Timothy
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Post by Timothy on Jun 30, 2008 13:24:38 GMT -5
Right now, I'm reading JLA: Volume 6: World War III and
Gotham Central: Unresolved Targets
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Post by Jack Napier on Jul 1, 2008 11:20:04 GMT -5
^ I heard great things about the Joker story in that volume. Let me know what you think when you finish it.
Barnes & Noble's been selling these HUGE books full of the Batman comic strips they used to run in the 1940s. I still haven't finished them.
Yesterday, I bought the Batman: Vampire TPB that collects the three Elseworlds stories by Moench & Jones in which, well, people in Gotham turn into vampires. After hearing rave reviews, being a vampire nut myself, and wanting to write my own vampire story, I was compelled to pick it up.
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Timothy
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Post by Timothy on Jul 1, 2008 13:18:12 GMT -5
^ I heard great things about the Joker story in that volume. Let me know what you think when you finish it. Will do!  So, they're definitely worth reading? I'm going to try to go out to my local Barnes & Noble's and I might have to pick them up... I think it's the first Batman story I've read by Kelley Jones that fit his artistic style. |
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Post by Jack Napier on Jul 1, 2008 15:43:39 GMT -5
Depends on how you like the 1940s comic stories.
While this was at the beginning of Batman's light period, there are, at least, a few notable moments in which he actually becomes pretty grim, which is very interesting to see in contrast to his usual behavior.
And despite what’s on the cover of the Dailies collection (a thick yellow book), the only Rogues’ Gallery member who appeared in the Dailies was the Joker, who seems very much like his first appearance, except I don’t remember him killing anyone in this story (probably ‘cause this was a comic strip).
The Sunday Newspaper strips (a thinner book with Batman and Robin on a rooftop on the cover) on the other hand have other Rogue’s Gallery members, though, like The Penguin and a different take on Two-Face's origin.
Most of the villains were normal criminals, so, like the 1940s comics, they were more plausible stories than the ones in the ‘50s where they ventured off into time travel and outer space.
The only annoying thing about the Dailies collection is that there is always a recap in the beginning (in case you missed the strip from the day before, I guess) that may get old after awhile in how it interrupts the story.
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Timothy
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Post by Timothy on Jul 1, 2008 20:29:16 GMT -5
 Reading it will probably feel like trying to explain the plot of a movie in a darkened theater to an overactive child |
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Post by Timothy on Jul 7, 2008 9:08:23 GMT -5
JSA: Thy Kingdom Come: Book One
JLA: World War III
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Post by Harley on Jul 14, 2008 19:19:05 GMT -5
Marvel Zombies, Vol. 1: (didn't like it)
Batman singles from my brother's collection: (Always findin' somethin' new)
Gold Digger, Countdown to issue 100: (Totally-Awesome-Fantastic)
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Post by Timothy on Jul 15, 2008 20:49:44 GMT -5
Batman: Cataclysm
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