JD's Comic Book Thread

[JD]

Black Leopard? Was that to avoid association with The Black Panther Party?

 

[theenglish]

Black Leopard? Was that to avoid association with The Black Panther Party?

That was the purpose--he even states it in the comic book, but the name only lasted one issue. After that they referred to him as T'Challa for awhile.

 

[JD]

I finished reading The Flash Vol. 5: History Lessons this weekend. I've been really enjoying those whole series and this one continued that streak. The Flash/Green Lantern team up in the second annual was a lot of fun, and the other one off with Spitfire was pretty good too. The three part History Lessons had some cool little bits of history for the Gem Cities, another fun team up, this time with Deadman, and some nice character stuff tying back into Barry's investigation into his mother's murder, and an interesting hint related to Barry and his boss.
So was Barry's relationship with Frye the inspiration for him and Joe West in the Arrowverse series or the other way around?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I've been talking about this for a long time now, and in December Ablaze will finally start releasing the best of the French Conan comics, The Frost-Giant's Daughter as adapted by Robin Recht. I highly recommend this one, it expands on the original story in the best sense, giving the characters more background and their behaviour a more ruthless and realistic touch. Not to mention the brilliant artwork:

 

[Kai "the spy"]

There's a new charity campaign to help struggling comic book stores survive, supported by such people like Michael Uslan (Batman film producer), Brian Pulido (Lady Death), Howard Chaykin (American Flagg), Dan Didio (former DC Publisher), Paul Levitz (even former DC Publisher, legendary writer of Legion of Super-Heroes), Peter David (hardly needs introduction) or Sharon and Ryan Liebowitz (Golden Apple Comics retailers).

Lots of stores are struggling right now, and parts of the U.S. has even shut down curbside pick-up services. So, if you want to support the cause and potentially save the industry, visit https://givecomicshope.org/.

 

[JD]

I started reading the third volume of Lumberjanes last night. The first issue in it was pretty fun, with each of the girls taking turns telling the versions of scary stories. They brought in different artists for each of the stories, which I thought was a nice touch.

 

[JD]

Can I read just the Batman collection of The Death in The Famil, or would it be better if I tried to find some of the other series' entries too? The only Batman Family stuff I've read so far is Batman Vol.1 & 2, Detective Comics Vol.1, and Harley Quinn Vol.1. If I should I have no problem going back and getting caught up on the other series.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

The Death in The Family is pretty self-contained, anything you need to know is re-capped in the book itself. I don't think they really explain that Dick Grayson was Robin before Jason Todd, but I guess that's comic book common knowledge.

 

[JD]

I'm familiar enough with the characters' history to know stuff like that.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

But just to make sure, you do mean Death in the Family, the story in which the Joker famously kills Jason Todd, and not Death of the Family, the New 52 Bat-Family crossover event?!

 

[JD]

Oh shit, no that was supposed to be "of" not "in". I could have sworn I wrote of.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Okay, didn't read that (well, read the final chapter reprinted in the Joker 80th Anniversary hardcover), but from what I can tell on Wikipedia, the main story was all in the Batman title by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, starting with #13. Everything else is listed as tie-ins, which means it's helpful to flesh out some things, but not necessary to understand the main story. That's at least how it usually works. Best to keep an open mind regarding the supporting Bat-characters. I know I've read the Batgirl tie-ins years ago as part of a Gail Simone Batgirl collection, and I'd say it was really only tangiently attached to the crossover and more about the overall storylines of that book itself, so based on that I'd say skip the tie-ins.

 

[JD]

Cool, thanks.
I finished up the third volume of Lumberjanes last night.
Some pretty good stuff in this one. Having Mal and Molly off by themselves, gave us some nice development of them as couple and individually.
The other girls trying to get more normal badges, and failing miserably was pretty funny.
Ripley is definitely becoming my favorite character.
The reveal that The Bear Woman used to be in charge of the camp was a big surprise, and I'm curious if that's going to end up being important at some point.
I'm probably going to read Death of The Family next.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Comic fans of the UK, there's been an unspecified incident at Diamonds UK, resulting in comic shops having difficulty reaching the distributor. Note, though, that Diamonds UK is located in Warrington, where lockdown rules are stricter than in most of the country.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Comic fans of the UK, there's been an unspecified incident at Diamonds UK, resulting in comic shops having difficulty reaching the distributor. Note, though, that Diamonds UK is located in Warrington, where lockdown rules are stricter than in most of the country.

Update: The Diamond UK's warehouse was broken into on the weekend. Due to this, UK fans may have a slight delay in getting their comics.

 

[Unicron]

For those interested, there's a new book just released about the creation of the X-Men animated series.

 

[JD]

According to a very spoiler heavy IGN article, the new Rorshach comic that starts today appears to be a follow-up to the HBO series. There are no direct connections in the issue, but it takes place this year, and there is a reference to what happened in Oklahoma.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

According to King, it isn't though?
https://www.cbr.com/tom-king-rorschach-doesnt-contradict-watchmen/

"The TV show meant so much to me," King said when asked about Rorschach's continuity. "I don't reference it, or make it in the world, but I make it so nothing contradicts with the TV show. So if you've seen the TV show, you can imagine that this is happening a little bit afterwards."

 

[JD]

Hmm, maybe not then. I was just going by what the IGN article said.

 

[Mike Farley]

I've only read the preview on Comixology but there is a reference to an event somehow involving Rorshach and Oklahoma. It's exactly that vague.