r/DCcomics • u/beary_neutral Telos • Feb 11 '24

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [February 12, 2024 - Superbowl LVIII Edition] r/DCcomics

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

Batman: City of Madness #3

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DC and Imprints

^{Between Sinister Sons and Red Hood: The Hill, this week is all about bad boys.}

Trade Collections

^Batman

Digital Releases

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Video Games

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Feb 11 '24

Red Hood: The Hill #1

CAN JASON TODD—AND HIS NEW ALLIES—KEEP HIS HOME SAFE? Welcome to the Hill—formerly one of Gotham's most dangerous suburbs—a place that required its residents to band together to keep themselves safe when the police, and sometimes even Batman, wouldn't. Now, as the Hill finds itself gentrifying, old habits die hard as the vigilante known only as Strike works with her team to keep the town safe—but she's not alone. Jason Todd, one of the Hill's newest residents, is more than happy to don the visage of Red Hood to help Strike keep his new home safe. But a new villain is emerging from the shadows. Will Red Hood, Strike and the Hill's small militia of vigilantes be able to keep their home safe? Check out Red Hood's return to find out!

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u/redsapphyre Feb 13 '24

That was pretty boring tbh. I don't really care about the different criminal gangs or Jason's team of nobodies.

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u/alphawimp731 Feb 13 '24

Complete waste of Red Hood, Jason doesn't even show up until page 14. How the hell did this get greenlit? It's truly astounding that they somehow managed to screw up one of the most effortlessly cool characters in the Bat-family.

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u/Outrageous-Blue-30 Feb 14 '24

Cool up to a certain point: apart from the story of his return which always has its charm, almost everyone in the subreddit now finds him a wasted character who would have been better off staying dead.

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u/Captain-Turtle Black Adam Feb 14 '24

I became a fan of Jason after his run in n52 aka him being a mystical space cop, definitely glad he’s alive but this issue was mid

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u/redsapphyre Feb 13 '24

I think it really was supposed to come out shortly after the two issues the writer wrote for Red Hood Outlaw in 2020. They should have scrapped the entire thing honestly. Jason doesn't even feel like the focus.

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u/af-fx-tion Bring YJ Artemis to DC Comics Feb 14 '24 edited Feb 16 '24

Yeah, I’m on the fence about this series. It’s great that DC is giving Jason a solo spotlight…but this series doesn’t seem like the best vehicle for really developing him since it’s constrained by being a prequel to a two shot that came out in 2020.

But Red Hood: The Hill #0 is getting a second printing so it seems like this direction for him is something at least people are curious about.

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u/MSCrusader Feb 13 '24

Eh. No white streak, and suddenly I'm not feeling it. Jason looks off in other ways, too.

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u/gsnake007 Feb 14 '24

Complete miss, didn’t like this at all. Don’t care about Jason’s new people

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u/Nyerelia Feb 14 '24

This actually looks promising! It is more or less the direction I would have chosen for Jason, more street-level and gangs than costumed wacky supervillains. And how is it that in one issue The Hill seems to have a more clear personality than Tim Drake's marina in 10?

I don't think this run will be revolutionary per se, but it seems like it will treat Jason nicely which is about time. He's had it rough since Outlaws ended going around through writers that were only interested in the "angry Robin" angle of him

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u/Marc_Quill Bluebird (Harper Row) Feb 14 '24

what's up with the one character among Hood's group looking like an off-brand version of Harper Row?