tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post6393270893363073439..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: DC Comics June 2021 SolicitsAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-90068862556415053892021-03-25T18:22:12.000-04:002021-03-25T18:22:12.000-04:00It looks like we'll be getting more Legion... ...It looks like we'll be getting more Legion... but when we'll get it is an open question. Here's the relevant passages from a Bendis Den of Geek interview (https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/future-state-next-evolution-dc-legion-of-super-heroes) from a little while back:<br /><br /><b>There’s one more issue of Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes out in February, but there’s no Legion in DC’s solicitations for March and April.</b><br /><br />But there are Legion plans coming. Legion is a hard book to make. There’s 34 lead characters, and we try to shove as many of them on panel as often as possible because that’s one of the best parts of the Legion is the scope of it.<br /><br />I think you can kind of tell from the jam issues and the fill-ins and the level of quality, attempting to keep it at the highest quality possible, yet still delivering that very special Legion feeling…instead of fill-ins that may not be up to the quality that we were doing, we’ll stop, get a story ready to go, and solicit it when it’s time. There’s more to come.<br /><br /><br />I know that’s frustrating for some people and some people just want it monthly. I get that, but not all books are created in the same way. It’s art. Even though it’s commercial art, it is art. The pandemic also takes a lot out of the schedule. When we’re ready, we’ll put out more. We’re planning stuff that connects to what’s going on in Justice League as well. Not to connect the two, but that is 100% within what’s happening.<br /><br /><b>Do you already have your artistic collaborators lined up for the next arc of the book?</b><br /><br />Yes.<br /><br /><b>You’re not going to tell me, are you?</b><br /><br />No. It’s very, very good news. I’m absolutely delighted, but honestly, I don’t want the person stolen. Sometimes that has happened to me. I don’t mean to be vague, but right now, I don’t want to oversell something that is down the line.<br />Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-89035849242801138192021-03-24T10:17:24.013-04:002021-03-24T10:17:24.013-04:00I'm inclined to skip the Supergirl series sinc...I'm inclined to skip the Supergirl series since it's King. Since Heroes In Crisis I have a strict no King policy. His Kara could be written in any matter of bizarre and offensive ways. Look at how badly he wrote Booster Gold in Batman and any character you can name in HiC. No, I'd rather choke on the physical comic than read a King Supergirl...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878013590983091300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-159758320954986152021-03-24T04:20:18.327-04:002021-03-24T04:20:18.327-04:00Supergirl needs a sword like a moose needs a hat r...Supergirl needs a sword like a moose needs a hat rack. If they insist on giving Kara a weapon, I favor a guitar like El Kabong. At least she could play it when she wasn't ka-bonging her enemies over the head with it.<br /><br />If not a guitar, maybe Kara could just borrow Maxwell's silver hammer.<br /><br />Speaking of silver, I'm happy that Tom King is familiar with Supergirl's Silver Age origin. I wouldn't mind if, somehow, someway, DC went back to that origin. I hate that bit about her life having no meaning or purpose. I'm hoping it's just hype.<br /><br />Something occurred to me while I was writing this. What if, at the end of this 8 issue series Kara changes her name to Superwoman, and this new character becomes the "New" Supergirl?<br /><br />This solicit included two trade paperbacks featuring the animated version of Supergirl: "Supergirl Adventures Girl of Steel" and "Justice League Unlimited Girl Power" featuring reprints from Superman Adventures, Justice League Unlimited and others. These books have July and August release dates.Professor Feetlebaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-61343387594607809702021-03-24T01:01:07.817-04:002021-03-24T01:01:07.817-04:00Alas, the one glaring thing is no Legion book ment...Alas, the one glaring thing is no Legion book mentioned anywhere. Has the book been cancelled? Shelved? Awaiting another reboot? (Please no!) <br />=》PLEASE YES!Kinofreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925596842605783593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-78445063077307495982021-03-23T18:34:57.280-04:002021-03-23T18:34:57.280-04:00The premise for that Supergirl book makes me cring...The premise for that Supergirl book makes me cringe, but then I see Tom King's name. I thought his Batman wasn't that great at all, but his Walmart book Superman Up in the Sky is one of the best Superman stories of all time in my mind. It was so well done and it just encapsulates everything that is Superman. I'm trying to keep my hope in check, but I'm actually kind of excited for this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-46608145906617227752021-03-23T18:17:30.907-04:002021-03-23T18:17:30.907-04:00I guess annuals are now dated instead of numbered....I guess annuals are now dated instead of numbered. Action Annual 2021 is one of several annuals arriving in June (and I'm looking forward to seeing more of the House of El in this one).<br /><br />Infinite Frontier Secret Files #1 will include President Superman.<br /><br />Tom King's Superman run was for the 1st series of Walmart Giants, reprinted in monthly and then hard cover and TPB format as Superman: Up in the Sky. I thought it was quite good, though probably too mature for the target audience. It has a serialized style, where each month told a different tale loosely held together by the overall narrative, but that suited the Giants, where you never knew who would pick up an issue. So each could be picked up independently and you'd still get a satisfying story. His characterization of Superman was good.<br /><br />The June solicits were a mess - they came out late, and in a disorganized way that made it hard for Gamesradar to put into their normal format. And, they are filled with small formatting mistakes, failing to properly identify prices and paper stock, and failing to identify the artist names under their work when printing thumbnails of multiple variant covers for a single book.<br /><br />My best guess is that, as is typical for Tom King mini-series these days, all of the Supergirl covers will be card stock - $4.99 for a 32-page book.<br /><br />The Supergirl solicit doesn't read that way - it makes it seem that only the Gary Frank variant is card stock, but it doesn't show a higher price for it. It's a mess. DC normally uses a slightly different solicit format when all covers are card stock, or displays two different prices if there are different kinds of paper stock.<br /><br />Some people are talking about whether DC is raising its prices for 32-page books, but so far what I see is more evidence of staff layoffs in late and error-ridden solicits and DC Connect catalog.<br /><br />In addition to the Gary Frank variant, DC Connect also printed an unlabeled page that is -- a splash panel from the interior? An unmentioned variant cover? A cover of one of the future issues? A normal issue of DC Connect tells you what it is showing. This edition badly needed proofreading.<br /><br />On this extra page, Supergirl is wearing some torn civilian clothes, costume underneath, holding two swords, one blade pointing at the neck of a man on the ground. Krypto is there and oddly paying absolutely no attention.<br /><br />It is interesting that DC didn't think anyone would buy the last two $3.99 issues of Supergirl, but now expects everyone to pay $4.99 for this mini-series. Clearly they are banking on the Tom King name to attract a readership. (And, it's probably a good bet.)<br /><br />Looking forward to Checkmate. Isn't Talia now part of the Justice League team that's up on the new Totality base on the moon? But she's also off with Damian in his new storyline. She gets around.<br /><br />That's a really lame Marquez cover for Justice League #62! I like #63 much more. I guess he decided to put arms on one cover, faces on the other.<br /><br />JL isn't the only book that is unexpectedly double-shipping in June. Everything had switched to monthly, but now it looks like a few titles may be switching back to bi-weekly, at least for Jun: JL, Detective, and Wonder Woman.<br /><br />T.N.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-39459486924871305792021-03-23T12:21:20.287-04:002021-03-23T12:21:20.287-04:00Color me a militant sceptic on the subject of &quo...Color me a militant sceptic on the subject of "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow", whenever Supergirl goes off world for a prolonged story arc, its a lead pipe cinch the writers either don't really know what to do with her in the everyday DCU continuity...or worse they see her as superfluous in that continuity and are in effect exiling her because her brand profile precludes killing her off.<br />And what the hell is up with that sword anyway? She just lugged a mind controlling doomsday scimitar across half the damn universe AND STILL I dunno if Rogol Zaar blew up Krypton or robbed a 7/11 with it!?? Super girl doesn't wield a sword, SHE BREAKS THEM OVER HER INVULNERABLE KNEE, she isn't a killer or a conqueror, she isn't even in the exact sense of the term a warrior, she is a chivalrous spirit dedicated to "hope help and compassion". Maybe yes she suffers from PTSD, but she has a bold and compassionate spirit to compensate for that, she believes in Justice never vengeance...and a sword is a weapon of retribution not Justice.<br />The whole this sounds very old hat to me.<br />My only other thought is, maybe DC wants her to becomes "Superwoman" at least and then they can throw together some "New Supergirl" that they can detach from all that burdensome compassion etc...<br />Watch for it, see I.<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com