Posts Tagged ‘DC Comics’

Chad returns and brings Jim with him, as they join Mark for a full, spoiler laden, review of the Batman! There’s also some brief anniversary talk, as Chad and Mark celebrate their 300th episode since being handed the broken baton back in 2013! Be sure to email us your thoughts or call/text us on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

Time Stamps for this Episode!

• Jim’s Thoughts on 300 Episodes of the Marble/Bokelman Regime!- 00:56
• The Batman Review!- 08:50

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Dan and Mark review Far Sector #6 as Jo’s role in the City Enduring becomes… more personal! We also discuss DC’s breakup with Diamond, and have time for listener feedback! Be sure to email us your thoughts or chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

The Reign of the 399s is Upon Us!

Time Stamps for this Episode!

• Intro/Far Sector #6- 00:58
• The DC/Diamond Divorce- 36:56
• Listener Feedback- 1:15:15

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I was originally going to write a bigger piece to go with Chad’s post, but I decided to do this smaller standalone instead, especially since we do plan on posting an episode about DC’s “Rebirth” in the next few days.

 

Relaunching the DCU without a reboot makes little sense to me.  So as soon as I heard about the rumor, I figured it was going to be a reboot, even if a soft one.  Just keeping the status quo and giving us yet another wave of number one issues would probably accomplish nothing.  Especially when one considers the luster has pretty much come of the “New 52” brand as a whole these days.

 

When DC confirmed the news and released the “Rebirth” banner, besides adding to the reboot not just relaunch speculation, it also hinted at something else.  Green Lantern fans (and Flash fans too, to a lesser extent) know the term means something special to them, since it helped turn around the struggling GL book and helped launch an entire brand or franchise of books that catapulted Green Lantern to the top of the DCU, in relevance, popularity and sales.  It also has a direct link to the creators of both previous rebirths: Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver.

 

Considering Johns’ role at DC and WB, for DC to call an event “Rebirth” and Johns not be a major force behind it, if not THE force, would be mind-boggling.   With Convergence bringing back the entire multiverse last year and with the “Rebirth” of the DCU this summer, it definitely seems that the New 52 is about either go away or be modified into some sort of amalgam with the previous DCU or maybe be combined with several others.  If Johns is the architect of this reboot, then hopefully it will also have positive ramifications for the Green Lantern books, since the franchise clearly needs something to breathe some life into it. 

 

Despite Robert Venditti and Cullen Bunn’s best efforts, the pendulum has not been swinging in the right direction for a while now.  It makes sense that, whether it is a relaunch or reboot, DC take this opportunity to shake up the direction and the creative teams across the board on all books that are doing as well as they would like or expect.

 

-Mark Marble

In the grand tradition of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, Chad and Mark bring you BREAKING NEWS in the world of Green Lantern comics! Ok, so maybe we’re not quite up to journalism hall of fame levels, but hey, we got your attention right? Well hold on to your butts! THREE Lantern titles were CANCELLED by DC and we just GOTTA tell ya about it! So listen in! Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

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