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Post by dillonmania on Apr 29, 2012 23:22:55 GMT -5
Manapul has said that we'll see how the Rogues got their new powers in the annual (of course, you never know if things will be changed between now and then).
Anyway, regarding the gadgets...since they haven't changed their gadget backstory (as per Manapul, they still formerly used guns and tech), they're still guys who came up with all these devices and never patented them. It doesn't fix anything.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 29, 2012 23:16:47 GMT -5
The Top, natch Golden Glider is my second-favourite, Rainbow Raider the third. Yeah, I know. Anyway, wow, I'm impressed that you've been reading since the '60s! I know one other person who read The Flash in the '60s and '70s, but she's more into Marvel now.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 26, 2012 21:34:00 GMT -5
I'm hoping that the DC Nation shorts will encourage DC to branch out beyond Batman-Superman -- it's so nice to see lesser-used characters getting more exposure. But then again, they're just shorts, so it isn't much of a risk.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 25, 2012 23:10:17 GMT -5
Could be interesting.
I still want to see a Flash-centric movie set in the regular DCU!
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 23, 2012 21:19:03 GMT -5
Yeah, we'll have to wait and see. In the meantime I'm pretty anxious about it
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 23, 2012 21:02:46 GMT -5
Well I'm not at all happy, but it isn't much of a surprise. I'm clinging to the faint hope that maybe he fell into a Speedforce wormhole or something, was sucked into the past, and is just inhabiting another body as always. But I think it's far more likely that this is just a totally revamped character with a few details draped on him as a supposed homage. And it's a HUGE bummer to me when my mood hasn't been good for a while :\ (Thank you for your kind words at Tumblr, I greatly appreciate them )
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 14, 2012 22:21:24 GMT -5
Titles like Demon Knights, which has quite a few female characters who aren't T&A, are a good start. I don't know how many women are buying it, but I decided to pick it up even though the genre isn't usually my thing (I do like the historical time period, though). I'm not buying it because it has female characters, but that's a nice plus.
There will always be picky female readers who get mad when everything isn't perfectly to their standards, but most women are generally pretty happy with superhero comics so long as the comics and companies aren't actively insulting. The Tumblr comics crowd has a LOT of women in it, for instance.
Anyway, mostly I hope the reboot hasn't alienated the core readership so that sales drop even further.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 13, 2012 20:58:18 GMT -5
I wasn't very happy with that survey -- it didn't tell me until I'd spent nearly half an hour on it that they won't take results from non-Americans (it's fine if they don't, but they should have said so upfront).
And of course more males than females buy DC comics, but this female didn't qualify and wasn't included in the data.
I don't think any of the findings surprised me. Question is, how will DC respond to it?
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 10, 2012 20:17:11 GMT -5
Thank you, I appreciate that I don't think I have the chops to write professionally -- and definitely don't have a thick enough skin. But I'm very glad you enjoy them!
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 10, 2012 20:12:56 GMT -5
Yeah, that'd be nice. I guess the anticipation helps build up the books, though.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 10, 2012 1:40:15 GMT -5
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 10, 2012 1:38:16 GMT -5
Now I'm waiting in nervous anticipation for Mick's redesigned look Kind of not a fan of DC's new style of solicitations, it's awfully minimalist. And there's a spoiler in the Shade solicits for an upcoming plot point they haven't gotten to yet in the series, arrrgh!
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 5, 2012 22:21:39 GMT -5
Also, on Twitter Manapul listed the Rogues appearing in the annual:
Cold, heat wave, weather wizard, mirror master, golden glider and a few surprises
No Axel, interestingly enough.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 5, 2012 22:18:54 GMT -5
Argh, hope you get that sorted out soon.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 4, 2012 20:46:00 GMT -5
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed them! Not many people read them, so I appreciate you doing it Yes, I'm very fond of the characters, and I really miss the RPverse these particular stories are based in (obviously it's pretty similar to the canon DCverse, but there are a handful of differences here and there). My next fic will be set in the pre-Crisis DCverse, but I'm currently battling writer's block
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 4, 2012 20:32:46 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm really not happy about this. Part of it, I think, is that there's no reason he shouldn't/couldn't come back -- he does it all the time. So obviously when he doesn't return, it's because DC doesn't want him around for whatever reason, and that bums me out. Just as Wally fans feel, there's no real reason my favourite character can't be around.
I guess we'll see how things play out. I still keep hoping I'm misinterpreting the signals from Manapul and Buccellato.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 4, 2012 20:26:23 GMT -5
I hear that, sometimes I'm really surprised by what interests people and what they reblog. It was a joke that was just weird enough to be confusing and just grounded enough in reality to be somewhat believable, so it worked!
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 4, 2012 2:52:42 GMT -5
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 4, 2012 2:33:40 GMT -5
A fellow who was at ECCC last weekend said he didn't think the Top was mentioned when Manapul listed the villains we'll be seeing over the next while. His opinion (and I hadn't said anything to him about my concerns regarding the Top-Turbine issue) was that Turbine will likely be replacing him.
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Post by dillonmania on Apr 4, 2012 2:18:43 GMT -5
You scamp ;D
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