tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post1270433596410752503..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Reading the DC New 52: Month Threecollectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-74862369246821799222012-10-14T09:29:41.436-05:002012-10-14T09:29:41.436-05:00As long as a review is clear in it's criticism...As long as a review is clear in it's criticism, I don't care if the reviewer has came with pre-judgements. Acknowledge them, address them and tell us what you think! As for Suicide Squad, I liked it a lot. It's no Secret Six, but it's a fun, hi-octane action comic. No more, no less. I'll be buying Vol 2 for sure...Julesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-45138437327402053492012-10-01T03:25:17.557-05:002012-10-01T03:25:17.557-05:00My main problem with this new Suicide Squad is tha...My main problem with this new Suicide Squad is that it's not even trying much to either be fun, good or original.<br />It's more like a sub-par Secret Six than anything close to the old original Suicide Squad...Eyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350758607787528425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-89788848655592303122012-09-28T14:48:54.527-05:002012-09-28T14:48:54.527-05:00As I said before, I think Suicide Squad is a surpr...As I said before, I think Suicide Squad is a surprisingly entertaining book. I expected to hate it because it's from the writer of my least favorite series of 2011, but it's a well-paced book that keeps you on your toes. I'd like to see what CE thinks of it.shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-66303617937761993272012-09-28T12:52:25.706-05:002012-09-28T12:52:25.706-05:00As far as Suicide Squad goes, I loathed Adam Glass...As far as Suicide Squad goes, I loathed Adam Glass' Flashpoint tie-in miniseries, but found myself considering Suicide Squad a guilty pleasure. I was dead set against enjoying it, and to be honest, the first issue didn't particularly click with me for a variety of reasons, but by the end of the first arc, I noticed it was a series where I'd jump to the next issue when it came out.<br /><br />As someone said, it's a loud and violent book where you can't really tell what's going to happen next, and who's going to die or betray the team. It's not a masterpiece of storytelling, and I wouldn't put it on the level of, say, Ostrander's Suicide Squad or Simone's Secret Six, but for what it is, it's a good book. I enjoy it in much the same way as I enjoy Birds of Prey, these days: it's like a fun action movie.Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526065680698553188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-14440445973464426472012-09-28T10:23:49.347-05:002012-09-28T10:23:49.347-05:00CE, I see no problem with you posting a negative r...CE, I see no problem with you posting a negative review. "If I'm pretty sure I won't like something, but I read it, is it fair to review it to talk about what I didn't like?" Sure, why not? If you read a book that you're expecting to like, and you like it, won't you talk about the things you liked about it? <br /><br />I am okay with negative reviews provided they are not unfair. I've generally found with your reviews that you tend to be less harsh than others when it comes to "bad" comics. And hey, it's okay to not like something and then have someone in the comments say that they did like it, in the same way that you could give a glowing review and have commenters not like it.D. Mark Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537028797086907873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-61684092739068203842012-09-28T09:03:26.006-05:002012-09-28T09:03:26.006-05:00SS is just kind of this loud, brash, violent book....SS is just kind of this loud, brash, violent book. It moves along at a pretty breakneck pace. Just about anyone can get killed at any moment. (The reader can be pretty much assured that Harley and Deadshot are safe, but everyone else is expendable.) It is completely different in tone to the Ostrander Squad but is a cool, disposable read...<br /><br />... for awhile. Eventually it got boring IMO, as it was the same thing over and over again. There's little in the way of characterization beyond surface level, and really no likable POV character. allstarmatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754758277080185925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-83329136103756825942012-09-28T08:41:10.549-05:002012-09-28T08:41:10.549-05:00Yeah, I grant the ties are small, but they'll ...Yeah, I grant the ties are small, but they'll probably get stronger with "Death of the Family," and at some point I ought see what's going on in Suicide Squad.<br /><br />Tell me more (spoiler-free, if possible) what you liked about the book and then why you dropped it.<br /><br />Having enjoyed previous Suicide Squad iterations, and Secret Six, I *want* to enjoy Adam Glass's Suicide Squad, but his Flashpoint tie-in really turned me off.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-25877802392459788252012-09-28T08:29:08.846-05:002012-09-28T08:29:08.846-05:00The tie between Suicide Squad and Detective Comics...The tie between Suicide Squad and Detective Comics #1 is pretty small. There's no need to read one to follow the other. All you need to know for the SS issues is that the Joker got his face cut off and then vanished, and there's no clue as to his whereabouts given in the SS issues.<br /><br />That said, the SS story arc is OK. I ended up dropping the series after #6 or #7 or so but I found some of the earlier issues enjoyable.allstarmatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754758277080185925noreply@blogger.com