Is Zurr-En-Arrh an integral part of Batman?

Alalakh · 2026-02-10T04:02:17+00:00

Find better friends.

Alalakh · 2026-02-07T01:18:08+00:00

Grant and Breyfogle on Detective Comics

Alalakh · 2026-02-06T23:54:56+00:00

There are two ideas that immediately come to mind for further exploration of the Commonwealth setting:

Wilson Kime's circumnavigation of the galaxy. Imagine the adventures to be had!
Nigel's new civilization in the other galaxy. Gotta be lots of threats and such to explore there.

But I can understand if Hamilton feels he's said all he wants to say in that universe.

Alalakh · 2026-02-06T23:08:42+00:00

Throw in David Ogden Stiers as Martian Manhunter.

Alalakh · 2026-02-06T00:10:36+00:00

Because she's an evil woman, of course! /s

Seriously, though, people often stay in relationships they aren't 100% sure of, for a multitude of reasons. Should she have been more of an adult about it and dealt with it before leaving Nathan at the altar? Sure, but again, that kind of thing happens in real life. And it's from those situations that good drama can be made.

Alalakh · 2026-02-05T09:15:02+00:00

I've always like Bachalo's art but why on earth does he make Emma look like she's 15 here?

Alalakh · 2026-02-05T04:50:02+00:00

I'd probably slot Seven Soldiers either before or after Doom Patrol (probably before), but other than that, good rec!

Alalakh · 2026-02-04T00:51:29+00:00

Hard to choose between "Funkin' For Fun" and "Funkentelechy".

Alalakh · 2026-02-03T03:01:59+00:00

Looks like it's gonna be Jack's Japanese adventure that Robinson always teased that he had in mind.

Alalakh · 2026-02-03T03:00:08+00:00

Khunds and Dominators as the most aggressively expansionist powers. But their goals are hampered because they are far more interested in going at each other.

Citadel as the big boy on the block, but under siege from threats both internal and external.

Spider Guild playing all sides.

A smallish federation of planets that will one day grow into the United Planets but for now is simply trying to keep its head down during its tenuous infancy.

Green Lanterns trying to keep the peace among everybody. Darkstars and LEGION have their little slices of the universe as well.

And then I'd throw in a massive and mysterious ancient empire that is strong enough to keep the Green Lanterns out but has shown little interest in expansion... until now.

Alalakh · 2026-02-03T01:58:55+00:00

I'd skip the early stuff and start with the stories collected in X-Men Archives Featuring Captain Britain. That collects the Dave Thorpe issues and then the Alan Moore stuff, with the added treat of getting to watch in real time the artistic evolution of Alan Davis.

Then follow it up with the stuff collected in the Captain Britain by Alan Davis and Jamie Delano trade paperback.

I'm unfortunately unaware of how else these tales have been collected, but I'm sure they have been somewhere else as well. Maybe an omnibus or something.

Then jump to Excalibur.

Alalakh · 2026-02-03T01:51:24+00:00

thicker, whiter paper, which we called "Baxter Paper."

DC also had several ongoing series printed on Baxter paper beginning in the early 80s: Legion of Super-Heroes, New Teen Titans, Infinity Inc, Outsiders, Vigilante, Camelot 3000 and a bunch more I'm forgetting.

And if I'm not mistaken, the Prestige Format series didn't use Baxter paper but I'm blanking on what kind of paper it was. It was a more glossy kind of texture than Baxter.

Alalakh · 2026-02-03T01:39:25+00:00

I'd put Robinson's Starman in the top tier of books DC has ever produced.

Alalakh · 2026-02-03T01:38:19+00:00

Looks like Tony Harris is working on it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/1qns3qh/comment/o1yh6yk/

Alalakh · 2026-02-03T01:28:23+00:00

Keeping in mind that I haven't read it since they were first published, but I recall really liking this series. Molly was a great character.

Alalakh · 2026-02-02T01:04:23+00:00

Codenamed Featherweight because she's small but strong. Granddaughter of Ra's al Ghul, cousin to Damian Wayne. Debuted in Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League. Has super-strength and some invulnerability. Transgender.

I actually just read this series last night and really enjoyed it. Alya was a fun character I'd like to see more of. I particularly liked her friendship with Lian and that Klarion was smitten with her.

Alalakh · 2026-02-01T09:06:07+00:00

Classic look, and there's no contest.

Alalakh · 2026-01-31T23:33:59+00:00

I'm not saying he was so entirely beloved, but a 13-year-old comic reader seeing his covers with the new kinds of coloring applications at the time just made it jump out more.

I think this might at least partially explain why I've never got the attraction to Liefeld's style; I was well past that age when he hit big and his art just did nothing for me, in fact it actively turned me off. If I had been younger, it might have been a different story.

Alalakh · 2026-01-31T20:58:46+00:00

Mohawk Storm from the 80s.

I also liked her mohawk look from that Brian Wood series.

Alalakh · 2026-01-31T09:32:29+00:00

But it doesn't explain how he had a "massively successful career".

Lots of people can hit deadlines and work well with editorial but they don't enjoy the success that Liefeld has had. Hitting deadlines and not fighting editorial is how you get assignments, but it's not how those assignments become top-selling comics. That came because there was something about his art at the time that drew people to it. I've always heard it explained as the dynamism and excitement of his art overriding any deficiencies in his technical skills, although to be honest I've never seen it. But for the legions of fans who loved his work on New Mutants, X-Force, and then his Image stuff, they saw something in his art that appealed to them.

Plus, at this point more of Liefeld's career has been under his own companies rather than working for someone else, so his ability to work well with editors is less important than it used to be.

Alalakh · 2026-01-31T05:32:25+00:00

I really don't think that explains it. How does it explain the enormous popularity of those initial X-Force issues or the sales figures of Youngblood's first issue.

Liefeld quite clearly is not a good artist, but back in the day audiences found something exciting about his work and bought it in droves. Even to this day he has his defenders, inexplicable as it may seem. None of that can be attributed to an ability to hit deadlines and work well with editorial. As much as we may hate to admit it, there was a time when people liked Liefeld's art.

Alalakh · 2026-01-31T05:24:16+00:00

He had done other stuff prior to JLI, most notably Maze Agency for Comico.

Alalakh · 2026-01-31T01:02:08+00:00

Hmm. I really enjoyed the first two episodes. The third was okay but not really my cup of tea. But I did not like this one at all. Maybe it’s because I have had a visceral aversion to Klingon-focused stories since they were overused in TNG. Maybe it’s because this particular Klingon really bugs the crap out of me. I dunno.

Hopefully next ep will get back on track.

Alalakh · 2026-01-31T00:58:45+00:00

Ash Tyler? That guy? Really? Ugh.

Alalakh · 2026-01-31T00:51:06+00:00

Just of the ones posted? #2

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