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by **US Agent** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:21 pm

Dropped it at #0 along with GL and GLC.

by **Jubilee** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:21 pm

Potter Who wrote:DC do have JMS now, so good things are set to come, probably. Hickman has just been awesome though. He's quickly catching up to JMS to become my favorite writer.

Yeah JMS is sweet. He wrote some great Spider-man stories, a good Strange story, but then his run on Spider-man ended pretty poorly, and his F4 was pretty shit. It's like DC waited for a popular writer to be turned against, whilst Marvel snapped up some up and comers and turned them into stars.

by **Victorian Squid** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:21 pm

MoneyMelon wrote:He's the Michael Bay of comics.

And I mean this in a good way (sort of).

There isn't much substance, but he keeps it exciting at least.

I'm not a big fan, but I can see the appeal.

I was going to say I can't, and use an example from the end of Ultimate Avengers V1 involving the Red Skull's confessed motivation to it all as an example why not, but people would bitch for the spoiler:

[spoiler]At the end of it all, he confesses to Fury that he did it all and stole the cosmic cube because he really just always wanted his mommy & daddy to be together. :cry:

[/spoiler]

by **Victorian Squid** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:23 pm

Punchy wrote:They do have Aaron doing Vertigo stuff at least.

I'm very pleased they've got Lemire doing DCU books.

Yeah. But there's virtually zero chance I'm going to buy a book about Superboy's early days in Smallville at this point.

by **Victorian Squid** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:24 pm

Black Lantern Jubilee wrote:Yeah JMS is sweet. He wrote some great Spider-man stories, a good Strange story, but then his run on Spider-man ended pretty poorly, and his F4 was pretty shit. It's like DC waited for a popular writer to be turned against, whilst Marvel snapped up some up and comers and turned them into stars.

I don't think JMS has anywhere near the fan base he used to.

by **Punchy** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:25 pm

Spicy Dick wrote:Yeah. But there's virtually zero chance I'm going to buy a book about Superboy's early days in Smallville at this point.

It's about the current Superboy, set in modern DCU.

by **Jubilee** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:25 pm

Spicy Dick wrote:Yeah. But there's virtually zero chance I'm going to buy a book about Superboy's early days in Smallville at this point.

Yeah, I imagine he'll write that for a year, a character I couldn't care less about, before Marvel snap him up onto an exclusive.

by **BlueStreak** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:25 pm

Black Lantern Jubilee wrote:Yeah JMS is sweet. He wrote some great Spider-man stories, a good Strange story, but then his run on Spider-man ended pretty poorly, and his F4 was pretty shit. It's like DC waited for a popular writer to be turned against, whilst Marvel snapped up some up and comers and turned them into stars.

I thought almost all of JMS's Marvel stuff was crap.

Strange was horrible, IMO.

I really disliked the Morlun/Spider-totem thing.

And wasn't he responsible for the Other?

Not looking forward to his Superman run...which is why I'm not buying it.

by **MoneyMelon** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:26 pm

Spicy Dick wrote:I was going to say I can't, and use an example from the end of Ultimate Avengers V1 involving the Red Skull's confessed motivation to it all as an example why not, but people would bitch for the spoiler:

[spoiler]At the end of it all, he confesses to Fury that he did it all and stole the cosmic cube because he really just always wanted his mommy & daddy to be together. [/spoiler]

*tear*

by **Punchy** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:27 pm

I don't see why JMS is bothering to write some Hyperion and Power Princess knock-offs when he gave up on the real deal in Supreme Power!

by **MoneyMelon** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:27 pm

I think DC has a pretty good stable of writers. The problem, for me at least, is that very little of the DCU has any kind of long-term vision. It feels very much like they're just making it up as they go along.

by **Potter Who** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:28 pm

MoneyMelon wrote:JMS is very hit-or-miss for me, but I'll give his Superman and Wonder Woman a try.

His Brave & The Bold has been decent.

Yeah, some storyarcs in his ASM run were poorly conceived (though arguably well executed) and his Fantastic Four was very dull, but Supreme Power, Twelve, Thor, first half of Amazing Spider-Man, Silver Surfer Requiem, and his creator owned Book of Lost Souls were all amazing projects. And to think that Superman is where is real passion has been all along, I'm very optimistic about his upcoming run. My only hesitation is whether or not DC has matched him up with an artist what will do the story justice.