Comments on: Into the back issue box #11 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:44:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bryan http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/comment-page-1/#comment-24864 Bryan Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:28:24 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/#comment-24864 This series was pretty good in my opinion. They screwed around with it too much when it lost the mysterious aspect of the order of St Dumas and changed Azrael into a hideous new costume. The complaint about expository dialogue is noted, but comics used to make an effort to initiate new readers by catching them up to speed with the goings on in a specific issue and a title as a whole. I don't know how many times I have seen someone post that they saw that a series was already on issue 92 and state that they didn't feel that they could catch on. Not many comics readers started out with issue 1 of classics like the Fantastic Four or Batman. This series was pretty good in my opinion. They screwed around with it too much when it lost the mysterious aspect of the order of St Dumas and changed Azrael into a hideous new costume. The complaint about expository dialogue is noted, but comics used to make an effort to initiate new readers by catching them up to speed with the goings on in a specific issue and a title as a whole. I don't know how many times I have seen someone post that they saw that a series was already on issue 92 and state that they didn't feel that they could catch on. Not many comics readers started out with issue 1 of classics like the Fantastic Four or Batman.

]]> By: JR http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/comment-page-1/#comment-23675 JR Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:35:11 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/#comment-23675 I was reading this series for a while when it was coming out... I remember thinking that flip was all wrong then as well but apparently that wasn't enough to get me to stop picking up the series. I probably still have the 50 issues I collected of it buried somewhere, time for a collection trimming methinks. I was reading this series for a while when it was coming out... I remember thinking that flip was all wrong then as well but apparently that wasn't enough to get me to stop picking up the series. I probably still have the 50 issues I collected of it buried somewhere, time for a collection trimming methinks.

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/comment-page-1/#comment-22430 Apodaca Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:58:26 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/#comment-22430 I don't think it's really fair to criticize Ra's dialogue for not explaining the Lazarus Pit. That's the kind of unnecessary and clunky expository speech that haunts all the golden and silver age stuff. I always ask, "Who are you explaining this for?" If the answer is "the reader", then it shouldn't be dialogue. I don't think it's really fair to criticize Ra's dialogue for not explaining the Lazarus Pit. That's the kind of unnecessary and clunky expository speech that haunts all the golden and silver age stuff.

I always ask, "Who are you explaining this for?" If the answer is "the reader", then it shouldn't be dialogue.

]]> By: T. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/comment-page-1/#comment-22412 T. Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:16:35 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/#comment-22412 Yeah, Ra's along with Azrael to a lesser degree really do bring out Denny's Mary Sue skills, huh? Yeah, Ra's along with Azrael to a lesser degree really do bring out Denny's Mary Sue skills, huh?

]]> By: Bill Reed http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/comment-page-1/#comment-22411 Bill Reed Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:14:44 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/#comment-22411 I don't know why you subject yourself to this, Greg. But then, I own two random issues of Azrael too, so I guess I can't talk. And yeah, Ra's and Strange must have the same tailor. I don't know why you subject yourself to this, Greg. But then, I own two random issues of Azrael too, so I guess I can't talk.

And yeah, Ra's and Strange must have the same tailor.

]]> By: Adam Jones http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/comment-page-1/#comment-22406 Adam Jones Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:45:12 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/#comment-22406 Dennis O'Neil really can't let us ever forget that he created Ras Al-Ghul, can he? Dennis O'Neil really can't let us ever forget that he created Ras Al-Ghul, can he?

]]> By: T. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/comment-page-1/#comment-22391 T. Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:03:11 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/17/into-the-back-issue-box-11/#comment-22391 Why does Ras look like Dr. Strange on the cover down to the color scheme? Why does Ras look like Dr. Strange on the cover down to the color scheme?

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