Yeah the "Truth" arc has been surprisingly really good. Pak and company have done an excellent job with it.
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I'm still enjoying the Superman stuff but after reading Superman #44 I was a little disappointed. I didn't think the story was very strong and as much as I hate to admit it, the art just didn't look very good. I like JRJR a lot but this issue just looked sloppy.
I liked the Johns / JRJR arc of Superman, but once Johns left the title it instantly got bad again.
I just finished reading the Kelly / Manke run of JLA from back in the early 2000s. I thought it was pretty good, and it had good character arcs for Aquaman and Martian Manhunter and I liked the art, but Kelly's writing style was a little bizarre and unsettling. Which I guess makes him a good follow up for Grant Morrison, but at least Morrison's JLA issues had a sense of reality to them where you understood what was going on (unlike most of his usual work).
I just finished reading the Kelly / Manke run of JLA from back in the early 2000s. I thought it was pretty good, and it had good character arcs for Aquaman and Martian Manhunter and I liked the art, but Kelly's writing style was a little bizarre and unsettling. Which I guess makes him a good follow up for Grant Morrison, but at least Morrison's JLA issues had a sense of reality to them where you understood what was going on (unlike most of his usual work).
I like the concept, but Yang's dialogue doesn't "feel" right to me.
Johns understands and has Clark Kent and Superman down pat...while Yang isn't anywhere near as bad as i originally thought he'd be...he's also better than Scott Lobell, or even George Perez's writing on the book. Hopefully he is able to get a few issues under his belt before editorial decides to put someone else on the book or he gets better and give him something else. This book has just not been stable...he's been like the sixth or seventh writer now since the relaunch? They should have just given the book to Greg Pak after taking Johns back off.
I've enjoyed the story arc...it seems they're planning on running long term with the story arc.
Bleeding Cool seems to have a decent enough theory that "Darkseid War" is happening before "Truth" (I guess a panel from Superman #44 which I haven't read yet provides the cand the current stuff in the Bat-Family books with Jim context for this with Superman's speech) Gordon/Batman and Amnesiac Bruce. Although there has been no mention whatsoever of Bruce being the God of Knowledge...either a frustrating aspect of "Justice League" seemingly being self-contained from everything else...or a side effect of both the incident with the Joker and whenever he ceases to possess the Moebius Chair.
I'm also really liking the "Batman Beyond" elements and the introduction of Julie Madison.
I've enjoyed the story arc...it seems they're planning on running long term with the story arc.
Bleeding Cool seems to have a decent enough theory that "Darkseid War" is happening before "Truth" (I guess a panel from Superman #44 which I haven't read yet provides the cand the current stuff in the Bat-Family books with Jim context for this with Superman's speech) Gordon/Batman and Amnesiac Bruce. Although there has been no mention whatsoever of Bruce being the God of Knowledge...either a frustrating aspect of "Justice League" seemingly being self-contained from everything else...or a side effect of both the incident with the Joker and whenever he ceases to possess the Moebius Chair.
I'm also really liking the "Batman Beyond" elements and the introduction of Julie Madison.
I'm enjoying the Superman titles. Not having any problem with Yang's take on Clark.
The Batman titles are more of a mixed bag, but there's a ton more of them so I just that's to be expected. A lot of "quirky" like Gotham Academy which is fun. The main Batbook by Snyder and Capullo is still very good. Detective has been a mixed bag. Worst of the lot is Red Hood. Loving Batgirl.
The GL books are disappointing. They've gone back to the "dismantle" the Corps trope which only lead to finding a way to rebuild the Corps again. Lather Rinse Repeat. Not buying Hal as a "lone rebel". They need to find a way to make the Intergalactic Space Cop work.
Justice League is great. Epic "widescreen" adventure. I don't care if it doesn't fit in the continuity of the other books.
The Batman titles are more of a mixed bag, but there's a ton more of them so I just that's to be expected. A lot of "quirky" like Gotham Academy which is fun. The main Batbook by Snyder and Capullo is still very good. Detective has been a mixed bag. Worst of the lot is Red Hood. Loving Batgirl.
The GL books are disappointing. They've gone back to the "dismantle" the Corps trope which only lead to finding a way to rebuild the Corps again. Lather Rinse Repeat. Not buying Hal as a "lone rebel". They need to find a way to make the Intergalactic Space Cop work.
Justice League is great. Epic "widescreen" adventure. I don't care if it doesn't fit in the continuity of the other books.
The other books should fit in with Justice Leagues continuity.
I don't see why.
I'm pretty sure I read in an interview that Justice League is kind of off on it's own. I know they kept saying when the whole DCYOU thing started that they weren't going be forcing all of the books to always stay consistent, and that some of the books would be kind of in their own little bubble.
Batman and Robin Eternal #1 wasn't very interesting. I'm not very intrigued by the "twist" at the end since XXXX was clearly just being mind-controlled at the time. I will say this, though; that was probably the best art by Tony Daniel I've ever seen. I generally think he's not very good.
Wikipedia says...
Cassandra Cain appears in Batgirl: Futures End, set in The New 52: Futures End continuity, a possible timeline five years from the present. Cassandra is a member of Barbara Gordon's League of Batgirls, operating on the field under her leadership alongside fellow Batgirls Stephanie Brown and Tiffany Fox. At San Diego Comic-Con International 2015, James Tynion IV announced that Cassandra would be introduced into mainstream continuity in Batman and Robin Eternal.[19]
Cassandra Cain appears in Batgirl: Futures End, set in The New 52: Futures End continuity, a possible timeline five years from the present. Cassandra is a member of Barbara Gordon's League of Batgirls, operating on the field under her leadership alongside fellow Batgirls Stephanie Brown and Tiffany Fox. At San Diego Comic-Con International 2015, James Tynion IV announced that Cassandra would be introduced into mainstream continuity in Batman and Robin Eternal.[19]
So a total of 8 DC titles have been cancelled in the last month or so. Justice League United, Gotham By Midnight, The Omega Men, Lobo, Doomed, Batman '66, Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern: Lost Army.
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