Yeah, good facial expression that radiates villain smugness, good texture on the outfit, seems like they got the body type right although it's a little hard to tell from the shot. Seems like a solid figure.maverick10126 wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 5:27 pmYeah the bicep cuts aren’t great but everything else looks good. Great face sculpt. I really hope they find a way to release the full team.
Exactly. Geoff Johns is one of the worst comic writers today. He would be bad because his silver age retcons ruin characters and classic storylines. But he’s the worst because he’s so prolific with his garbage.
Disagree completely. I think it’s safe to say that when Dandy Dan DiDio found himself in charge once more, his years long rivalry with Johns swung back his way. Johns reversed New 52 so DiDio torpedoed Doomsday Clock and Three Jokers. He settled the score. I dare say that if Rebirth had played out while Johns was still President of DC, we’d be looking at an entirely different DCU post Doomsday Clock. Doomsday Clock itself would’ve ended very differently.supreme-d wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 10:46 pmExactly. Geoff Johns is one of the worst comic writers today. He would be bad because his silver age retcons ruin characters and classic storylines. But he’s the worst because he’s so prolific with his garbage.
How he’s still regarded as anything more than middling after Three Jokers and Doomsday Clock is beyond me. It’s the same dumb trick for everything he’s written since Rebirth.
This is why the only things I try to pay full price for with this line are mainline characters who are first time in the line and some gold label. All these variants, evil versions, unmasked versions and what not just drop like a brick in price.Ninjak wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 3:58 am
Target does have a pretty good sale going for several McFarlane DC figures. But man, it actually kind of hurts to see figures like The Demon, Blight, Clown Joker and unmasked Batwoman Beyond, etc. that you paid $20-$25 for a few months ago on sale now for $8-$9.
Not to mention figures like 3-Jokers Batman going for $17.99, and DKR Robin and Frost King Green Lantern for $12.49.
Almost makes you feel like a sucker for being a loyal customer and buying things when they first come out.
In the Rebirth era, Johns was co-President of DC and chief creative officer. When Diane Nelson resigned, Johns was forced to resign as well. They were a team, she was the business end, he was the creative end. But he was the one behind Rebirth. With Johns out of the top spot, DiDio outranked him again. And Rebirth, along with Three Jokers and Doomsday Clock began to unwind. Geoff still had a lot on his plate, but he wasn’t the DC shot caller anymore. If he could’ve kept on shepherding Rebirth, I think we’d be in a very different place in the DCU right now.Mysticmanjrf1 wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:26 amJohns is one of my all time favorite writers, but I think the responsibilities beyond comic writing have hurt the quality of his books. Whatever the reason, I think his latest stories have been missing the mark.
Love his Wally Flash run...GL stories from 2005-2009...Teen Titans with Tim Drake...in the mid-late 2000s he was knocking every story out of the park. You could tell how much he understood the characters.
I also thought he did a very good job with Rebirth in terms of how it affected overall continuity. The Rebirth book that brought back Wally West was Johns' last great story, and in general I thought the quality of DC books was pretty good from 2016-2017. They couldn't stick the landing with Rebirth, things got whacky with Metal, and much of Johns' work since has been subpar IMO.
