Thread:Zergrinch/@comment-1038387-20120922080741

Yes, the thread's screwed up.

Amanda v. Granny: this is how it looked. Waller lost, of course, but couldn't land the finishing blow because Poison Ivy and Big Barda intervened. Suicide Squad #34-36, if you can find it.

Zergrinch: I should put on a limit ;)
 * Other than Detective Comics Comics, what other series do you follow?
 * Not much; I don't even follow any of the current titles. I've been reading some of Alan Moore's ABC stuff (Top 10, not Terra Obscura) and it's pretty good.


 * We've had Crisis on Infinite Worlds, Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis, and Final Crisis. What's a "Crisis" and how does it differ from an event? Are the stakes higher during a Crisis, than, say, a mere event like Blackest Night?
 * Crisis is just a keyword. And Identity Crisis doesn't fit in there. As for Blackest Night, it was big, and it changed a lot of things, but it had no impact on the continuity as a whole.


 * Did you understand Final Crisis on your first readthrough?
 * Nope. It's the problem with recent events like Final Crisis, Blackest Night or Amazons Attack. They're so heavily focused on tie-in issues that the main title leaves gaps.


 * Is Grant Morrison a genius, or is he just crazy?
 * All geniuses are crazy.


 * Was Death of the New Gods a mercy killing or a bastardization?
 * I didn't like the outcome (both the identity of the killer and, well, so many good characters dying)


 * I understand a "mini", or a "limited" series, is a title with a finite run, unlike long-running titles such as Detective Comics and Action Comics. Since "maximum" is the opposite of "minimum", is it fair to categorize titles that practically never end as "maxiseries"? If you disagree with this, why?
 * Nope. A maxiseries is a larger limited series. Like 52, or Countdown, or Brightest Day. I have no idea at what number a miniseries becomes a maxiseries.


 * Why do the comics companies sometimes separate titles into "volumes" to get a low issue count (Green Lantern), and they sometimes merge volumes together to get a high issue count (Amazing Spider-Man). What is the economic rationale for doing so, and what view do you support?
 * I can only guess at publisher's intentions. It's a known fact that if you start a comic with 1, a new reader is more likely to pick it up than one with 609 on the cover. On the other hand, people note that some characters have been around so long they deserve a high number - it happened to Superman and Wonder Woman. Not Flash and GL. Green Arrow, Hawkman and Aquaman are a total mess, with 4 to 7 volumes.


 * Why do they release comics on Wednesdays?
 * Beats me.


 * Who is a bigger copycat - DC comics or Marvel comics?
 * Neither is very original. It's difficult, since comics have been going for so long.


 * Did you like what Geoff Johns did to the Green Lantern mythos (i.e. added Rainbow lanterns)?
 * It's an expansion. They needed something new, and a counterpart corps usually works. It worked on Sinestro Corps. And he made sure to have Blue and Orange fundamentally different from the others.


 * Why do DC villains rob banks in Gotham and Metropolis, and not in Podunk? Can you think of any stories that address or otherwise reference this trope?
 * Harvey Bullock mentions it in the Batman: Face the Face storyline, as they stand over Magpie's body. He said she'd rule in Apache Junction, AZ, but for some reason, all the loonies converge on Gotham. Nothing more than one panel, though.


 * Can you think of any instances where the setting is in my country (Philippines), and the plot did not involve a terrorist attack, mass killing, or blowing it up in some fashion?
 * No. But they usually only go abroad when they're tired of blowing up American cities.


 * Your avatar appears to be that of Hans Hendrickson, a Dutch member of the Blackhawks, as he appears on Justice League: The New Frontier. Am I correct?
 * Correct. Except he isn't always Dutch. He's been identified as West German and East German as well. And it's the only Dutch hero DC has to offer us (well, him and Jan Haasan).


 * Can you sing the Blackhawk song (Hawkaa, we are the Blackhawks)? If so, do you prefer the descending version (original) or the ascending version (Justice League: The Savage Time)
 * Hawka, we are the Blackhawks! Hawka, we're on the wing! Over land and over sea, we will fight to set men free, we are the blackhawks, yada yada yada tyranny....I prefer the new version, it's more heroic. It's what I was singing to myself when I tried to remember the text.

 