Cheers before bed, Buffy as background while writing.

Though that Batman vs. Owlman fight scene owns all regardless.

Agreed. I liked that one a lot, but it would have played better if it were situated in a continuity—it felt like it was trying to play on a lot of character history.

That's kind of a hilarious bug. How does that even make sense?

My favorite was always "Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 4,000 of something."

I've always loved BtAS and Batman Beyond (StAS I can take or leave), but I'm just now getting around to Justice League. Man, is that shit good so far. There are flaws—Flash is insufferable, at least in the first few arcs—but the animation and voice acting are awesome, and they've got a great sense of how to bring…

I guess they like to be free of continuity concerns for the DVD movies. Most of the stories they've told would have been impossible to square with the DCAU, and I think their interest s in continuing to create that kind of standalone film.

Alas, our tales of woe seem to fall on deaf ears.

Yeah, weird, I was sure that was in the past. Though looking at it now, he does mention that he's been chasing the Joker for six years, which seems to be the length of time since ACTION COMICS and the original appearance of superheroes.

Promethea is motherfuckin' crazy, but there's cool art throughout, even in the parts where the writing's off the rails.

@avclub-8ba08029928df26a69a360c83b3c0075:disqus , for some reason it's not letting me reply to your comment, but I agree. I can usually stomach it (you kind of have to learn to if you want to read these things regularly) but something about this instance seemed especially gross to me. Maybe it's the bloodvomity…

I'm more confused by the Batman timeline. Anyone have any idea where Detective Comics falls?

Fair enough that maybe we didn't need the nudity, but it's not like that's all that happened in those scenes. That was where a lot of the relationship exposition was laid out.

I think the use of the splash pages served an artistic purpose. They were all broken up and heavily narrative, not just "Dramatic BIG SHOT"

Agreed about Punisher working best when more gritty and grounded (though I almost always love it when he crosses over in an A-list superhero book).

Yeah, the "King" deal is definitely the most intriguing part of who he is. I'm hoping the trials and tribulations of the undersea society can become a more forefronted part of the DCU.

I liked Dick as Batman, but only because I knew it was a temporary deal. I feel like "Batman" isn't like "The Flash" or "Green Lantern" in the sense that the title can be handed down with the costume—who and what Batman is, in my estimation, is inextricably tied to who Bruce Wayne is.

Yeah, I didn't phrase that well. What I meant was: the fact that it doesn't seem to work well with what's come before troubles me. Reboots are reboots, but if a new take isn't compatible with what prior readers know about the character, I feel like that's a red flag.

I haven't said anything about either costumes or realism. I just think that pose was gratuitous and pretty offensive.

I agree pretty much completely. AQUAMAN is actually one of the books I'm most psyched for right now—I've always wanted that character/book to escape his weird punchline status and become as cool as I feel like a fantasy sea king should be, and Johns just may be the guy to make it happen.