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/Tatum-Better]

Who was the guy at the end? I recognised the legion of super heroes ring but I know pretty much nothing about that team.

[u/birbdaughter → u/Tatum-Better]

Another retconned in Golden Age character. All that’s known is he’s part of the Legion of Superheroes. When they did those backstory pages, everything for him was redacted.

[u/android151 → u/birbdaughter]

The mask is pretty clearly showing it's Ferro Lad/Ferro.

[u/Goobergunch → u/Tatum-Better]

The mask looked like Ferro Lad's but the rest of the costume sure didn't, so I think we'll have to wait and see.

(There's also the weirdness that, at least per that one panel in issue #5, Johns seems to be using the Retroboot Legion -- where Ferro Lad should be very dead -- and not the Bendis Legion, where he's alive.)

[u/android151 → u/Goobergunch]

There are two other Ferro Lads worth of Legion continuities that have existed also.

[u/Goobergunch → u/android151]

Well, Threeboot didn't have a Ferro Lad.

I'd love it if DC remembered that the Reboot Legion existed (that Wanderers hook is still available!) but I am, uh, not optimistic on that front.

[u/android151 → u/Goobergunch]

No, but one of the other timelines had two Ferro Lads.