@bierschneeman said:
@aros001:
New52 had a rocky start with about 20 good titles. now they have many more than 20 good titles, and the awful titles that get cancelled, generally don't get replaced with another awful titles.
specifically
Batgirl by Gail Simone, Solid title, been amazing since issue one
Batman bt Snyder AMAZING TITLE this was the breakout hit of New52
Action Comics the first run was pretty damn awesome, had a rocky middle, but it has settled out to be a great title again with Greg Pak taking over
there's a lot of other but I have to dinner, if you'd like Ill go through the whole lot of New52 later (but off hand Swamp thing and Aquaman are really good)
Marvel Now IMHO has been underperforming compared to DC, while DC has been replacing bad titles with good titles in the New52. Marvel Now titles have been slowly been replaced (or gravitated towards) being bad titles.
I believe you are thinking of his review of Titans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdfayeqqFnc
yea thats it, I was wondering why the first issue was called the new teen titans, and the second Titans. I am really happy Linkara cleared that up for me. ohh I didn't really like the book either.
back to the other
Swamp thing continues to be great, some people prefer the first run, some people prefer Soule's. also Soule is doing great things with Red Lanterns (which is improved since Peter Milligan) and Superman/WOnderWoman. Geoff Johns Justice League Green lantern and now Superman are all great, though admittedly after nine years of writing Green Lantern it does show that he is beginning to be bored, and it shows on his quality, though all this is better than Green Lantern right before the relaunch; Brightest Day was okay. Wonder WOman is great
Bedard took a bad title (supergirl) and made it good. earth 2, great, Green arrow, fantastic...after issue 17 when Lemire took over) aNIMal man was great, wasn't prematurely cancelled either. jlu I hear is good but I need to start cutting down my pull list, not adding to it. gosh theres so much more.
really most of the New52 is prettty good these days. the two worst titles just received relaunches (Teen Titans, Suicide Squad) time will tell how good they will be, but they at least look better than they were before.
I have an issue though, there are more New52 titles I want on my pull list than I have room for, this is in stark change from Pre52, where there I was down to only two, and Marvel dominated . but as time wore on, Marvel kept cancelling good titles for ones that sucked, or were mediocre. or like deadpool completely shifting the direction. this run reminds me of Bendis' awful Moon Knight run, rather than Daniel's glorious Deadpool run..
everyone has opinions, but mine is that this former Marvel Fanboy, is watching Marvel mediocre themselves, while the New52 keeps catching on, and is (slowly...very slowly) replacing Bad titles with better ones... (exceptions, of course...like Demon Knights)
OOps heres a rant....i'll leave it though. forewarned
I don't like to mention Batwoman though, they weren't fired, or replaced. they quit. thats not a decided change, thats DC holding onto a well selling title despite the fact they were left holding the bag. was DC's decision to prevent a lesbian marriage (the tipping point) a wrong one. potentially, they could have had a non-prejudiced plot reason that they couldn't reveal. just doesn't look good on a newsfeed though. I do agree that once they made their decision and their creators threatened to quit they were right to hold their ground (if you disregard the marriage thing and just look at it from a employer=employee perspective. Clerk at Mcdonalds is hailed for fantasitc burgers that are higher quality than the standard. this clerk decides to up the bar and start using cheddar cheese instead of American. He of course is denied by corporate because its not the way they want to do things. he threatens to quit, and they hold their ground, losing a highly regarded clerk who brought in good sales. adding cheddar would have been good, but it doesn't fit the corporate model. Batwoman is not the product of the creators but a corporate owned entity who wants to do things their way. we can argue that giving creators more control is best, and will produce better products. but really this opens the door for more potential disasters than before (like Young Bloods, or George Lucas' Phantom Mencace, which when he had very little control at all and was told NO a lot (A New Hope and Empire strikes back) the movies were MUCH better.))
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