cs4381bb@unm-cvax.UUCP (03/04/84)
It seems as though everyone out there has forgotten about the father of all comic companies DC. I have heard very little in this network about this 49 year old company and with so much going on in their offices. How do you netters feel about the current story line of The New Teen Titans? I find it shocking!!! (If you haven't started reading it, I strongly earge you to.) How about the new Robin? I like him even though I don't see why no one has noticed that the Robin with the Batman is now shorter (no one in Gotham, that is) and why no one has mentioned Jason's change in hair color. Do any of you know anyting about the DC Universe and Handbooks that are to go on sale next year? In a "Meanwhile" column in current DC issues, we are urged to note strange events in the coming year to link with a maxi-series. Don't tell me DC is going to pull a "Secret Wars" on us. (I like Marvel's but I don't like copies.) Well, let me know how you feel about my favorite company...DC. (Just think, Jason Todd is the first young non-mutant hero to come around in a long, long time... about 40 years!) From the Vaults of the Oppressed Comic Reader I be : justShawn
brad@umcp-cs.UUCP (03/06/84)
Ah, now we get to the meat of this group. No more flames about Marvel
Secret Wars or Jim Shooter.
New Teen Titans:
I still swear that this is consistently the best series that
DC produces. (I'm the number 1 TT fan on the net.) The current story line
can only get better. Will Tara double cross the Terminator?? And what is
the origin of Slade Wilson?
[Anyone wanting some info on Dick Grayson's new identity or on the]
[identity of the new member of the group, send me mail. ]
I'm also looking forward to the Baxter series comming up in May. George
Perez will be inking his own pencils. Also he will be experimenting with
some new techniques to take advantage of the better paper.
The new Robin:
I guess most of Gotham hasn't gotten a good look at Jason yet. He
is noticeably shorter. As for the hair color, he changed it so that he would
have the same color hair as Dick Grayson. I think that Vicky Vale will be
the person who will notice that Jason is too short and too young.
The "Handbook of the DC Universe":
Will not be called that. It will be more of a story than previously
thought. It will be about all the continuity of the DC universe. On sale
in 1985, it will coincide with the 50th anniversary of DC. Written by Marv
Wolfman and Len Wein and drawn by (ta-da!) George Perez, it will be at
least 12 issues and maybe more.
The Meanwhile column on 'strange events and a maxi-series':
While I don't remember reading about this, my guess is that the
strange events are on Earth-2 and will tie in with the JSA mini-series to be
release this summer. I can hardly wait. 1984 looks to be the year of
Earth-2. Roy Thomas has done more to revitalize the JSA than anyone else in
the last 20 years. (Gerry Conway and Paul Levitz included)
Don't expect DC to do a "secret wars". I don't think that they would stoop
so low.
Jason Todd as the first non mutant in 40 years?? What??
What about Kid Flash? What about the LSH (80% or so of them)?? What about
Cyborg?? Give me 15 minutes with my collection (it's at home not at school)
and I could probably give you a dozen more.
On a side note: Has anyone noticed the change in Keith Giffen's art
work lately. I used to love reading LSH, now it's getting harder to get to
Paul Levitz's good plot. Too bad.
b**2
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BITNET: balfour@umdbhutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) (03/06/84)
<may Shooter be eaten by a wombat> | On a side note: Has anyone noticed the change in Keith Giffen's art | work lately. I used to love reading LSH, now it's getting harder to | get to Paul Levitz's good plot. Too bad. - B**2 (Brad Balfour) Gee, it's amazing what a good inker and a reasonable schedule can do for an artist. Even Kirby doesn't suck too badly when someone competent does the inking. Really, if you want to get an idea of how hard it can be to draw a full page of art in a half a day, just try laying out an action scene. I tried doing a comics-format layout of my intensely tweaked D&D stuff, about three years ago, and discovered that it isn't simple even to do a layout, much less drawing the same face from one scene to the next. Hutch