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Post by Crimson Arrow on Feb 7, 2007 8:29:03 GMT -5
I think most people on here know I'm not the biggest DC guy, I dip my toe... but that's about it. I have money to follow one company and due to my completist nature I try to limit my self. I can't imagine what it must be like to buy both companies big events and tie ins like some people do. Very expensive. Not to mention the fact the history of the DC very confusing and very hard to get a good grasp on without spending alot of money on trades. It's the same with Marvel of course but I'm already in there. However I picked up Detective Comics #821 after hearing some good things about it... I have to hand it to DC, this is one of the best runs I've read in a long time! All the issues are done in one stories and written by Paul Dini, the guy behind the Batman Animated Series from a few years back. Don Kramer's art is also excellent, very fitting for the book. Overall you end up with an excellent superhero book with a noir feeling and despite Batman's vast history is very accessible and very entertaining for new and old fans alike. Everyone should pick up an issue, its a done in one so if you don't like it, the most you loose is $3 compared to the $18 needed to get a complete 6 part story arc. There is also a rumour Dini is going to be in charge of DC's next weekly series, Countdown.
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Post by T R W on Feb 7, 2007 13:30:13 GMT -5
I have read detective for most of my life. The current run is spectacular. Especially the issue with the Joker. I highly recommend it to anyone.
Unfortunately, I read just about everything major in DC and Marvel, with a dash of vertigo and indy mixed in. Even with my 50% discount, I spend about $40 a week on comics.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Feb 7, 2007 14:56:06 GMT -5
I have read detective for most of my life. The current run is spectacular. Especially the issue with the Joker. I highly recommend it to anyone. Unfortunately, I read just about everything major in DC and Marvel, with a dash of vertigo and indy mixed in. Even with my 50% discount, I spend about $40 a week on comics. That Joker issue was amazing. I loved how he'd Swerve the car and hit as many people as he could. I hate villians where their premise is "They are evil" or "They're evil because their insane" but Joker can do that stuff and it makes sense, if he didn't he wouldn't seem right.
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Post by Thumper: One Year Later on Feb 7, 2007 20:32:44 GMT -5
I have been reading them, as I mostly just follow the Batman comics, and they have been good so far. The thing I like best about them, is that they are all like one shots, but there is also a larger story evolving with Batman and the riddler to keep the readers interested in the next issue. If they were just one shots, I would not like it very much because I like the longer stories. The art has been so so on these issues. I am not really into the "gritty" look.
The best part of the Joker issue was him just running people over and just not even caring or being distracted at all by the bodies as they samsh into the car.
In other batman news though, the last issue of Legends of the Dark Knight just came out, and that was a very well done one shot, again though, done in a "gritty" style.
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Post by cosmicspidey on Feb 8, 2007 17:59:17 GMT -5
Dini's 'Tec is the best Batman I've ever read. One of the very best series DC is putting out.
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