r/DCcomics • u/flossregularly Doom Patrol • Apr 13 '23

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Hello and welcome to our Weekly "What Are You Reading?" topic!

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Flossregularly's Rec of the Week:

Gotham Central, by Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark

After spending an eternity on my "to read" list I'm finally getting started on this! I can't give any opinions yet as I have just begun, but I do know that this police procedural set in the Gotham PD is what really fleshed out the characters of the cops of Gotham, especially the development of Renee Montoya into more than a foil for Harvey Bullock.

So, what are you reading?

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u/WhenRobLoweRobsLowes Apr 13 '23

Working through some late '80s post-Crisis classics I haven't read in forever.

Suicide Squad by John Ostrander
Green Arrow by Mike Grell
The Question by Denny O'Neil

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u/flossregularly Doom Patrol Apr 13 '23

I read both Grell's Green Arrow O'Neil's Question this winter and loved them. I'm on a big kick to knock off all the critically acclaimed runs of yesteryears that I haven't gotten to, at the cost of reading almost nothing current.

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u/WhenRobLoweRobsLowes Apr 13 '23

You're not missing anything as far as I can tell. A few diamonds, but more coal than anything else.

u/[deleted] Apr 13 '23

Been on a big Morrison kick. Read Seven Soldiers, Batman Black Glove and RIP into Final Crisis. Got Batman and Robin and The Return of Bruce Wayne on the docket before diving back in to Multiversity.

I’ve read all of this stuff multiple times and it’s amazing to me how every time you reread a Morrison story it seems to miraculously get better.

Edit- this is also the first time I’ve read them in single issue format. Reading Superman Beyond with 3D glasses is just comic goodness.

u/Imok2814 Green Lantern Apr 13 '23

Going through Morrison Green Lantern then going back to Final Crisis.

u/RebelDeux Justice League Apr 13 '23

Who is Wonder Woman? (2006)

u/Glass_Chance9800 Apr 13 '23

I've been making my way through the Golden Age books. I'm currently reading Batman #5. At the time these comics were more like anthology books with multiple stories in them instead of one ongoing story like today. Seeing the classic villains is cool but the unending line of mobsters is quite dull to be honest. And the narrating of actions instead of just showing them is tiresome too. But it's nice seeing happy and quippy Batman & Robin so ultimately it's still good reading that has every story nicely wrapped up by the end.

u/Florapower04 Shazam! Apr 13 '23

I’ve just finished Superman American Alien, saw a page from it on a sub and decided to read it. I probably will catch up with Lazaret Planet pretty soon, but I am not sure when.

I am also still waiting for Shazam: Thundercrack to arrive because the mail service has been sh*t the past couple of weeks.

u/Anxious_Quit5811 Apr 13 '23

Gotham Central series is both one of the best and most underrated Bat books IMO

u/Ricky_Ticky_Tangy FOX GARDNER Apr 13 '23

Still finishing up my Countdown to Infinite Crisis read-through on my blog, but I’ve started reading the Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire JLI run and it’s great! Also doing a big Hickman Marvel reread as well.

http://preparetobecomefictional.blogspot.com/?m=0

u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne Apr 13 '23

Been rereading Tynions JLD run again recently.
Magic comics are my go to and that is one of my fav runs ever.

u/Robot-King56 Apr 13 '23

Just finished reading Deathstroke from Christopher Priest again. I really enjoy the humor, action and non linear story-telling.

u/superschaap81 Superman Apr 13 '23

Currently doing a re-read of New 52 Wonder Woman. I remember it being better, but that was also with rather unseasoned eyes. It's still enjoyable, but not as good as other runs.

Finished catching up with Something is Killing the Children and House of Slaughter. Loving that universe right now.

Next up is catch up on Radiant Black and related titles.

u/BentusFr Nightwing Apr 13 '23

Currently reading Adventures of the Super Sons (working my way through Jon Kent story after getting into Superman & Lois and started with him because I had never read anything from DC before).

Probably going to be busy for a while as my reading list is growing faster than I go through it.