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Looks like Miller's got some type of special Batman project in the works, aside from All-Star:

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I wasn't a huge fan of the movie; a Sin City TV series... BAD idea.

As for Miller's other Batman project? Well, I just hope he re-reads Year One and DKR before he starts on that, because I'm more than un-impressed with All Star.

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I wasn't a huge fan of the movie; a Sin City TV series... BAD idea.

As for Miller's other Batman project? Well, I just hope he re-reads Year One and DKR before he starts on that, because I'm more than un-impressed with All Star.


I will say that I think Lee's artwork in All-Star rocks. I like the 5 o'clock shadow they've given Bats, and it's quite reminiscient(sp?) of Miller's work on the original DKR.
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So is there any Batman that is GOOD out right now?

What about Supes? I haven't read any sense the "For Tomorrow..." storyline.
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Well, I'm buying Bats but not reading any right now until I get caught up on the Hush and Wargames story lines. I will say that given a cursory reading of Detective that that book is very good right now.

I've heard people say that the Supes books are generally in decline, and that a lot of people are upset that John Byrne was allegedly only brought in as "filler" until a new creative team was found, especially since many people consider his work on Supes to be the best.
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Well, I'm currently reading Knightfall, and so far it's been a good story. Finally I get to see a Batman story where Timmy isn't so inconsequential that he might as well be with the Titans. And Bane is cool. But I thought he was Spanish/Latino. He doesn't seem that way in this story at all.

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Well, I'm currently reading Knightfall, and so far it's been a good story. Finally I get to see a Batman story where Timmy isn't so inconsequential that he might as well be with the Titans. And Bane is cool. But I thought he was Spanish/Latino. He doesn't seem that way in this story at all.


I picked up the first volume of that a while back. Kind of luke warm on it so far, and Azrael has always been kind of a joke to me.
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Well, Azrael was supposed to be a psycho violent madman to underscore the reason why Bruce Wayne IS the Batman, and why you can't just send anyone in there to do his job.

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Well, Azrael was supposed to be a psycho violent madman to underscore the reason why Bruce Wayne IS the Batman, and why you can't just send anyone in there to do his job.


So I take it you didn't like Miller's DK2? I think I'm one of 5 people that did, although I admit the art wasn't as gritty as DKR.
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Actually, I've not read Dark Knight Strikes Again, mostly because I've heard it was terrible.

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Actually, I've not read Dark Knight Strikes Again, mostly because I've heard it was terrible.


Ditto.

I'm going to get me some Batman TPBs this weekend, anyone suggest any good ones?(Besides Hush and the Frank Miller stuff)
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Actually, I've not read Dark Knight Strikes Again, mostly because I've heard it was terrible.


Ditto.

I'm going to get me some Batman TPBs this weekend, anyone suggest any good ones?(Besides Hush and the Frank Miller stuff)


I've heard Dark Victory and The Long Halloween (appropriate for this weekend, no?) are very good.

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I've not read Dark Victory, but Long Halloween is an excellent murder mystery, and the best of the Batman stories I've read (except DKR and Year One, of course)

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its a murder mystery eh? maybe I will read it. I like murder mysteries.
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One of my favorite Batman books has to be "Arkham Asylum". Not your typical Batman book, and the artwork is amazing. More about mind games than fighting super-villains.

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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
One of my favorite Batman books has to be "Arkham Asylum". Not your typical Batman book, and the artwork is amazing. More about mind games than fighting super-villains.


I had that one a looong time ago. The artwork was....different, that's for sure. And the story was good.


Should check out The Killing Joke. That one has it all. Great story, some of the best art I've ever seen, especially the cover.



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Haven't really been keeping up with Batman. I read spidey and DD though. The last thing I read that was Batman was one of the wargames stories. It confused me and dis-interested me in the rest of the story. I loved DKR but didn't like DKRSB. Miller is losing his edge or getting too old, or something. All his earlier stuff was great, although I couldn't understand some of the things going on in Ronin.

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Originally posted by: Switch Radic
Haven't really been keeping up with Batman. I read spidey and DD though. The last thing I read that was Batman was one of the wargames stories. It confused me and dis-interested me in the rest of the story. I loved DKR but didn't like DKRSB. Miller is losing his edge or getting too old, or something. All his earlier stuff was great, although I couldn't understand some of the things going on in Ronin.

Brian Bendis is the man right now in Comics. He and Joeph Loeb are the guys to read.


I think Straczynski is also VERY good. His Supreme Power relaunch is going onto my pull list, as well as his Book of Lost Souls.

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Originally posted by: Warbler
its a murder mystery eh? maybe I will read it. I like murder mysteries.


Also, it requires almost no knowledge of Bat continuity to understand it. If you have read 'Year One' you should be good to go.

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Originally posted by: JediSage
So I take it you didn't like Miller's DK2? I think I'm one of 5 people that did, although I admit the art wasn't as gritty as DKR.

"Now we're two."

Of course DKR was better, but DKSA was still an enjoyable elseworlds sequel. It wasn't a Batman graphic novel as much as it was a Future DC Universe graphic novel that based itself off of what happened in DKR. I only have two real problems with it:
1) Dick Grayson. What the hell was that all about? Ruined the finale.
2) Catgirl. Not THAT big of a deal, but Miller should have kept her as Robin.
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Originally posted by: JediSage
So I take it you didn't like Miller's DK2? I think I'm one of 5 people that did, although I admit the art wasn't as gritty as DKR.

"Now we're two."

Of course DKR was better, but DKSA was still an enjoyable elseworlds sequel. It wasn't a Batman graphic novel as much as it was a Future DC Universe graphic novel that based itself off of what happened in DKR. I only have two real problems with it:
1) Dick Grayson. What the hell was that all about? Ruined the finale.
2) Catgirl. Not THAT big of a deal, but Miller should have kept her as Robin.


Would have been nice if they had at least given some insight as to Grayson's deal.

Also, I liked Catgirl's character, but I agree she should have remained Robin.

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I created a database to start keeping track of my comics and such. This morning I decided to do something really suicidal and insert a calculated field to tally up my costs on this. Wow...wish I hadn't. Still not done putting in my whole catalog, but it ain't gonna' be pretty when it's done.
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I always thought I DVD Aficionado-style online comic catalog would be an awesome resource, but I doubt it would ever happen.
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Originally posted by: Commander Courage
I always thought I DVD Aficionado-style online comic catalog would be an awesome resource, but I doubt it would ever happen.


Actually, Marvel has ventured into this. They released "40 Years of the Amazing Spider-Man" on Cd (or DVD?) that did quite well. There were some people griping that they put a watermark on the pages to protect against printing them, but my biggest would be that you don't get the same tactile feel as you do with an actual book.
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I think Commander Courage is refering to on online database that has all the information on the comic and you can keep track of what you have. DVD Profiler is also like this where you can add dvds to you collection (or wish list) by title or even the upc code. It keeps track of all the information on the dvd (disc art, features, aspect ratio etc) and lets you insert where and for how much you got it as well as other personalized information.

you can see my dvd profiler page here and there is a user interface that you install on you're desktop to update the information. That list is from when you upload you're collection.

though, this 40 years of spiderman disc sounds interesting. do you have information on where to get it?

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