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    Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics

    Bane And His Pulsing Veins Burst From Arkham Asylum

    Brave And The Bold Crosses Worlds, Stays Fun

    Why So Creepy, New Ski Masks?

    Who Created Dark Knight's Joker?

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/22/09

    In reply to Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics
    *makes mental note to buy the collected TPB of "Superman: Secret Origin" next year*
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    Image of BellaCroesus BellaCroesus
    09/22/09

    In reply to Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics
    Agreed, so tired of hearing about most of what DC or Marvel has to offer.... YAAAAWWWWN. Tired and old.

    How about covering something cool like Atomic Robo or King City? Give us some independent GOOD stuff. Why do we need io9 to tell us about what the majors are doing? As if it's not everywhere else.

    Comon, you can do better!
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    09/22/09

    @BellaCroesus: I'm going to have to second you. The truth in your comment is almost but not quite breached by your snark.
    It would be very nice to have a well-read indie comic fetishist recommend the obscure stuff to us.
    {...as an indie comic artist I doubly approve this message.}
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    09/22/09

    In reply to Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics
    Do you guys ever cover more independent comics? I haven't read with DC or Marvel, or their major subsidiaries, in years.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    09/22/09

    In reply to Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics
    This picture really confirms the age-old crush I have always had on Saturn Girl from the very first moment I saw the original silver-age Legion comics.
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    09/22/09

    @Lassus: Also, help, I've lost my star. Anyone know why?
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    gods-n-clods promoted this comment Lassus was starred Lassus was unstarred
    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    09/22/09

    @Lassus: There is no need for a SW:E3 joke.
    However, sneetch pelts can fetch a high price for those stars. Good luck.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/22/09

    @Lassus: I'm sorry she wasn't a bigger deal back in the days when I could wear spandex. I love her outfit. She's so cute.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    09/22/09

    In reply to Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics
    No comics for me this week. That makes me sad.
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    Image of van_line van_line
    09/22/09

    In reply to Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics
    which origin retelling do you like more this one by Johns or Grant Morrison's 3 panel story in All Star Superman?

    Also even though I read Legion of 3 Worlds I still don't know which Legion is the current Legion.
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment van_line was starred van_line was unstarred
    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    09/22/09

    @van_line: I don't think DC knows which Legion is the current Legion, either.
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Franklin Harris was starred Franklin Harris was unstarred
    Image of Bongoes Bongoes
    09/22/09

    @van_line: It's all of them. One is traveling the Multiverse, one is on Earth Prime and the one in Geoff John's recent stuff, the originals are the current future.
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    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    09/22/09

    In reply to Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics
    John Byrne ("The Man of Steel"), Mark Waid ("Birthright"), and now Geoff Johns. If Superman actually had a future, DC wouldn't have to keep rewriting his past. The character is a dead end.
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Franklin Harris was starred Franklin Harris was unstarred
    Image of Bongoes Bongoes
    09/22/09

    @Franklin Harris: Do you read Superman right now? He's not a dead end.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Bongoes was starred Bongoes was unstarred
    Image of austin316gb austin316gb
    04/16/09

    In reply to Bane And His Pulsing Veins Burst From Arkham Asylum
    I can't wait for this. I'm just hoping that they release the collectors edition in the UK as I REALLY want a 14" Baterang on my wall!!!


    [www.joystiq.com]

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/16/09

    In reply to Bane And His Pulsing Veins Burst From Arkham Asylum
    Is that Kevin Conroy voicing Bats? Nifty!
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/01/09

    In reply to Brave And The Bold Crosses Worlds, Stays Fun
    I can't take Bat-Oswald seriously, especially when he's inner-monologing (didn't he watch The Incredibles?). It may be better than The Batman, but this show still has more cheese than the whole of France.
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    Image of Brian Fowler Brian Fowler
    03/01/09

    @Purple Dave: A little cheese is good for you. Seriously, talk to a doctor!
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/02/09

    @Brian Fowler:
    A little, perhaps (I can tolerate The Grey Ghost), but not enough to crush your house.
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    Image of Indigen Indigen
    03/01/09

    In reply to Brave And The Bold Crosses Worlds, Stays Fun
    I don't like it anywhere near as much as the original, or anything through to the end of JLU. Those were the animated DC universe. This is just a cartoon.
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    Image of choptop choptop
    03/01/09

    @Indigen: That's kind of the point though. BatB isn't trying to fit into any sort of continuity, it's just out to come up with fun, outlandish, & ultimately disposable scenarios using the DC Universe characters. It does a good job of that, too.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/01/09

    @choptop:
    So, what you're saying is that it's an ultimately disposable show?
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    Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred
    Image of choptop choptop
    03/01/09

    @Purple Dave: 100% disposable, its just there to entertain not change your life. It's a kid's show, what do you want from it? Does everything on tv have to be intellectual and deep for you people? Perhaps you should consider watching a channel whose name doesn't begin with "Cartoon".
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    03/01/09

    @choptop: BTW, I'm pretty sure the only reason this show exists in the 1st place is because they couldn't come up with any other premise to sell Blue Beetle action figures.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/02/09

    @choptop:
    Really? Seems like a lot of trouble to go to when they an always just stick him in one lineup or another. I've seen Dark Knight action figures for Deathstroke and Firefly, which doesn't make any sense at all. Besides, there are at least three other Blue Beetle action figures out there (Ted Kord, 1st Appearance, and Kingdom Come-Elseworlds).
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    Image of causeiambetta causeiambetta
    03/01/09

    In reply to Brave And The Bold Crosses Worlds, Stays Fun
    Great great show. so much fun.


    But the thing that knocked me upside the head the most was how the show uses the best of batman mythology.


    Red Hood was from one of the best Batman stories: 'The Killing Joke.' Anyone who read it and then saw this episode had to be absolutely blown away

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    Image of van_line van_line
    03/01/09

    @causeiambetta:


    not to be a comic book elitist but red hood was around before TKJ, right?

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/01/09

    @van_line:
    Yup. So was the fact that Red Hood became the Joker. What Moore added to the mix was the idea that the guy who would eventually become the Joker was not a criminal mastermind, but a mark who got conned into taking on the role so the real criminals could sell him out to the cops. That and the fact that even the Joker isn't sure anymore what his true origin is.
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    Image of Brian Fowler Brian Fowler
    03/01/09

    In reply to Brave And The Bold Crosses Worlds, Stays Fun
    A Batman show made to be fun. Now why can't they make Batman movies with the same idea?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/01/09

    @Brian Fowler:
    They tried that. It sucked balls, and went back for seconds.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    02/08/09

    In reply to Why So Creepy, New Ski Masks?
    Ordered days ago.
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    Image of Torley Torley
    01/11/09

    In reply to Who Created Dark Knight's Joker?
    The best part of the short story are the "physical findings" - more TMI than I ever wanted to know about the Joker's genitalia! :O
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