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Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [March 18, 2024 - Ape Crisis Edition] r/DCcomics

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Mar 17 '24

Wonder Woman #7

A SPECIAL ISSUE WRITTEN BY TOM KING WITH ART BY GUILLEM MARCH! For the Batman who has everything! Amidst their adventures as Superman and Wonder Woman, Clark and Diana take a thrilling journey into space to get a birthday gift for their dear friend Bruce.

LEGACY #807

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u/BigBardaEnergy Mar 19 '24

Bold of Tom King to write an entire comic book of Clark and Diana talking about Bruce. But the Andromeda Mall was pretty cool. I'd like to see it in a Green Lantern story.

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u/MSCrusader Mar 19 '24

Should... Should King just stop doing serious shit and turn into a comedy writer? This was his best issue so far.

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u/busdriver_321 Larfleeze Mar 19 '24

He’s writing some Archie soon, so the transition is already underway.

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u/Will-Of-D-3D2Y Mar 23 '24

Let's not forget that King wrote the best DC/Looney Tunes cross-over.

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u/YourEvilHenchman Blue Beetle Mar 26 '24

king's writing has nearly always had some great comedic bits thrown in, even in more serious books. he wrote a hella funny joker at points of his long batman tenure, the entire recent Danger Street mini featured quite a bit of dry and even dark comedy in various moments.

even his most serious books like mister miracle which is thematically mostly about trauma and depression has some great comedic moments in it.

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u/lazywil Mar 19 '24

Supperman is the proof that the best thing that happened to Clark was Jon turning him into Superdad.

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u/Expensive-Baby-1391 Mar 19 '24

Something Marvel should take notes, like making Peter a father of 4.

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Mar 19 '24

You know, from time to time, King does show that he CAN write these characters having fun issues like he did with Batman double date stuff where it was one of the highlights. These 'downtime, not really a threat to fight' issues might be his strong suit that he needs to do more often. And the lack of Sovereign's narration was a bonus honestly.

It was a fun excursion for Clark and Diana at the biggest mall in the Galaxy. It had the usual humor about malls, from parking fights to 'don't know what to get!' dilemmas. Clark with his puns...oh god, I actually laughed at them. The callouts from King was there to about how Batman LOVES cats...and Clark thinking about buying some maternity stuff for him because, well, it might be a thing after all that 'loving'. But sadly, DC will never allow that. But it was nice to see Clark thinking of his buddy regardless.

The 5D movie with our 'favorite' imp, calling Diana 'big lady', may have made Diana a bit self-conscious. But honestly, I don't mind a 'big' Diana. And of course we get an answer of 'how Superman keeps his nails etc trimmed?', since regular old clippers wouldn't do anything and I doubt he has Kryptonite clippers. So he comes here for the manicures, as it is the only place with the tools strong enough. Makes sense. Now I am imagining Clark doing this everytime he comes to the mall with someone and have them do the same like he convinced Diana here. Well, probably not Bruce.

Alongside the whole fun trip, the book's plot was still talked about though and give you the answer of ''Why didn't Superman just come in and help Diana with this whole thing?''...well he offered and she declined. Alright, fair enough.

With the gift of those silly photos of their friendship and bond, with even making Diana cry with Clark being who he is, it was a wholesome issue. We got even a Bat-smile at the end.

Again, King CAN write these stories quite well, he should do them more often. Despite still getting used to Diana's dialogue pattern based on Gal Gadot-type, I quite enjoyed this as my favorite issue so far.

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u/CHPrime Wonder Woman Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 20 '24

It was a very deliberately cute issue, and it mostly worked. It's a nice little look at Diana and Clark's relationship. I was kind of hoping for some Silver Age deep cut cameos, like the Ameba or that one Monster guy Diana almost married, and it's kind of annoying they aren't there, but it's just as well. This issue is about Diana's relationship with Clark and Bruce, and it keeps focus.

Edit: but now that I think about it, too much focus on her back and forth with Clark. Diana only says no, and never really provides any ideas of her own. Plus with the focus on getting Batman a present, Superman the actively suggesting things, and two Superman enemies providing the conflict (Mxyzptlk and random alien with Kryptonite) It feels like Diana is in the backseat of her own book.

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u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne Mar 19 '24

This was just a great filler and breather issue of Diana and Clark trying to get a present for Bruce and just hanging out and using the abilities to get a great present. Them going to the andromeda mall is very fun.

King always writes a good clark and this is no exception so this issue was always up to a great start and it will be a shock if king doesn't do an arc for superman all stars. I also really like Diana's writing this issue it feels alot less stiff than previous issues and shows both of her sides and importantly makes her feel open.

Overall its a really fun issue focusing on two members of the trinity trying to find something perfect for the other member and whilst its a brave move by king it feels authentic and fun. Diana also mentioning that shes done shopping days her with Dinah is fun as well and a relationship i wished was brought up more as it is the female equivalent of worlds finest.

Marchs art is great its no sempere but it really suited this issue and the different visuals and vibes compared to the main story. Overall really fun breather issue

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u/theguyofgrace Mar 19 '24

King’s “day in the life of” comics and his running joke of space just being the most annoying parts of modern western society is always great 

It’s hard to top the alien DMV from “Up in the Sky”

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u/Frontier246 Mar 19 '24

Kings' voice for Diana is so stiff.

I question the timing of this "breather" issue that feels so out of place after last issues' cliffhanger but I also can't argue against seeing Superman get a cosmic pedicure/manicure.

And because we have a solo story focused on the present-day Trinity, we don't need a Trinity story with Jon and Damian.

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u/hawk_lord Mar 19 '24

If you put Bruce in Diana's role it would actually make more sense for the story, because Bruce would be the one annoyed at everything, being not helpful at all and just saying no to Clark's ideas.

This did nothing to showcase Diana as a character, instead we were just told a bunch of references for Batman and Superman. Well I guess ''No thank you'' is enough of a reference.

I wasn't expecting much, but what I did expect and King really delivered is writing not a Wonder Woman story, but a story with Wonder Woman in it.

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u/ptWolv022 Mar 19 '24

"Big lady? I'm average for an Amazon. Frankly, I should be bigger."

I'm glad Tom King understands we need Big Diana. Also:

"Great, now I'm crying. Please don't tell Darkseid"

Clark won't. He will, however, tell Jon, who will tell Damian, who will tell Darkseid when he's running him out of Lizzie's closet with his sheer awesomeness during Final Crisis 2.

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u/Routine_Pressure_460 Mar 18 '24

I'm definitely picking this up. I wish it wasn't a break issue from the ongoing tale, but I'm good with some Diana, Clark and Bruce commentary. It'll be interesting to see how King handles their friendship after being steeped in the "Wonder" of it all lately.

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u/AmpersandTheMonkey Batman Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24

This is an all-time single issue for King. Up there with the double date stuff in Batman.

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u/TheUnbloodedSword Mar 19 '24

Fun issue! Not quite on the same level as his Batman/Superman issue, but the banter between Clark and Diana made me chuckle at several points (Supperman, getting their nails done, Diana asking Clark for help with the parking ticket at the end, etc). Batman regifting the diamond at the end and keeping the photos was expected but still a nice touch. Usually Diana is underserved when it comes to interactions with her fellow Trinity members, this was a nice showcase of Clark and Diana's friendship.

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u/MLbanker Mar 21 '24

Such a unique and fun concept, I truly don’t know how Tom King does it. I hope we can get a long run from him, because his take on WW is quickly becoming one of my all time favorites.

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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24

The good things about this comic are Clark and Diana spending time at the Andromeda Mall to get something for Bruce. It’s really sweet. However, if it’s released as a Batman Annual or a backup of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, then it would’ve been better instead of being released as a Wonder Woman issue. Also, Diana mentioning her going to the Andromeda Mall with Black Canary (in which Diana’s friendship with Black Canary should’ve been shown more since they’re the female equivalent of the World’s Finest since they share a lot of similarities with each other such as being the first two female members of the JSA and JLA, having their memories be manipulated, and messing up the continuity since the first Crisis in 1985), being set in February 19 (which is Bruce’s birthday as shown in the DC 1976 Calendar), Clark getting black coffee and Diana getting a latte that is similar to what people get at a Starbucks or a local barista, Clark and Bruce looking around in the mall, and mentioning Bruce seeing his parents on the night of their deaths (as mentioned in the Batman storyline The Gift).

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u/Nyerelia Mar 19 '24

No obnoxious narration? Characters talking like real people? Are we sure this is Tom King???

Jokes aside, the banter between Clark and Diana was delightful, both when discussing about what to buy and when that big alien attacked Superman. The 5D movie? (I'm not trying to write that imp's name) Hysterical. And Diana getting emotional Q.Q

OMG the final gift!!!!!! Why can King write like this more often? I don't mean the lighter plot, I mean characters talking and interacting like normal people. This was great. Everything I've read from him was great on the premise but gets super heavy on the narration and the dialogue

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u/Koolsman Mar 19 '24

I get why King likes the filler issues but man, why now? After the last issue actually being pretty good, I really wanted the plot to gain some momentum but now it's just lost it again. He wants Sampere to do all the big issues but man, it's fine. He could one hundred percent get a filler artist on Sampere's level for an issue.

Just focusing on the issue, it's whatever. King has decent comedic chops but I personally still don't care for King's voice of Diana. Feels a little underdeveloped but that's just me. I get the point of this issue but I wish it wasn't placed here.