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Post by The Captain on Jun 23, 2017 16:01:21 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Aquaman (at least until Cullen Bunn crapped all over it), and I have most of The Flash run that I will eventually read when I complete it.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 27, 2017 7:31:35 GMT -5
Liked Batman, mostly, Aquaman, GL(but not Corps, Red, or Larfleeze) and loved Azzarello's Wonder Woman(IMHO the first decent try at doing something original with her ).
As a Legion fanboy I disliked the 2 titles, cared less about Catwoman and Grayson and really wanted to like Manapul's Flash(love his layout work) but found it unreadable.
Earth 2 was another I wanted desperately to like, the Worlds Finest it sort of spun out of was okay and I love the real JSA, but if I'm being honest with myself it was fairly rubbish.
Oh yeah...supeyman...well at least we got Rebirth cos that warnt no supeyman I know. Or Justice League either, though to be fair the real league still aint back... hey Doc Manhattan...get your act together and go find them...
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Post by Jesse on Jun 27, 2017 13:42:11 GMT -5
I enjoyed the initial premise of the Green Lantern book with Sinestro returning to the GL Corps. I've read most of Geoff Johns GL run except for Sinestro Corps War which I've heard good things about. I did drop it during Blackest Night which I've since went back and finished. For me the problem with his GL stuff overall is that while I might find the premise interesting, the middle act is usually somewhat mediocre and the climax underwhelming.
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Post by String on Jun 27, 2017 14:32:18 GMT -5
The only Nu52 book that I read regularly was Flash. Manapul was showcasing dynamic art with innovative panel layouts. His ideas on the various aspects and usages of super-speed by Barry was interesting too.
I grew to like Justice League, I thought Johns did good in showing the differing aspects of the characters in this new team setting along with some grand story lines. Later on though, with the addition of Jason Fabok on art, the title got even better and more epic in scale and scope.
I wanted to like Morrison's run on Action but with me, again, his ideas are either hit-or-miss and here, they were missing. The initial 5 year gap between Action and Superman certainly didn't help matters at all and I'm still baffled over how you can let someone of George Perez's pedigree walk out on you over this trivial matter.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jun 28, 2017 1:43:42 GMT -5
Seconding/thirding: Wonder Woman (till creative team change), Grayson and Demon Knights.
Adding:
Midnighter: a spin-off from Grayson. Kinda disappointed that they broke up Apollo and him, but they were reunited in the later mini, so all is forgiven.
Other New52 titles I read:
Stormwatch: Had some interesting ideas and new characters, but overall it was directionless, not helped by creative teams changing every 5 seconds. Starlin came in and gave the worst performance I've ever seen him do, so that part definitely not recommended.
Voodoo: Completely different take on the character, which I didn't like, made worse by switching creative teams halfway through (seeing a trend yet?)
Grifter: See Voodoo with the added insult that the creative team they switched to was Rob Liefeld.
Ravagers: Bought issue 1 for Gen13 members, one of the few single issues I never finished.
Team7: I like Justin Jordan a lot and his ideas in interviews for this series were absolutely on point for me, but the end result was disappointing. Don't know if I blame Jordan for that, there were so many editors rewriting the comics during New52.
Batman/Superman: Bought it for Greg Pak and Jae Lee, not bad, but I think I've read enough Superman and Batman for the rest of my life.
Both Legion series: Gave them a try, didn't like them. Shame cause I got basically all Legion comics up to Legion of 3 Worlds.
And had some trades from various other titles picked up for cheap, but none made an impression.
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Post by Jesse on Jun 28, 2017 9:47:40 GMT -5
One of the things I disliked the most about the reboot was how it trashed the history of most of the legacy characters aside for Damian Wayne. We lost Tim Drake being Robin and most of Dick Grayson's character building that for me made him one of the better team leader's at DC. While I really liked the inclusion of Cyborg in the new Justice League origin however I hate that his history with the Titans was lost. Both volumes of Teen Titans for me were mostly unreadable.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 29, 2017 18:31:02 GMT -5
I liked a lot of Gail Simone's Batgirl, especially her conflict with James Jr. She thought she killed him, but he was really still alive! And they never went back to that plotline because Batgirl of Burnside started.
I like Batgirl of Cherry Hill better than Batgirl of Burnside.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 29, 2017 18:33:17 GMT -5
And liked Wonder Woman all the way through. Even after Azzarello left.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 18:42:01 GMT -5
And liked Wonder Woman all the way through. Even after Azzarello left. I didn't like Wonder Woman when it ran by Azzarello - I have too many issues with Azzarello and I was happy to see him go. Enough Said. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 30, 2017 1:24:06 GMT -5
And liked Wonder Woman all the way through. Even after Azzarello left. I didn't like Wonder Woman when it ran by Azzarello - I have too many issues with Azzarello and I was happy to see him go. Enough Said. There were a few things that made me roll my eyes during Azzarello's run. (Like, if its so important for Wonder Woman to be the daughter of a god, why not Hercules? Hercules seducing Hippolyta is right there in the 1942 WW origin in WW #1!) But he got so much right! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 4:44:53 GMT -5
I didn't like Wonder Woman when it ran by Azzarello - I have too many issues with Azzarello and I was happy to see him go. Enough Said. There were a few things that made me roll my eyes during Azzarello's run. (Like, if its so important for Wonder Woman to be the daughter of a god, why not Hercules? Hercules seducing Hippolyta is right there in the 1942 WW origin in WW #1!) But he got so much right! I know what you mean here and because of his run ... I don't want to relieve the pains of that run and I understand by what you mean here. But, having Hercules seducing Hippolyta didn't seems right to me and I always thought was Wonder Woman was born of clay in the Golden Age of Comics.  Having said that, this is the origin that I believe is the true one and not the origin that Azzarello intended to have our mind twisted. I have a hard time dealing with it and I know you are right about that but in honesty - it was a very painful pill for me to swallow and he - Brian destroyed my love of Wonder Woman that was created in the Golden Age of Comics and all that. Please understand me, and I do want to get into the debate and what you posted earlier on is the focus of the whole mess that Azzarello did to unwind everything that Wonder Woman did in the past and I find him very difficult writer to deal with. Respectfully, I hated his run with Wonder Woman - that's my answer to you! |
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Post by LovesGilKane on Jun 30, 2017 8:44:57 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Aquaman (at least until Cullen Bunn crapped all over it), and I have most of The Flash run that I will eventually read when I complete it. seems that Bunn will poop all over a 'new' Warlock 5, as well, alongside a very 'not' Denis Beauvais artist. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 16:45:06 GMT -5
I tried at least the first issue of every New 52 series....at least the initial 52 ones.
While I dug my usual favourite staple of characters, I really liked books like Frankenstein, Demon Knights, and I, Vampire.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 30, 2017 21:34:12 GMT -5
Seconding/thirding: Wonder Woman (till creative team change), Grayson and Demon Knights. Adding: Midnighter: a spin-off from Grayson. Kinda disappointed that they broke up Apollo and him, but they were reunited in the later mini, so all is forgiven. Other New52 titles I read: Stormwatch: Had some interesting ideas and new characters, but overall it was directionless, not helped by creative teams changing every 5 seconds. Starlin came in and gave the worst performance I've ever seen him do, so that part definitely not recommended. Voodoo: Completely different take on the character, which I didn't like, made worse by switching creative teams halfway through (seeing a trend yet?) Grifter: See Voodoo with the added insult that the creative team they switched to was Rob Liefeld. Ravagers: Bought issue 1 for Gen13 members, one of the few single issues I never finished. Team7: I like Justin Jordan a lot and his ideas in interviews for this series were absolutely on point for me, but the end result was disappointing. Don't know if I blame Jordan for that, there were so many editors rewriting the comics during New52. Batman/Superman: Bought it for Greg Pak and Jae Lee, not bad, but I think I've read enough Superman and Batman for the rest of my life. Both Legion series: Gave them a try, didn't like them. Shame cause I got basically all Legion comics up to Legion of 3 Worlds. And had some trades from various other titles picked up for cheap, but none made an impression. This made me remember a couple things I'd forgotten! Ravagers was actually not a bad mix of Gen 13 and Teen Titans... it was essentially set up to only work for one story though. Also, de-aged Raven and Beastboy (as compared to the other Wolfman/Perez Titans) annoyed me. Titans... yeah. I did enjoy Bunker.. he was definitely my favorite actual new DC character before Jon. And the stuff at the end with Superboy was pretty decent.. most of the rest? meh. |
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Post by Jesse on Jul 1, 2017 1:45:24 GMT -5
Beast Boy started out as being colored red in the first new 52 volume of Teen Titans. From what I heard they wanted to tie him into "The Red" where Animal Man and Vixen tap into to get their powers. Then when they renumbered the book they switched him back to green without saying anything about it or the characters even noticing.  |
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