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user-inactivated  ·  2498 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Real Reasons for Marvel Comics’ Woes

How well did the Batman Reboot go? From what I remember, people complained that The New 52 Reboot heavily condensed the time line for Batman's continuity.





Trombone  ·  2497 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Honestly, New 52 is when I jumped in so I can't really make a comparison to past continuity. All I can say is that I've generally been pretty pleased with how they've handled things. There have been some excellent story arcs, IMHO.

One thing that did happen to Detective Comics recently is they reverted to the old pre-New 52 numbering system (I think they did it for Action Comics too). When New 52 happened they reset all the issue numbers back to 1, and that made some collectors unhappy because they wanted "Issue 1000". Eventually DC decided to go back to the old numbering system for a few titles, so the numbers jumped from Issue 52 to Issue 900-something after a recent storyline event.

user-inactivated  ·  2497 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah. New 52 was actually a jumping on point for a ton of people, so as far as resets go, they did a pretty decent job, even if it disappointed some of the more hardcore fans. How are you liking the DC Universe? Have any favorites?

Trombone  ·  2497 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I know a few other people who took the opportunity to get in at that point as well. Because of money constraints I really only get titles in the Batman sphere (Nightwing, Batgirl, Batman et. al.), and I've usually been happy. Batman especially. The Court of Owls arc way back in the beginning of New 52 was great.

I also get titles from Image, Titan and Marvel. Of those, Outcast is probably my favorite right now.

user-inactivated  ·  2496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What titles are you reading from Image? The only one I'm commited to at the moment is East of West. It's fairly well done.

Trombone  ·  2485 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Outcast and The Walking Dead. I'm a Kirkman comic fan.