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Last Spidey sperging, I promise. These just have to be some of the funniest comic book moments ever.
Anyone who doesn’t know a lot of Spider-Man memes won’t get this joke. This is from Web Warriors by the way.
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This next one needs a little bit of context, Doc Ock had stolen Peter’s life and gained his memories, including the lesson of “Great Power also comes with great responsibility.” Goblin discovered this, and kidnapped the midget Otto has the hots for (not as dumb as it sounds), after Otto refused to join Goblin. Spidey eventually got his body back after Otto realized that Spidey was truly the better hero. Goblin just didn’t know it up until this point.
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I've been reading some DC Rebirth and quite enjoying it (I've read Supergirl, Nightwing, Titans, Superman, Action Comics, Aquaman, Deathstroke, Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corps and The Flash, and though they were all decent at worst), but I also know the extreme cancer that exists even in Rebirth (like Batgirl), so I'm a bit cautious about branching out more.

Has anyone read Wonder Woman, Trinity, Green Lanterns and/or All-Star Batman? I'm considering them but would like to know if anyone cares to recommend or not recommend them.
 
PrincessJupiter said:
I'm a bit cautious about branching out more.

Has anyone read Wonder Woman, Trinity, Green Lanterns and/or All-Star Batman? I'm considering them but would like to know if anyone cares to recommend or not recommend them.
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I only bought like the first issues of all of those and I can tell you they aren’t anything that special , if you are a fan of those characters go ahead. I kinda dropped out of Getting comics now, so I’m not gonna be the best guy to tell you how good they are in the long run .
 
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No matter how many times I've seen it, that look on Osborn's face when he realizes that Peter is back never stops being fucking hilarious.

PrincessJupiter said:
Has anyone read Wonder Woman, Trinity, Green Lanterns and/or All-Star Batman? I'm considering them but would like to know if anyone cares to recommend or not recommend them.
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I cannot recommend Green Lanterns enough. I love the chemistry between Simon and Jessica, and the fact that the series is covering the origins of how the Guardians tapped the Emotional Spectrum, Volthoom the First Lantern, and the very first people to be recruited as GLs.
 
PrincessJupiter said:
Has anyone read Wonder Woman, Trinity, Green Lanterns and/or All-Star Batman? I'm considering them but would like to know if anyone cares to recommend or not recommend them.
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Green Lanterns is probably one of the best books DC has out right now, it's a character driven buddy cop series and is exploring the mythos in a fresh way. If you read the New52 Justice League book then you're probably familiar with Jessica Cruz, and if you didn't the book does a well enough job explaining her back story early on. I knew almost nothing about Simon Baz, but the book shows you enough early on to get his character.

Trinity is a borderline anthology series, since none of the arcs have any major connections. I would say flip through the trades and see if anything catches your eye.

If you liked the Snyder Batman during New52 you'll like All-Star Batman. It does its own thing and doesn't crossover with the Tom King Batman book or Detective Comics. Like Trinity it has an anthology feel, so you can jump on at any point. The story quality though is much higher than Trinity.

I'm iffy on if I can recommend Wonder Woman. It's already on it's second writer, who I haven't read much of yet, so I can only tell you about the Greg Rucka run. Basically, during his run he split the series into two different arcs. The odd number issues dealt with the present day events, while the even number issues were past events that were affecting the present events. For example, the first set of arcs dealt with Wonder Woman seeking the "truth" about her past alongside a retelling of her Year One.

The main problem with Wonder Woman was that its SJW-lite, it's nowhere near as bad as Batgirl got but enough of it creeps into the writing that it might turn you off. Also nearly every arc's conflict was ended in a monumentally stupid way I think. And every woman's a lesbian, for some reason.
 
GabeRegan said:
Green Lanterns is probably one of the best books DC has out right now, it's a character driven buddy cop series and is exploring the mythos in a fresh way. If you read the New52 Justice League book then you're probably familiar with Jessica Cruz, and if you didn't the book does a well enough job explaining her back story early on. I knew almost nothing about Simon Baz, but the book shows you enough early on to get his character.

Trinity is a borderline anthology series, since none of the arcs have any major connections. I would say flip through the trades and see if anything catches your eye.

If you liked the Snyder Batman during New52 you'll like All-Star Batman. It does its own thing and doesn't crossover with the Tom King Batman book or Detective Comics. Like Trinity it has an anthology feel, so you can jump on at any point. The story quality though is much higher than Trinity.

I'm iffy on if I can recommend Wonder Woman. It's already on it's second writer, who I haven't read much of yet, so I can only tell you about the Greg Rucka run. Basically, during his run he split the series into two different arcs. The odd number issues dealt with the present day events, while the even number issues were past events that were affecting the present events. For example, the first set of arcs dealt with Wonder Woman seeking the "truth" about her past alongside a retelling of her Year One.

The main problem with Wonder Woman was that its SJW-lite, it's nowhere near as bad as Batgirl got but enough of it creeps into the writing that it might turn you off. Also nearly every arc's conflict was ended in a monumentally stupid way I think. And every woman's a lesbian, for some reason.
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Thank you! Based on this, Wonder Woman doesn't sound very interesting, which is a shame because I loved Greg Rucka's run on the character in the past. The others sound interesting enough for me to want to check out, especially Lanterns since I've wanted to read Jessica Cruz but been afraid it might be too SJW-infused for my tastes. I'll give it a shot! Thanks again.
 
I'm super late to the party on this one but I just found it and remembered I had it but the Young Avengers/Runaways crossover was pretty good.
 
PrincessJupiter said:
Thank you! Based on this, Wonder Woman doesn't sound very interesting, which is a shame because I loved Greg Rucka's run on the character in the past. The others sound interesting enough for me to want to check out, especially Lanterns since I've wanted to read Jessica Cruz but been afraid it might be too SJW-infused for my tastes. I'll give it a shot! Thanks again.
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There is shockingly little identity politics in Green Lanterns, and what little is there makes sense in context. The main focus of Jessica's character arc is her battle with anxiety, as far as I remember her race and gender are never heavily focused on. Simon's main focus on the other hand is his self doubt and his fear that he may cause harm to his family. His identity is public knowledge, and he has a criminal record. He was also once suspected of terrorism after he stole a car that had a shitload of explosives in the trunk. While he was eventually cleared of terrorism, in a recent issue he outright says if you google his name the first link is a news article about him being arrested for terrorism.
 
GabeRegan said:
There is shockingly little identity politics in Green Lanterns, and what little is there makes sense in context. The main focus of Jessica's character arc is her battle with anxiety, as far as I remember her race and gender are never heavily focused on. Simon's main focus on the other hand is his self doubt and his fear that he may cause harm to his family. His identity is public knowledge, and he has a criminal record. He was also once suspected of terrorism after he stole a car that had a shitload of explosives in the trunk. While he was eventually cleared of terrorism, in a recent issue he outright says if you google his name the first link is a news article about him being arrested for terrorism.
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That sounds perfect! It really sounds like a setup for a maximum identity politics book, so I was concerned, but I'm glad to hear they're not just walking mouthpieces. It'll be nice to have some Green Lantern adventures that aren't cosmic too, even though I like the cosmic parts a lot.
 
GabeRegan said:
There is shockingly little identity politics in Green Lanterns, and what little is there makes sense in context. The main focus of Jessica's character arc is her battle with anxiety, as far as I remember her race and gender are never heavily focused on. Simon's main focus on the other hand is his self doubt and his fear that he may cause harm to his family. His identity is public knowledge, and he has a criminal record. He was also once suspected of terrorism after he stole a car that had a shitload of explosives in the trunk. While he was eventually cleared of terrorism, in a recent issue he outright says if you google his name the first link is a news article about him being arrested for terrorism.
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Jess' PTSD and social anxiety stems from an incident where she and her friends accidentally witnessed a murder, and was the only one to survive. She then isolated herself from the world for three years.

As for Simon, his family is Muslim, so they'll occasionally talk about their daily prayers and other things pertaining to their beliefs and culture, but they don't hit you over the head with it or constantly scream, "LOOK AT US! WE'RE MUSLIM! WILL WHITEY NEVER STOP OPPRESSING US?!"
 
Water-T said:
Jess' PTSD and social anxiety stems from an incident where she and her friends accidentally witnessed a murder, and was the only one to survive. She then isolated herself from the world for three years.

As for Simon, his family is Muslim, so they'll occasionally talk about their daily prayers and other things pertaining to their beliefs and culture, but they don't hit you over the head with it or constantly scream, "LOOK AT US! WE'RE MUSLIM! WILL WHITEY NEVER STOP OPPRESSING US?!"
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I agree that it's surprisingly not as in your face but recent issues with Jessica referring to herself and Simon as "two brown people with bad resumes" is pretty cringy. Of course, it's just one phrase that gets on my nerves and it's not like their rogue's gallery is Trump/Gamergate stand-ins like you'd see elsewhere. Changing directions into a SJW book is something I'm prepared for if it does happen but the writer seems to be able to keep it in his pants. Makes you wonder if DC is more strict or Marvel peer pressures people into writing Sonichu.

It's not a wrong statement with Jessica being a former paranoid mess and Simon being accused of terrorism in the past, just an odd way to talk about it.
 
You know what would be a gutsy story is if there was a Swedish metahuman who was using her powers to make the migrants and refugees leave her country. She's not senselessly killing them, but she isn't afraid to use force. This could lead interesting conversation between her and Simon over the newcomer's cruelty and why his faith would allow them to act this way (without making her a strawman).
 
PrincessJupiter said:
You've seen Batgirl, right?
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Batgirl is so odd in how it feels disconnected from the direction of the rest of the DCU right now. I legitimately believe it's a quarantine zone. I think some of the Young Animals series get a bit SJW but I don't really pay attention to them. Even then sometimes Batgirl does something unusual for a SJW comic like that troon villain or that time Babs complained about pretend activists who just want to tell everyone how morally superior they are so...I don't even know what's going on there.

It's like 98% SJW with rare moments that make me think they're fucking with them.
 
RockVolnutt said:
Batgirl is so odd in how it feels disconnected from the direction of the rest of the DCU right now. I legitimately believe it's a quarantine zone. I think some of the Young Animals series get a bit SJW but I don't really pay attention to them. Even then sometimes Batgirl does something unusual for a SJW comic like that troon villain or that time Babs complained about pretend activists who just want to tell everyone how morally superior they are so...I don't even know what's going on there.

It's like 98% SJW with rare moments that make me think they're fucking with them.
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You might be right, I've only read maybe a third of the DC Rebirth output, and I certainly haven't felt any SJW undertones in the titles I've read except for when I was reading Supergirl and she started acting hideously out of character and every page had a buzzword of some sort on it. I looked it up and of course, this particular issue was written by the Batgirl writer...
 
PrincessJupiter said:
You might be right, I've only read maybe a third of the DC Rebirth output, and I certainly haven't felt any SJW undertones in the titles I've read except for when I was reading Supergirl and she started acting hideously out of character and every page had a buzzword of some sort on it. I looked it up and of course, this particular issue was written by the Batgirl writer...
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Was that the crossover they had?
 
Ironically she probably could "read minds" if you count being able to see synapses and activity in the brain. That's not "I know exactly what you're thinking" like a telepath could do but more "Yup, I can confirm they are thinking" or "I can tell the exact chemicals their body is producing". Kryptonians are fun like that.
 
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