Okay finished up some more reading. So here goes.
Nightwing #30 - From issue 1 this was one of DC's strongest titles and then they had to go and mess with the character during Forever Evil. So now we have Nightwing ending with this issue so DC can bring Dick back in a new series. Well for a last issue for such a great title it is a let down to say the least. A lot of what happens in this book doesn't make a lot of sense and demands the reader to completely buy into some things that don't add up. First off the serial killer group featured in the first few pages doesn't seem to fit in with the storyline except I guess to introduce Hellina (which her name is never even mentioned). Next the issue focuses a lot of attention on Batman and Dick beating the crap out of one another for some reason. I guess it made sense to the writer but not the reader. Also everyone still thinks Dick is dead (we see this with Alfred) and Batman wants it to be that way but Dick doesn't so they beat the crap out of one another. Batman wants Dick to join some secret villan group that hunts heroes and Dick doesn't want to. More punches and smashing into things. Then at the end of the fight Dick agrees...huh? Big leap there but back to there secret of Dick being dead. How does DC expect the reader to just accept this? There were other heroes there at the end of Forever Evil that saw Luthor bring Dick back. Nowhere did Batman ever ask any of them to keep Dick being alive a secret, nor do I think any of them would go along with it. So I would just assume that since the whole world now knows Dick was Nightwing that somebody somewhere will just bring Dick's name up in a passing conversation with a hero talking about it being a shame how he died only to see the perplexed look on the heroes face when they say he's not dead. So now we are looking at the people close to Bruce being mad at him for letting them believe Dick was dead. Ugh the headache.

Forever Evil #7 and Justice League #30
Since JL #30 is pretty much a direct continuation of Forever Evil #7 I'll lump them together. First Forever Evil. So it wraps up in this issue. Not a bad little story all together. I'm kinda confused on one thing though. At the end Ted Kord comes into the story. Is this the Blue Beetle Ted Kord or did he have a son named Ted? If someone knows please reply. Then Lex Luthor starts putting together the pieces and finds out Bruce is Batman. It had to happen. No way no one was gonna put that together since they outed Dick as Nightwing. Which brings us to JL #30. I had planned on dropping this book because I figured the whole Luthor in the Justice League angle would suck but know I'm intrigued. At the end of the issue we see Lex showing up at Wayne Manor asking Alfred if he can speak with Batman. Also in this issue Power Rings (or at least I think that was his name) ring finds a new host by the name of Jessica Cruz. This name sounds familiar but I don't know why. Again if anyone knows please respond.

Uprising story arc in GLC #31 and GL #31,32
This may be the least interesting GL "event" to date so far. Each issue seems to wrap up a storyline but yet it keeps going. It doesn't even feel like an event, if its even supposed to be one. Its a 6 parter which crosses over into two books, so whatever you call it. In the GLC #31 Sodam Yat gets rescued and brought back with the team and we find out the Durlans want to become Daxamites, what Sodam Yat's race is. I cant begin to tell you how sick I am of the Durlans in the GL books. Enough already. Just kill the shape changers off so I don't have to worry about them ever invading another GL book again.

Superman/Wonder Woman #8
This issue is part 2 of the "Doomed" story. This storyline is nothing what I was expecting. I don't know why but I was thinking, I guess hoping, it was going to be this big Superman vs Doomsday battle royale but nope Supes kills Doomsday in part 1. So now we have a storyline about Superman being infected by Doomsday and turning into him. I had planned on buying all the books to this storyline until I read the Superman Doomsday one shot, but now after reading this issue I may just go ahead and pick them up. This issue makes the storyline more interesting than the one shot did. Maybe its just better writing. Whatever the reason this issue was really good. Toney Daniel does a nice job on the art and Soule is just as good, maybe better, on the writing. The issue mainly focuses on Wonder Woman, mostly "disguised" as Diana Prince, trying to track down Superman because he has gone recluse on her due to the virus infecting him. It reads better than it sounds. Since when has Wonder Woman be a telepath? I don't think I've read more than 3 Wonder Woman comics in my life but I never knew she was a telepath. She speaks with and commands a soldier to release Lois through telepathy. She tells the soldier she is War. When did Wonder Woman become War? All that aside its still a good issue.

If anyone else has anything to add to the thread please do. I don't read any Marvel titles except Spider-Man and *shudder* Moon Knight. I'd like to know how Captain America, Iron Man and X-Men books are. I quit reading most of Marvel a year or more ago. Thinking about picking some of them back up.

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Moon Knight by Ellis caught my attention, but i decided to wait until the story was far enough along to either gain momentum or fall flat. oh well.

i read Trees as well, and i agree. i like trying out new titles, and since i use DCBS's monthly shipping, i'm committed to at least 3 issues of a title by the time i know if it's good or not. so if this one doesn't pick up speed by #3, i'm out.


from jump i knew i would pick up Batman: Eternal in trade if the reviews were good, because the weekly format is a lot for the budget. i'm glad it's pulling positive feedback. same thing with Future's End, waiting for the TPB.

i recently finished the first two trades of Bedlam, and while not for everyone, i liked it. which brings me to another title, BOOM's "Translucid", which shares a similar theme (hero-villain relationship & codependency). Translucid, after 2 issues, is keeping my attention, even if not completely original (what is?).

a few other indy's i'm reading: Caliban (i love Ennis, excited to see where this one's going), God is Dead (this is still a strong read even though Hickman turned over writing chores), and the mainstays, Walking Dead, Saga, Manhattan Projects, Sheltered, East of West.

as for marvel, i've been following the Avengers titles since Hickman came onboard. i like it. Remender's Uncanny Avengers too, lots of fun. i also read Waid's Daredevil & Hulk, & Aaron's Thor (all three very good reads), and the current Punisher, which isn't bad.

Glad people are chiming in. Not a lot of actual comic book talk going on this board lately. Hoping to change that.

I have the first 5 or 6 issues of Bedlam. I read the first 3 and love it. Don't have a reason why I haven't read the other 3. Seems like there is always something else to read.
Another Image title I love is Revival. I'm up to issue 17 now, I think. Seeley does a great writing job on this book. He does a wonderful job with the characters. He seems to be on a ton of books. I find all the ones I read by him really enjoyable. Its amazing that none of the books feel rushed.
Moon Knight what is your opinion on Charlie Houstons take on Moon Knight from a few years ago. I absolutely loved it. I thought he had a strong grasp of the character and knew exactly the story he wanted to tell. It was dark, gritty, manic, violent, intelligent, perfectly paced. To me it is about as close to flawless as it gets. Really wish Marvel could get him back for this book.

I tried one issue of the latest Ghost Rider book and Holy God does Marvel hate the Ghost Rider fans? Crappy art with an even worse story. Stupid premise to boot. God please let this fail miserably so Marvel can finally see that if its not Johnny or Dan don't put the Ghost Rider title on it. A car....seriously?...a friggin kid in a car?... Sorry I just threw up in my mouth a little thinking about it.

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I did enjoy his run. He had a great handle on the character. I have to confess that I haven't been reading the new series so I can't comment on that. Some of the mistakes that writers make with Moon Knight is having him be too stable. The guy is anything but. Another mistake is when someone tries to make him too much of a super hero, like in the West Coast Avengers.

MK has always been best when there is a supernatural tone to the stories and an emphasis on his fractured psyche. Let's face it, his first appearance was as a lycanthrope hunter in Werewolf by Night. His origin has him as a heartless mercenary who is killed and resurrected by an Egyptian god of vengeance. He's got more personalities than Donald Trump has Rolexes.

His villains need to reflect that history as well. He should encounter vampires, zombies and the like. Think back to the Huston series when he killed Bushman and carved off his face only to be haunted by the Khonshu controlled specter (see what I did there? ) of his nemesis.

I would be more than happy to offer my services to Marvel to plot and script a Moon Knight series.

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I like the New Ghost Rider and the art work! I like that it a classic 1970s muscle car instead of the same old Motorcycle thing... It being a 16 year old kid hopefully will breath life into the spirit of vengeance! Warren Ellis is one of my favorites! It takes about 4 or 5 issues to figure out what Ellis is saying but it is usually good stuff! Too early to know what Trees is all about! I can't comment on Moon Knight, I never like the character, once the first story ark is done I will read it. I always pick up Ellis's first story to see if I love it or just like it!

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I've tried several non-big two books recently (within the last year or so). A lot of them just don't do anything for me. I didn't like Bedlam or Revival. The first issue of Jupiter's Legacy was interesting, but IT NEVER COMES OUT and I gave up on it. There was a title called Superbia that was interesting, but it quickly grew boring.

I do enjoy Saga, Rachel Rising (although I don't really read RR right now ... have to wait for the eventual Omnibus) and Velvet. And one of my absolute favorites is Rat Queens. I absolutely LOVE Rat Queens.

Maybe I'm just a Super-Hero kinda guy.

Ghost Rider has never interested me. Just the LOOK of the new GR had me laughing my a$$ off, and guessing at a 4-5 month cancellation timeframe. And I've never found Moon Knight to be an interesting character, either. Granted, I've read very little of him.

I haven't read every post in this thread yet, but felt the need to share my general opinion of Warren Ellis' work.

I personally don't care for anything he's ever written. Not one bit.

I always chalked it up to me just not "getting" him. This goes all the way back to when I religiously read and collected X-Man.

I know that when Joe Q became EIC, he's the one that ultimately decided to cancel that book, so he just threw it to Ellis & Steve Grant to finish the book off as part of the Counter-X thing... but OMG did that ever suck. I still blame Ellis to this day for totally ruining that book and one of my favorite characters.

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And here I thought Terry Kavanagh spent 30+ issues doing that before him.

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Has DC Done Something Stupid Today?

"The return of beards and 90's fashion makes hipsters and homeless people impossible to tell apart." - Woody, Quantum & Woody #5

That is great news and I think it justifies my theory that Marvel just put Ellis on this book to sell it not because he actually had a story to tell. I don't think a writer who really wants to be on a title leaves it after just 6 issues.

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