a country where people can think, act, and worship anyway they want!

Clark: Hey, hey, hey, stop fighting. Now Diana, maybe Bruce’s right about America being a land of opportunity. And Bruce, Diana does have a point about the machinery of capitalism being oiled with the blood of the workers.

I feel like one of theses days the joker is gonna spray Gotham with laugh gas and NOTHING will happen. The citizen of Gotham will have built an immunity from all the chemical shit that gets thrown at them.

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I don’t think that’ll happen. Immunity to chemicals/poisons tends to be built up in matters of small exposures (I think, not my field) and the villains would have to be using the same basic chemicals every time, not likely. You’d also have to survive the prior exposures which seems not very Gotham~y. — Besides, it’s a fictional city and that wouldn’t make for a good story precedent to set, the citizens as immune to such a common plot point.

Now what I’d like to see is the people of Gotham building an immunity to widespread media panic about said Joker Gas.

It becomes like a pollen count on the weather. “And today’s expected Joker Toxin index is listed at 15.4, so make sure to put those breakable objects away on high shelves and put the kids to bed early, because this is going to be a bad one.”

And then the next panel shows an average family just matter-of-fact, getting the seatbelts (that they’ve installed by now) and strapping themselves in while green and/or purple clouds start filtering in through the window, so they’re safely secured when they start to have painful hysterical fits.

Every time the Joker breaks out, sporting goods stores have a BOGO sale on mouthguards.

Yes.

And like certain cities I know of down South where there’s a chemical depot, many citizens actually own gas masks and there’s sirens for leaks.

You wanna help out Bruce? Those gas masks that you and the Robins don to such good effect (until a villain knocks it off mid-fight), have Wayne Enterprises “develop” a cost-effective public version to sell since it’s such a regular issue. How to keep your giant ass company in business and make your night job easier. Hell, given how regularly it comes up, the government would pay for it. They do in real life.

I’d love to see little things about how there’s water filters commonly purchased advertised by being “Gotham-Grade” or how it was tested and proven to filter out chemicals just like was used in the Scarecrow’s last attack. Stuff like that.

Immunity isn’t likely, but companies capitalizing on the commonality of the threat, locals being desensitized to the repeated same threat situations — that’s stuff I’d buy.

I grew up in North Alabama. — We are not going in the safe room yet, that tornado cell isn’t close and it’s gonna be really boring sitting in a closet with the battery operated radio. Just leave the weather coverage running on the TV and come help fix dinner. — You learn to read how much of an immediate issue commonly occurring dangers are and you take reasonable action without flipping out. It’s part of the routine.

“Honey, get back here and finish your dinner. You heard the radio; Killer Croc is two blocks south of here and going the wrong direction. Your food’s getting cold.”

This is exactly the kind of Gothamite I would expect.

“Channel 8 says the fight with Freeze is going on in Tribeca and headed towards the West Village, your school is not going to be closed tomorrow. Now go write your report. You’ll wish you had to deal with Batman if you bring home one more D in Mr. Jones class.”

People choose entertainment based on how nondescript the name and theme are, and places with giant smiling faces/puns of ANY kind quickly go bankrupt. Street and buildings have been quietly renumbered so there are less 2s. Restaurants close on holidays and everyone has quiet meals indoors – Takeout places triple their business. Restaurants adapt by offering unnamed parallel days of celebration –

‘Come in February 17th with your significant other. Enjoy a quiet, safe meal – our dining room features no unnecessary decorations, and our name has no unfortunate associations in the world’s 32 most common languages!’

yes i want a gotham not crushed by murder and fear where people have adapted and are rarely in too much danger where businesses no longer have themes because theme criminals are so bad for business 

Elf, it got better.

None of the museums will hold any exhibitions featuring statues of birds or cats.

Well, unless wealthy donor Bruce Wayne personally funds one. Somehow he seems to like to fund those exhibits, regardless of the risk. It’s okay, though, because Batman always foils the heists. Penguin winds up back in Blackgate. Catwoman just seems to disappear every time, sneaking off with Batman after the heist is foiled.