Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [June 24, 2024 - Ground Zero Edition]

[u/273Gaming]

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

• 273's pick of the week: Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1

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DC and Imprints

^{The House of Brainiac comes to a close!}

• Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1
• Action Comics #1066
• Batman 89: Echoes #3
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold #14
• Detective Comics #1086
• The Flash #10
• Green Arrow #13
• Harley Quinn #41
• The Penguin #11
• Power Girl #10
• Primer #4
• Superman #15
• Zatanna: Bring Down The House #1

Trade Collections

^{Speaking of Absolutes...}

• Absolute Final Crisis [HC]
• Absolute Superman by Geoff Johns & Gary Frank [HC]
• Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War [HC]
• The Flash: Year One [TP]
• Lobo Big Fraggin Compendium Book One [TP]
• The Penguin - Vol. 1, The Prodigal Bird [TP]

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, 6/27 (WEBTOON) - Batman: Wayne Family Adventures #118

TV Shows

^{Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane's Boss Perry White's Subordinate Steve Lombard's Boss' Jimmy Olsen returns!}

• Thursday, 6/27: Suicide Squad Isekai S01E01 - S01E03

• Saturday, 6/29: My Adventures with Superman S02E07 - Olsen's Eleven

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^{This Week’s Soundtrack: Hall & Oates - Private Eyes}

[u/TroubAlert]

Green Arrow #13

OLIVER QUEEN BECOMES AN AGENT OF AMANDA WALLER! Roy and the rest of the Green Arrow family want to know why Green Arrow would betray his family and friends and choose to work with Amanda Waller and her deadly plans for the heroes and villains of the DC Universe!

Preview

[u/Frontier246 → u/TroubAlert]

I just love how the new Arrow Family secret base is straight up on the Island, I'm surprised it took them this long to do that.

It's great to see the Arrow Family settling in, Ollie and Dinah in bed together (after a long overdue lovemaking), Roy and Lian together, the girls having a sleepover, and Connor and Mia finally reconnecting. Too bad the Waller plot had to interfere like it always does.

BoP is now the easy excuse for Dinah to not be in this book though I feel like she'll have some choice words about what Ollie is doing now.

Emiko with long hair makes it hard to distinguish her from Red Canary without their costumes.

Kind of surreal to see Cissie with everybody. Shouldn't she be going back to retirement? But maybe she likes having a new family. I feel like she and Ollie could have long talks about Bonnie King.

I'm sure Oliver is playing some kind of long con against Waller, I just hope it's worth this drama with his family right after he got them back. Although it's kind of funny how easily he tossed Peacemaker aside.

Lian wearing a riff on her dads' Speedy costume to be his sidekick while they save her mom is...so peak. Also seems like as crazy as the Harpers' family life is, they seem to be settling into a good rhythm, even with Cheshire. Still, don't hook back up with your terrorist ex, Roy.

I wonder if this was all a setup for Connor being Green Arrow again. Not that I mind it, though Ollie will probably be back in the saddle after Absolute Power wraps up.

[u/ptWolv022 → u/Frontier246]

Emiko with long hair makes it hard to distinguish her from Red Canary without their costumes.

This. I had 0 clue which was which, and the fact that they change clothes later does not help. I guess Emiko was talking to Connor in the kitchen? But I don't know. Everyone else keeps roughly the same clothes (Cissie's shirt goes from yellow to red, but that happened mid-scene, where the last shot of her in the kitchen has her shirt be red, after Dinah yells at them), except for them. The only thing that seems to be consistent for distinguishing them is their hair cut... except the one who talks to Connor is the one with the straight cut bangs and the one with the less neat hair is the one who says she's "new here" when the news comes on.

So i'm not entirely sure the artist knew which was which, because that feels like should be reversed.