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Ismaeel Kamal, Nov 12, 2019
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And Leviathan's identity is:
SouthtownKid, Nov 13, 2019
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GoLion said: ↑
Frankly I'm surprised it made it that far. It is a good book, though. Priest really is one of the best guys writing at the moment.
Ismaeel Kamal said: ↑
Yeah, Bleeding Cool figured that out and spoiled it a month or two ago.
In terms of being a mystery, it's kind of a cop out in that he wasn't a character in the story, so there was no real mystery to solve. You can't guess someone who isn't there and as far as I can remember, hasn't even been around since the late 1980s. But maybe he was, and I missed it. Anyway, the only clues were visual, mostly on one of the covers.
On the other hand, it's much better than if Leviathan was one of the ridiculous red herrings they half-set up.
SouthtownKid said: ↑
I read the theory about his identity a month ago, though not from BleedingCool. It made sense, although I won't lie, I wished it was revealed in issue #5, instead of #6.
This DC Event was decent, with the artwork being great, and for the most part, characters sounded fine, and it was nice to see a wide range of characters (specifically Manhunter, The Silencer and The Question).
However, this event won't be very memorable. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have missed anything if I skipped it, and the attempts to keep readers guess Leviathan's identify didn't really work (like when we were meant to speculate if Red Hood was the villain or not).
Tom King on Twitter
A preview for Batman #85:
DC's FLASH Celebrates 750 Issues with February Event
"Barry Allen's life is being torn apart by a supercharged Speed Force as the story Williamson's been building toward since issue #50 comes to a head when a new threat appears on the horizon: the deadly Paradox," reads DC's description of the story. "Destined to destroy the Flash's legacy, Paradox sends his herald, Godspeed, to trap the Flash family!"
TheIncredibleHulk, Nov 13, 2019
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It's funny how no one thinks Alfred is dead. After that garbage King pulled with the "wedding", good luck getting anyone to trust anything that happens in his stories again. For me, the entire Batman series that King wrote is a write-off, from issue #1 until today. One long, drawn out pile of dung. Starting with Gotham Girl and her brother whose name I already forget, and everything that's come since, now with Alfred's "death". Just end. Let's begin the next era.
He's a freaking national treasure, and I hope DC appreciates him. He has a sensibility I really enjoy, that to me has kind of an overlap with two of my other all-time favorite American comics writers: Larry Hama (who doesn't do enough these days) and Mike Baron (who seems to have had some kind of breakdown).
Alfred comes back as a clone of Bruce
Deathcatg, Nov 14, 2019
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TheIncredibleHulk said: ↑
...who calls himself "The Outsider".
EXCLUSIVE: Leviathan Dawn One-Shot Cover, Solicitation Text
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art and cover by ALEX MALEEV
Exploding out of the pages of the Event Leviathan miniseries, this all-new special blasts the DC Universe into a dangerous and brave new future!
With Leviathan arrived, its leader's identity revealed, and its plans known, what happens next? Now the heroes fight back! Leviathan changed the rules of the game, so now's the time for the biggest players to get together and figure out a new strategy in this brave new world. It's an extra-sized super-spy yarn from the Eisner Award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev!
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DCeased Spinoff Set for February by Tom Taylor, Karl Mostert, and Trevor Scott
DCEASED: UNKILLABLES #1
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Karl Mostert and Trevor Scott
Cover by Howard Porter
Card stock variant cover by Francesco Mattina
The blockbuster DC series returns to answer this question: What did the villains do when the heroes failed and the world ended?
Spinning out of the dramatic events of 2019's smash hit, writer Tom Taylor returns to this dark world with a street-level tale of death, heroism and redemption. Led by Red Hood and Deathstroke, DC's hardest villains and antiheroes fight with no mercy to save the only commodity left on a dying planet of the undead—life!
3 ISSUES: ON SALE FEBRUARY – APRIL 2020
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48 PAGES EACH
You know, re-reading Batman Eternal just made realise the irony regarding Alfred's death.
There, Bane saved him after Arkham Asylum had collapsed.
Now, in City of Bane, he meets his "end" from him.
...I'm still hoping he's not actually dead, or at the very least, remain dead for a long period of time. It's weird not having Batman and Alfred together.
DC Comics FEBRUARY 2020 Solicitations
I may pick up the Alfred issue even though I give a year or two before he's miraculously back. I'd just like to read something that celebrates the character (though I'd trade it for one of those character specific collection trades like they did for the "75 Years of..." or the "Batman Arkham" one)
Edit: Snap! There is one that same month. Never mind.
Also nice to see the Stan Lee creates... books back in print as a collection.
GoLion, Nov 15, 2019
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Deathcatg said: ↑
Ooh. I always liked his take on Superman. I need to see if they're on comixology.
I don't think they are, they might throw them up on Comixology separately around the time the collection is printed and also available digitally.
*Fingers crossed*
I used to have them, but I've been slowly selling off my comic collection. My favorite one was the issue with Shazam.
I read a few back when they out too. I forgot most of the details, but I thought they were fun. I liked his take on Batman.
Mudslide, Nov 15, 2019
Mudslide Smock?
Was that where he was a boxer? Or am I thinking of Tangent?
Mudslide said: ↑
I don't remember him being a Boxer. All I remember was his suit actually looked like a Bat and he was African American.
You're not kidding:
Joe Kubert drew that. He was a tremendous artist.