It's been a year. How are they doing?
>>150518391Terribly.The Absolute universe is more popular than the main universe. The only book people care about in the main DCU is Batman.
>>150518391New Superboy (in Action Comics) is fun
>>150518391These posters always have such boring art.
>Barbra is Oracle>Therefor Barbra is not fucking Richard>Therefor Starfire is not fucking Beast Boy>Therefor Numbuh 3 isn't fucking Numbuh 4>Therefor I don't ship what you ship>Therefor I hate youWhy are they trying to make Oracle work?
"All in" is what you say when you're having a losing streak and gambling everything on one last hand.
>>150518391It’s over. DC is dying, and nothing can save them.
>>150518391nightwing & shazam seem pretty solid from what i've read/seen but like >>150518618 said nobody cares about the mainline DCU. it's all about the absolute universe.but at least it's not marvel where the only thing people care about from the nu-ultimate universe is parker family adve- i'm sorry i mean ultimate spider-man.
>>150518391No amount of rebranding is going to fix the ass writing of the reboot universe.
>>150519767They're desperate but not willing to risk anything.
>>150518391i decided to catch up on King's WW and holy shit it's ASS
>>150518391I tried a few books and ended up falling off all of them. Every few years I get the itch to get back into current comics, then I remember reading 20 page comics monthly is a miserable experience.
>>150518391I read zero books before All In and one book afterwards. That's like an infinity percent increase so I guess it's a smash success?
I like Aquaman.
>>150521323Aquaman is a lot of fun. I like reading World’s Finest as well.
>>150518391Why is Cyborg there?
>>150522558He's the most famous/popular Titan not named Nightwing.
This board over-hates everything. Especially DC. Especially the act of reading comics.Good mainline books:>Aquaman>JSA>New Gods>Supergirl>Nightwing>Batman: Dark Patterns>PKJ's Batman & Robin>Batman and Robin Year One>Action Comics starring Superboy of Smallville>the Krypto mini>the Metamorpho mini>the Question mini>the Challengers of the Unknown miniPretty good with caveats:>Green Lantern - but its lost a step with the GL Corps crossover and making Teen Lantern a bigger focus>Green Arrow - but it was canceled due to low sales>Birds of Prey - but it was canceled due to low sales>Worlds Finest - it lost a step with the JLU crossover but its bouncing back>JLU - its decent but bogged down in events/crossovers>Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League - too soon to render a verdict but off to a good startThere's definitely been a "clean slate" to a lot of the leftover baggage from the Didio era. Characters are treated with respect. the worst things you can say about books like Titans or Batgirl are that they're kinda boring but think back to the Didio times... "kinda boring" is a relief - we've seen how bad it can truly getThe biggest problem is the event/crossover wank
>>150522789oh and here's the Absolute rankingsGreat:>Martian Manhunter>Wonder WomanPleb filter:>BatmanOkay:>FlashEye rolling:>Green Lantern>Superman
>>150522699>He's the most famous/popular Titan not named Nightwing.That's what DC/Warner think. In practice not really. Raven, Starfire, even Beast Boy are more popular.
>>150518391I liked Green Arrow once Condon took over and they just announced that the book is being canned lol
>>150523006He's teaming up with Batman & Question in a new book + he's getting an Absolute mini which will probably be extended when if it sells well like how Absolute Martian was, the character isn't going anywhere at least
>>150518391I don't think their quality is especially worse than Marvel's at the moment yet Marvel titles are the only ones that sell these days, Batman aside, it's a shame
>>150522805>Great:>>Wonder Womanlol
>>150523645NTA but I like King's WW too.
>>150522805Let me fix it for you.Okay:>Martian Manhunter>Wonder Woman>BatmanEye rolling:>Flash>Green Lantern>Superman
>>150518391Bad
>>150518391Mostly bad, even the absolute books are mostly bad too. I like dark patterns, B&R Y1 and Absolute Martian Manhunter. Every other comic they publish is awful.
>>150519501Because a few transsexuals on Twitter who still have the use of their legs claimed it was ableist that she would be “fixed”. Ignoring the fact that every single person in a wheel chair would welcome the return to mobility if given the chance.
>>150521323He finally got rid of the beard but it’s too little too late, the power switch up is even more annoying. I likely would have had it on my pull if he never had the beard and just had his normal powers. Now I’ll wait for the next reboot.
>>150522789>mainline>newfag lists minis like new gods, dark patterns, BR year one, metamorpho (over), question, challengers (over)Also Didio has been gone for years now wtf are you talking about?
>>150523042I'm like 90% certain Absolute Green Arrow isn't gonna be Ollie, but Roy.
can anyone recommend a power girl and cheetah comic?
>>150518391They got some okay stuff
>>150527360Sorry. Aquaman is a god now. We just have to live with it.
>>150522789>B-b-but they're good!It doesn't matter if a book is "good" according to some nonsensical abstract standard if I'm not interested in it.
>>150522789A lot of anons here either seem to think that all comic books turned bad after they stopped brin 14 years old, or have never read a comic and just say they suck to seem educated on the subject matter.
>>150522805I agree.Though I think Absolute Superman is decent. It's way too dark, and way too different from what Superman should be, but it's decent.The individual issues are pretty action-packed and excited. Almost too much so.I hope they make an Absolute Aquaman sometime soon. He's one of my favorite DC heroes.
>>150527473It will be undone in at most a year or two.
>>150528420Maybe it's a petty case of NOT MUHs but I think I'd Abs Superman more if it wasn't Superman. Like I think it's decent but if you made this like SUN MAN or whatever I think it'd be a cool new title.
>>150518391Sucks.
>>150527385Since when do minis not count? Quit moving goal postsAlso the damage from Didio didn't end the moment he got firedpp
>>150527414Go back and read the Amanda Connor Power Girl series from the 00s.For Cheetah go look at Greg Rucka's 00s Wonder Woman. I forget the name of the specific arc, but there was some good stuff in there.
>>150527543Quit being a faggot and getting mad at other people's tastePost good books you actually read you outrage tourist
>>150527385Minis are 6 issues. 12 issue books are called Maxis.Because you were so clearly wrong about something so obvious everything else you said can be dismissed out of hand. Sucks to suck.
>>150528368A lot of DC's current ongoings are either boring or obnoxious. I wouldn't say it's just me because they occasionally do publish something I like, just not with regularity.
>>150518391Absolute Martian Manhunter, Batman: Dark Patterns, and Batman & Robin: Year One are alright. I may even finish them.I may give Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman another chance.
>>150518391I like Batman and Green Lantern currentlt
>>150518391It's garbage.
>>150528598The problem is this is a cycle. Toxically-positive anons list a bunch of comics, you start reading them, find them to be lacking, and you give up. Later, an anon brings up a fresh list with a bunch of comics, you try again, and it's more shit. Rinse and repeat. You grow tired of being recommend all this mediocrity, you lash out, then anons call you a negative nancy.
>>150531005There's this anon in particular that would list a bunch of shit comics that supposedly debunked that "modern comics are crap", but he or she was aggressive about it. If I mentioned that I read most of that list, this anon would then say>What about the others you haven't read?If I did read them:>Did you read these comics that came before? You have no say of you haven't these 25 prior comics.If I did read those:>You're just a negative person that hates all comics. Your opinion is invalid anyway.
>>150518391Does SuperGirl count? That seems to always be sold out at my LCS. SO someone must be buying it, at least here in Washington state.
>>150532734Supergirl isn't DC, so it doesn't count. Sorry.
>>150533066Fuck, my bad.
>>150531005>>150532196do you even like any comics? try naming some
>>150533972I like a lot of comics, though not many recent ones. Of recent stuff, I thought Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen was alright.
>>150527473the art sucks
I like World's Finest
>>150535856crap
>>150518391Dead Company
>>150528444Yeah that’s definitely you being a not muh fag. Grow up.
>>150518391Pretty good, the problem is that it doesn’t feel like there’s an anchor book driving the mainline the way Absolute Batman is doing for the AU. Waid’s JLU is awful, he needs to stick to writing nostalgia flavored retro books like World’s Finest and Action, anything he writes set in the past is enjoyable whereas all his modern day books suck. Fraction’s first issue of Batman was mediocre but we’ll see how it goes. Williamson’s Superman is good but people don’t read or care about Superman. King’s WW book has been overshadowed by Absolute WW. Snyder has promised another relaunch coming after KO ends in March so we will see if they can get people excited for the mainline again.
>>150537936What's wrong with JLU?The Inferno = LOD reveal was a letdown, but the time-travel world's finest crossover arc was fun.
>>150537936>>150537947I don't hate JLU but it does get bogged down in event set-up. Compare it to Grant Morrison's JLA: it doesn't have its own standalone blockbuster story. It started with dealing with the fallout from Absolute Power, then went into the crossover with Worlds Finest which led into this crossover with Superman and all the set up for DC KO + whatever is going on with the Absolute Legion / Doomsday Time Trapper. There's enjoyable character moments in the issues but JLU feels like a "you need to purchase other books in order to get the full story" type of comic
>>150538420That's fair, but comparing to Morrison's JLA is comparing to a completely different era of comics. If Morrison was writing today they'd have forced him to make Rock of Ages and/or World War III into a 7-12 issue event series. DC 1M would have been bigger too.
>>150538420NTA but I get what you meanReading JLU feels like I'm reading a weird crossbreed between an ongoing team book but also an event comic because of the whole "everyone is a part of the Justice League now" and the many companion minis and ongoings that feature/are set on the Watchtower
There isn't all that much left. Between the stuff that was already ongoing before All-In started, the limited series, and the books that got cancelled that DC pretended were always going to be limited series, there less than 10 books that are currently set to keep going, and only 3 of them premiered at the beginning of All-In.
>>150537009Correct
>>150528617Maxis are minis you retard. This is like arguing a square isnt a rectangle.
>>150540520You mean they're both limited series you utter mong.
>>150521323Too much darkseid
>>150518391>all the same writers and editos as before>still haven't debooted back to pre-N52>continuity still doesn't matter>entire line still feels like they hired a bunch of people off of Fanfiction.net and Deviantart to write and draw all the books
>>150542309no