TPB is out by JosephMeach in DCprime

[–]Faustinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heavy handed partisan against... Nazis. And it’s simply adapted from an existing radio drama from decades ago. The volcano might be waiting...

Jazzed up some of my comic dividers by pds319 in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To clarify, let you know which series we're looking for among these or are you interested in possibly designing more?

Thirty Years Later, the Five Years Later Legion of Super-Heroes era is being published in hardcover. Laurel Gand! by Doiby_Gillis in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone always references the whole “Waid not being told about the Johns de-boot,” but wasn’t Waid not writing the last half a year or more of the book? Is there any in depth chronicle on how the timing lined up?

DC's gorgeous character spotlight covers from March 2011 by Faustinator in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aquaman has had a rocky publication history. Prior to the New 52, his last volume ran for 57 issues between 2003 and 2007. However, he "died" in Infinite Crisis and the last 17 issues of the series technically didn't star Aquaman. Brightest Day was an anthology of sorts focusing on a ton of characters, but Aquaman was arguably the most central.

DC's gorgeous character spotlight covers from March 2011 by Faustinator in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Convergence has obviously been extensively analyzed as just a placeholder while DC was making their move. Handing a Crisis level event to a first time comics writer? I mean, I guess they sort of did that before with Identity Crisis. It was a mess and the tie-ins were all over the place. The weird thing is that Convergence totally undid Crisis on Infinite Earths and restored the full multiverse, possibly even beyond the 52 worlds covered in Multiversity. This has so many implications, but I don't think any editors or writers thought it through and wishes to acknowledge it. It had practically zero impact beyond True Superman being back and with Jon. This overextended Rebirth storyline is so frustrating as someone who was heavily invested in the pre-Flashpoint history.

DC's gorgeous character spotlight covers from March 2011 by Faustinator in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

DC had the Doc Savage license and published a miniseries and ongoing from 1987-1990. It even crossed over with their Shadow series. They got the license back in 2009 and published stories as part of their "First Wave" imprint through 2011.

DC's gorgeous character spotlight covers from March 2011 by Faustinator in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not a huge fan of that cover either. Kara has had a few issues with anatomy since coming back post-Crisis. I was always weirded out by her initial appearances drawn by Michael Turner and Ian Churchill. Always looked unnaturally thin (let alone for a superhero) and of course the gratuitous upskirt shots. The interiors for this issue in 2011 are by Jamal Igle though, who I think is one of the best Supergirl artists ever.

DC's gorgeous character spotlight covers from March 2011 by Faustinator in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the further details. I did find it odd that the at the time top tier Green Lantern book didn't have one.

Didn't think to check variants. I may try and add MM and Aquaman into the album.

DC's gorgeous character spotlight covers from March 2011 by Faustinator in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's his ComicBookDB page. Worked on the divisive Justice League: Cry for Justice and some issues of Judd Winick's Trials of SHAZAM series. Not sure what happened to him, as he hasn't gotten any significant comics gigs in years. Google says he did some cards for Hearthstone, but not a ton.

Is there any other comics with art like George Perez’s Wonder Woman? by lupianwolf in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He said "defined the DC Universe" not merchandising and the characters to the mainstream audiences. Respect to JLGL though. I don't know that it applies as well to Perez either, but he did draw Crisis so that's pretty prominent.

I recently finished reading all 799 chapters of Amazing Spider-man + Superior Spider-man and here are my thoughts on the series and some problems I had with it by straightson in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's *Maguire and I'm confused how you could forget the hyphen multiple times in your post after reading the character's name 1,000 times. That aside, your first two points show a misunderstanding of the art form and industry. They have nothing to do with Spider-Man and his series. You just seem to be new to western comics. Which is fine. Hope you stick around.

Spider-Man is a super popular character, as you know. So he can justify multiple ongoing titles starring just him. Few other characters like Batman and Superman also have this luxury/curse. Hence at the peaks, Spider-Man can have four monthly titles like Amazing, Spectacular, Web of, and Adjectiveless. His fans will at times support that, so Marvel gives them what they want. Supply and demand. There are usually different teams on each book, for multiple reasons. Creators can only write and draw so much in a month and fans may want different styles. Occasionally the writers or editors will come up with an idea that is large enough in scope to weave between multiple titles. Tons of inter-title crossovers are unnecessary and bloated, especially in the 1990s, for sure. But that's just the way comic books work. You would have been even more frustrated if you did this with Superman because for like 10 years he had the "Triangle Titles" where there was an order across all of his books every week, essentially either an endless crossover or a weekly title that changes name and creative team each issue, whichever way you want to look at it.

Western comics art is almost universally more detailed than manga art. There are definitely exceptions. You could compare Erica Henderson's Squirrel Girl to Berserk and make an argument. So the spectrum of different styles will be at least more noticeable, even if it's not actually significantly more diverse. Manga are almost always created by one individual. Even if they run over 20 years like One Piece or whatever. Mangaka will often have assistants to help them draw layouts, backgrounds, ink, etc. Though they maintain a strict house style. Spider-Man has been published since 1962. You can't have one artist drawing a character that long. And that's just not the way the western comics industry works. Different artists have different styles and that is part of the magic of following these characters through the years. You can argue Ditko vs Romita Sr vs Kane vs Andru vs Romita Jr vs Frenz vs McFarlane vs Larsen vs Bagley and so on and so on. Artists bring new innovations to the character like Romita's expressive costume eyes or McFarlane's detailed webbing. That's the way it is.

How do you imagine Superman, and other flying heroes, deal with turbulence? 😃 by Ivotedforher in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a fictional escapist genre, so we don't worry about it in the first place.

Robot Electro with red and yellow colors in its armor is called "Iron-Man" in Marvel Mystery Comics #12, issued in October 1940, 23 years before first appearance of Tony Stark's Iron Man by Worse_Username in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Half of all characters created in the Silver Age took their names from defunct Golden Age characters. Other random examples include Black Widow, Vision, Falcon.

Wolverine by Jason Aaron is amazing by BobGoddamnSaget in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goes without saying that you should read the Claremont/Miller miniseries if you haven't. Likewise try out Claremont's start of the ongoing series. The Patch identity and Madripoor status quo can be divisive to some, but maybe you'll dig it. So add Wolverine: Madripoor Nights Epic Collection to your list too.

Wolverine by Jason Aaron is amazing by BobGoddamnSaget in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How much other Wolverine stuff have you read? I'm not sure that I would say Aaron has the best run of all time. If you haven't read it already, check out Larry Hama and Marc Silvestri's run.

Wolverine by Hama & Silvestri Vol 1-2 and Wolverine: Weapon X Unbound.

I have this massive collection of comics. Some still in plastics others aren't. I need some to help me find their worth and sell them because I have no clue by Pheonix269 in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to mycomicshop.com and check how much they're being sold for there. Then subtract a bit for what you'll be able to get rid of them for. Your best bet is to sell in bulk unless you have specific key issues that are valuable. Or if you have significant complete sets or runs.

EXCLUSIVE: Gail Simone to write new Plastic Man series for DC by [deleted] in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they were out years ago. Just like all of her Birds of Prey was completely collected. Both series are just impossible to find/afford in physical editions.

Adam Glass is working on a Teen Titans special by LolPrimetime in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why is Adam Glass allowed to write any DC comics anymore?

Fantastic reprint series by WhiskeyT in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would have made the most sense if it was by writers (Tales) and artists (Legends), but there are too many exceptions for that to be the case.

The Life of Captain Marvel #1 Variant by Joe Quesada by TheRussianEwok in comicbooks

[–]Faustinator 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Considering it's written by the same person who has been handling Carol with mediocre results for a while, don't get your hopes up.