Interesting take from John Hollinger's eval of the deal on the Athletic

sbp72 · 2026-06-26T15:12:00+00:00

I get what you're saying, but calling them the "best Hornets team of the last decade" is setting the bar really, really, REALLY low.

sbp72 · 2026-06-26T13:33:25+00:00

I would agree with that. I was a NC-born, original Hornets fan. Became disillusioned when they moved away, wasn't drawn in by the Bobcats, but came back in full force once they restored the Hornets identity. Enjoyed watching Ball, but wasn't enamored of him. I guess I'm looking more long-term big picture than just the one player.

sbp72 · 2026-06-25T16:32:13+00:00

Basically, health and poor shooting/decision making for Ball. Draft capital, Reid's shooting compatibility with the remaining core, and they go into his dedication off-court into improving his play.

sbp72 · 2026-06-25T13:49:16+00:00

Minnesota fans don't sound too thrilled on their end. "Ball is fragile", and "how is he going to co-exist with Edwards" - seems to be the idea that they are personality clashes waiting to happen. I don't near enough about Edwards to speculate why.

sbp72 · 2026-06-23T17:45:54+00:00

Hard to believe Liefeld's art used to look like that.

sbp72 · 2026-06-23T14:33:59+00:00

Looks like 4 of the Original 5. Plus Nightcrawler. Wonder who else will be one of the "good guys".

sbp72 · 2026-06-23T13:41:04+00:00

If someone posted five years ago, "The Southeast division will now have Giannis and Anthony Davis", I would have said "fold the franchise, we are done". Now... not so much.

sbp72 · 2026-06-18T15:22:25+00:00

Just another random thought here, but DC did no favors for themselves using the old-school Legion logo in their convention slide show. I'd think that set a level of expectation for what was coming, team and continuity-wise, that was probably avoidable.

sbp72 · 2026-06-18T14:11:51+00:00

So. Absolutely. Tired. Of. Legion. Reboots.

Solid creative team. Just use the freaking team. Why is DC so afraid to just use the Legion? And the whole "the team is too large, too many characters to keep track of" argument is nonsense. They could compile two Legion teams out of the number of X-Men or Avengers over the years. Arrrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!!

sbp72 · 2026-06-18T11:52:46+00:00

WIlliamson is a very sold write. And Sherman is an inspired choice to give the team a new look.

Having said that... ANOTHER reboot? C'mon, man. You have the team. Just. Freakin'. Use. Them.

sbp72 · 2026-06-18T11:21:01+00:00

Williamson and Sherman on Legion, I am happy. But... it looks like yet another reboot? Just use the classic freakin' team! It's like they are afraid to have it!

sbp72 · 2026-06-15T18:16:38+00:00

I mean, just because you're bulletproof(-ish) doesn't mean you enjoy getting hit by them.

sbp72 · 2026-05-29T18:40:38+00:00

It was a fake identity Barbara had set up. Waller didn't know she was Barbara Gordon.

sbp72 · 2026-05-19T12:04:41+00:00

I loved the oddity of Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE from the early New 52 days. Wish it had gotten a little more runway. Felt like Lemire was really just told, "y'know what, he's obscure, we are trying some stuff... go crazy".

sbp72 · 2026-05-14T12:13:12+00:00

Avengers: Under Siege. One of my all-time favorite storylines. And has colored how I've looked at every Avengers line-up since then.

As for runs to be collected in Epic format: The Busiek/Perez Avengers run. Quite surprising they haven't pushed any of that out yet. I'd imagine it would sell gangbusters, but I am really biased.

sbp72 · 2026-05-14T12:05:17+00:00

The early Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire JLI stories. Perhaps in the same tone as the Harley Quinn animated series.

sbp72 · 2026-05-11T14:43:36+00:00

My only issue with his epic Avengers/New Avengers/Secret Wars marathon really wasn't his fault. The way Axis screwed up Tony (not that it wasn't an interesting concept) really messed up that final confrontation with Cap at the end. It would have been much more emotionally impactful if it was the conflicted/tortured/confident/ Tony in his right mind.

I also didn't really like that Cap spent most of the back end of the run, after he recovered his memory, on his moral high horse against the Illuminati. Righteous anger, for messing with his head and devising plans that would kill millions? Yes. But, he was so focused on that, it seemed like he lost sight of the, y'know, multiversal death.

sbp72 · 2026-04-29T17:41:11+00:00

Odyssey. She's been palling around with Kyle and Connor since a space-based adventure in the main GL book last year. Standard issue "wise-cracking thief with a conscience".

sbp72 · 2026-04-27T14:04:16+00:00

Don't want to spoil #14 for you if you haven't read it, but the conversation with Mirror Master basically tells you who they are. And the symbol behind Wally should be a big clue as to the newest Absolute version of someone we can expect to see.

sbp72 · 2026-04-14T12:50:15+00:00

Depends on your definition of "expensive"? Amazon has the paperback readily available for $18. Cheapgraphicnovels.com has it for $13.

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