[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by KRX

Superman is taking a selfie with Batman. Batman seems to be having trouble smiling, so Superman is lending a helping hand (or fingers, if you want to be literal).

Oooooooooooooookay, but... WHY?! Why is Superman taking a selfie? In fact, selfies are some of the douchiest photos anyone would ever take.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Oooooooooooooookay, but... WHY?! Why is Superman taking a selfie? In fact, selfies are some of the douchiest photos anyone would ever take.

It's just DC's lame ass gimmick for that month. I'm sick of these monthly variant cover themes to be frank. I wish they'd cut it out. As a retailer I'm sick of having to put in the extra numbers.

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Oooooooooooooookay, but... WHY?! Why is Superman taking a selfie? In fact, selfies are some of the douchiest photos anyone would ever take.

You're overthinking this.

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Originally Posted by Den-O

It's just DC's lame ass gimmick for that month. I'm sick of these monthly variant cover themes to be frank. I wish they'd cut it out. As a retailer I'm sick of having to put in the extra numbers.

While I can see why you would be annoyed as a retailer, as a consumer, I think it's cute. Not "I-NEED-TO-OWN-THIS" cute, but still cute.

Skottie Young's variants, though...

[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Green Lantern ended when Geoff Johns ended his run.

As much as I love his run he was a big part of the problem. Pretty much all of the last arcs he did on Green Lantern were gignatic crossovers and that carried over into Vendittis run.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by ElConvoy

As much as I love his run he was a big part of the problem. Pretty much all of the last arcs he did on Green Lantern were gignatic crossovers and that carried over into Vendittis run.

Yes, but he was still the best writers of the GL universe since the 80s.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by ElConvoy

As much as I love his run he was a big part of the problem. Pretty much all of the last arcs he did on Green Lantern were gignatic crossovers and that carried over into Vendittis run.

I have to disagree. Without him there was no GL book. His resurrection of Hal Jordan and subsequent odyssey of issues on the book elevated the character to a level of popularity he has never enjoyed before or since. The Vendetti run is some of the most watered down contrived comic book nonsense I've read in years.

Geoff Johns has had his faults and still continues to, but any suggestion that he wasn't the one thing that made the GL title what it was, just simply isn't true. Crossovers or not his work on that title catapulted the laterns books into existence. They literally would not still be here if not for him, and they're all on their last legs without him right now. Sales numbers are WAY down.

[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

I have to disagree. Without him there was no GL book. His resurrection of Hal Jordan and subsequent odyssey of issues on the book elevated the character to a level of popularity he has never enjoyed before or since. The Vendetti run is some of the most watered down contrived comic book nonsense I've read in years.

Geoff Johns has had his faults and still continues to, but any suggestion that he wasn't the one thing that made the GL title what it was, just simply isn't true. Crossovers or not his work on that title catapulted the laterns books into existence. They literally would not still be here if not for him, and they're all on their last legs without him right now. Sales numbers are WAY down.

Dude I never said anything you mentioned in your post. My problem with the GL books is the constant crossovers not that the book is bad. I didnt question Geoff Johns involvement in GL becoming popular for one minute nor that without him the book would have become popular regardless.

The thing I said and I say it again is that I cant read GL on its own anymore without constantly reading Green lantern Corps or any of the other GL titles and that was something I was already annoyed with when Johns wrote the damn thing.

So I dont see why you feel the need to come at me like this when I never questioned anything Johns did for the book.

[Den-O]

Well my apologies then, but the way you worded it, "part of the problem", you kind of make it seem like there's some big issue with his writing on Green Lantern. Or his handling of crossovers at least. And I just don't feel there was either.

[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

Well my apologies then, but the way you worded it, "part of the problem", you kind of make it seem like there's some big issue with his writing on Green Lantern. Or his handling of crossovers at least. And I just don't feel there was either.

No that was not what I meant with it

What I meant with that was that he started doing this gigantic crossovers and those continued when the new writer took over. I know that Geoff Johns run on GL is brilliant and will always continue to be brilliant. GL Rebirth is one of my favorite comics of all time and got me into Green Lantern

Its just a personal thing of mine that I dont like crossovers between books. The only crossovers are like are things like AVX were you have the main book and then a bunch of tie-ins (as long as those tie-ins arent vital to the story). I just get annoyed when books cross over and I have to pick up books I usually dont pick up.

[Dr Kain]

BTW, I never once read a Green Lantern title outside of GL and had no problem following the stories, even Blackest Night. In fact, the only BN paperbacks I have bought were really the ones dealing withe Black Lanterns as I wanted to get to see more of them on page, not because I was confused on the story. In fact, if there is one think I must commend Geoff for is that both Blackest Night and Flashpoint were easily to follow without reading all of the other stories. I loved the Flashpoint universe so much though that I went out and bought the others.