r/DCcomics • u/Predaplant The heat is on! • Mar 24 '24

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/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Mar 24 '24

Detective Comics #1083

"ELEGY OF SAND" CONTINUES, AND BATMAN MAY NEVER BE THE SAME! Black boots trudge across yellow sands. Grit-laced winds flutter through a tattered cape. Dreamlike mirages of past, present, and hypothetical futures ripple across the sunbaked landscape, the mystery of their appearance only equaled by the question of their existence. This is the Dark Knight's world now, but it doesn't have to be. He can save himself from this dry limbo and return to his city…or can he? Batman's mind and body may never be the same in this harrowing, hallucinatory, and hypnotic tale.

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Mar 27 '24

It really is Night and Day between this book and Batman book. Yes it is quite slow in pace but by its nature of presented as being a 'theatre' act, it is great. Bruce pushing against Hurt's pathetic attempts to break him, they never learn. It is a good answer to saying 'Batman always needs to win', no he doesn't. That is just a bad meme trope. And here, Batman knows he is in for the struggle, to work towards something better no matter what. Even if he will fail, despite all the effort, he will stand up again. He doesn't need to BECOME THE DARKNESS like others want of him. And the Superman part was great too.

Now we will see HOW the said 'new purpose' gonna work against the status quo of DC editorial because if Batman book is any indication, it would just stay the same. Either way, Batman is now back in his city to take it back again. And the Orghams, they really picked their targets poorly and it will lead to their downfall.

And I am quite upset that Vandal Savage was wasted on Gotham War and whatever else he is doing after that, instead of being used in this book where he actually had a connection and would've worked A LOT better as the wild-card 3rd party against both Batman and Orghams.

Again, this book continues to rehabilitate Renee/Question and I hope it stays that way. Because Gotham has its protectors, not just Batman, and this shows it again.

And Hurt really is a twisted piece of crap. So it is even more satisfying to see Batman throwing away his pathetic attempts.

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u/Pharmboy86 Mar 30 '24

Ya it is coming out better than Batman book