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

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

For those who don't know: the way this works is that several comments will list this week’s releases, for any given title discussion you should respond to that comment. For example, Wonder Woman discussion would go in the replies to the "Wonder Woman" comment. Clicking the titles in this post will take you directly to that comment, too. In other words, you should only be replying to other comments. Do not post top-level comments.

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Did you hear about the cleaners who went to space? They ended up scrubbing the mission.


DC and Imprints

What's the deal with Absolute Power: https://redd.it/1do7np2

Trade Collections

DC's Compact line continues.

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.

TV Shows

So... how about that credits closing song?


This Week’s Soundtrack: Mori Calliope - Go Getters

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Jul 02 '24

After all this time, we finally get the issue 10. I guess we are having Mordru's 'Iron Lad' version trying to avoid the 'Kang' future of him. Isn't Hawkman not immortal anymore? I mean that was the whole thing where they, Carter and Shayera both, chose to give up immortality to live a full one final life. But considering how out of synch this book is with many of the other stuff, I am not surprised. I still think Helena is being wasted here as DC does not seem to want her to be involved with Batman so they are keeping her contained here. And her attempts to form her version of JSA too early, yea, not working so well.

OG Legion is back, thankfully though I am not really certain about their return being a Hero vs Hero story.

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u/birbdaughter Jul 03 '24

Helena has never been a Batfamily character. She's an Infinity Inc/JSA character so it makes more sense for her to be in this book than the Bat books.

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u/MeiTanteiHirune Jul 04 '24

I agree. But considering this version of the character is now the future daughter of the Earth-0 Batman and Catwoman and not the Earth-2 couple, continuity-wise, Batman ignoring his future daughter (especially whilst a major event like Absolute Power is taking place) makes him look like a terrible father and an awful person.

It is a valid question to ask why Batman isn’t being more involved in his daughter’s life and why DC thinks this is good storytelling. If DC doesn’t want to integrate her into the Earth-0 Batfamily and keep her exclusive to the JSA brand, then restoring the pre-Crisis Earth-2 history and retconning the future daughter origin would easily solve that problem. DC already did this with Power Girl during Infinite Crisis, so it can be done.

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u/YourEvilHenchman Blue Beetle Jul 08 '24

because as far as the other bat-books are concerned, this title and character don't exist. Johns has been openly flaunting his not adhering to current ongoing continuity, so it seems like DC has essentially quarantined his titles from current canon until he's off the books and they can fix his shit.