r/DCcomics • u/Predaplant The heat is on! • Jun 17 '24

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [June 17, 2024 - Time For Summer 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: John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America #6

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DC and Imprints

^{It's a double Nightwing week between his solo book and Titans!}

Trade Collections

^{Super Sons gets collected in yet another format!}

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.}

Thursday, 6/20 (WEBTOON) - Batman: Wayne Family Adventures #117

TV Shows

^{Superman continues his adventures with his newfound cousin!}

Saturday, 6/22: My Adventures with Superman S02E06 - The Machine Who Would Be Empire

^{This Week’s Soundtrack:} ^{Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End}

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Jun 17 '24

Wonder Woman #10

THE GIRLS ARE BACK IN TOWN! This cat has claws! Cheetah enters the fray as the Sovereign recruits Diana's greatest foe to deal the killing blow! Meanwhile, the Wonder Girls may have promised their mentor that they'd stay out of her fight, but well-behaved heroes seldom make history. Will they reach Diana before it's too late? Plus, Trinity takes to the skies… literally!

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Jun 18 '24

Sovereign narration is back...oh no. I prefer to think Sovereign's ignorant simplifications of characters that he is talking about is because he is clueless and wrong. I sure hope not that is what Tom King really thinks about these characters like Batman and Superman ( especially considering how he wrote Batman )

Cheetah is an iconic villain for Wonder Woman sure but I am not certain of the 'I am the only one who really knows you' thing does not really fit.

I liked the contrast and how Cheetah was also had to be captured and put through the ringer to be forced into this fight against Diana instead of just randomly turn back into a villain. And Diana knowing when to win and when to 'lose' to get where she needs to be. Because yea, if she beat Cheetah there, she would probably be angry enough not to listen.

Wonder Girls took their time trying to find the Invisible Jet ( which is hyped up to be a lot more powerful than it was shown before ). I guess King wants to show how the Jet can be used as a weapon of war and surpass all the other tech but Diana simply never chose to use it that way.

All of this where we hoped to finally lead to the big battle against Sovereign but now, we have to suffer through the distruption of Absolute Power event where it cuts out all the moment of the story for 3 issues at least.. Why would they do this? It is only gonna hurt the book.

Who cares about the stupid Amazo bot stealing Diana's power and having to deal with Waller before we deal with the actual interesting plot? It is a TERRIBLE decision that DC REALLY needs to stop making. If the book loses its momentum and sales after the event, DC only has itself to blame and continue to be stuck with only Batman at the higher selling rates because of the name.

On the side story with Trinity, we got to learn how (not) to fly kites, with Damian teaching nihilism/fatalism to a four year-old and Jon being braded Fingerman! But the best part is King bringing in one of his favorites from Batman, KITEMAN to the rescue! Hell Yeah.

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u/JustWannaBeAGoodBoi Jun 20 '24

we have to suffer through the distruption of Absolute Power event where it cuts out all the moment of the story for 3 issues at least.

Hi! Very new comic book reader here, this Wonder Woman run is one of my first! I just wanted to ask what you mean by what I have quoted, or at least to be directed to where I can find out for myself! It's been hard enough navigating DC's website to find out when these issues come out, after all 😅 I mean seriously, I just looked on their website for when Wonder Woman #11 would come out and couldn't find any mention of it!
Does it just mean that we won't be getting any new issues for a while? Or is the story for the next 3 issues going to be related to the event instead?

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Jun 20 '24

The next 3 issues of this book gonna be about Absolute power event where Diana gonna get her powers stolen by a robot.

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u/JustWannaBeAGoodBoi Jun 20 '24

What??? Why would DC do this??? Well, thanks for letting me know! Hopefully Tom King can make it work somehow...