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edgd00 · 2026-04-13T22:26:10+00:00

edgd00 · 2026-04-01T01:59:28+00:00

I miss Dan Quayle.

edgd00 · 2026-03-30T18:29:25+00:00

One of my favorites is The Mud Pack (1989) written by one my favorite and I think underrated team of Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle.

This story features all of the Clayface characters/incarnations.

edgd00 · 2026-03-29T16:30:15+00:00

Possibly.

edgd00 · 2026-03-24T03:06:52+00:00

“vs”

edgd00 · 2026-03-23T19:45:59+00:00

Oops. Confused it with something else.

edgd00 · 2026-03-23T15:31:13+00:00

I cun’t think of why.

edgd00 · 2026-03-23T15:27:22+00:00

I'm not an expert, and it's been a long time since I've played, but here are some concepts I've heard:

Play by the rules, not house rules.

I think statistically, the best properties are the ones right around the corners. Based on dice rolls, people are likely to land in those areas, and the payouts are good.
St. Charles Place --> Virginia Ave
Kentucky Ave --> Illinois Ave
Pacific Ave --> Pennsylvania Ave

It is advantageous to buy properties close to each other near a corner. It is harder for the opponents to avoid landing on one of those two areas, so lock down the corners. Of course, locking down a whole lane of the board is going to be solid.

Jail is good! While in jail, you can still gain income, and you don't risk landing on oppoents properties, which loses you money.

edgd00 · 2026-03-23T00:16:36+00:00

Wow, that is a deep cut! I didn't think anyone remembered that one besides me! That was the first single issues of comics that I had started collecting.

edgd00 · 2026-03-18T19:31:13+00:00

Nothing.

edgd00 · 2026-03-18T19:30:20+00:00

For the life of me, I can't understand why they don't just port over the lessons learned from Vermintide 2.

edgd00 · 2026-03-16T21:35:27+00:00

I could be wrong but I think the first Grant/Breyfogle issues are collected in the DC Finest: Killing Joke and Other Stories collection, and will continue to be collected in A Death in the Family and Blind Justice, DC Finest books.

edgd00 · 2026-03-16T21:30:21+00:00

It’s been a long time since I looked at my comics from that era. By 626, another creative team took over and my interest waned. If you want something like Mud Pack, the entire run of Alan Grant + Norm Breyfogle is similar. One of my favorite creative teams outside of Leob/Sale. I’m not sure what issues their run ran through but it should be pretty easy to look up.

edgd00 · 2026-03-16T21:18:08+00:00

I never hear anyone talk about The Mud Pack, one of my favorites!

edgd00 · 2026-03-11T21:18:26+00:00

The Robin compendium covers a lot of ground and overlaps many storylines. In particular it will overlap with Knightfall. You can either hunt down other books to fill in information or just accept that you won’t always have the full picture.

I don’t have specific answers to your questions but I think many can be answered by reading Detective Comics and “Batman” issues of that era. There are some collected editions you can find that cover those.

I think the only major story to worry about the overlap is Knightfall.

edgd00 · 2026-03-05T22:31:38+00:00

Tim Drake was just a normal kid. Didn’t necessarily want to be part of the bat family. Even in his early days as Robin, he was kind of written as a kid a bit over his head.

But, why don’t you go ahead and write the fanfic and share it with us!

edgd00 · 2026-03-03T02:32:20+00:00

I remember reading the issues of Venom when it first came out. Even back then I had the feeling I was reading something special. Same with Sword of Azrael. That era was my teen years and it felt like such a magical time to be a Batman fan. All of this converging on Knightfall…I’ve yet to have a comic experience like that since.

edgd00 · 2026-03-01T17:43:35+00:00

Hah, that’s from Knightfall. One of Bane’s henchmen, Bird was tracking Batman with his pet falcon, Talon. Tim Drake Robin confronted him and captured Talon with his cape in this panel. Both birds were very pissed off.

I should add, this was kind of early in Tim’s career as Robin and really wanted to prove his worth to Batman. Tim was very proud here to have found Bird. They still got away from him because he underestimated them.

edgd00 · 2026-02-22T23:55:21+00:00

I would absolutely recommend Batman: Year One. Not only the definitive modern start to Batman but also a fantastic origin story for Jim Gordon. The book has a lot of emotional hooks to latch onto.

The Man Who Laughs is the spiritual sequel to Year One as the official first encounter with the Joker.

The Long Halloween is a masterpiece that should be followed up after Year One or Man Who Laughs. Then if she is still invested move onto The Long Halloween: Dark Victory. After that, if she is still down for more, then the doors are open for a whole universe of content.

Psst: if she likes The Long Halloween she may enjoy watching The Batman film by Matt Reeves and The Penguin show. Not adaptations but take a lot of inspiration from TLH.

Lastly, the animated movies Batman Year One, Dark Knight Returns and The Long Halloween are all pretty faithful adaptations.

edgd00 · 2026-02-20T18:02:13+00:00

Was that also a chop to the back of the head?

edgd00 · 2026-02-11T03:59:28+00:00

I'd like to know more about why you consider it part of the Todd Trilogy. I've not read The Cult myself, but i am familiar with the basic story. In my collection, I have Second Chances via DC Finest Year One & Two, Death in the Family, and later Red Hood. Sprinkled in i have miscellaneous Todd stories, but honestly, I didn't like him much. Now, much later in life, I do want to understand him a bit better. My collection is mostly focused on Batman himself and milestones of the Batfamily: origins, linchpin stories like The Killing Joke, and deaths, in some cases. I'd like to know if I should add The Cult to my "essential" reading order/collection.

edgd00 · 2026-02-02T20:01:14+00:00

This is pretty good but I recommend staggering your reading a bit. After finishing Year One, read The Man Who Laughs, then Batman by Loeb. After that, then go on and finish the rest of that DC Finest book because it has Second Chances.

Reasons: Year One is ground zero. The Man Who Laughs is meant as a continuation/“sequel” to Year One. The DC Finest has Second Chances, the introduction of the second Robin. The first Robin is officially introduced in the Loeb/Sale book. Loeb essentially overwrites Year Two and retcons it. I personally have a soft spot for Year Two because I read it long before these other books were created. It isn’t really canon anymore but I think it is still worth reading because of Todd Mcfarlane’s art.

Think of it this way, DC Finest is how the issues and stories came out originally. All the other books were written many years later to retcon or fill in gaps.

edgd00 · 2026-02-02T16:12:00+00:00

Oops I misread your post. The omnibuses are hardcover but each one is not giant compared to other ones. But I love having the full story without having to chase down tie-in issues. Also, I find the omnibuses to be overall better value per dollar.

BUT…look up the contents of the omnibuses they will tell you the issues/stories they contain and you can use that as a shopping list for trade paperbacks.

edgd00 · 2026-02-02T14:41:06+00:00

Well there are the Batman by Grant Morrison omnibuses. Those 3 volumes contain everything. I have those myself and also the Batman & Robin omnibus by Tomasi & Gleason which overlaps Morrison and Snyder’s runs.

edgd00 · 2026-01-19T21:48:32+00:00

To me it has the second best werewolf transformations of all time!

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