I’ve been mulling over checking out that Marvel Comics Presents because Immonen makes that Hellcat story look so darn good, and now here you go piquing my curiosity! I have my suspicions as to who you might be referring to, but I’ll keep them to myself for now.

And y’know what? That long-delayed final issue of The Atheist was really darn good. I enjoyed it more than 3/4 of what I got last Friday…might be worth looking for the trade, if you guys haven’t been buying it.

To be honest, I don’t play many video games either, so I’ve usually had the same response to Scott Pilgrim, as well as most video-game based webcomics. I think I should probably track Pilgrim down anyway though, since the reviews are so positive, and I guess when I think it through, saying I won’t like it because I’m not a video game addict is like saying I won’t like Batman because I’m not a traumatised millionaire.

Not reading Scott Pilgrim because you don’t like video games is akin to not reading The Beach because they talk about the Game Boy every now and again – it’s just one part of the story.
The book spends more time talking about music than video games, and if you didn’t like music, you’d still enjoy reading about Scott and his hilarious friends.

“I skipped the Byrne years (shudder), but the post-Byrne issues, leading into Jimenez’s decent run and then Rucka’s, are pretty good in showing the many facets of Diana, and Rucka’s, especially, where she’s an ambassador, did an excellent job with her mission to “Man’s World.” So why do people seem to think that Wonder Woman needs to be “fixed”? Because she’s had 13 crappy issues of a new series? Because the Powers That Be made her kill Maxwell Lord? I’m not sure why, but it’s strange that Simone’s run is being seen, even before it begins, as the redemption of the character, because I don’t see why she needs to be redeemed.”

Yep, yep. I’m excited for Simone on Wonder Woman, but I think that pre-Lord Wonder Woman wasn’t at all a broken character. The post-Crisis WW had been developed into one of the most distinctive and well-fleshed-out of mainstream superheroes. I haven’t seen any evidence that any of the post-OYL changes have any promising potential whatsoever. Max/ OMAC/ IC/ Amazon Attacks/ OYL have done massive damage to the character, and now I think Simone’s got a salvage operation to perform. Batman’s been significantly un-broken by OYL, but WW’s been massively broken…

I was on holiday with some old friends the other week, and I’d brought three volumes of Scott Pilgrim to read with me – by the end of it, everyone was hooked on Pilgrim, including my mate’s girlfriend who had no previous interest in comics (or video games for that matter).
It’s just darn good fun.
(Although I’m starting to think Scott may not be real in his own fictional universe, but maybe I’m looking to deeply at a few references).

It’s just about a young man finding himself, while also pursuing a relationship with a woman, with, for amusing effect, occasionally Scott must fight off his girlfriend’s evil exes.

Dan (the Other Dan) – the letter Bausch sent me with Strange Detective Tales seems to indicate that all three issues are solicited in Previews this month (I don’t have my copy anymore, so I can’t look for it). He has written that he has three more stories about the characters, each in different locations, but we’ll see. I’d go to the web site and drop him an e-mail for more info, because mine is all second hand!

Alex_W – From what I have read about Scott Pilgrim, I think I’m too old. A young 20-something who plays a lot of video games? I know it’s more than that, but that doesn’t seem like something I’d be interested in, because I don’t like video games. That’s why I’d like to check a copy out of the library so I don’t have to pay for it! I’d certainly give it a chance because of the love it gets, but that’s why it doesn’t sound like my thing.

Now Countdown? I’ve gotta assume that I’m missing a whole bunch of poignant moving backstory there because it’s just a boring, ungodly mess from what I can see.

There’s no need to get your knickers in a twist about that Killing Joke stuff too, I’m sure they aren’t going to do anything. And there’s no inherent contradiction in that guy wanting to save Barbara Gordon and not Ted Kord, I can draw you a logic chart if you want.

And I hope you get hold of Scott Pilgrim and enjoy it! I can’t wait to get Vol. 4, Vols. 1-3 are like focussed beams of joy. Why don’t you think you’ll like it?

Wish there was an edit function here.

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The Atheist seems interesting as well; I’ll check out the trade. Thanks for bringing these two series to my attention.

X-Factor: I’m a no-show until Messiah Complex is over, then I’ll be back (hopefully it’s still there!)

Superman: Jake W, I actually said, “Ohhh!” when I read your post, way to be.

Greg–it was really nice of you to include your responses to our suggestions at the beginning of the piece. It made me feel validated (which in turn made me feel petty).

The various events in the DCU are simply background for the character drama.

It was kind of set up already when Bar-El asks Lilo when her eyes turned green. But yeah, a little more setup could’ve helped.

Clearly DC has stuck with the Black Adam is capable of killing an entire country storyline by the way the character has been portrayed in the early issues of Countdown and now his own limited series.