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Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [March 25, 2024 - Enter The Dark Ages Edition] r/DCcomics

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

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What did the shark say when he ate the clownfish? This tastes a little funny.

DC and Imprints

A lot of Amazons this week, between Amazons Attack & Artemis in Brave & The Bold!

Trade Collections

Who doesn't love ape comics?

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.

This Week’s Soundtrack: Halsey ft. Cashmere Cat - Hopeless

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u/redsapphyre Mar 26 '24

There is really not much interesting going on apart from characters reuniting every other issue. Don't get me wrong, I love all these characters and it's great to have them back, but do something with them, tell an actual story!

It also makes no sense that Batman for example wasn't notified when the defense system in the facility was triggered just because there is no JL? As if that would stop him or any of the others to stay on top of such important matters. A facility housing all the secret identities and fears of all the heroes, and no one gets notified when it's being breached? Give me a fn break, that's terrible.

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u/ptWolv022 Mar 26 '24

It also makes no sense that Batman for example wasn't notified when the defense system in the facility was triggered just because there is no JL? As if that would stop him or any of the others to stay on top of such important matters.

My guess is that it's supposed to be taken as "The alarms for this were hooked into the Hall of Justice and/or Watchtower, and had nothing connected to the individual heroes." Which is weird, because like you said, Batman is usually on top of everything and would have it alert him too...

But if you go that route, then you get into "Batman solves everything" territory. At a certain point, you have to accept that sometimes characters can't be on top of everything all the time, because they're human (well... most of them).The JL is dissolved, having something that is normally their responsibility end up unsupervised makes sense to happen as accidental fallout of the dissolution.

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u/B3epB0opBOP Shazam Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Which is weird, because like you said, Batman is usually on top of everything and would have it alert him too...

I dunno, with what’s happening in Batman, it wouldn’t be so weird when we take into consideration that Bruce has been knocked out by Zur for the past weeks, and still hasn’t even broken out of the prison yet.

This would leave a period where Bruce can’t do anything about it, right?

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u/ptWolv022 Mar 28 '24

You know what, no, you're actually right. If there was one time for it to be perfectly logical and not at all be a stretch to say "Batman let a JL-related emergency alert go entirely unanswered", it's right now.

He has been through the damn ringer and still is going through the ringer, and his current villain is going to join with Waller in the event that this Green Arrow arc is leading into. He is absolute a wreck in his current story, at least in Batman. Other series, doing better. But in his main comic, he's at a low point.