tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post976624917417120091..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Stormwatch Vol. 1: The Dark Side trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-62172739310118991342012-07-29T15:36:50.128-05:002012-07-29T15:36:50.128-05:00Does it necessarily retcon Jenny Sparks out, or ha...Does it necessarily retcon Jenny Sparks out, or have we just not met the "new" Sparks yet? There still must have been a Jenny for every century, right?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-44115140160565526252012-07-15T08:57:41.556-05:002012-07-15T08:57:41.556-05:00@Eyz: Aquaman would be a bad choice as their ship ...@Eyz: Aquaman would be a bad choice as their ship is basically a floating city located in the bleed, and Hawkman wouldn't fit so well because of (potentially) Swift - plus, he's a lousy team player! Really, out of all the characters they might have picked, J'onn fits with the team the best - much as I hate messing with team dynamics on a series that I adore, but this isn't the Authority any more...<br /><br />I'm hoping that this series picks up and becomes at least a little bit edgier, but we'll see. DC seems to be playing it very safe at the moment. Also hoping Midnighter loses that stupid chin spike!<br /><br />What I DON'T like about this new Stormwatch, is that its existance retconns Jenny Sparks out of existance, and I adored her. Okay, so she died twelve years ago and it would be impossible to bring her back in any way, but she was easily my favourite character of the original team!Hartleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-73613506828480819902012-06-28T12:01:29.646-05:002012-06-28T12:01:29.646-05:00@Eyz: I completely agree with you on J'onn bei...@Eyz: I completely agree with you on J'onn being left off the JL. Unfortunately when this Stormwatch book gets canceled, and at some point it will. J'onn will be left to just drift aimlessly. They will probably try to shoehorn him into another title or another team, but I think history has shown that people aren't interested in reading a Martian Manhunter solo title and that his best fit is on the JL.Nikosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-35595476326380683972012-06-28T03:49:48.378-05:002012-06-28T03:49:48.378-05:00I still wish J'onn would have been kept into t...I still wish J'onn would have been kept into the main JL book, he's always been the Justice League "constant" in my eyes, through all the incarnations. Don't mind me, this new book's still ok, though they could have used Hawkman or Aquaman onboard instead..Eyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350758607787528425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-73272586733832729912012-06-27T11:31:02.458-05:002012-06-27T11:31:02.458-05:00Cornell's a good writing and I've certainl...Cornell's a good writing and I've certainly enjoyed The Authority in the past, but I hate the merging of the DCU and Wildstorm. The Authority worked best when it was a brilliant parody of the the DCU. How can it do that from the inside?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-37739305272709062532012-06-25T15:46:57.517-05:002012-06-25T15:46:57.517-05:00I was interested in picking this up when the New 5...I was interested in picking this up when the New 52 was announced. Hoping and praying for a crazy 2000AD style writing that I believe Paul Cornell would bring. But from many of the reviews I read, there were three major concerns:<br /><br />1) the story wasn't bad but just disappointing. The potential to be awesome was there but it was up on the line and never crossed.<br /><br />2) the art was solid but photoshop effects were really distracting.<br /><br />3) there wasn't really any reason on why Martian Manhunter was there in the first place.<br /><br />I did read the first issue when it came and I enjoyed it. But it didn't knocked my socks. Maybe this Wednesday, I'll go pick up the trades based on your review.<br /><br />Thanks CE!Jackie Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978552887553267055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-10678313696191928232012-06-25T12:29:27.349-05:002012-06-25T12:29:27.349-05:00Of all the new titles that were brought in with th...Of all the new titles that were brought in with the reboot I had the most hope for this one. How could you go wrong with Cornell writing Stormwatch/Authority? Unfortunately I think this was another casualty of the reboot being a rush job and it took Cornell a few issues to get into the groove. I agree with shagamu that it was a shame tha he left just when things were improving. Was a reason ever given? This was a collection that I planned on picking up but with a new writer I'm going to wait and see how things play out.Nikosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-91947016402836838942012-06-25T08:47:03.750-05:002012-06-25T08:47:03.750-05:00It's a shame that Cornell left the book just w...It's a shame that Cornell left the book just when it started to get really good. His last two issues were so much better than the first four, and they pointed the team toward a very interesting direction.shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.com