Comments on: Review: Batman and the Outsiders #13 http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/8473.htm/ We know you love comics. We do, too. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:25:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephen Schleicher http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/8473.htm/#comment-89616 Stephen Schleicher Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:35:39 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=8473#comment-89616 Brother: You are on the same wavelength as I when reading the issue. I would have mentioned including the Editor's Notes, but I've been harping on that for a while now, so left it out. And I agree with Jacin and Brother that if you suspend belief on when this issue takes place, then it is a pretty good issue. Still, that RIP banner slapped on the cover brings us back down to reality... which is...that things are messed up timeline wise. Maybe we need a Booster Gold issue to fix all the mistakes. Brother: You are on the same wavelength as I when reading the issue. I would have mentioned including the Editor’s Notes, but I’ve been harping on that for a while now, so left it out. And I agree with Jacin and Brother that if you suspend belief on when this issue takes place, then it is a pretty good issue. Still, that RIP banner slapped on the cover brings us back down to reality… which is…that things are messed up timeline wise. Maybe we need a Booster Gold issue to fix all the mistakes.

]]> By: Jacin B. http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/8473.htm/#comment-89614 Jacin B. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:14:39 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=8473#comment-89614 I think that, since Morrison has already given the continuity of the entire DC Universe the big 'F--- you!', you shouldn't expect any of the titles that anything that he's doing effects to make any sense linearly within the rest of the DCU either. So, with that in mind, I'm going to consider this to be a tale happening right before Identity Crisis. The next arc will be a story retconned into the Silver Age version of the Brave and Bold (featuring the Creeper!). And, the arc after that will be post-In Blackest Night. If those placements don't work for you, feel free to make up your own. They'll make as much sense as anything else going on in any Bat-related title right now. I think that, since Morrison has already given the continuity of the entire DC Universe the big ‘F— you!’, you shouldn’t expect any of the titles that anything that he’s doing effects to make any sense linearly within the rest of the DCU either.

So, with that in mind, I’m going to consider this to be a tale happening right before Identity Crisis. The next arc will be a story retconned into the Silver Age version of the Brave and Bold (featuring the Creeper!). And, the arc after that will be post-In Blackest Night.

If those placements don’t work for you, feel free to make up your own. They’ll make as much sense as anything else going on in any Bat-related title right now.

]]> By: Brother129 http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/8473.htm/#comment-89612 Brother129 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:52:36 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=8473#comment-89612 Let's bring back the 80s...if only to relive the days when comic book stories featured asteriks that referred you to handy captions to tell when the heck a story was supposed to be happened. Between editorial mishandling, writer ego, and the lateness of books, I'm convinced Marvel and DC with their current EICs will never be able to figure this out. Of course all of this distracts from the enjoyability of the read. In order to read this, I had to suspend my knowledge of R.I.P and just pretend this was a what if story featuring what Batgirl would do if Batman was killed or went MIA. When I did that, I found myself really enjoying this issue. The art was decent too. Let’s bring back the 80s…if only to relive the days when comic book stories featured asteriks that referred you to handy captions to tell when the heck a story was supposed to be happened. Between editorial mishandling, writer ego, and the lateness of books, I’m convinced Marvel and DC with their current EICs will never be able to figure this out.

Of course all of this distracts from the enjoyability of the read. In order to read this, I had to suspend my knowledge of R.I.P and just pretend this was a what if story featuring what Batgirl would do if Batman was killed or went MIA. When I did that, I found myself really enjoying this issue. The art was decent too.

]]> By: Matthew Peterson http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/8473.htm/#comment-89585 Matthew Peterson Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:42:38 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=8473#comment-89585 <i>Why do people have a hard time understanding that this takes place during R.I.P, not after! Your whole review is invalid since you are basing it on the idea that this takes place during Battle For the Cowl. This takes place during R.I.P while Batman is running around Gotham crazed in the Zur-En-Arr costume, therefore missing. I think that has been very clear in all of the R.I.P tie-ins yet people continue to not understand that.</i> And how do we know this from the issue, exactly? I don't find anything that clearly delineates the information that you're castigating Stephen for... Why do people have a hard time understanding that this takes place during R.I.P, not after! Your whole review is invalid since you are basing it on the idea that this takes place during Battle For the Cowl. This takes place during R.I.P while Batman is running around Gotham crazed in the Zur-En-Arr costume, therefore missing. I think that has been very clear in all of the R.I.P tie-ins yet people continue to not understand that.

And how do we know this from the issue, exactly? I don’t find anything that clearly delineates the information that you’re castigating Stephen for…

]]> By: Steve http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/8473.htm/#comment-89583 Steve Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:30:20 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/?p=8473#comment-89583 Why do people have a hard time understanding that this takes place during R.I.P, not after! Your whole review is invalid since you are basing it on the idea that this takes place during Battle For the Cowl. This takes place during R.I.P while Batman is running around Gotham crazed in the Zur-En-Arr costume, therefore missing. I think that has been very clear in all of the R.I.P tie-ins yet people continue to not understand that. Why do people have a hard time understanding that this takes place during R.I.P, not after! Your whole review is invalid since you are basing it on the idea that this takes place during Battle For the Cowl. This takes place during R.I.P while Batman is running around Gotham crazed in the Zur-En-Arr costume, therefore missing. I think that has been very clear in all of the R.I.P tie-ins yet people continue to not understand that.

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