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by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:23 pm

sdsichero wrote:
Maybe Johns is a golfer

Vintage nerdyboy!

by **Ntikrst** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:37 pm

ElijahSnowFan wrote:Easily Justice League. I never thought I'd drop a Justice League book with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in it, but Geoff Johns has this book at the level of unreadable.

I read Aquaman #8 today, just to make sure I wasn't losing my mind.

Looked at the cover, saw that each book has "Johns" on the cover.

But when you read them, you'd think each book was written by two totally different people: One guy who can write, and one guy who can't. At all. As in, "completely overmatched by the industry in which he works."

Baffling. I'm absolutely baffled by two things: How Johns could be this bad, and why I'm reading it to know how bad it's been.

I'd wager Johns has to dumb down the script for Lee and none of Lee's fill-ins can make Lee look bad so it will have to be dumbed down for them as well. By comparison Reis, Mahnke, and Frank have no problem delivering a superior quality "Johns" product, I don't think it's coincidence.

by **mrorangesoda** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:51 am

Sromkie wrote:Really? Well, maybe I will give it some more time, then. I loved Penguin:Pain And Prejudice. I haven't read any of his other stuff, but if it's anywhere near as good as the Penguin mini, I would enjoy it.

Yeah, he's got a big Scarecrow story planned. I'd be all in if my comic budget were a little beefier.

by **nattygreene** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:21 pm

GHERU wrote:the Iceman one off was pretty damn cool

Thruth

by **The Shadow** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:57 pm

If an entire arc sucks I put it on 'notice' (so to speak) and if the second in a row sucks I usually drop it.

I know not every story will be a home run and it's unrealistic to expect it... but too many bad issues in a row will get me to drop a book.