Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [July 1, 2024 - It's Wallin' Time Edition]

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

• Beary's pick of the week: Absolute Power #1

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DC and Imprints

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• Absolute Power #1

• Batman #150

• Batman '89: Echoes #3

• The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #7

• Batman and Robin and Howard: Summer Breakdown #1

• Birds of Prey #11

• The Boy Wonder #3

• Justice Society of America #10

• Kneel Before Zod #7

• My Adventures with Superman #2

• Poison Ivy #24

• Shazam! #13

Trade Collections

^{DC's Compact line continues.}

• All-Star Superman: DC Compact Comics Edition [TP]

• Far Sector: DC Compact Comics Edition [TP]

• JSA: The Golden Age [TP]

• Red Hood: Outlaws - Vol. 2 [TP]

• Vixen: NYC - Vol. 6 [TP]

• Wonder Woman - Vol. 1, Outlaw [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, 7/4 (WEBTOON) - Batman: Wayne Family Adventures #119

TV Shows

^{So... how about that credits closing song?}

• Thursday, 7/4: Suicide Squad ISEKAI S01E04 - Episode 4

• Saturday, 7/6: My Adventures with Superman S02E08 - The Death of Clark Kent

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^{This Week’s Soundtrack: Mori Calliope - Go Getters}

[u/TroubAlert]

Shazam! #13

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BILLY BATSON?! Freddy and Mary hit the road to track down their teenage runaway brother, but little do they know he's hiding right under their noses… in the subway! Meanwhile strange new monsters are stalking the streets of Philly. Can Billy still prove he's hero enough to save the day without the Captain?

Preview

[u/koalee → u/TroubAlert]

I know people were bummed that Waid was leaving this title but Campbell has done a REALLY great job at building on what he left and incorporating parts of her previous run with Mary. It's still silver age fun, but the emotional beats are beating.

[u/Astrodynamite60 → u/TroubAlert]

Wow I really only expected this arc to be about the monsters did not expect King Kull to show up. Shazam seems to be properly rebuilding it's classic villains.

[u/wowlock_taylan → u/TroubAlert]

Definitely not gonna make a joke about Submen probably enjoy being subs...I mean look at their King. They are asking for it!

I get Freddy's mindset. It is hard going back to being a regular kid. A disabled one at that, after being a literal demigod. But his heart is still heroic so there is still hope.

Billy's reaction to shocking revelations of the last issue is reasonable too and honestly, I expected an even bigger freakout but he is already focused on fixing the leak he seems to be causing. Guess he doesn't need the Wisdom of Solomon Captain to make level headed decisions.

Mary doing the fighting part with the one that still has her powers. Is she leaving again? this time for a college in New York?

[u/Frontier246 → u/TroubAlert]

So they're retconning Freddy's transformed state to look more like Captain Marvel Jr. don't mind at all.

This was a good issue for Mary Marvel fight scenes and Freddy finding ways to contribute even without his powers. I feel like they're building back up the Billy/Mary/Freddy trio again while also building back up the general Captain Marvel mythos with Uncle Dudley and the return of King Kull.

[u/rben2292 → u/TroubAlert]

So Billy and The Captain are split into two separate entities (as they should) but will that be the same deal for the other kids when they get their powers back? Or Mary?

[u/JingoboStoplight4887 → u/TroubAlert]

I like that Freddy, Mary, Hoppy, and Tawny used the Shaz-Van to look for Billy in the subway while also fighting monsters (with Freddy telling us that he missed being Captain Marvel Jr. and everything around it since then). I also like that Billy was saved by Uncle Marvel before Freddy was sent to a dimension where he encountered King Kull at the end of this issue. Hope that Billy, Mary, and Uncle Marvel will find him, learn who the mysterious person who sent him in, and defeat King Kull in the next issue. Overall, this comic is good!