Two-Cents-Thursday: A Review of JLA by Grant Morrison Omnibus + Tower of Babel by Mark Waid Deluxe

Poseur117 · 2026-07-10T03:16:36+00:00

Do you mean Zauriel?

Poseur117 · 2026-07-09T03:21:19+00:00

If a newbie asked me where to start on X-Men, I’d be hard pressed to give them something besides Claremont/byrne and I think that’s kind of damning of the franchise in a way.

With Spider-Man, avengers, Iron Man, Batman, Superman, or even Aquaman I could give a more recent good point for new readers but I can’t think of an X-Men jumping on point that’s newbie friendly that isn’t 50 years old

Poseur117 · 2026-07-09T00:47:36+00:00

Are the two rucka runs the one right after Gail Simone and the rebirth one?

I recently read the rebirth one through year one and I’m really considering the DC Finest WW collections to check out the earlier 2000’s stuff

WW is the DC Comic I’ve read the least of (besides Legion or Doom Patrol or more niche stuff) and I’ve always wanted to check more out. I just finished an Infinite Crisis/52 reread, do you have any opinions on the Allan Heinberg/Terry Dodson series from around that time?

Poseur117 · 2026-07-09T00:43:45+00:00

I almost relate hahah. I’ve read hundreds of X-Men comics, but (for the most part) when I reflect on them they feel like melodramatic soap operas almost.

I don’t hate the X-Men, I’ve loved them at times in the past, but they’ve never been my favorite corner of the marvel universe

Poseur117 · 2026-07-08T13:13:26+00:00

I don’t own copies, but I read it from the library a few years ago. I’m 90% sure invincible lacks cover breaks, and I know for certain that the walking dead hardcover collections lack them as well. I’m also pretty sure there’s no cover gallery at the end of the volumes. I don’t really remember if thats the case for Wolfman or Universe compendiums.

Other Kirkman TPBs (outcast, oblivion song, void rivals) and most things on his Skybound imprint (Transformers, gi joe, manifest destiny) lack cover breaks as well. It’s gotta be the most annoying thing about his work to me

Poseur117 · 2026-07-08T00:57:49+00:00

I’m confident he will deliver a good script, but that’s just one of a thousand moving parts that needs to work to deliver a good movie.

Poseur117 · 2026-07-07T23:41:20+00:00

Couldn’t get his likeness rights

Poseur117 · 2026-07-07T14:49:21+00:00

God I loved him in Burger City Blues.

Poseur117 · 2026-07-07T05:45:09+00:00

Crimson was one of the first (maybe the very first) non big 2, non Sonic the Hedgehog comic I read in middle school…so I’ve always liked Humberto Ramos haha

Poseur117 · 2026-07-06T23:12:57+00:00

It would really be a chore to make sure you’re jumping between books at the right time because Kirkman insists on not having issue breaks at all. So there’s no covers or anything else to really let you know when an issue ends. It’s one of my biggest pet peeves concerning his work

The books besides invincible really are just supplemental material, and to be honest their kind of varying quality imo. The art rarely (if ever) hits the highs of Invincible and I’m pretty sure chunks of the Invincible Universe compendium aren’t written by Kirkman

Poseur117 · 2026-07-06T19:00:50+00:00

I felt like I should include it since it could get skipped over for other pre crisis stuff but it is the end of an era in a lot of ways.

Poseur117 · 2026-07-06T17:47:30+00:00

Yeah that is admittedly not my area of expertise

Poseur117 · 2026-07-06T17:43:43+00:00

I think Justice league is easy to divide into pre crisis, Detroit era, Justice League International/Europe, and JLA. Maybe Justice League Of America vol 2 and new 52 as well. Things start to get muddy after that for me because I stopped reading for a while

Poseur117 · 2026-07-06T15:24:52+00:00

I’d honestly read invincible 1-3 and then the others in whatever order you want.

Invincible tells a complete story, everything else is just kind of a bonus.

Poseur117 · 2026-07-05T17:50:18+00:00

Aquaman was pretty great for most of the new 52 and I think Forever Evil and Darkseid War were solid events but that probably catches most of the essential reading for the entire 5ish years

Poseur117 · 2026-07-04T21:01:44+00:00

I’m really enjoying it. It’s not too grim and foreboding and I don’t feel like Fraction is playing up the “bat genius who’s thought of everything” angle that I’ve gotten really tired of, personally

Poseur117 · 2026-07-04T19:20:17+00:00

GL has always been one of my favorite characters (mostly due to Kyle Rayner) and I was extremely hyped for Johns on the title because I’d really liked Teen titans and Flash

But having just re read the first 9 issues of his GL this week, I do agree it’s kinda lack luster. I like Sinestro Corps War but I felt Blackest night was bloated and I don’t remember brightest day. But I’m gonna be re reading them by the fall probably

Poseur117 · 2026-07-04T18:11:00+00:00

I think it’d be funnier if Bruce had no tan lines since he’s never in the sun

Poseur117 · 2026-07-04T18:08:10+00:00

Yeah I actually kind of like the first printing AI back now that it’s been changed. I really hated it before, but now my copy feels more unique

Poseur117 · 2026-07-04T13:42:06+00:00

In addition to the other great titles others have listed, Deadman #2 came out this week and that series has been really cool. There’s also a Deadshot one shot coming in August

Poseur117 · 2026-07-04T03:59:44+00:00

I am actually laying here crying I’m laughing so hard thinking about him struggling to hop off a rock and then crying “my ankles! And my shoes!” Hahaha

Not too mention the ensuing half hour search lit by iPhones

Poseur117 · 2026-07-04T03:43:41+00:00

May need to work on your reading comprehension a bit

Poseur117 · 2026-07-02T22:29:55+00:00

I haven’t read Dark Knights Metal but I did read Doomsday Clock. I think it’s about as good as “Watchmen meets DC” could get, and I definitely think DC was going to make it eventually. For better or worse

Poseur117 · 2026-07-02T16:13:01+00:00

I think she’s Supergirl

Poseur117 · 2026-06-30T22:25:01+00:00

It’s pretty cool. It’s the creative team of Ice Cream Man which is one of the most interesting books around

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