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by **rdrsfn82** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:16 pm

chap22 wrote:OK, let me correct a bit:

the art is absolutely fantastic. simply the best-looking comic i'm buying right now (since Martin is no longer on DD). and the writing is worlds better than i expected (although my expectations were nil going in)....good characterization, very fun look at Flash's powers, with inventive situations and uses of his super-speed, nice mix of action and soap opera.

it's a very good book.

Yep.

by **GHERU** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:22 pm

The Nacireman wrote:
Doing more to get comics into places new readers actually show would be making them "new reader friendly."

of the books I read, they have been

the only non-new reader friendly books I can really think of are the Lantern ones

by **GHERU** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:22 pm

Greg wrote:I thought JLA was taking place 5 years in the past before the other books?

it is

by **GHERU** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:25 pm

chap summed up The Flash very well

by **Zechs** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:27 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:Changing the story styles and characterizations to being more like Marvel does it.

If we're talking 90s Era Marvel. YES. Yes it did.

by **achilles** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:30 pm

On the plus side, I've rediscovered indy comics. And I have more reading time for my Kindle and Nook. And If DC's goal was to have about a dozen titles that sell real well, another dozen that sell fairly well, and the rest that are racing to be canceled, well then they've made that goal.

Could they have done as well or better if the reboot had been run by three goats and a few frogs? Sure.

by **draco x** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:05 pm

I kind of feel that the reboot was un-necessary and it just felt like a cash-grab to me. Although I like some of the new books I feel that rebooting everything from scratch was already done before with Infinite Crisis in the 80's. Plus, putting the Wildstorm characters with the DC ones isn't a good fit as they will become marginalized like several other characters already are.
My take on the 52 concept would have both the DC and Wildstorm Universes being highlighted on their perspective worlds which would show how both universes contrast from each other. That's just my thoughts anyways.

by **holtom2000** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:24 pm

I would say the best titles are those with the least change - Batman and Green Lantern titles.
Many are just dripping with 90s art and writing which makes me cringe.
Been buying JLI and a few others online, but frankly I'm spending most of my DC money on trades these days.

by **SaturnKnight** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:07 am

chap22 wrote:OK, let me correct a bit:

the art is absolutely fantastic. simply the best-looking comic i'm buying right now (since Martin is no longer on DD). and the writing is worlds better than i expected (although my expectations were nil going in)....good characterization, very fun look at Flash's powers, with inventive situations and uses of his super-speed, nice mix of action and soap opera.

it's a very good book.

Chappy is absolutely right. Listen to the man. Flash is a very good book indeed.

by **SaturnKnight** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:10 am

Ben Reilly wrote: Don't be like Saturn Knight who cannot acknowledge that another company actually has good comics.

Bullshit. Daredevil is brilliant. Captain America is excellent. I even like Defenders. I also have a great deal of respect for Robert Kirkman's books at Image; the man's a damn good writer.

by **alaska1125** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:32 am

SaturnKnight wrote:
Bullshit. Daredevil is brilliant. Captain America is excellent. I even like Defenders. I also have a great deal of respect for Robert Kirkman's books at Image; the man's a damn good writer.

I'm not a fan of Defenders. Did they have to actually confirm what the porn-stache already told us about Dr. Strange? Perv...

by **Stephen Day** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:39 am

It's been both good and bad. I am buying more books from DC than I have in a long time, so that has to say something. The best stuff in my opinion at least, is from the Dark line of book.

by **SaturnKnight** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:53 am

Stephen Day wrote:It's been both good and bad. I am buying more books from DC than I have in a long time, so that has to say something. The best stuff in my opinion at least, is from the Dark line of book.

I'm not a "Dark" kinda guy, but I do buy Swamp Thing and Animal Man. And now that Lemire is taking over Justice League Dark, I'm going to check that out as well. I've become a big fan of Lemire's work.

Like you, I'm buying more DC than I have in many years. The last time I bought this many DC books was probably back in the Eighties. No lie.

The last time I was buying this many books was 8 years ago--and 90% of the comics I bought then were Marvel. I loved the books Jemas and Quesada came up with back in the day.

by **xshane666x** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:16 pm

I buy more DC books now, than ever. I buy more DC than Marvel (and look forward to them) for the first time ever also.

I have been very pleased with almost all of the reboot titles i get except, Hawkman (which im most likely dropping) and Superman (which sucks under Perez, but i'll give the next lineup a go. If it stays bad, im done)

We will see how long it holds up as time progresses, but thusfar i'm hooked.

by **DMM** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:53 pm

I was already reading detective, batman, batman inc., and batman and robin before the change. Now I'm also getting batwoman, action comics, justice league america, swamp thing, frankenstein, green lantern, and I'm going to pick up the first animal man trade, and if I like it, I'll buy that in trade.