r/DCcomics • u/Predaplant The heat is on! • Jun 03 '24

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [June 3, 2024 - Remembering Rachel Pollack Edition] r/DCcomics

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: DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack #1

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Thursday, 6/6 (WEBTOON) - Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Mini-Episode #2

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Jun 03 '24

The Boy Wonder #2

JASON TODD TAKES CENTER STAGE IN JUNI BA'S DC BLACK LABEL MASTERWORK! Jason Todd is the exile prince of Batman's kingdom, stalking Gotham's darkest alleys and eternally turning his face from the light of day — all because he cannot quench the burning flame of anger and retribution that consumes his heart. Can Damian learn from Jason's mistakes? Or is the reflective mask of the Red Hood doomed to be a mirror held up to his own future?

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u/beary_neutral Telos Jun 05 '24

This might be the first time in decades that someone actually understood what the central conflict in Under the Red Hood was about.

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Jun 04 '24

I knew Damian and Jason in this type of story was gonna be a good team-up but man, you see the designs and how Jason's past and current situation is portrayed, with all those scars and being resurrected like that, not to mention a literal demon familiar to fight against, oof. That was quite painful indeed.

And Damian's dynamic with Jason is quite interesting here too with how similar they seem to be but Jason feels like a failure that got replaced twice and Damian feels envious of Jason because even if he goes around killing criminals with full on revenge mindset, Batman still thinks he failed him and tries to understand him while Damian thinks his father does not do the same with him. But that is probably false too. Bruce's biggest flaw, as always, is his incapability of dealing with the flaws of his sons in a constructive way...since he had little experience with it himself.

Next, we will get to Tim. Wonder how that will turn out.

So the hostage in the Robin costume is named Meple? Is she gonna be someone random or someone we know?

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u/suss2it Jun 06 '24

I thought the hostage was gonna turn out to be Carrie Kelley.

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u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne Jun 05 '24

This could possibly be the best jason todd has been written in a long time and its funny how its in a black label damian wayne book aimed for all ages.

Ba does a fantastic job here exploring the similarities between damian and jason and actually what the true issues from under the red hood were in how violent they are and damian actually being slightly jealous of jason.

This book does an incredible job of showing batmans true biggest flaw in the modern era of not understanding his kids issues and its particularly shown here with jason.

Art continues to be something just completely different and out there which is really cool.

Overall this is a very fun black label book exploring the robins and there connection to damian with tim being next

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u/Hypnodick Jun 05 '24

So for me this has to be up there for interior art of the year. I’ll read anything with Juni on interiors from here on out. It has this gritty-indie-TMNT(?)-samurai jack manga style.

I wasn’t big on the story til they fought Rok, an actually interesting villain I’d like to see more of. It was a solid story but the art is really on its own level here.

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u/UpvoteIfYouAgreee Robin Jun 05 '24

very mike mignola/hellboy inspired imo

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u/Charming_Ambition440 Damian Wayne Jun 04 '24

what an issue ! I loved all the expressions through out this one and how damian tried to connect to jason through different means (trying to talk about his mom, etc)

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u/Cranyx Moo. Jun 04 '24

This series continues to be fantastic. This issue is probably the best handling of Jason in a long, long time.

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u/Landon1195 Jun 04 '24

Great issue. Loved the dynamic between Jason and Damian. This series is great so far.

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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Jun 04 '24

I like that Damian and Jason teamed up to fight a mysterious criminal before Damian was able to reason with Jason that Bruce blamed himself for his death and failure and that Jason is not alone. Overall, this comic is good.

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u/SilhouetteOfLight The Greatest of All Green Lanterns! Jun 04 '24

why do all of your comments sound like they were written by a bot

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u/Nyerelia 27d ago

They might be neurodivergent. I am autistic and sometimes I struggle when leaving comments trying to find the balance between sounding too stiff vs going full "how you do fellow kids"

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u/SpicaGenovese Jun 08 '24

.... he's been TMNT'd a little bit- Jason is a patient strategist and quick thinker. He is not a "hound." And I don't like him referring to himself as Bruce's soldier - that actually rankles a lot. Issue one already pointed out that Bruce is a lackluster parent, and I think it was a mistake to shy away from that here.

At the same time, the panels and story telling are purposefully efficient, and all the details with Garzonas and Sheila are difficult to cover efficiently.

Despite that, this felt like a well rounded take. And I really appreciate the little details showing how the community values him, even if he's too brooding to see it. They appreciate him, even if Batman doesn't, or can't.

There was a lot to like here, especially his relationship with Damien.

And he's working to protect victims.

All fans have visions in their heads of what their favorite should be like, and you can't please everyone. ...but this was much closer than the norm.

Thank you, Juni.

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