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JLA/Avengers to be reprinted for charity
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- Title
- The Justice League/Avengers crossover that could never be reprinted is being reprinted
- Authors
- Susana Polo
- Published
- Feb 16 2022
- Word count
- 480 words
This is great news for comics fans... except for the limited production. 7000 copies? I know comics aren't as popular as they used to be, but I worry about being able to get one of these. I am a major fan of the crossover (it remains my favorite comic series to date), and was gutted to hear about Perez.
I personally don't care about owning a physical copy, since I have long abandoned collecting them.... but I hope they at least make the series available on Comixology/Marvel Unlimited/DC Universe, since right now the only way to even read it is to pirate it.
Well, I have some bad news for you regarding Comixology...
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What I've read is that when Amazon acquired them recently, they stripped a lot of functionality out of it. A good number of subscribers are miffed, to put it lightly.
Ah, I never subbed to Comix... I only ever purchased digital copies of comics/manga through it, so I didn't even notice any changes.
That's kinda off topic, but I gave up on collecting current mainline DC comics. I don't know if I'm just getting old, but current stuff don't feel as fun anymore (and no, this has nothing to do with comics getting "woke" or anything like that). Especially Superman, he was always kinda boring. So I'm collecting old stuff now. Reissues, so nothing rare or valuable. I hope this series arrive here.
No, I'm with you. Both DC and Marvel, it feels like all the fun and joy left in the late 2000's from the mainline series as they overrelied on the few big names left, or the reigning editors of the time made some absolutely terrible decisions that they still never quite recovered from fully. Marvel was definitely a lot worse off than DC, they're really, really, really lucky the MCU took off like it did otherwise it would probably be gone by now. The comics still mostly underwhelm, and the best long-running series from them in the last decade (Immortal Hulk) will probably never get an MCU adaptation.
There's good things here and there, but not nearly as much as there once was.
I've been reading a lot of New 10's Marvel and DC, and IMO it kinda has a lot of issues with nothing being able to happen and no problems being able to be solved because that would allow stories to end, and when you have some of the most valuable IP in the world, you can't just shelf a guy because it's thematically appropriate. Granted comics always have that problem, but with the manga boom eating western publishing for lunch because stories are allowed to proceed and end, the issue is going to get more and more apparent.
I actually read a few pretty good Batman stories, but Brian Michael Bendis killed Superman. So boring, so generic. I can't say I enjoyed the whole Batman and Catwoman marriage debacle. It was reasonably well done, but come on, that's not what I want from Batman. Also: I liked comics better when vector graphics weren't a thing. They're lifeless now.
What you have to do is stay away from the big characters, maybe go towards YA if that's your taste, and follow creators you like. On the DC side, I really liked the Wonder Comics imprint connected to the Young Justice characters, and the Hanna Barbera stuff, specifically Mark Russell's stuff. Also the Batman: Wayne Family Adventures webtoon is fantastic.
Oh, but I like the big characters ;)
I'm really fine reading all the things that I missed in the 80s and 90s.
If you want contemporary action with DC's A-list, take a look at the DC Zoom or Ink graphic novel line. Superman Smashes the Klan is the best Superman story since All-Star, fight me. Batman: WFA is good and the Kami Garcia/Gabriel Picolo Teen Titans run is electric. Wondy is a little underserved, but I really liked Nubia: Real One.
I purchased Superman Smashes the Klan as you suggested! Got it in print, in my native language, because it was super cheap and I figured that's the kind of story I'd want my (hypothetical) kids to read. It's awesome! Thanks for that ;)
Edit: do you know more stories about "Superman fighting for good things that are relevant to the real world"?
That's complicated. The Golden Age Superman stuff has him beating up domestic abusers and fighting off union busters, and every once in a while you have a story where Clark Kent's skills as a journalists are more useful than Superman's arsenal. All-Star Superman has him acting to better the world in response to his own mortality, and Superman: Red Son has him try to square the circle on being the people's champion and being part of a totalitarian government.
But as far as Superman tackling recent issues, Superman: Son of Kal-El is a recent ongoing about Jon Kent, Superman's son trying to hold down the fort and live up to the family name while his dad's doing a long term mission in space. It's deeply tied to the ongoing plot of the DC universe, and it's a monthly that that's still in progress and referencing events in other books, but Jon is much more of a blunt activist compared to what he sees as Dad's "passive guidance and inspiration." That's a bit of an unfair comparison, but he's also a young man finding himself and his run makes a point of focusing on social issues. If you're willing to follow an ongoing story, that's my recommendation.
Eh... didn't like what I read from Brian Michael Bendis, unfortunately. I read a bit from this ongoing series. I really like Red Son, but read it a long time ago. Maybe it's time to re-read it.
SoKE has Tom Taylor writing it, but I get you if it's too soon. Bendis did a number on Jon with the ageup, and it might be a while before that taste is gone for some people.
One that I missed is "What's So Funny about Truth, Justice, and the American Way?" Where Supes comes across The Elite, a 90's antihero group that proves popular with the public because they finish the job with their supervillains, and Supes has to go on a PR war with them about the right way to deal with villains. Animated movie was better, IMO, but still a quintessential story about Supes vs. the Fake News.
Thanks ;)