Comments on: Well, crap. http://www.4thletter.net/2009/08/well-crap/ we like talking about comics, and hopefully you like reading us talking about comics. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: KDBryan http://www.4thletter.net/2009/08/well-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-27008 KDBryan Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:33:25 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4226#comment-27008 @LurkerWithout I agree, everybody should just relax. She'll be way better off with her mass-murdering psychotic mother. Hell, she'll even have a little half-brother to play with, thanks to Catman! Say it with me now: <i>Awwwwwwwwwww!</i> In seriousness, I can't even muster the enthusiasm to get upset about this, even though I did like Roy back in his Arsenal days. After Zombie Sue Dibny eating hearts and <i>Cry For Justice #2</i>, I think my "outrage at tasteless things from DC" meter just hit <i>TILT</i> and got stuck there. @LurkerWithout I agree, everybody should just relax. She’ll be way better off with her mass-murdering psychotic mother. Hell, she’ll even have a little half-brother to play with, thanks to Catman! Say it with me now: Awwwwwwwwwww!

In seriousness, I can’t even muster the enthusiasm to get upset about this, even though I did like Roy back in his Arsenal days. After Zombie Sue Dibny eating hearts and Cry For Justice #2, I think my “outrage at tasteless things from DC” meter just hit TILT and got stuck there.

]]> By: Hitthetargets http://www.4thletter.net/2009/08/well-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-26905 Hitthetargets Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:15:21 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4226#comment-26905 @<a href="#comment-26882">david brothers</a>: He will come back as Dead Arrow. Or possibly Black Lantern/Black Arrow: Hard Traveling Horrors. (Sorry, not only is that terrible, it took me five minutes to come up with.) With as far out as companies feel they have to tease these days, this isn't very surprising. It's not the first time suspense has been killed by solicits either. The worst part is DC just ignores this phenomenon, Marvel at least will classify solicits when they've got something major in the pipes. I suppose this ties into a point the FBB guys made about Blackest Night, how the whole prophecy angle made the whole thing seem like plot beats being churned out with no finesse, and ultimately it's something that makes it hard not to be ambivalent to the story itself. @david brothers: He will come back as Dead Arrow. Or possibly Black Lantern/Black Arrow: Hard Traveling Horrors.

(Sorry, not only is that terrible, it took me five minutes to come up with.)

With as far out as companies feel they have to tease these days, this isn’t very surprising. It’s not the first time suspense has been killed by solicits either. The worst part is DC just ignores this phenomenon, Marvel at least will classify solicits when they’ve got something major in the pipes. I suppose this ties into a point the FBB guys made about Blackest Night, how the whole prophecy angle made the whole thing seem like plot beats being churned out with no finesse, and ultimately it’s something that makes it hard not to be ambivalent to the story itself.

]]> By: Valhallahan http://www.4thletter.net/2009/08/well-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-26898 Valhallahan Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:44:38 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4226#comment-26898 Also, is it just me, or is that a really innapropriate tone for the 'teasing' of a storyline where a young father is (presumably) murdered, leaving a toddler behind? Also, is it just me, or is that a really innapropriate tone for the ‘teasing’ of a storyline where a young father is (presumably) murdered, leaving a toddler behind?

]]> By: david brothers http://www.4thletter.net/2009/08/well-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-26894 david brothers Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:40:57 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4226#comment-26894 @<a href="#comment-26893">Kirk Warren</a>: Gwen Stacy died before people had the internet and previews order forms, so it was absolutely a surprise. No one knew it was going to happen before it happened, so that's a poor example. @Kirk Warren: Gwen Stacy died before people had the internet and previews order forms, so it was absolutely a surprise. No one knew it was going to happen before it happened, so that’s a poor example.

]]> By: Kirk Warren http://www.4thletter.net/2009/08/well-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-26893 Kirk Warren Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:25:16 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4226#comment-26893 To be fair, old comics did this, too. Heck, Death of Gwen Stacy said 'one of these characters dies' or some such on the cover and the next issue had Spidey holding Gwens dead body. In all honesty, a lot of comics show the heroes dead on it and it's never true. Most should be shocked that they actually kill someone in a comic in comparison to the number of 'dead hero' covers there are. To be fair, old comics did this, too. Heck, Death of Gwen Stacy said ‘one of these characters dies’ or some such on the cover and the next issue had Spidey holding Gwens dead body. In all honesty, a lot of comics show the heroes dead on it and it’s never true. Most should be shocked that they actually kill someone in a comic in comparison to the number of ‘dead hero’ covers there are.

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