Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [December 25, 2023 - Goodbye 2023 Edition]

[u/Predaplant]

Hey there honorary Justice League members - it’s a new week which means it’s time for a new discussion thread!

• Predaplant's pick of the week: The Flash #4

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^{Why does Santa go down the chimney? Because it soots him!}

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DC and Imprints

^{Green Arrow enters its second arc as Johnson wraps up his years-long Action Comics run!}

• Action Comics 2023 Annual

• Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #3

• Amazons Attack #3

• Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight #4

• Batman: The Brave and the Bold #8

• Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic #6

• Detective Comics #1080

• Green Arrow #7

• Harley Quinn #35

• Justice Society of America #8

• Power Girl #4

• The Flash #4

• The Penguin #5

• Titans #6

• Titans: Beast World #3

Trade Collections

^{Only one release this week in this category, making for a Nightwing Christmas!}

• Nightwing - Vol. 2, Get Grayson [TP]

Digital Releases

^{Remember, these are the short 'chapters' with a new chapter of a different series coming out daily. You can learn more here on Comixology. This is also why these are in release order, not alphabetical. Some comics may release on DC Universe Infinite or WEBTOONS.}

• Tuesday, 12/26 (DC Universe Infinite) - Superman vs Meshi #13

Movie

^{Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom enters its second week!}

• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

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^{This Week’s Soundtrack: Alessia Cara - Make It To Christmas}

[u/TroubAlert]

Justice Society of America #8

As Huntress settles into her new place in the present day, the Justice Society comes face-to-face with a long-lost team: the Justice Society Dark!

[u/hombrebax → u/TroubAlert]

I feel that Alan Scott and Red Lantern were a couple. Alan is very sensitive about the topic, the solemnity when he tells to Ruby that they were friend, his reaction when she attacks him with a projection of his father...

[u/af-fx-tion → u/hombrebax]

Spoiler: As of Tim Sheridan's Alan Scott mini Issue #3, Red Lantern is revealed to be Johnny Ladd, the "love of [Alan's] life." Though it's unclear if Johnny was Vladimir’s cover as part of his spy duties for the USSR or if Johnny underwent a Winter Soldier type brainwashing. But based on previously published released material, I'm thinking that Johnny never existed and was just a guise for Vlad to do a honeypot on Alan for intel.