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I kinda wish the first issue had been a little less... graphic. I mean, did we really need 3 different pictures showing Phantom Lady being impaled on Deathstroke's sword? I think the single silouhette image was horrific enough. And, call me crazy, but I would think that Bizarro hitting Human Bomb once or twice would have killed him. Did we really need like 6 panels to do this?
I guess I'm just a little old fashioned. I mean, the deaths in COIF were moving, without being overly explicit. I hate this new trend in comics where the violence has to compete with mainstream video games and movies in terms of graphic violence. I understand the need, I guess, but I still feel a little sad about it. I miss the old days when I would have let my niece and nephew read any of my comics. Now, I have to really pick and choose carefully.
Plus, I feel a little... let down, I guess, that the new Freedom Fighters never really got the chance to shine anywhere before most of them were killed off. Heck, they never really got much chance to shine in their final battle. I would have liked to see at least a mini-series with them at some point. Instead, you just get the feeling of "well, we need to show how horrible this crisis is going to be, so let's roll out the cannon fodder that we never really used anywhere." Heroes should die heroic deaths. This just felt like quick murders.
Such a waste of potential...
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quote:Originally posted by Spellbinder: I kinda wish the first issue had been a little less... graphic. I mean, did we really need 3 different pictures showing Phantom Lady being impaled on Deathstroke's sword? I think the single silouhette image was horrific enough.
Maybe if she'd been stabbed in the head instead of just under her ample, exposed cleavage...
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quote:Originally posted by rjbrande: My overwhelming reaction to IC #1 is: eh.
I second that. Which is too bad because I really do love Geoff Johns as a writer. I just felt like too much was happening and I was really, really confused by a lot of it. I'm hoping it'll get better.
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My god but that man can put alot into a cover...
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quote:Originally posted by Pov: Including three different versions of one in particular. Arguably THE most important moment in DC history.
Wondering about the sliver over PG's left shoulder... of her and Wildfire...?! Unless that's a reference to JLA v.1#147...
Yeah, I picked up on those moments fairly quickly.
Isn't that scene of her and Wildfire from the Original Crisis? Both of them were in the group that went back to the beginning of time to fight they Aunti-Monitor.
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WILDFIRE!?!?! I can't believe I didn't spot that the first time I saw the cover! Now I can't wait to see if these scenes are incorporated into the issue itself!
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I'm betting if they are, it's only in flashback.
Oh and BTW (from the Marv Wolfman chat on CBR):
Azrael52: Didn't I read that you're doing a story in the "IC Secret Files and Origins?" Excited? marvw: Yeah, it's a 44 page story that actually explains every DC continuity alteration for the past 20+ years. It's a crucial linchpin story for the "Infinite Crisis."
Jamie
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quote:Originally posted by Stratum: I'm betting if they are, it's only in flashback.
Oh and BTW (from the Marv Wolfman chat on CBR):
Azrael52: Didn't I read that you're doing a story in the "IC Secret Files and Origins?" Excited? marvw: Yeah, it's a 44 page story that actually explains every DC continuity alteration for the past 20+ years. It's a crucial linchpin story for the "Infinite Crisis."
Jamie
Didn't DC announce that Perez was actually doing some interior pages for IC itself. I think issue 2 is supposed to contain the first of these.
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