The original creative team left and the new writer Dan Abnett changed the direction. Darkseid brainwashed Azrael, Starfire and Cyborg into becoming his new New Gods, and killed Jessica. However, her ring shattered and embedded into her hand, and absorbed the energy, causing her to regenerate and get different powers. She was rescued, along with Blackfire, by Orion and his crew, which included Dex-Starr. Later, they were joined by Gamma Knife. Azrael and Starfire have subsequently been apparently killed, but Cyborg is starting to break free of his reprogramming and has been able to send messages to Jessica. Orion has a time machine, which will probably be used to save the original team. He's been trying to retcon Darkseid away instead of doing what Jessica wants.
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They're calling Terry "Batman Beyond" now?
Isn't that like calling Virgil "Static Shock"?
American Vampire 1976 #1
Batman: Three Jokers #3
Action Comics #1026
Superman #26
The Batman's Grave #11
Hawkman #28
DC The Doomed and the Damned #1 - I love themed short story collections with various characters, writers and artists.
Batman: Three Jokers #3 - DC is going to release the HC two weeks after the last issue. That's pretty fast.
Batman and the Outsiders #17 - It's a shame that the series ends. I was looking forward to the next story arc.
The Dreaming: Waking Hours #3 - probably soon the only ongoing that I'm collecting because BatO is finished and it's only a matter of time for Red Hood.
Red Hood: Outlaw #50 - it's not the final issue but I guess that there's only one issue left so that the new creative team can tie things up and give a little sneak peek for what's to come after the relaunch.
Plunge HC - Hell yeah.
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Could be THE OUTSIDER in the TEC cover? The return of Alfred, maybe?
Last edited by Dougbauer; 07-19-2020 at 07:49 AM.
Really just not sure where DC is heading anymore. When Generations and 5G were on the horizon, this all seemed to be heading somewhere. Now there seems to be NO direction.
That said:
Death Metal - yes
DCeased - yes
Legion -yes
Young Justice - yes
Buying out of habit: Batman, Action, Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, JL.
Not to bash on DC or anything, just my personal reading lifestyle now, but I sorta stopped "caring" about DC's direction and am just focusing on titles that have the mix of characters and creators I like, or that seem to new, unique ideas. I sorta miss following the bigger picture, but it's also sort of relieving not to. It's bittersweet to see Batgirl go. I enjoyed reading, but saves me money, space, and time; and further brings me closer to buying trades only.
Anyway, here's what I plan to get:
singles
Batman #100
Batgirl #50
Wonder Woman #764
Wonder Woman #765
Far Sector #8
DC The Doomed & the Damned
Legend of the Swamp Thing Halloween Spectacular
TPBs/HCs
Wonder Women of History
Arkhamaniacs
Plunge
Batman: Three Jokers
Girl
Wonder Woman: Dead Earth
trade-waiting
Rorschach
DCeased: Dead Planet
The Last God: Songs of Lost Children
Strange Adventures
Amethyst
The Batman's Grave
Justice League Dark
possible trade-waiting
Batman: The Adventures Continue
Batman & the Outsiders
Justice League Odyssey
Jeez, actually ended up being a much longer list than I expected. Altho, technically some of those stretch out to December. Tempted to turn Far Sector into a trade-wait, but we'll see how I feel in the near future.
Comics were definitely happier, breezier and more confident in their own strengths before Hollywood and the Internet turned the business of writing superhero stories into the production of low budget storyboards or, worse, into conformist, fruitless attempts to impress or entertain a small group of people who appear to hate comics and their creators. -- Grant Morrison, 2008
trade-waiting - Ice Cream Man, Monstress
backlog - Blade of the Immortal, Mignolaverse, Promethea, X-Cutioner's Song
Loose canon until Death Metal ends.