Earth 2 #1 Preview/Eventual Discussion

[Jim Thompson]

I didn't say the book would be crap. I said that the inevitable Superman/WW hook up smelled like crap.

Not sure how much a distinction that really is. Also, it's sort of in this territory:

[shark]

Not sure how much a distinction that really is. Also, it's sort of in this territory:

A pretty big one. You can dislike something about a book without thinking the whole book is crap.

[batmanjones]

How can you tell by few pages!? ......

Probably because it's not a few pages.

"JUSTICE!!!!!!!"

[Jim Thompson]

A pretty big one. You can dislike something about a book without thinking the whole book is crap.

Sure...but you obviously dislike it and other aspects of it to have decided not to give it a try. That's why I say I'm not sure how much of an actual distinction you're really making.

[shark]

Sure...but you obviously dislike it and other aspects of it to have decided not to give it a try. That's why I say I'm not sure how much of an actual distinction you're really making.

Is not that difficult to understand.

I said the eventual hook-up smells like crap. The rest are things I personally don't like. Doesn't mean the book will be crap, it just doesn't appeal to me because the cons outweight the pros.

[Jim Thompson]

Is not that difficult to understand.

I said the eventual hook-up smells like crap. The rest are things I personally don't like. Doesn't mean the book will be crap, it just doesn't appeal to me because the cons outweight the pros.

Uh huh. Also not hard to understand why someone might not see much by way of a distinction in your reasoning, especially as you originally forwarded the thought.

[CBikle]

Jebus ! What happened to Robinson's writing ? This is terrible.

It had always been rumored that Archie Goodwin was "ghost-writing" Starman and now I think I believe it.

[shark]

Uh huh. Also not hard to understand why someone might not see much by way of a distinction in your reasoning, especially as you originally forwarded the thought.

Whatever. We are clearly not getting anywhere.

[Jim Thompson]

Whatever. We are clearly not getting anywhere.

At least in this we do agree.

[Desaad]

Jebus ! What happened to Robinson's writing ? This is terrible.

It had always been rumored that Archie Goodwin was "ghost-writing" Starman and now I think I believe it.

I don't think there is any chance that Goodwin didn't have a huge amount of input in smoothing out Robinson's dialog. It's no coincidence that he brought on David Goyer IMMEDIATELY upon Archie's death to co-write the book, and pretty much all of his comic work fell apart thereafter, until his return, which has been has been a mixed bag.

That said, his Shade is amazingly good, so I think it's a matter more of writing one very unique voice and having to have characters that fit that, rather than catering his writing to various character types.

[batmanjones]

Nice post, alleptZonee. This thread is totally spam-worthy.

[batmanjones]

Newsarama gives E-2 a 9/10 and gives Worlds' Finest the same. I pray they are right and I am wrong. I want to love these comics.

[blackphoenix]

I was expecting the Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman of Eath-2 to be older than this: did they still fight in World War II or not? I seriously hope this doesn't solely focus on the "Big 3"--I wanna see the other JSA members, Robin in particular (and PLEASE let him still have that Neal Adams designed costume with the yellow leggings--I LOVE that one)! Diana's line about being The Last Amazon makes it obvious that we probably won't be seeing Donna Troy on this Earth, either.:( Damn it, DC, would it kill you to let her show up somewhere?

[Drew Melbourne]

I am surprised that so many people are missing the obvious plot twist that's coming at the end of Earth 2 #1. I am confident that Superman and Wonder Woman will not be hooking up.

[batmanjones]

I am surprised that so many people are missing the obvious plot twist that's coming at the end of Earth 2 #1. I am confident that Superman and Wonder Woman will not be hooking up.

Oh, wow. I had not thought of that. If you're thinking what I'm thinking, I hope you're right.