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The problem wasn't that RIP was bad story. it was just convoluted and annoying, and one of those stories that feels like it was meant to be read more as one sitting or as a graphic novel than from month to month. was still torqued that they went out of their way during interviews to say "of course we're not killing Batman" during the story and then essentially do it during Final Crisis. I mean if you were going to gank the guy, i think it would've been better to do so BEFORE the ungodly huge crossover event, and then watch how the whole thing goes down without the Bat-god there to figure it out. but i digress...and often.

Countdown was trash. i went back and reread it, still trash. forget the multitude of pointless tie-ins, and yes, they were pointless. Countdown meandered from one story point to the next and while it had one or two bright spots during it's run, it got quickly bogged down in plots that were built up and then forgotten about almost immediately. Hell the "main plot" in hunting down Ray Palmer and then the multiversal jaunt was just frakking horrid, not to mention Kyle showing up during the crossover and spoiling some of the events from the Sinestro Corps War. Of course there was the conflict between Countdown and DoNG towards the end, and both of those were in conflict with the start of FC, despite being touted as lead-ins to the crossover. last up, was the sheer amount of executive meddling in this book. After 52 hit it off so well, but without DiDio screwing around with, he decided to take a more direct hand with this weekly book... and well... it shows.

Final. Crisis. i just.. ugh. i mean... how, how can a concept so simple as "Darkseid's dying, tries to both rule the multiverse and save his life, or take everything down with him" get so screwed up? my thoughts? having gone off his meds shortly before the end of RIP and raging at DiDio hosing him over by using/killing the New Gods, Morrison wrote Final Crisis. makes sense when it's done that way. the bright side of that mess? we got Rogue's Revenge and Legion of Three Worlds out of it.

of all the tings that could possibly break the internet, i think that's on the list.

that doesn't make the proposal any less awesome.

Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben... YES!

Sally Field as Aunt May... eh, mebbe if she dyed her hair?

ive never been overly fond of a lot of Morrison's work on the Bat-franchise, and the last few major storylines of his have been somewhat less than stellar. doesn't mean a couple of the concepts he's running with aren't worthwhile. while at the moment, the Silver/Bronze Age fanboys are running the show, DC isn't adverse to having a couple characters running around with the same name. (Green Lantern & Flash being the two most prominent examples) So i'm interested in seeing how long Bruce & Grayson will both be running around as Batman before Grayson gives up the cowl again. (because hey, fanbois want development, but HATE permanent change. hell, fanbois that don't even get the comics anymore ***** about it)

Morrison has been setting up the idea of a worldwide Batman network for a while now, and i want to see where he goes with it. With any luck, they'll have a better artist. Now, will this ruin the Bat-franchise? of course not. if this falls on it's face that ******* horribly, they can handwave it away within a couple months and everything will be back to fanboi quo. but who knows, this could be a worthwhile story with some staying power.

opened the night with taking pics of my godson(4) and nephew(1 and 1/2), who'd both been dressed up as Superman before their respective parentals (and a few friends who used the two of them as an excuse...) took them out into the new neighborhood to do some T&T. then it was spending the night with family and friends celebrating Samhain remembering those who've gone on before us. it was a good night.

the costume party & debauchery ends up being delayed until Saturday since most of my friends have jobs that mean they end up working on Halloween (DJs, magicians, Rennies, etc.), so that gets delayed for a week.

id probably still be using MHC pretty regularly, but ive cut back on buying so many back issues and just pick up trades, and i get a better deal on those from amazon or instock trades.

yeah, for quite a few years there MHC was my pretty much my sole source of comics. do remember quite a few months i think i dropped 20 or 30$ easy just on the cheap section.

before my current FLCS opened up, i was ordering pretty steadily from Mile High Comics. it's been a while since i last really dealt with them, but ive a couple buddies that still place orders with them. they're quick and have a huge selection. old or new stuff. so give them a look if you haven't already found someone else.

there no words to properly describe the awesome... wait... maybe... nope. we need to invent new ones now.

Groovy.