tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post7771751560517996679..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: Martian Manhunter #1 in 2012?Diabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-20451930551583035902011-10-31T18:36:46.278-05:002011-10-31T18:36:46.278-05:00I've only read the Priest Ray in bits and piec...I've only read the Priest Ray in bits and pieces-- like five or so spread out issues in total. I liked what I read fairly well, but not quite enough to dive in. Your comments echo feelings I had about Priest on Black Panther, though. That run started out great, but by the third year I was buying mostly out of habit.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-35993975395078396842011-10-31T14:47:45.670-05:002011-10-31T14:47:45.670-05:00I read all of the Ray's 90s appearances and de...I read all of the Ray's 90s appearances and developed quite a fondness for the character. I do cover him in the Quality Companion, but I might want to do an expanded entry on <a href="www.cosmicteams.com>Cosmic Teams.</a> <br /><br />The Ray mini-series was awesome and off to the right start, as was the series. However, anyone who can slog through all 28 issues will undoubtedly draw the same conclusion: Priest was way too self-indulgent with his subplots. I think the Deathmasque subplot lasted for over 75% of the run!<br /><br />I love how Palmiott and Gray handled the character in Uncle Sam and the FF, but I'm really sad to see they're rebooting the Ray in the DCnUMike Kooimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615853732189611624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-77024068634625046232011-10-30T01:44:47.966-05:002011-10-30T01:44:47.966-05:00The JLU momentum of Stewart was a closal waste, an...The JLU momentum of Stewart was a closal waste, and McDuffie was there to see him go down in the comics.<br /><br />The lack of Lobo stuff after the 90s has been a mystery to mee.<br /><br />BL is trouble. I think every writer likes him (as well as Tobias Whale), but Isabella is a big problem. Maybe he got screwed, maybe he asked too much, but the way he publically taks about DC is not helping Black Lightning or his fans. <br /><br />In the end, McDuffie wasn't that comfortable with the way DC was using the Milestone characters.<br /><br />I have the impression that every writer likes the Martian, Wally West, Donna Troy, Ralph and Sue, Ted Kord, the original Question, etc. I don't mean as favorites, but as active part of the DC mythos. That includes DiDio and Johns. However, they don't like to have the whole DC pantheon available at the same time, so there's always around 8 "grounded characters"Rafa Rivashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966910376474609150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-28857798159486765342011-10-30T00:52:40.236-05:002011-10-30T00:52:40.236-05:00"John Rozum: If anybody was going to bring ba..."John Rozum: If anybody was going to bring back Zook or the Diabolu Idol-Head and do it justice, it's him."<br /><br />Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times yes. A Diabolu Idol-Head revival by the writer of XOMBI!<br /><br />Verification word: PHORMTom Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279973364279144136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-38314720023056764552011-10-29T15:00:22.413-05:002011-10-29T15:00:22.413-05:00Who'd have thought I'd hit a nerve with th...Who'd have thought I'd hit a nerve with the Ray? Hopefully, <a href="http://qualitycomics.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Quality Companion Companion</a> will deliver on this surprising Ray blogging interest. Any character drawn by Lou Fine has my attention, and the Priest series was good. I'd be more supportive if the DCnU hadn't thrown out the Ray's distinctive look/color scheme and gone with a blue version of <a href="http://www.armagideon-time.com/?p=5903" rel="nofollow">Takion of the Source</a> by the same writing team that failed the character in <i>Freedom Fighters</i>. We'll see how that goes.<br /><br />Rafa, while the initial sales on O.M.A.C. were the lowest, between Dan Didio writing and some fairly impassioned fans, I think it's same for now. The books that readers seem less responsive to based purely on buzz I've seen/ heard are Captain Atom, Mister Terrific, Grifter, and Voodoo.<br /><br />Forget the comics, <i>JLU</i> primed the general public for a John Stewart movie, and I think going whitebread hurt <b>Green Lantern</b>. You don't need Hal Jordan to present a classic Corps story, and I think he might actually be a liability. I think Jamie Foxx would have opened it better than Ryan Reynolds.<br /><br />Joel Silver has been wanting to get that <i>Lobo</i> movie done forever. DC as a company has never been comfortable with the character, so their lack of support is unsurprising.<br /><br />Black Lightning is a problematic character, because Tony Isabella has some sort of partial ownership/participation stake in the character. That's why Black Vulcan was in the Super Friends. If Dwayne McDuffie hadn't pushed the StaticShock cartoon through Milestone Media, Static would probably be ignored as well. If DC doesn't 100% own it, they don't back it.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-11638286806431172612011-10-29T12:21:20.701-05:002011-10-29T12:21:20.701-05:00Yeah, I too am a fan of the Ray, at least the nine...Yeah, I too am a fan of the Ray, at least the nineties version. I haven't yet collected much of the Priest run, but the first mini is pretty badass as I recall.<br /><br />But yeah, an MM solo given a good chance to thrive and a quality team would be wonderful. As you point out, the numbers couldn't be much worse than the dregs of the current 52...mathematicscorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439579069513071094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-29995346715973813222011-10-29T12:20:34.912-05:002011-10-29T12:20:34.912-05:00I'd be disappointed if OMAC and Frankenstain w...I'd be disappointed if OMAC and Frankenstain were cancelled. The quality of those books is great. Not to mention that they are among the few with a decent pacing.<br /><br />DC doesn't seem to be that good at grabbing momentum. They wasted all the hype they built for the Martian on Stormwatch. Likewise, after 52, they didn't do much with Batwoman or the Question[ette], Steel, Lobo or, specially, the ghost Dibnys. <br /><br />I think DC needs to insist on its classic properties. This is the only reason Hal Jordan, Aquaman or Barry have hype is because DC pushed them with Geoff stories. The only reason John Stewart is still known is because Bruce Timm decided that it would be cool to have a black Lantern. Even Batman owes a lot to the 60s show. Insistince is the only reason Green Arrow, Hawkman or Black Canary are popular. That't the reason DC should keep doing minis for classic characters like Black Lightning, the Martian Manhunter, Lobo, the Elongated Man, Plastic Man, etc. I hate events, but these kind of revivals are the only possitive thing that comes out of them.Rafa Rivashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966910376474609150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-84842767021538940132011-10-29T10:20:31.592-05:002011-10-29T10:20:31.592-05:00Not to derail from the point of the post, but a Ra...Not to derail from the point of the post, but a Ray spotlight blog would be pretty cool.Sphinx Magoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06482592989882628235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-72035522165884288042011-10-29T06:21:25.104-05:002011-10-29T06:21:25.104-05:00All excellent choices. I really hope something lik...All excellent choices. I really hope something like this happens. Its been too long since Jonn had a series of his own.aotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161319929137252625noreply@blogger.com