Cliche hero ressurrection FTW?
Fuck yeah. Father Time caught it bad.
Which if you look at the last page, it basically gave away the event AND what the fuck is gonna happen. Thanks, DC. You spoiled the big event, rather than building up to it. Faggots.
Double post! or was it…???
that’s why i’d suggest reading 49 and then ww1-4 as week #49a-d. which would be of course followed by 50.
btw, would anyone have an invite to demonoid.com i could get?
Wait, what?
Vic died as an indirect result of the Gotham Intergang subplot, which WW3 is another indirect spin off from. All the miniseries was meant to do was quickly explain what happened in-between 52 and the OYL books without fucking up the flow of 52. Otherwise there’s no correlation between Question’s death and the disappointment stemming from WW3.
I’ll check on the Demonoid when I get home if you don’t already have one.
And yeah, reading through 50 was alot more satisfying than WWIII, which sucked. Good thing BOP and the Nightwing Annual came out the same day.:rock:
Yeah, I know. But, The Question being killed is still something I really disliked about 52. 52 wasn’t exactly the greatest thing ever. A lot of the issues were hit or miss. I think it was just a crappy way to kill off The Question.
I guess I’m just a bitter fan because I lost one of my favorite characters in a sub-par series that leads up to the next sub-par series that will lead up to next summer’s(?) big event. =/
I seriously don’t like the direction DC is going in at the moment with a lot of their books.
this week’s 52
[details=Spoiler]Cover has Red Tornados head with a number of gears that look like Earth along with a countdown 51,50,49,48
The ticker at the bottom of the page reads The Mystery in Space revealedTime is broken51 issues down and one more to go
Homecoming
The book is penciled by Joe Bennett. The origin is the Justice League of America; written by Mark Waid and drawn by Ivan Reis.
Week 51, Day 1
California: Ellen arrives home from dinner with a family friend, Roger. As Ellen approaches the front door to her house she notices a bright glow behind her. When she turns around and back down the porch to the yard, she sees Buddy glowing and floating above the ground. When Ellen starts towards Buddy, he tells her not to come any closer since he is still solar powered. Buddy sits cross-legged while continuing to float and eventually lands on the ground. Ellen and Buddy are joined by their kids wearing sunglasses. Unknown to them, Buddy has been followed home.
Voice 1: Target identified.
Voice 2: Wait until weak, then kill for bounty.
Voice 1: For Lady Styx.
Week 51, Day 2:
Metropolis, Superman/Superboy Memorial: A number of people, many of which are heroes, are gathering at the memorial to honor the one year anniversary of Superboys death. Donna (in her Wonder Woman outfit) meets up Cassie (In her Wonder Girl outfit).
Cassie: You heard about Ralph Dibny, Donna?
Donna: Fire told me.
Cassie: Theres something so strange about it allnow Ill never be able to say Im sorry.
Donna: Youll find a way Cassie
During their talk Agent Prince looks on surveying the crowd. Jimmy Olsen spots Robin and asks him about his costume and why it is just red and black, to which Robin tells him that They were his colors while looking up at the statue of Superboy. Cassie still upset, takes off with Donna.
Week 51, Day 3
Rann: Sardath has performed a procedure on Adam Strange which has given him new eyes. The new eyes are based on a copy of his daughter Aleaas eyes and upgraded to allow Adam to see across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Sardath then informs Adam that they have been under attack from the Flame Creatures for a few days now. Adam tells them that all you have to do is cut off their oxygen When he asks about Kory, John Stewart tells Adam that she said something about a jacket. When asked about the Emerald Eye, Adam says that Lobo has it. Adam is then joined by his wife and daughter and the three leave together. When a Green Lantern is about to stop them, John Stewart puts his hand on the other Lanterns shoulder and tells him The man just flew across half the galaxy, blind, and saved us all from Lady Styx. How about you and me deal with the monsters this time?
Week 51, Day 4
Space: Lobo and Fishy return from their pilgrimage for the Emerald Eye.
Lobo: After many adventures, me an Fishy secured th Holy Relic ya sent me ta collect. Though I hafta confess I had all kindsa trouble stickin ta my pacifist vowsMaybe now Im done, ya might consider releasin me from my obligations. Why didja want this thing so badly, anyhow, exalted three-in-one? Dont think I ever found that out.
Triple Fish: Why, it is because of the prophecy, my child. It is said that the Emerald Eye of Ekron is the only weapon in the universe that can kill me. Thought Id best keep it safely where I can see it.
Lobo: Killya? Ya dont say
Lobo gives a big grin and the Eye shoots out a beam.
Week 51, Day 6:
Baker House: Buddy is telling his friends about what happened in space when the doorbell rings. When Ellen answers the door, she is met by two aliens holding guns at her; Bounty for Lady Styx Die die die. There is then a quick blast and both aliens are gone. Standing in the doorway is Kory who hands Ellen Buddys jacket and then passes out.
Ellen: Did Roger order a stripper?
Buddy: Ellen! Kory is space royalty.
Cliff: Wow, shes like ET-- but with double dds! Can we keep her?
Week 51, Day 7
Rocky Mountains: Skeets is flying through some workshop. He comes across Morrow who is looking down with a gun in his hand.
Skeets: The android caught a glimpse of the garden. And made a map
Morrow: Here he comes. This is exactly how they said it would happen. 52 worlds52 Morrowsand it all comes down to me.
Skeets: I want that map!
Morrow: ErrGentlemen?
Rip and Booster appear out of a doorway with Rip holding a huge gun.
Rip: Thanks for luring him, professor. Well take over from here. Pray for the sake of the 52, we dont screw up this time!
Booster: Take it easy Skeets, we know your data got corrupted somehow
Skeets: Skeets is dead, Michael. I ate him from within to make a cradle. A cocoon. Imagine my disgust! The mind of an alien genius trapped in the body of a lowly caterpillar! Until, irradiated with Suspendium particles, I began the transformation that now concludes. Its too late to stop it. The 52 weeks of my gestation are complete. At last the chrysalis can hatch. Behold the metamorphosis of MR. Mind! Im hungry. Im so hungry I could eat a universe. Ill start with yours, shall I?
Skeets opens up to reveal Mind reveals in his new form that looks like a cross between a Predator and the Alien Bug at the end of Men in Black.
Booster: Oh, dear god
Rip grabs Red Tornados head
Rip: Too late. Again. Damn it! Booster, grab whats left of Skeets and get into the Time Sphere! Morrow, activate your androids and get out of here! hurry!
Booster: Itsits hideous!
Rip: You havent seen anything yet. Come on! We stay here we lose!
Booster: Where are we going?
Rip: Back. Back to where it all started.
Next in 52: The cover is much like Week One with a tombstone with the Questions hat on top, Ralphs wedding ring on a chain hanging off it, Ralphs costume wrapped around it and on the ground, Ralphs flask on the ground and Isis headband on the ground with Starfire, Martian Manhunter, Steel, Animal Man, Booster Gold and Natasha in her Steel uniform standing behind.
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all credit goes to mazingman from the dc boards
They really couldn’t have chosen someone… a little more imposing?
Woo! I found a hella deal in a dollar box today…
got the first appearance of the Modern Batgirl, for a buck!
52 POO!
ELIMINATED
Sheng-Long, Week 51 - When I think of the number 51 I can’t help but think of Area 51 where the government houses all of those aliens. What, it’s real just like Kryptonite… Anyway picking the number 51 won’t get you X-Force issue #1. It’s too bad, because… not saying that Liefeld is an alien but his pencils are… out of this world… who knows maybe there is a planet out there where people have messed up elbows and tiny ankles. 
IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
REMAINING
Adam Warlock - Week 52
Picked up Justice Society and Justice today.
Justice Society was pretty decent. Nice to see the interaction between the Justice League and the Justice Society.
Justice was a little crazy. Last issue was all fighting, and this issue is all fighting again, and i’m sure the final issue will be all fighting. Alex Ross is a good artist and all, but there are a lot of action scenes where I simply can’t tell what’s going on. Too much energy beams or something. I dunno.
Hey hey, DC heads. I was wondering, if I wanted to start reading batman, what tpbs should I start with? I’m guessing batman:year one stuff?
Year One would be a good one, as well as Long Halloween, Death in the Family, Hush, and No Man’s Land.
Son of the Demon LAWL.
Read Dark Knight Returns and Batman Year One. Since the subject of ‘which Batman books should I read’ has come up more than once, skim this thread -
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=122324
Quickly, I’ll say read Batman Black & White 1 & 2, Killing Joke, Child of Dreams, those are some of my favorites. I’m forgetting stuff I’m sure.
So a quicky week wrap up for me since SRK ate my post yesterday -
Outsiders Annual - So so
52 - Great!
Teen Titans Go! - Great!
Ninja Scroll - Good!
Now don’t go saying all of my posts are too damn long.
Got around to reading JSA. Very good, I’m happy about Legion of Super Heroes characters in our time. Still, I wonder what DC editorial was doing when Batman said that Two Face and Riddler were still in Arkham? How’d they let that one slip by? Now, I got bored with Batman OYL but, um, Harvey hasn’t been Two Face since Hush. And even if I’m wrong about that… Riddler’s a detective now, not in Arkham. Hmm, more fixes for the JLA / JSA TPB I guess…
upon moving back home I have been going through all the comics i had amassed. From what I can gather I would collect a comic as long as Devin Grayson was writing it (Gotham Knights, Nightwing) and then stop once she left. I still get Nightwing every now and then because I have a hideous mancrush on him.
I also recommend picking up any/all of the Outsiders run (again bought in the beginning solely because of Nightwing) I really like Judd Winnick’s stuff, even the life and times of juniper lee. 
Also randomly I dunno if they ever made it a trade or not, but “Reign of Emperor Joker” is probably one of my favorite “run in multiple comics” things.
oh yeah EDIT: I would be remiss if I posted in a comics thread and didn’t scream FABLESSSSSS
I picked up the first appearance of Nightwing for $5 this weekend.
good deal…man, The Pittsburgh Comicon was great this year…despite all the cancellations (and there were a LOT), there were TONS of deals to be had…I got 65 comics, knocking out huge gaps in my runs of New Teen Titans, Young Justice, and Impulse, and finishing out some major storylines I wanted from Legends of the DCU, Young Justice, GI Joe, and Secret Wars.