tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post7147699941877705461..comments2024-03-28T07:08:58.221-04:00Comments on Todd Seavey: Remake, Remodel, Read RiverworldTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-39390645157248819982009-05-21T11:23:00.000-04:002009-05-21T11:23:00.000-04:00Those are some pretty heartless writers at Teen Ti...Those are some pretty heartless writers at <em>Teen Titans</em>. Helping out the Super Friends somehow seemed less dangerous.Eric Hannekennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-57089931766368784502009-05-21T11:06:00.000-04:002009-05-21T11:06:00.000-04:00P.S. I haven’t been reading this, but I gather tha...P.S. I haven’t been reading this, but I gather that one possible candidate for becoming the new Batgirl is Wendy, best known from “Wendy, Marvin, and Wonderdog” of the Super-Friends but lately affiliated with the Teen Titans. <br><br>But in current continuity, Wonderdog turned out to be a morphing monster (in the service of the demonic King Lycus), _killed_ Marvin, and long story short Wendy was last seen paralyzed in the legs, with her father — the villainous criminal strategist and armorer called the Calculator, it turns out! — vowing revenge on Barbara Gordon for somehow contributing to Wendy’s injuries. <br><br>Meanwhile, the spirit of Marvin has appeared (summoned by Kid Eternity) to warn one and all against joining the hard-luck and death-prone Teen Titans, which may be good advice. <br><br>It’s a much different world from the one some of us remember from circa-1980 cartoons.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-10480231760291152472009-05-21T10:19:00.000-04:002009-05-21T10:19:00.000-04:00Actually, it’s funny you put it that way because, ...Actually, it’s funny you put it that way because, in fact, there is also going to be a new Azrael series later in the year (and there’s a miniseries about the new Azrael finishing up right now, in fact). <br><br>I’ll avoid saying who the new Batman and Robin are for those who want to be surprised, but they aren’t a non sequitur, if that helps — and written by Grant Morrison (who says it’ll be like the 60s Batman if David Lynch had directed it) with art by Frank Quitely, it’ll probably be quite good.<br><br>Still unclear, though, is who exactly will be the Batgirl and Red Robin of those new ongoing series (there are two or three plausible candidates for each mantle).Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-27913427498167557212009-05-21T09:29:00.000-04:002009-05-21T09:29:00.000-04:00new guy replaces the dead/time-displaced Bruce Way...<i>new guy replaces the dead/time-displaced Bruce Wayne<br></i><br><br>What? Damn it. Is Batman going Azrael on us again? I wish D.C. would stop shifting the ground beneath their readers. This is one reason I stopped reading after <em>Infinite Crisis</em>. That, and D.C.’s annoying penchant for milking their customers with endless mega events and manifold tie-ins.Eric Hannekennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-55452104599573136132009-05-21T08:30:00.000-04:002009-05-21T08:30:00.000-04:00It’s a shame that Riverworld is so very badly writ...It’s a shame that Riverworld is so very badly written and can’t do anything interesting from its premise. The implausibility of it all just sits heavier and heavier on you, steadily pressing the life out of your will to continue turning pages.Sammlerhttp://stonecity.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com