Comic Book Pitt #28 - DC Nation
For a change of pace, we only review DC Comics in this episode. Both Dang and Duke weigh in on Batman: Streets of Gotham #1, Power Girl #2 (with both the Amanda Conner and Adam Hughes covers), and Red Robin #1.
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Adorable? You guys are taking your “bromance” to another level….
DirtyMike said this on June 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 am
….okay, what, you’re trying to one-up YIBR now by throwing Power Girl into the mix? We just finished our “Batman Issue” over on YIBR, and we even decided to throw the Animated Series tune into the intro instead of the usual “X-Men Animated Series” song. Man… it’s like High School all over again, we’re just posers now.
All of my emo crybaby stuff aside. DC Continuity still sucks, but Batman is so readily accessible that people need to jump on board. Our co-host Beeslo never read ANY Batman, not even Long Halloween or Last Laugh or anything. We’re hoping that we can get him into Batman with all these new series, and sure they could all just be in a single bat book, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned from reading DC comics over the past year is that Batman > Superman, and you have about 20+ stories occurring in Gotham City where as there’s maybe 4 or 5 happening in Metropolis. People just can’t get enough of this stuff, whether it’s Oracle, Batgirl, Batwoman, Robin, Red Robin, Secret Six, Vigilante, Nightwing, Spoiler, Harley Quinn, etc. It doesn’t matter, it seems like everyone has their own stories that need to be told and I honestly don’t mind reading them all.
Also, the main Batman comic actually ties in VERY well with Batman & Robin, you might consider it Batman & Robin #0, and it really should’ve been released BEFORE Batman & Robin #1 came out, as it makes the whole situation make a lot more sense instead of just dropping you right into it.
Red Robin is definitely Robin in terms of replacement. Streets of Gotham would be the replacement for Nightwing, either that or the upcoming “Batgirl” comic. Sirens is definitely a Birds of Prey replacement/situation. There are a few other Bat comics in the upcoming mix, but those 3 died, and these 3 appeared in their place.
“Why live in Gotham City?”
The EXTREMELY low rent and the ample amount of high paying job opportunities available (there is a high turnover rate due to death and nobody wants to work in Gotham for a regular income.)
Living or working in Gotham City is essentially like playing Russian Roulette. There’s always that chance of death but the benefits are apparently worth the risk.
- Link
PS. I had that Audio Codec issue again when I downloaded the .mp3
Link said this on June 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Let’s go Pens!
I’ve always preferred Marvel over DC. I agree that the DC universe is convoluted and not easy for the casual reader. So far, however, the Batman re-launch has been a success. As long as they keep it simple and tell clear concise stories. I don’t mind a steam rolled continuity (a la Marvel) if the story is good. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being total disregard to continuity and 10 being obsessively continuity driven, I prefer a 5. As long as Batman acts like Batman and the story is good, I’m happy.
Power Girl – Palmiotti & Gray have been quite the dynamic duo for DC and Amanda Conner’s art is knocking it out of the park. I wonder what happened to Satanna? I need to read Terra.
Red Robin – Makes me hungry for a burger and a shake…. See now I’m confused about the Red Robin origin (the character not the restaurant). I have Adventure Comics 462 (circa 1979) that features the death of Batman. It’s an Earth-2 story where Robin grows up. Robin sports a Neal Adams designed costume that I thought was the Red Robin costume used in the new book… http://www.comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=2394. Anyways, it’s a cool costume design. Maybe the Kingdom Come Alex Ross’ costume was inspired by the Earth-2 Robin?
Batman: Streets of Gotham – It’s got be cheap to live in Gotham. It probably attracts a lot of transients. If you are a tailor that specializes in super hero/villain costumes you can make a good living?
Jeff Moreci said this on June 25th, 2009 at 7:31 am