DC Universe Thread

[Lock Jaw]

From the upcoming crossover between Arrow/Flash/Supergirl this year.

[Sixx]

Let me rephrase. WHO is this?

[Fignuts]

Moniter from Crisis on Infinite Earths

[Seanny One Ball]

Gotham is fucking awesome.



Lost track after season two or three but it was unusually brilliant every time I saw it. It had a tremendous gothic vibe hybridised with some pomp and circumstance. I felt quite creeped out several times, that thing with the nutty woman in the attic...

[slik]

I enjoyed Batman: Secret Files overall

Heroes in Crisis #2 was a mixed bag for me. Tom King nails the small character moments. I wasn't real sold on the following though:




Harley Quinn defeating Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

A lot of people will be mad they killed off Poison Ivy probably

[Shadow]

............................I'm sorry they did WHAT!?

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, just read it.... that was a bit ridiculous... @slik

As for Ivy's death.... it is one of those ones that is not gonna stick forever, so I ain't sweating it. I'm more mad about the Commander Steel situation.

[Lock Jaw]

Jeremy Irons cast as Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen series

[Lock Jaw]

Read the first issue of Grant Morrison's "The Green Lantern". It was meh....

Feel like Hal Jordan is the least interesting Green Lantern. Wish that Simon Baz/Jessica Cruz still had their own book. I have a bad feeling that Simon Baz is gonna be revealed to have died in Heroes in Crises though.... which would suck because there are so many dangling plots with him.....

[slik]

I liked Morrison's Green Lantern. Felt like a cop tv show meets Morrison's mind-bend-ery type stuff.

Kind of nice to see the GL treated more as space cops than the usual obsession w/ the umpteen different lantern corps (green, blue, yellow, etc). I'm curious to see where it goes next. Solicit for issue 3 mentions Earth being put up for sale on The Black Market and Hal going to investigate.

[slik]

I've heard Brian Bendis/super cool artist Nick Derington's Batman story is really fun in the Wal*Mart DC book...

Hoping when that's all done they'll release it as one-shot or something.

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[slik]

Still struggling to get into Scott Snyder's Justice League...I thought the new 'Drowned Earth' storyline would be it's own thing and it started really big but then the end of most recent issue tied it to


The Legion Of Doom...



I feel like Snyder has all these big, bombastic ideas but never gives them time to land or flesh out. The idea of Earth being invaded by all the sea gods of various planets and all the various sea gods can control the oceans on any planet throughout the entire galaxy is cool but it won't probably be expanded upon much I fear.

[Sixx]

Meh, never liked Green Lantern.

A superhero you can defeat with sunflowers or lemons.

[Lock Jaw]

Hasn't had the weakness to yellow in decades

[Sixx]

So he could have been klled by a lemon some decades ago.

Who cares, he's a fruitcake anyway.

[Lock Jaw]

The original Green Lantern was weak against wood. In the New 52 he was reimagined as a homosexual. Correlation?

[Sixx]

Fruitcake, wood, homo.

Ok, this makes perfect sanse. Cheers.

[Sixx]

Wait, wasn't Wonder Women powerless against bondage? As in, when a MAN tied her up.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah.... Wonder Woman and her creator were all sorts of messed up.

I hope in Doomsday Clock, Green Lantern Alan Scott comes back and is no longer a homosexual, because I liked the characters of his kids. One of whom was a homosexual, I guess.

[RP]

Jon Cryer casted as Lex Luthor on Supergirl.

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[Lock Jaw]

Maybe he will be surprisingly good.

[RP]

I dont doubt his acting. His look is a bit off for me i guess. I dont know.

[Shadow]

He has gone bald in recent years so...

[Lock Jaw]

The official title of the upcoming "Birds of Prey" movie is: "Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)"

[Kalyx triaD]

Bullshit.

[Lock Jaw]

It has been "confirmed"

[Sixx]

Cryer's face is way too happy/cheerful.

[slik]

Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) is getting a live-action big budget film:


https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/11/29/warner-bros-developing-dc-comics-latino-superhero-blue-beetle-film/

[Kalyx triaD]

I'd have tested the waters with an animated movie but ok.

[Lock Jaw]

Dunno, they keep trying to push Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes in comics/cartoons but it never seems to stick.

[Fignuts]

He’s just not very interesting.

[Kalyx triaD]

If they frame it as Ted Kord training a new Blue Beetle in New Mexico, have some fun with the comically homicidal AI - lil bit Ant-Man, lil bit Venom - don't go ham with any overt immigration messaging...

It can work.

[Lock Jaw]

Ted Kord was in the newest Blue Beetle comic series in a mentor role..... didn't read it, though.... was canceled anyways.

[slik]

DC is on fire this week.


Doomsday Clock #8 - Fantastic. They are really nailing this sequel to 'The Watchmen'. Superman comes across perfectly written here and the twist at the end is a jaw dropper.


Shazam #1 - Really good. This is a great concept. Honors the past and resets for the future, in the way Geoff Johns did for Green Lantern years ago. Very big things ahead for this, loads of potential.


Batman #60 - Excellent art and another big twist ending. One that no one saw coming.


Justice League #13 - Delves into why Luthor trusts (?) The Joker. The Joker written near perfect here. The entire Cosmos is up for grabs, but what's the punchline, indeed.


The Green Lantern #2 - Grant Morrison's take on Green Lantern continues with trippy art and some really cool new Lanterns. This new focus of GL as space police is a strong approach, and the villains seem like they are warming up to be a Cosmos level threat.


Good week for DC.

[Sixx]

They need to make up for DCEU.

I bet Marvel comics suck these days.

[slik]

From what I've heard a lot of Marvel comics apparently do suck now.

[Sixx]

From what I've heard a lot of Marvel comics apparently do suck now.

Last I read, which was a little less than a year ago they were terrible.

Time travel this, time travel that, alternate reality, clones, etc.

It's sad when a full grown man can't understand comic books.

[Fignuts]

Marvel's absolute addiction to time travel/alternate reality stories has been their biggest crutch the last 10 years.

Remember Age of Apocalypse? How it was a huge deal? or the Ultimate Universe? All these alternate universes that actually meant something?

They don't mean anything these days. Too fucking many. They killed the mystique of it.

[Fignuts]

That said, even if the major titles like Avengers, X-men, and Spider-man aren't great theres always something out there worth reading. I've been reading the new Venom comic lately and its been really good.

[slik]

I did hear Incredible Hulk has a horror feel to it now, which sounds decent

[Fignuts]

I started reading that and yeah, it's been very good. It's not traditional horror. To me more specific, it's closer to the classic pulp horror comics. Tales from the Crypt type of stuff.

Also started reading Heroes in Crisis. Really fucking dumb so far.


The worst part about it is that there are some really good ideas in here. The whole concept of Sanctuary. I was still invested in it when the possibility of Booster being the culprit was still there. Lots of different ways you could have gone with that one. But no. Gotta sell those halloween costumes to all the sluts.

[slik]

I like Heroes in Crisis but I'm a fan of Tom King, so I'm curious to see where it goes. He can pack a punch emotionally, so I'm assuming he's setting things up.

[slik]

It's not as good as Doomsday Clock though, or the stuff Bendis is doing with both Action Comics and Superman. Bendis really is knocking Supes out of the park.

[slik]

This is fantastic.

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[Fignuts]

I like Heroes in Crisis but I'm a fan of Tom King, so I'm curious to see where it goes. He can pack a punch emotionally, so I'm assuming he's setting things up.

The character moments are good. I liked the little confessionals. And Booster acting so weird had me intrigued. But Harley stuff just had me cringing too much.

[slik]

I cringed at Harley defeating Wonder Woman, Supes and Bats. That's so not in her league.

[Fignuts]

I'm not sure defeating an entire house full of powered heroes is either, c-list or not.

[Fignuts]

They literally had to make excuses for everyone. Boosters shields weren't working. Wally was in shock (which is bullshit. Wally West has been in the superhero game long enough where that shouldn't happen. He's a pro and he's seen plenty of death.) And that whole scene with the trinity was just nonsense when you factor in the super speed of superan and wonder woman.

[Lock Jaw]

At the end of this year's DC TV shows crossover, the next year's crossover was already announced:

https://static3.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Crisis-on-Infinite-Earths.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=738&dpr=1.5

[Sixx]

That's alternate universes, ain't it?

*cough* Marvel *cough*

[Fignuts]

How does the DC Universe service compare to Marvel Unlimited? I know their library is less substantial, but before I try it I’d like to know how much less substantial it actually is.

[Lock Jaw]

No idea, really.... not available in Canada and haven't read much past the initial announcements and descriptions. Which made it sound like it was just a handful of series and then eventually they take things off and add new things.

[slik]

Heroes In Crisis issue 4 was really good. Great character moments + a big twist at the end. You finally see the scope of why it's a crisis.

[slik]

I think the art in the series might be among my favorite ever in a comic, overall. Each panel is so full of mood, texture and story. Clay Mann is an incredible artist.


https://i.imgur.com/BGoGyFN.jpg

[Fignuts]

The art is fantastic. Dunno about the story. I dig the sanctuary concept, and the confessions leak could be interesting.

No idea where they are going with the murder mystery part though. Also, I missed some very important context because why is Batgirl running around with Harley after she's just murdered a bunch of people?

[slik]

Because she thinks she's innocent and can help her find out what really happened. Same for Booster/Blue Beetle.

[slik]

Read Action Comics #1006.

Bendis has a big development for Jimmy Olsen


Jimmy Olsen slept w/ Talia Al Ghul and she's trying to get hold of him. Talia and her Leviathan organization taking over Metropolis is supposed to be the next major arc in Action Comics.

https://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jimmy-talia-600x414.jpg

[slik]

I really enjoyed Young Justice #1 by Bendis.

It was fun and action-packed. Jinny Hex seems like she will be a really cool character. So glad to see Connor Kent back. Tactile Telekinesis was always a really good superpower imo.


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[Kalyx triaD]

How does Conner fit in a universe with a new Superboy already flying around? Superteen?

[slik]

Guess we'll find out!

[Lock Jaw]

I read Young Justice..... I was a big fan of the original series, and have the whole run "back at home"....

New one just seems.... I dunno.... in the original series all the characters and their continuity was "defined".... you knew these characters and how they fit into the world.... now there are just so many questions about the timeline/continuity/whatever......

[Lock Jaw]

I haven't been to the comic shop in a bit so I haven't read the past few Heroes in Crisis, or seen what Bendis has done to Jon Kent...... I hope he hasn't permanently ruined him.....

[slik]

So far Jon just started puberty and is about the same size as Connor Kent

[slik]

Also, it's only been 1 issue of YJ. You gotta give it several to see where this going. Can't have all the answers to all the things in issue 1.

[Lock Jaw]

Also, it's only been 1 issue of YJ. You gotta give it several to see where this going. Can't have all the answers to all the things in issue 1.

Yeah, but that's kind of what I am saying..... first issues of the old YJ came at a "perfect moment", you already "knew everything". Robin/Superboy/Impulse.... you knew them and what their deals were. Then when Wonder Girl/Arrowette/Secret came along I guess I knew less, but they pretty much immediately put out a "Secret Origins" special that sorted it all out.

I'm by no means saying the new one is bad..... I'm just... ummm... saying things

[Lock Jaw]

I hope he explains why Tim Drake went back to Robin, and also doesn't ignore Tim Drake's whole story arc/character growth from his excellent run in Detective Comics......

[slik]

Lock Jaw going to be very unhappy

Bendis has changed Jonathan Kent to being 17 years old. In the comics he was gone for 3 weeks but he says he's been gone 7 years bc he got stuck in a black hole before escaping back to the present.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, that sounds terrible if it isn't reversed somehow.....

[slik]

Rumor is Bendis is doing a Legion of Super-Heroes book and Jonathan Kent needed to be aged so he could leave current DCU to join the Legion in the future and be the same age as the other characters - And rumored Bendis wants Connor Kent as the Super Boy of current DCU in his Young Justice series.

[Lock Jaw]

Just read the first issue of Bendis' new "Naomi" series..... seems interesting....

Also finally read the first two issues of the new Shazam! book..... seems like a lot of fun....

[Lock Jaw]

After many "he won't be Batman" rumours, it is finally 100% confirmed that Ben Affleck will not be in Matt Reeves' "The Batman" movie.

Also, it is looking highly likely that James Gunn will not only write, but also direct the Suicide Squad sequel, which is now officially called "The Suicide Squad"


DC sure likes adding "The" to their titles of late

[Fignuts]

Read through Gail Simone’s Clean Room. So much potential, but it ended prematurely because people are shit and don’t buy good comics.

[Fignuts]

Like fucks sake, spider-woman has been cancelled like 3 times, and every time it was awesome.

[XL]

After many "he won't be Batman" rumours, it is finally 100% confirmed that Ben Affleck will not be in Matt Reeves' "The Batman" movie.

Also, it is looking highly likely that James Gunn will not only write, but also direct the Suicide Squad sequel, which is now officially called "The Suicide Squad"


DC sure likes adding "The" to their titles of late

So, Suicide Squad, and it’s sequel The Suicide Squad. :wtf:

[Lock Jaw]

Reports now say it will be a "soft reboot" with mostly new characters.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Yeah that what's I read. Interesting nonetheless.

[Lock Jaw]

All the DC CW shows have received a renewal for next season.

Woo! More Legends of Tomorrow!!

[slik]

Justice League Annual introduced the newest, most powerful, most evil force in the history of DC...Perpetua


https://abload.de/img/2238ks7.jpg

[Fignuts]

That’s cool. I’m a sucker for stuff like that.

[Kalyx triaD]

I wondered why more villains don't come out of the Source Wall.

[Lock Jaw]

Watching Titans because I actually heard good things about it.....

Dunno though.... two episodes in... so far Raven seems good and everything else bad...

Robin just impaled a guy through the dick.....

[slik]

I also enjoyed 1st issue of Naomi

Enjoying Shazam comic so far, very fun

1st issue of Wonder Twins was a breath of fresh air and funny

[Lock Jaw]

Jimmy Olson and Lois Lane are getting their own comic book series again starting in June!

Jimmy Olson will be written by Matt Fraction, and Lois Lane by Greg Rucka.

[Lock Jaw]

Finished watching "Titans"..... Dunno how it got good reviews.... overall it is not as big of a mess as Marvel's Inhumans, but it is still pretty "not good".....

I liked the episode with the Doom Patrol, though.... I think the Doom Patrol show could be good.... I hope it comes to Netflix too....

[Seanny One Ball]

Are you gonna give Umbrella Academy a go?!

Please do, it's so good.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah... put it on the list after seeing some of your comments...

Also realizing that I have no willpower and will totally still check out Titans season 2 when it comes out.....

[Seanny One Ball]

What else is on the list? Should I check out Punisher or anything else next?

[Lock Jaw]

On Netflix I still need/want to check out:

- Punisher Season 2
- Daredevil Season 3
- The Back half of the new/last Kimmy Schmidt
- The latest season of Orange is the New Black
- A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 2 and 3

Not enough time in the day for everything.

[Seanny One Ball]

It's a good dilemma to have

[slik]

Cool scene in Heroes in Crisis 6 w/ Harley Quinn w/ multiple dead bodies of


The Joker

[slik]

Bendis goes out of his way to mention there being 7 Crises again in Action Comics this week, he's brought this up in Young Justice too...

And Naomi's next couple issues are supposed to reveal her ties to the mulitiverse and Bendis has said it's something new that he hopes will affect the DCU for years.


I wonder if Bendis is eventually setting up all his various books to his own big event, tied to the reason behind their being 7 crises maybe? Maybe Naomi, w/e her secret is, Gemworld, Young Justice, Leviathan, Justice League involved?

[slik]

Last week's Aquaman was so good. Introduced a whole new pantheon of sea gods and gave the DCU a new 'origin' of creation from it. Very cool art. Would 100% recommend.

[Lock Jaw]

Very behind in Justice League.... still haven't read the Drowned Earth thing.... which means I am behind in Aquaman too....

Probably won't pick up the newest Heroes in Crisis until next week, because a new Doomsday Clock is coming out then, so I might as well wait another week before going to the local comic bookery

[slik]

Shazam #3 good

King Kid seems like he might be 'nefarious' and 'devious' but whole book is very colorful/fun/charming

[slik]

UGH @ Bendis for this :n:



Connor Kent now is married and has a kid via Young Justice #3...can Bendis just chill on all the Super family shakeups for a bit.

[Lock Jaw]

Season 8 of Arrow will be its last, and consist of 10 episodes.

[Kalyx triaD]

Good run.

[RP]

I wonder who will be the new Flash when Ezra Miller gets fired for being a dumb douche.

[Seanny One Ball]

Oi, Ezra is the bees knees

[Lock Jaw]

Jon Cryer casted as Lex Luthor on Supergirl.

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I think he has been good so far!

[Lock Jaw]

First look at Stargirl from the upcoming show (part of S.T.R.I.P.E. in the background):

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Looks pretty good. Easily the best looking of the live action Stargirls.

[RP]

Looks like Brie Larson got in Captain America's closet and carved up his clothes to her liking and then went to the prom.

[RP]

I think he has been good so far!


I stopped watching after I found Melissa Benoist's fuck picks. She's no longer pure.

[slik]

Aye aye aye


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[RP]

Aye aye aye


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The first look at the Joker in the ‘GOTHAM’ series finale has been officially released. (Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/Gotham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Gotham</a>) <a href="https://t.co/PxGOCCREZw">pic.twitter.com/PxGOCCREZw</a></p>&mdash; DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href="https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1112804377394335744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[KIRA]

:|

What he looks awesome it's still ridiculous that they can't call him the Joker because at this point there is nothing left to call him but

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Why can't they call him that joker?

[Kalyx triaD]

Some horseshit WB's always been on regarding how they handle TV and movie representations of characters. They have been at this for a looooong time, despite countless examples of inconsistencies.

[Tom Guycott]

Didn't they also specifically go out of their way to not call Batman Batman when referenced in Arrow (ie: "that lunatic in Gotham City")? I don't understand why some characters are so sacrosanct but others are shoehorned in or namedropped incessantly.

I mean, I *get* the issues Marvel had with stuff like that, given the history of divided rights, but DC seems to just impose these restrictions arbitrarily among whatever project they're putting out, be it theatrical, live action TV, or various animated incarnations.

[KIRA]

Aye aye aye


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The first look at the Joker in the ‘GOTHAM’ series finale has been officially released. (Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/Gotham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Gotham</a>) <a href="https://t.co/PxGOCCREZw">pic.twitter.com/PxGOCCREZw</a></p>&mdash; DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href="https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1112804377394335744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
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When your made-for-tv " Not Joker" Joker looks 1000 times better than your multimillion-dollar big screen Suicide Squad Joker

[Lock Jaw]

Heroes in Crisis #8

Confirmed that Wally West killed everybody. Wonder how long until he gets "Parallax'd" and they'll make it seem like it wasn't his fault at all.

[Lock Jaw]

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Dunno

[Damian Rey 2.0]

They cut filming on that show 3 episodes early and apparently their universe is in question according to my Facebook feed

[mitchables]

it's not that grim; it's 'in question' only because it may get absorbed into the broader warner bros streaming service to consolidate the subscriber base. plenty of reports note the dcu service itself is outpacing the expectations they had for it. if they keep up the quality found in doom patrol then opening the service up to a wider potential audience shouldn't be a bad thing

[slik]

Heroes in Crisis #8

Confirmed that Wally West killed everybody. Wonder how long until he gets "Parallax'd" and they'll make it seem like it wasn't his fault at all.

I think I am the only person who likes Heroes In Crisis. When I read the issue it made sense why he did all this to me. Bro snapped.

[slik]

Tom King said on Twitter he's received death threats after the latest issue of Heroes In Crisis.

People are crazy.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

it's not that grim; it's 'in question' only because it may get absorbed into the broader warner bros streaming service to consolidate the subscriber base. plenty of reports note the dcu service itself is outpacing the expectations they had for it. if they keep up the quality found in doom patrol then opening the service up to a wider potential audience shouldn't be a bad thing

Hence why I cited my Facebook feed. I know they're still pouring moneyinto in house productions, like Titans. They're obviously not strapped.

[mitchables]

Tom King said on Twitter he's received death threats after the latest issue of Heroes In Crisis.

People are crazy.

good and normal response to physically threaten a writer because they did something to a fictional character

i want to fucking sink into the earth and die for being associated with the stunted chimps who inhabit most nerd fandoms

[mitchables]

Hence why I cited my Facebook feed. I know they're still pouring moneyinto in house productions, like Titans. They're obviously not strapped.

to be totally honest i don't really care what happens to the service or any of the other shows, so long as doom patrol survives on some platform for many seasons to come

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Fair enough. I've not watched anything from them, tbh.

[mitchables]

doom patrol is honestly one of the best shows being produced right now period

titans was good - i was really stoked on it when it first landed - but doom patrol made me readjust my scale somewhat. still, i feel like titans' next season has the potential to be really great.

[Lock Jaw]

Titans was "not good" in my opinion. Will still watch next season because... I dunno.... in its "not good"ness, it has something that is like.... "I want to see how weird and not good this is"


Got a bunch of Doom Patrol on my DVR now... I should start it.... They were good on Titans

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The crusty bald old fart they casted as Bruce Wayne in titans is....uninspiring

[Kalyx triaD]

That guy is actually pretty decent.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I'm sure he's a decent enough actor. But as Bruce Wayne? Meh as far as look goes.

[Kalyx triaD]

The last four Bruce Waynes didn't look like Bruce Wayne.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Affleck looked more like Wayne than any of them. And I'm not arguing for or against the previous castings. That's irrelevant. I'm saying I don't like this castingbecause, to me, I can't buy him as Bruce Wayne.

[Lock Jaw]

I thought they cast Iain Glen as Bruce Wayne.... he's old and crusty, but he isn't bald?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Iain_Glen.jpg/220px-Iain_Glen.jpg

Tis thinning quite a bit. Maybe he'll be good. Who knows. I just personally don't care for the casting.

[mitchables]

https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5761cbb3dd0895146b8b4a66-960-480.jpg

https://i1.wp.com/viralhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sxqytay0lfiixjraymxl.jpg?w=620&ssl=1

i can deal with it

[Damian Rey 2.0]

He looks kinda like grizzled Adam West. Like, if the West version of Batman had to deal with Heath Ledger joker, this what'd he look like.

[mitchables]

that's not a photo of him in any upcoming titans or anything btw; that's from a show called cleverman, but i posted it mostly because most people would only be familiar with him as scruffy and super-dirty-lookin' as jorah, whereas he actually scrubs up quite well when he shaves and dons a suit.

and i know that pic of bruce is from batman beyond/is thus a bit older than he should be in 'contemporary' times, but i don't really mind that they're going for a slightly older bruce. makes enough sense to pass muster; dick is 28-29 at the start of the series. he was 12 when bruce took him in and started training him as robin, so he's been doing it for 16-17 years.

we know bruce was 25 when he took on the batman mantle. depending on your source, he was anywhere from two to five years in when he took in dick, so aged 27-30. add 17 years, and he'd be anywhere from 44-47 now.

iain glen, at 57, is admittedly a fair shot older than that, but w/e - it's not totally outrageous/nonsensical casting, is all i'm saying. i am not convinced either, but i won't totally write it off until i see it, at least

[Damian Rey 2.0]

He very well may be great. I had to sell myself on Affleck b Bale and Keaton and I enjoyed all of their work. So it could work.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

And if he's good I'll eat crow

[Lock Jaw]

Brandon Routh gonna be suiting up as Superman again in Crisis on Infinite Earths apparently

[Destor]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[Destor]

i hope they use the same style suit

[Lock Jaw]

I hope they get Tom Welling too.

[Sixx]

Aye aye aye


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The first look at the Joker in the ‘GOTHAM’ series finale has been officially released. (Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/Gotham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Gotham</a>) <a href="https://t.co/PxGOCCREZw">pic.twitter.com/PxGOCCREZw</a></p>&mdash; DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href="https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1112804377394335744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

His hand looks so tiny. Or he's wearing his dad's suit, can't decide.

[Seanny One Ball]

That ain't the Joker. That's some John Carpenter nightmare only it's not the 80's anymore.

Looks cheap but probably cost a ton.

[Lock Jaw]

Damn.... Brandon Routh is apparently going to play the "Kingdom Come" Superman..... wish they would just have him reprise his Superman Returns roll.....

[Kalyx triaD]

That could still be the case. Superman Returns was some time ago.

[Fignuts]

Didn't really like Routh in Returns, just because he looked so young. Looked more like a Superboy than a Superman.

[Lock Jaw]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/knb3QjQWQaQ" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Lock Jaw]

Not really a "surprise", but disappointed that they didn't keep her in her original look like she was for the first teaser.....

[Kalyx triaD]

Brand Recognition and all that.

[Lock Jaw]

I hope they get Tom Welling too.

Come to think of it, Dean Cain has been on Supergirl before.... might as well get him to come back and be Superman too.

[Seanny One Ball]

The New Adventures Of Superman was fucking brilliant kids TV. I think about re-watching it every now and then but I truly fear how hokey it may appear now 20+ years later.

[Lock Jaw]

Confession time: Despite being a huge Superman nerd, I never really watched Lois & Clark

[Seanny One Ball]

You missed out on the best Jimmy Olsen

[Lock Jaw]

I feel like Seanny One Ball would have enjoyed my "Lock Jaw Reads Jimmy Olsen Comics" thread..... too bad most of the images in there are broken now.....

[slik]

I think I sort of hate most things DC is doing right now....Have read all of Bendis's Action, Supes, Naomi, Young Justice and feel like almost nothing has happened in any of them. Read the first two issues of Event Leviathan and feel the same.

Tried reading Grant Morrison's Green Lantern and hated almost everything about it. Really 'over' Scott Snyder and how he constantly drops new concepts into a plot and then abandons them and moves onto something else so nothing feels like it has weight to it....

[slik]

Have enjoyed Shazam and Wonder Twins and Doomsday Clock tho

[Lock Jaw]

Am behind on everything........

Have not been enjoying Bendis stuff on Superman/Action Comics either..... Trying to find a way to "break it off" with my local comic book shop and tell them I don't want to buy anything anymore.

(Was planning on giving Bendis until the end of Doomsday Clock, but then that is taking forever....)

[slik]

I feel like I will still give Event Leviathan one more issue and will give Bendis' Legion of Super Heroes a chance in Sept/October (whenever it shows up) despite being disappointed with him thus far...

[slik]

Scott Snyder I came to this realization after reading all his Bats, all his Justice League, all his minis (Batman who laughs, METAL, etc) that I was looking back and at the time thought 'wow this seems like big, important stuff that will reshape ___insert character___" but then I looked back and it's like nothing happened, none of it ever got weight or mattered.

That's how I feel like this giant "Year of the Villain" story will turn out, it will just never get a real 'end' and will morph onto whatever his next big ultra-cosmic-so-colossal-DCU event" is.

[slik]

...thinking now about Scott Snyder debuted both The Signal (Duke Thomas) and Blue Bird (Harper Row) as Robin-esque replacements at different points in his run on Batman and now both are non-existent at DC.

[Lock Jaw]

Signal is in The Outsiders I think. Harper Row retired after the weekly Batman and Robin Eternal

[Lock Jaw]

Kevin Conroy confirmed to be playing an old Bruce Wayne from the future in Crisis on Infinite Earths.


I should really finish the last seasons of Flash and Arrow so I am ready.....

[Lock Jaw]

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1 will air on Supergirl on Sunday, December 8 at 8 pm ET/PT.

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 2 will air on Batwoman on Monday, December 9 at 8 pm ET/PT.

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3 will air on The Flash on Tuesday, December 10 at 8 pm ET/PT.

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 4 will air on Arrow on Tuesday, January 14 at 8 pm ET/PT.

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 5 will on DC's Legends of Tomorrow on Tuesday, January 14 at 9 pm ET/PT.


Risky business methinks,putting a break in the middle of their crossover.... Also dumb.

[Lock Jaw]

CW reportedly developing another DC TV Show.... no word yet on what it is....

Also reportedly saying that they hope Flash/Supergirl/Legends of Tomorrow will continue for years to come despite Arrow coming to an end.

[Destor]

Legends has to be on its last leg

[McLegend]

I figured Arrow was ending during the crossover. Am I wrong on that?

[McLegend]

Yes it does end, but apparently it’s not the last episode in the crossover.

[Sixx]

Arrow never did much for me.

[Destor]

Arrow peaked high but sank so so so very low

[Lock Jaw]

Yesterday watched a bunch of Arrow episodes to try and catch up.... Thought the season started great with him in prison... But now it is back to fluctuating and being wildly inconsistent....

[Destor]

its the inconsistencies within its own internal logic that made me check out from the show

[Sixx]

I'm not saying it was bad or anything, just had no interest in those characters. I don't know much about DC characters. Always a Marvel guy.

[Lock Jaw]

its the inconsistencies within its own internal logic that made me check out from the show

Yeah, one episode he was all "we have to do everything and anything to make this partnership with the police work" and then the next he was all "This partnership with the police isn't working, we have to do things our own way!"

[Destor]

The worst one was

"As mayor im banning all guns"

And yet 3 member of the team use guns to perform vigilante justice since (also mayors cant do that but it isnt the issue; if you say that in this show mayors can do that its fine but you're still a hypocrite [also lets gloss over the fact that if you're a vigilante their is an overt implication that law enforcement has failed)

[McLegend]

I’m almost done Arrow, and the Emiko storyline went downhill fast. It was never that great, but it got much worse, and doesn’t make sense.

I do prefer Mia Smoak, and you can talk me into a spin-off about her. Not that it would be good, but I can at least see it.

Stephen Amell is still bringing it.

Also The Flash was overall very subpar this year. It feels like everyone wants to go do something else. I don’t know much they have left either.

[slik]

I enjoyed reading The Flash: Year One


Here are links to read each issue online for free if anyone wants...


https://readcomicsonline.ru/comic/the-flash-2016/70

https://readcomicsonline.ru/uploads/manga/the-flash-2016/chapters/70/01.jpg


https://readcomicsonline.ru/comic/the-flash-2016/71

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https://readcomicsonline.ru/comic/the-flash-2016/72

https://readcomicsonline.ru/uploads/manga/the-flash-2016/chapters/72/01.jpg


https://readcomicsonline.ru/comic/the-flash-2016/73

https://readcomicsonline.ru/uploads/manga/the-flash-2016/chapters/73/01.jpg


https://readcomicsonline.ru/comic/the-flash-2016/74

https://readcomicsonline.ru/uploads/manga/the-flash-2016/chapters/74/01.jpg


https://readcomicsonline.ru/comic/the-flash-2016/75

https://readcomicsonline.ru/uploads/manga/the-flash-2016/chapters/75/01.jpg

[ClockShot]

Krypton has been cancelled after 2 seasons. And the potential Lobo spin-off is also dead.

[Seanny One Ball]

Krypton was crap

[Destor]

Should've never been green lit

[slik]

Since I don't read much Marvel - was most of Bendis's stuff at Marvel really talk heavy and felt like nothing fucking happened the majority of the time???

Read the first 3 (of 6) issues of EVENT LEVIATHAN and absolutely nothing has fucking happened. How is this supposed to be some big event series?!

[slik]

Krypton has been cancelled after 2 seasons. And the potential Lobo spin-off is also dead.

I wish SyFY hadn't cancelled DEADLY CLASS, that's a comic series turned tv show I was really enjoying.

[mitchables]

Since I don't read much Marvel - was most of Bendis's stuff at Marvel really talk heavy and felt like nothing fucking happened the majority of the time???

Read the first 3 (of 6) issues of EVENT LEVIATHAN and absolutely nothing has fucking happened. How is this supposed to be some big event series?!

my dude, that is bendis to a t

https://longboxgraveyard.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-21-at-3-47-29-pm.png?w=604&h=567

good opinion article here (https://longboxgraveyard.com/2013/04/17/bend-it-like-bendis/) - makes the point that bendis tells very good stories, but very bad comic book stories; that his work is more 'explosion at the word balloon factory' than melding words and images together to tell a story

can't say the author is wrong

[slik]

Thanks, that was a good article and seems pretty spot on w/ my Bendis experience thus far.

[slik]

DC appears to kill-off (?) a major character in Batman 77 this week...



https://i.imgur.com/fRKfRbP.jpg


Guessing this won't last

[Lock Jaw]

Tom Welling going to be in Crisis on Infinite Earths :cool:

[Sixx]

DC appears to kill-off (?) a major character in Batman 77 this week...



https://i.imgur.com/fRKfRbP.jpg


Guessing this won't last

This drawing looks like it's from the 90s or something.

[slik]

Apparently DC has decided it is going to stick.

Also big rumors for 2020 are:



Batman and Catwoman do get married

Bruce retires, for now, as Bats. Brian Michael Bendis will take over the Batman comic and a Black Batman is coming.

[Seanny One Ball]

A black Batman would respond to the bat signal, get arrested immediately and be thrown in jail after a spectacular custodial beating that robbed him of all belief in justice.

[Sixx]

Black Robin seems better. Cause blacks be robbin'. HAHA

[Kalyx triaD]

Tim Burton's Robin was gonna be black. Marlon Wayans did the suit fitting and everything. He got paid fully for the role, too.

[Seanny One Ball]

Billy Dee Williams was Harvey Dent and they allowed that but never progressed to the Two Face stage. Maybe the world wasn't ready for a black hero saving Gotham from a black villain

[Kalyx triaD]

Actually they just cut Robin's origin from Batman. Joker was gonna kill Dick's parents during a chase but he wouldn't be Robin until 'Returns. We know of course of that went in 'Forever.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Joker actor Cesar Romero in a 1966 interview <a href="https://t.co/DNShz5Bkpi">pic.twitter.com/DNShz5Bkpi</a></p>&mdash; Eyes On Cinema (@RealEOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealEOC/status/1175546844484710403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watchmen: HBO Series Will 'Avoid Moralizing' With Real-World Issues <a href="https://t.co/w26MjHcXky">https://t.co/w26MjHcXky</a> <a href="https://t.co/i7JpPGTeVn">pic.twitter.com/i7JpPGTeVn</a></p>&mdash; Comic Book Resources (@CBR) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBR/status/1176127836815581185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Jeffrey Wright in talks to play Jim Gordon while Jonah Hill is negotiating for an unknown role for Matt Reeves upcoming Batman movie.

[Sixx]

Oh, come the fuck on.

Jim Gordon is a wrinkly, old, white man. Period.

[Seanny One Ball]

Jeffrey Wright is one of the best actors in the world so even if it turns out that he wants to be Catwoman I say let him do whatever the fuck he wants.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Agree with Mr lone testicle. Wright is criminally underrated. He's a great casting choice no matter what role he's given.

[slik]

I would like Jeffrey Wright to play Catwoman and Jonah Hill to play Bane, personally.

[Kalyx triaD]

Jeffrey Wright is one of the best actors in the world so even if it turns out that he wants to be Catwoman I say let him do whatever the fuck he wants.

Or just avoid unnecessary drama and have him play Lucious Fox.

[Seanny One Ball]

You've never forgiven Eartha Kitt have you?

[Seanny One Ball]

Or just avoid unnecessary drama and have him play Lucious Fox.


Your mum is a luscious fox

[Lock Jaw]

Mark Wahlberg for Lucius Fox

[Kalyx triaD]

You've never forgiven Eartha Kitt have you?

Kitt was awesome. Best Catwoman at the time.

[RP]

50 Cent should be Black Batman

[mitchables]

Oh, come the fuck on.

Jim Gordon is a wrinkly, old, white man. Period.

in what way does gordon's ethnicity remotely impact on his character

jim gordon's defining characteristics are all moral/intangible, not cultural or racial

for real, what part of jim gordon is made lesser as a result of this change

why does this bother you

[Kalyx triaD]

Question works both ways. Race being irrelevant to his character (true), the tie breaker of sorts is has been a white character.

So race being unimportant, why should he be anything other than what he's been?

[mitchables]

Question works both ways. Race being irrelevant to his character (true), the tie breaker of sorts is has been a white character.

So race being unimportant, why should he be anything other than what he's been?

i'd just ask you "why not" because it literally does not matter

[Destor]

Cultural appropriation is gross...or isnt it...?

[mitchables]

no, it's always gross. this is not cultural appropriation.

[Destor]

Convenient

[Sixx]

in what way does gordon's ethnicity remotely impact on his character

jim gordon's defining characteristics are all moral/intangible, not cultural or racial

for real, what part of jim gordon is made lesser as a result of this change

why does this bother you

He's been depicted as an old, white guy for ages. Everyone's used to him being an old school mustachioed white cop. Changing it just for the sake of it is absolutely pointless. Pretty sure if it went the opposite way, them casting a white actor to portray a character that's always been black there would be riots.

Then again, it's DC so I don't think I care enough to go write a letter to the president just yet.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Was it controversial when Mamoa was cast as Aquaman? Honestly don't recall.

I could give a shit about the ethnicity of the actor. I like the actor. I like the director. So even tho it's outta left field, i have faith this will be just fine and it'll bed much ado about nothing in the end.

[Lock Jaw]

There was controversy from super-nerds like me who were all "He doesn't look like Aquaman!"

But now I think Aquaman is one of the best super-hero movies

[Lock Jaw]

Finally watching the last three episodes of Doom Patrol

Episode 14
looooool at Flex Mentallo making everybody on the street orgasm

[Sixx]

There was controversy from super-nerds like me who were all "He doesn't look like Aquaman!"

But now I think Aquaman is one of the best super-hero movies

Didn't they change Aquaman's look in the comics some time ago, too?

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, first they gave him the long hair and beard (still blonde), and now he has got himself some Mamoa-esque tattoos

https://static2.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Aquaman-DC-Comic-With-Momoa-Tattoos.jpg

Way behind in reading everything

[mitchables]

to be fair they gave aquaman that look (sans tatts) for like the entirety of the 1990s, so when momoa was announced i very much didn't think that he didn't look like aquaman; i just assumed they were going for the grittier '90s look

happy that they gave him a more colourful/comics-accurate costume for his solo film though

[mitchables]

https://ovicio.com.br/wp-content/uploads/aquaman6.jpg

like

it didn't seem like they were hiding the influence

[Seanny One Ball]

Kitt was awesome. Best Catwoman at the time.

First black Catwoman

in what way does gordon's ethnicity remotely impact on his character

jim gordon's defining characteristics are all moral/intangible, not cultural or racial

for real, what part of jim gordon is made lesser as a result of this change

why does this bother you

Question works both ways. Race being irrelevant to his character (true), the tie breaker of sorts is has been a white character.

So race being unimportant, why should he be anything other than what he's been?

Eartha Kitt

Cultural appropriation is gross...or isnt it...?

no, it's always gross. this is not cultural appropriation.

We used to just call it sharing

[Kalyx triaD]

i'd just ask you "why not" because it literally does not matter

Well he's originally white so I don't think the burden of argument is on me. If it doesn't matter why change it?

[Fignuts]

Cultural appropriation is gross...or isnt it...?

https://i.imgur.com/9KbxdQH.png

[Lock Jaw]

I was more offended by the mustache-less Jim Gordon in Gotham. As long as Jeffrey Wright has a moustache, it is all good.

[Seanny One Ball]

"Cultural appropriation" is such a stupid term. The notion of it offends me.

[Lock Jaw]

https://static3.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/LGN-CW-CROSSOVER-SUPERMAN-V1-8x12-W2-WEBRES.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=450&h=675&dpr=1.5

Yes, please

[JimmyMess]

that's dope!

[Kalyx triaD]

Despite some issues with characters and plots CW is still doing more for DC tv than the movie guys did.

[Blonde Moment]

Now all they are missing is Dean Cain's Superman and Helen Slater as SuperWoman

[Kalyx triaD]

The big one is Lynda Carter being WW again.

[Blonde Moment]

Maybe the KingDom Come one as Well?

[Seanny One Ball]

Don't ever joke about Dean Cain.

He was there for me when I was a boy. I'm too afraid to rewatch it now though. I can only imagine...

[Lock Jaw]

https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/brandon-routh-instagram-arrowverse-1569620733.pnghttps://media.comicbook.com/2019/09/superman-kingdom-come-pose-534x811-1189314.jpeg?auto=webp&width=534&height=811&crop=534:811,smart

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Easily the best Supes suit on screen.

[JimmyMess]

Will routh also be referenced as the Christopher Reeve Superman even if he is kingdom come superman? Theoretically they can be the same guy right?

[Blonde Moment]

I still think Supeman returns got a bump rap because people just didn't get ti

[Kalyx triaD]

Routh is likely playing an otherwise new take on Supes based on KC Superman that isn't the 'Returns/Reeves version of the character. It's probably because of that detail that they didn't go that way considering the implications that could follow (if 'Returns universe is meta-canon, why not the scores of other DC movie universes?).

It appears the only returning characters retaining their own canon are on the TV show level, like Smallville and Birds of Prey of all things. They probably feel silly for wasting that "Save Me" theme swerve from last year's crossover.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wrapping up <a href="https://twitter.com/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TNTDrama</a> Supervillain weekend with the one and only American Nightmare. <br><br>Shoutout to <a href="https://twitter.com/DCComics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCComics</a> and all the great artists for this awesome series. <a href="https://t.co/RnpenGXrhr">pic.twitter.com/RnpenGXrhr</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT/status/1178413127676809216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yeaaaaah so remind us not to mess with Awesome Kong ��<a href="https://twitter.com/DCComics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCComics</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEWrestling</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/MeanQueenK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MeanQueenK</a> <a href="https://t.co/yoYndvo1Ku">pic.twitter.com/yoYndvo1Ku</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT/status/1177264174860132352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just A Boy and His Dinosaur ����<a href="https://twitter.com/DCComics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCComics</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEWrestling</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/luchasaurus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@luchasaurus</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/boy_myth_legend?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@boy_myth_legend</a> <br><br>Don't miss <a href="https://twitter.com/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tntdrama</a> Supervillain Weekend all weekend long starting tomorrow, Friday, 9/27 through Sunday 9/29! <a href="https://t.co/ShfGGd5LOd">pic.twitter.com/ShfGGd5LOd</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT/status/1177361000200163328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Kalyx triaD]

Those are cool.

[Seanny One Ball]

In the sense that they are far from hot, yes.

[Lock Jaw]

Bendis gonna have Superman's secret identity exposed to the world..... again.... Feel like they literally just fixed that mess....

Don't like Bendis or what he has been doing at all.....

[Kalyx triaD]

He killed off the Super Sons duo, which was a delight. He appears to force 'big things' to kind of justify his acquisition and I'm not so sure any of his status quo changes will last 5yrs in such a reboot happy environment, including Clark 'coming out'. He repurposed Riri Williams as Teen Lantern.

[slik]

Funny you mention that....


https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/10/07/gossip-luke-fox-batman-jonathan-kent-superman-dc-comics-5gt/

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/10/07/gossip-wonder-woman-first-die-replaced-dc-comics-5g/

[slik]

Scott Snyder's last issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE will be in January. Snyder has hinted he will write a JSA book set in the 1940s afterwards. Also - Damian is solicited for Legion of Superheroes issue 3 as joining Jonathan Kent in the future for a story.

[slik]

I am curious to see if Bendis will be the one to write upcoming CRISIS event in 2020 that will tie in all timelines and relaunch DC into the big 5G phase.


The big rumored leads of 5G will be



Luke Fox - Batman
Jonathan Kent - Superman
Cassandra Sandsmark - Wonder Woman
Teen Lantern - Green Lantern
??? - Flash
??? - Aquaman

[slik]

5G sort of sounds like it could be the boldest overhaul of DC since the original Crisis on Infinite Earths

[Kalyx triaD]

6 years, tops.

I do appreciate a ballsy attempt to move time forward, which is in line with the fact that these heroes are symbols that can be adopted.

[Lock Jaw]

CW developing a "Superman & Lois" show now.....

[Shadow]

TAKE THAT DEAN CAIN AND TERI HATCHER!

[slik]

DC rumored to take a two month break from regularly monthly titles in Aug 2020 for a 'Convergence' like event ahead of the next big CRISIS that will lead to 5G stuff I mentioned earlier...

[slik]

Per bleedingcool.com DC also shuffling around all group editors...Bats and Supes 'group editors' that oversee all continuity for both books getting re-shuffled first...

[Lock Jaw]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HSD6Jvq3M7Q" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Blonde Moment]

Might have a reason to join

[Lock Jaw]

The Justice Society of America will reportedly have a role in the Black Adam movie......

I honestly hope it is a small role, because they deserve their own movie more than Black Adam does....