I wouldn't know. The comic store had sold out of Batman, Supergirl, Catwoman, Wonder Woman, and almost everything from last week when I was there today.
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And you don't have a pull list? What kind of collector are you?!?!|
Originally Posted by dbuter
I wouldn't know. The comic store had sold out of Batman, Supergirl, Catwoman, Wonder Woman, and almost everything from last week when I was there today.
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Just kidding. I've gone strictly TPB and don't have a pull list anymore. So I'll be enjoying some of the new DCnU stuff in 6 months to a year.
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Batman & Supergirl are both great books|
Originally Posted by dbuter
I wouldn't know. The comic store had sold out of Batman, Supergirl, Catwoman, Wonder Woman, and almost everything from last week when I was there today.
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Catwoman is good if you don't know much about the character and how she should be acting
Wonder Woman... Wonder Woman is not about Wonder Woman. it's not worth it to pick up. (the book is supposed to intro WW but she's in just barely over half the pages 13/24)
As a fan of Supergirl before the reboot, I have to ask...why was it good? I can't make it the comic shop for another two weeks! I have bills! And the comic shop is over 60miles away! Have you seen the price of gas?!
Enough of that rant, why was it good? What was different? Will I like the art? Or is it as bad I fear? Because Supergirl just didn't look like the Supergirl I loved to read about.
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It's good cause it introduces the characters, makes you understand how the character is feeling and thinks and what type of person she is, it funny, it's happy, it's sad. It has action and depth.
Its different from the previous story... the B/S story has her crashing into metropolis and being found by Bats and Supes, running around naked, etc causing damage accidentally...not really noting her powers, and then the whole over protectiveness and Darkseid thing... In the end you do get little glimpses in how she thinks and such but largely tha story focuses on Bats and Supes' reaction to her rather than her reaction to the world...
In this variation crashes near Smallville but he ship continues through and burrow to Siberia where she wakes up and has no clue what's going on. She thinks it's a dream. We get to see and hear her reactions to the world and what's happening. Everything from her reaction to her costume, the cold, the sun, first people she meets and Superman.
I would say this isn't the SAME Kara, but it is in the same region of that type character... Old New Earth's Kara knew what was going on more or less. This one hasn't got a clue
Also if the school years are the same on Krypton as they are on Earth, she'd be a Junior (17 years old roughly) in High School.
I think if you loved any of the Supergirl in the last 20 years you'll love this one...and hope she gets a new costume lol
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I haven't bought a single issue of a comic in 5 years, at least. I have been buying the #1's just to check them out. I'm kind of curious about this, as it likely won't happen again for another 30 or 40 years.
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Originally Posted by Forefinger_
And you don't have a pull list? What kind of collector are you?!?!
Just kidding. I've gone strictly TPB and don't have a pull list anymore. So I'll be enjoying some of the new DCnU stuff in 6 months to a year. |
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Getting people curious enough to buy comics after not having bought any for years is exactly the kind response they probably wanted from all this. |
Originally Posted by dbuter
I haven't bought a single issue of a comic in 5 years, at least. I have been buying the #1's just to check them out. I'm kind of curious about this, as it likely won't happen again for another 30 or 40 years.
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Yup. Someone failed physics forever on this one.|
Originally Posted by Durakken
In this variation crashes near Smallville but he ship continues through and burrow to Siberia
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Anything moving fast enough to burrow through the planet on a more or less straight line and tough enough to actually survive the process would wind hitting with so much kinetic force that you'd have two major ecological disaster areas consisting of hundreds of square miles at both the entry and exit points. The pressure wave alone would destroy anything in the entry zone out to several miles.
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Not to mention the fact that if an object like that somehow had the force to punch through the Earth the chances that it would just nicely come to a rest on the far surface of the Earth is just about nil. More than likely this object would still have enough energy on the other side to fly on up out of the atmosphere and keep flying away.|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Yup. Someone failed physics forever on this one.
Anything moving fast enough to burrow through the planet on a more or less straight line and tough enough to actually survive the process would wind hitting with so much kinetic force that you'd have two major ecological disaster areas consisting of hundreds of square miles at both the entry and exit points. The pressure wave alone would destroy anything in the entry zone out to several miles. |
But then again this is a comic book so naturally comic book physics apply here.
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Fix't to reflect a more accurate probability...|
Originally Posted by dbuter
I'm kind of curious about this, as it likely won't happen again for another 3 or 4 years.
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Is there a place where I can buy digital downloads of them?
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Yes actually, that is one of the big things DC is doing with this whole reboot thing, same day digital release.|
Originally Posted by New Dawn
Is there a place where I can buy digital downloads of them?
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https://read.dccomics.com/comixology/#/dc_the_new_52
I thought Supergirl was a pretty good reboot. Got a really good sense of the character from the issue.
All the Superfamily books so far have impressed me
It wasn't that impressive.
I'm pretty keen for DC but most of the new #1's haven't grabbed me all that much. Supergirl #1's pacing was painfully slow.
Spoilers coming. Though if you don't know who Supergirl is from the name alone then you're a little bit odd.
She lands on earth confused as to why she's there, she fights some robots because she's confused. Superman turns up. The end.
There. That's it. That's the entire comic. As pacing goes that is terrible.
Which ones would I recommend from the line you didn't ask? Well I quite liked Action Comics. It sets out the new world well enough and has Luthor being a marvellous ******* in it. Yes it's not the Superman we all got to know from before quite yet, but what's the point in a reset if you're not going to actually reset stuff?
Batman is fairly solid. But then it usually is.
If you like some goofiness in your comics (Which I do) then Frankenstein : Agent of S.H.A.D.E. was one I actually quite liked. It's a bit like GI Joe but with... well.. Frankenstein monsters. Yes it is as ridiculous as it sounds but I like it.
Resurrection Man is pretty good! Since most people will have no idea who this guy is that actually makes it a good one to pick up so you can read it as what seems to be a good story to start with without any preconceptions hanging on.
Batwoman was as good as ever, but seems to have just ignored the idea of a reset. Which is fine, I liked it before I still like it now.
Superboy is actually one of the best I've read so far. Which considering it's Superboy (Who has many, many problems before) is pretty amazing. It's the one comic so far which seems to have had some real thought put into it. A good Superboy comic. Wow. Didn't expect to be saying that.
Demon Knights was perfectly good sword and sorcery. Though Etrigan not talking in rhyme makes me sad.
Swamp Thing is your horror comic book. Was it good? Yep. Really all I got to say on that without ruining it.
Uh...
Batwing was good, not great but good. Worth a read if you're keen.
Legion Lost I'd recommend because I love the Legion and am totally biased. Normal people may want to leave this one. But not me.
Stormwatch was amusing and a good read. Even if it's blatantly flipping the bird to the rest of the DC universe. So no change there then.
Yep that's it. Assume any that I didn't mention are either 'Meh' or sucked. Especially Red Hood and the Outlaws. Dear god that was terrible.
I really liked Animal Man and OMAC was surprisingly good for fans of Old School Comics (which I am)
So far for me The fringe books have been the ones I like most. Though I'm enjoying the Super books too.
Red Hood and the outlaws though.... god damn that book pissed me off something fierce. It's not often I get mad at a book like that. Lobdell earned himself a spot on a very short list of names who's stuff I am never buying again with that crap.
But as for Supergirl. I actually liked it, it's not 5 out of 5 good, but I did enjoy it. Yes it did drag out longer than it should, It was pretty much just one big fight scene, but I think it set the character up in an interesting place.
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Thanks so much for that. I was alright with Supergirl till Superman showed up. Last thing I want is some man moulding her into his vision.|
Originally Posted by Psyguard
Yes actually, that is one of the big things DC is doing with this whole reboot thing, same day digital release.
https://read.dccomics.com/comixology/#/dc_the_new_52 I thought Supergirl was a pretty good reboot. Got a really good sense of the character from the issue. All the Superfamily books so far have impressed me |
Still I bought Wonder Woman! Gonna like that!
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I forgot about Animal Man! I've never read Animal Man before so I always thought it was a goofy comic. It's not a goofy comic. It is however a good one.
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Originally Posted by Psyguard
I really liked Animal Man and OMAC was surprisingly good for fans of Old School Comics (which I am)
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Originally Posted by New Dawn
Thanks so much for that. I was alright with Supergirl till Superman showed up. Last thing I want is some man moulding her into his vision.
Still I bought Wonder Woman! Gonna like that! |
This is issue 2
http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?cm=20451
That cover would seem to agree with you
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comic book physics is a little different iirc|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Yup. Someone failed physics forever on this one.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Anything moving fast enough to burrow through the planet on a more or less straight line and tough enough to actually survive the process would wind hitting with so much kinetic force that you'd have two major ecological disaster areas consisting of hundreds of square miles at both the entry and exit points. The pressure wave alone would destroy anything in the entry zone out to several miles.
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But, perhaps the engine of the ship merely pushed the ship on through at a gentle pace and the "exhaust" sealed the hole behind it somewhat?
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Yup. Someone failed physics forever on this one.
Anything moving fast enough to burrow through the planet on a more or less straight line and tough enough to actually survive the process would wind hitting with so much kinetic force that you'd have two major ecological disaster areas consisting of hundreds of square miles at both the entry and exit points. The pressure wave alone would destroy anything in the entry zone out to several miles. |
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Originally Posted by all_hell
comic book physics is a little different iirc
This doesn't address the geological issues of punching a hole through the crust and mantle But, perhaps the engine of the ship merely pushed the ship on through at a gentle pace and the "exhaust" sealed the hole behind it somewhat? |
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I'm assuming that the ship punched through the earth off-center? 'cause as I understand it there's only three places in the USA that touch earth and not water straight through on the other side. I think I heard these are in the Indian Ocean, not Siberia.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Yup. Someone failed physics forever on this one.
Anything moving fast enough to burrow through the planet on a more or less straight line and tough enough to actually survive the process would wind hitting with so much kinetic force that you'd have two major ecological disaster areas consisting of hundreds of square miles at both the entry and exit points. The pressure wave alone would destroy anything in the entry zone out to several miles. |
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Not to get too "mathy" but yes there's a difference between this ship flying through an exact diameter of the Earth and a chord of the Earth. |
Originally Posted by Rodoan
I'm assuming that the ship punched through the earth off-center? 'cause as I understand it there's only three places in the USA that touch earth and not water straight through on the other side. I think I heard these are in the Indian Ocean, not Siberia.
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From where Smallville is roughly suppose to be if the ship went along a diameter from there then it would in fact end up at the bottom of the Indian Ocean somewhere. But if it punched through the Earth "off-center" (via a chord) then coming out in Siberia is at least realistic, assuming you forget all the above mentioned problems with the ship surviving that impact/maneuver intact.
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I did enjoy most of the issue. Yes, not a lot happened, but lots of books with big fights have not a lot happen in 22 pages. Where the book succeeds though, is that it gives us just enough mystery as to why Kara is here at this time, why she doesn’t remember anything, and what is going to happen next. Her reactions to this situation, to me, seemed natural.
However, I don’t like parts of her costume. I rather like the top part and how the cape works, but the red shield shaped ‘underwear’ we see on the bottom, and the way the ‘belt’ angles down to the legs (on both sides) just looks wrong. Instead of making it look like another piece of her suit, it just highlights her butt and crotch. And that’s not a good thing for a character who’s supposed to be underaged. I also don’t like the extra straps over her knees on her boots.
I also don’t like this ‘seconds after being exposed to a yellow sun Kryptonians have powers’. We’ve seen that in the past couple years, and especially on Smallville. Yet, we’re told that Kal took years to ‘grow into his powers’. Hell we’re shown that with the first issue of Action Comics. Yet, here’s Kara throwing robotic soldiers around and blasting them with heat rays and overpowering their speakers with a loud cry. I mean really, the fight with the super-suits couldn’t have lasted more than thirty seconds before Kal came in and stopped it.
Now as I said above, the story is just long enough and has just enough left unsaid, that I want to know what happens next. It introduces the characters, and does so in a way that makes sense. I think the issue succeeded in what it was meant to do, which is introduce us to this character in this new universe and make us want to keep reading the story.
Samothrake, are you missing a word in one of your sentences there?
What I find hilarious about the Supergirl redesign is that they wanted to get rid of, in the words of Empowered, the "flouncy skirt", because of the bikini bottoms issue, but then they go and put her in a leotard with a giant heart over her lady bits.
With all the crap that DCnU is... Supergirl is done perfectly right. So far it's the only book that I have to say is a can't miss and is a perfect launch into a new series.
So yeah... GO READ SUPERGIRL #1