tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post6787579472056229179..comments2023-09-17T03:58:27.286-04:00Comments on The Aquaman Shrine: Justice League #11 - Sept. 2012rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-32005368338373418262012-07-22T15:26:14.925-04:002012-07-22T15:26:14.925-04:00I agree with Orin's Dad:
If Arthur wasn't...I agree with Orin's Dad:<br /><br />If Arthur wasn't in it, I wouldn't be buying/reading it.Shellheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-89607767620084971202012-07-21T16:21:04.383-04:002012-07-21T16:21:04.383-04:00Here's a rebuttal to all of our comments from ...Here's a rebuttal to all of our comments from Bleeding Cool:<br /><br />http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/21/just-a-beautifully-structured-comic/Joe Slabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830460003862069026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-84190376700978888302012-07-21T12:48:28.041-04:002012-07-21T12:48:28.041-04:00I agree with the masses here; JL is lackluster and...I agree with the masses here; JL is lackluster and mediocre at best. If Aquaman wasn't in it, I would have dropped it months ago.Orin's dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-41527696578506084842012-07-21T12:19:12.125-04:002012-07-21T12:19:12.125-04:00Joe, you're right in that #12 looks really pro...Joe, you're right in that #12 looks really promising for Aquaman, but #13 doesn't make him any favor.<br /><br />This issue seemed kind of like a filler, with nothing interesting or important really happening. And I keep waiting for Arthur's moment.<br /><br />Also, what happened with Green Arrow now? Not that I missed him though.Jorge PRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18346052047074459203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-89083004857138659492012-07-21T09:13:09.014-04:002012-07-21T09:13:09.014-04:00I've really scaled back with my comics buying ...I've really scaled back with my comics buying and I truly wanted this title to be really good, but it's not worth the $1 extra I pay/month to read it. With the decrease in page count each issue reads too quickly with nothing really happening to further the plot along.<br /><br />I was onboard with the relaunch but I've cut back to just 4 titles. I'm finding that I'm going back and reading my collected editions more than I want to reread this new stuff. Thankfully Aquaman is still good, but what's going to happen when Johns focuses his attention elsewhere? Green Lantern has been steadily declining since Blackest Night ended and he's still writing that.Joe Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190779464539189397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-54456925500442864532012-07-21T07:54:21.000-04:002012-07-21T07:54:21.000-04:00I have to agree with you rob! -- after the 1st 6 i...I have to agree with you rob! -- after the 1st 6 issue origin arc, this volume of Justice League has been lackluster at best IMHO. 5 years have passed -- you wouldn't know it from the characterization.<br /><br />I do however like the nods to continuity between this book and Aquaman's solo title (something we've never seen in any prior volumes of either).<br /><br />I am holding out hope for next issue JL #12 which was teased all throughout SDCC as being a huge turning point for the team, and with Aquaman being the one to bring it about (one panel of foreshadowing this ish). Its double-sized (48 pages w/ no SHAZAM back-up) and may be the make-it or break-it point in this book for me:<br /><br />http://www.dccomics.com/comics/justice-league-2011/justice-league-12Joe Slabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830460003862069026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-14613808369482979472012-07-21T04:14:07.774-04:002012-07-21T04:14:07.774-04:00It's not uninteresting or unexciting, exactly,...It's not uninteresting or unexciting, exactly, but I don't see how this iteration of these characters and this team is better than what came before. Everything had to be swept away for THIS? I guess I just have too much history under my belt to not be annoyed at the silly infighting, or to be excited at seeing these relationship start all over from scratch; I have to keep reminding myself I'm not the intended audience for this effort and that my time as an ardent fan of mainstream DCU comics has for the most part passed.Joseph Brian Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-12989974321422844182012-07-21T03:53:14.868-04:002012-07-21T03:53:14.868-04:00This book is the nexus of everything I hate about ...This book is the nexus of everything I hate about the New 52. These characters as written are so shrill and debased, I find I lack the stomach to read an issue synopsis, much less the actual comics.<br /><br />If you put an assault rifle in Batman's hand and had him start gunning crooks down like the Punisher, people would rightly flip their lid. Put a sword in Wonder Woman's hand and have her hack away at every obstacle, and it's a visionary new direction. Wonder Woman's trademark tool is a lasso, a versatile non-lethal instrument that they still managed to turn in to a noose before abandoning it altogether. I wouldn't care to see Thor without his hammer or Captain America without his shield, either. Their choice of tools partially defines them as heroes, and both have milked pathos from separation from these devices. Dylan going electric is one thing, but you rightly turn your back when he abandons folk for evangelical Christian rock. These are New Coke Super-Heroes.<br /><br />I'm also kind of sad that Aquaman would surely have envisioned the death of a parent, like every other Leaguer today, rather than the death of his son. Same goes for former widower Barry Allen. It makes every hero the same extended adolescent with parental issues, with none of them having progressed to truly adult concerns and traumas.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-10760508049418792642012-07-21T01:19:37.861-04:002012-07-21T01:19:37.861-04:00DrNobody--that's not really in line with what ...DrNobody--that's not really in line with what I've read in Justice League 7-11, where people were threatening world leaders with asking the Justice League to take over the world, but okay.<br /><br />I have very similar feelings about this title as you do, rob! It reminds me of reading a Lee/Kirby X-Men or Fantastic Four issue with Jim Lee art, with all the in-fighting. Also am I wrong, or does it look like Aquaman's dressing down <i>both</i> Green Lantern and Wonder Woman in those panels, but the dialogue's been changed so it's only Wonder Woman? Hm.David J. Cutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516225735664810032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-76786594723849069132012-07-21T00:51:47.932-04:002012-07-21T00:51:47.932-04:00Supposedly the 1st 5 years, the team has been work...Supposedly the 1st 5 years, the team has been working together, but not really working as a team... The issue 12, 0, or 13 (can't remember which) will see members quit and new ones join, as the 2nd year shows the team starting to be what the public sees them as... The Greatest TEAM ever... Instead of a bunch of super-powered individuals... So hopefully Arthur will stick around and will be part of the group that works better together... ;^)The Flying Dachshundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822595209112811999noreply@blogger.com