http://www.comicbloc.com/forums Comic Bloc.com is home to the largest DC Comics Forums outside of DC. Featuing Geoff Johns! en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:58:29 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/images/skins/portal/misc/rss.jpg http://www.comicbloc.com/forums http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80539&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:47:47 GMT Although I didn't care for Countdown to Final Crisis I thought it had a lot of potential. And I also thought the concept of the Challengers from Beyond was also a very very cool idea. Has this ever been addressed since? Whether in the comics or from the creators mouths? ]]> DC http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80539 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80538&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:02:15 GMT Does anyone still host these here? Haven't seen these thread in ages and thought it was a void that needed filling.

Who wants to jump in first? What were the best of the best comics in your reading pile this week? And what failed to deliver?

-D ]]> Comic Announcements, Discussions, News and Rumors Director of Everything http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80538 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80537&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:37:02 GMT Clark faces up to his future in the lead Legion story as someone is haunting the halls of the Legion HQ whilst Ray Palmer continues to face off against a group that has attacked his father, his mentor and stolen his tech on the Atom co-feature. PDF preview up at DC Comics.com Here:... Clark faces up to his future in the lead Legion story as someone is haunting the halls of the Legion HQ whilst Ray Palmer continues to face off against a group that has attacked his father, his mentor and stolen his tech on the Atom co-feature.

PDF preview up at DC Comics.com

Here: http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/15558_x.pdf ]]> Adventure Comics oddballuk http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80537 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80536&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:57:40 GMT As our heroes believe themselves to be back at square one in their search for Maxwell Lord, they are unaware that Max is in their midst already with Fire at his mercy! PDF preview up at DC Comics.com Here: http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/15521_x.pdf As our heroes believe themselves to be back at square one in their search for Maxwell Lord, they are unaware that Max is in their midst already with Fire at his mercy!

PDF preview up at DC Comics.com

Here: http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/15521_x.pdf ]]> Booster Gold / Blue Beetle oddballuk http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80536 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80535&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:41:26 GMT To start, this thread might touch base on recent events in Amazing Spider-Man. If you don't want to be spoiled, exit now!

This topic was touched on in Jake's contrarian thread but I wanted to see this expanded even more after what happened in AMS this week. To wit: does a normal marriage and family have a place in comics?

DC has a smattering of them. Lois and Clark obviously. Wally and Linda, plus their kids. Some retirees with Jay and Joan, Alan and Molly. Rex Tyler is married as far as I know but we've yet to see Mrs. Tyler IIRC.

There's other marriages and long term relationships but they have issues. Aquaman and Mera. Ollie and Dinah. Hawkman and Hawkwoman only recently reunited after a long layoff. Don't get me started on Batman. Either of them.

Marvel has an even worse track record. Only T'Challa and Ororo have any sort of semblance of a good marriage but they're practically newlyweds. The Richard's are horrible examples with Sue's once a decade fling with a certain Atlantean. The fact that she keeps a salt water pool in the Baxter Building as a poke to Reed only further shows the insecurity of their marriage. (I do find that funny though.) Marvel couldn't keep Black Bolt and Medusa together once they got married. Heck, they couldn't even keep supporting characters like Jonah and Marla Jameson or Rick Jones and Marlo together.

So can marriage and family work in comics? What are your thoughts? ]]> Comic Announcements, Discussions, News and Rumors jafabian http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80535 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80534&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:14:13 GMT Cover of the week nominations start again. Please read the rules below. 1 Nomination or second per person. Poll threads will be posted every Monday. 1. Original Comic Covers, trades, hardcovers only. Please specify Title and issue # as well as cover artist name. Also a Pic must be included of the... Cover of the week nominations start again. Please read the rules below. 1 Nomination or second per person. Poll threads will be posted every Monday.

1. Original Comic Covers, trades, hardcovers only. Please specify Title and issue # as well as cover artist name. Also a Pic must be included of the cover.

2. Everyone gets 1 nomination. You can either nominate a cover yourself or second/third/fourth/fifth an already existing nomination.

3. If you want to change your nomination there are a few factors involved. A) No one can have seconded your nom. If it is clear for you to change your nom, you can say so in a new post or pm me. But you MUST be clear in your post that you're changing your nom. You can change your second or third, etc by re-posting, also. Again, be clear in your re-post.

4. Comics with multiple covers can have nominations for each cover, but please specify the artist/variant name when posting your nomination. Remember when you are nominating and seconding/thirding to state which one you are putting your endorsement on.

5. Nominations will be open until Sunday. The poll thread will be opened on Monday Mornings.

6. Lets be civil when commenting on other peoples covers. If you have something negative to say about a cover give your reasons. No more "That looks like...." posts about other covers.

7. If the image does not include the title and issue number, you must type out the title and issue number of the cover you are nominating.

8. In instances where a single image has been split into multiple covers, those covers will not be combined into one entry.

Any nominations not following the above rules will be disqualified. ]]> Comic Announcements, Discussions, News and Rumors chrisbenes http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80534 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80533&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:20:25 GMT IMO, the tops are Dick Dillin and George Perez. Dillin had some awesome stories to work with. Perez put out his usual Perez-quality work out. Who stands out to you? IMO, the tops are Dick Dillin and George Perez. Dillin had some awesome stories to work with. Perez put out his usual Perez-quality work out.

Who stands out to you? ]]> Justice League of America jafabian http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80533 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80526&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:32:18 GMT (If this sort of thread isn't allowed, mods can just delete it)

Comics, especially detail-heavy ones like Green Lantern, often have little things you notice and would like to know more about, or bits of continuity that make you curious. You wonder what the writer's thought process was when they put in this detail.

This thread is where you can get those questions of your chest. It'll probably be really geeky, but hey, that's why we're here, right? So, if you've got questions about what's in the Green Lantern books - what that scene meant, where that Lantern first appeared, who was that funny little guy in the background, and so on - post 'em here.

And I know that Geoff Johns occasionally posts here, so, who knows, maybe he'll stop by?

My questions:

What, if any, role do the events of Emerald Dawn play in the post-Infinite Crisis DCU? I'd imagine the fight with Legion occurred in some capacity (some guys who died there are seem among the Black Lanterns) but what capacity was it?

Where does Ebikar Hrui fit in the succession of 2815 now that it seems to be Rrabs-only?

Opto was savaged by Kalibak in Final Crisis but then appears alive during Agent Orange. Was this an artistic error or did he actually survive?

On that note, was the presence of the "New Corps" members, including the psychotic Magaan, on the cover of Infinite Crisis #7 considered in-continuity?

Does Harvid have one brother or two? His profile seems rather ambiguous.

What's the deal with Bruun? Is she identical to Bynarri, who apparently died?

If you respond to any of these, or any subsequent post, you have my thanks, Mr. Johns. ]]> Brightest Day / Green Lantern Mr. Kuttler http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80526 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80524&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:29:24 GMT Please say yes. :D Would love to meet ya. Please say yes. :D

Would love to meet ya. ]]> Scott Kolins http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80524 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80523&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:28:26 GMT Bleeding Cool has an interesting interview with Alan Moore on the whole Watchmen saga, and while alot of it we already know it's interesting to read the broader strokes of the story in one place.

When you think about it a nice 'clearing of the air' with Moore from the new DC establishment and even (gasp) reverting the rights back to him and Dave Gibbons would have been a very cool move. ]]> Comic Announcements, Discussions, News and Rumors Marky http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80523 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80521&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:13:49 GMT Dark Tower Movie Trilogy AND TV series!!

Love the books; can't wait for this.

Excerpt:

"Ron Howard will direct the first film and the first season of television, which will be written by Goldsman. Goldsman will produce the film through his Weed Road Pictures with Howard and Grazer for Imagine Entertainment. Howard, Grazer and Goldsman will executive produce the television series for Universal Media Studios. Kerry Foster will executive produce the first film for Weed Road Pictures along with Todd Hallowell and Erica Huggins for Imagine Entertainment." ]]> Television, Movies and Animation manwithnoname http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80521 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80520&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:41:08 GMT Funny how Clint likes the anti-hero.
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/09/07...r-sub-mariner/
I thought Clint would of been perfect for Miller's version of Batman ]]> Comic Announcements, Discussions, News and Rumors raw power72 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80520 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80519&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:19:57 GMT Ok. Let me start off by saying that I don't think Wally West should have a job. I agree with Mark Waids thinking that Wally West only ever wanted to be The Flash and I love that his identity was public and his only job was as The Flash.

That being said...IF he HAD to have a job I think Highschool teacher and Track coach would be the way to go. MUCH better IMO than police mechanic. Didn't Geoff establish the Mirror version of Wally being a teacher and track coach? In Wonderland if I remember correctly? That is a gig I think would really fit Wally well IF he needs to have a job. Plus the hours of a teacher really give him time to be a superhero. Summers off and out early and all that.

What do you guys think? ]]> The Flash http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80519 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80516&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:55:09 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgkHZ77yZBQ

Pretty silly. I only just found out about it, from 2003, apparently it never aired in the US because of the copyright snafu. It's like Sealab 2021, but, you know, Aquaman.

Anyone see this?

I love Aquaman jokes, especially the ones on Family Guy, but this is pretty good. I still like the character and respect the powers and history and all that, but it's nice to laugh. ]]> Television, Movies and Animation Human Bong http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80516 http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80514&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:24:52 GMT It isn't my question really. But it is the question a LOT of other people are asking.

http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/201..._lnk3%7C169165

So what do you think?

Does "Fair Play" matter?

Or should we honor the accomplishments of the individual without reference to the rules surrounding them?

POINT OF ORDER: I, personally, never saw the story of Mr. Terrific this way either, but, by God, it fits!!! ]]> Justice Society of America bgztl http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80514