Board 8 > I miss Larfleeze.

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Scarlet do you also miss Larfleeze?
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Not Scarlet but I, too, miss Larfleeze.
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I miss the Wanderer.
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I miss Ed Bellis.
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Larfleeze is a top 50 comic character for me (which is saying a lot).

Top tier character, endless potential. You need Johns or a comedy writer (Giffen) to come back and give him some life.
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Yeah he was lame as shit with the wrong writers.

Pretty much any of the Johns characters need to be limited to specific talent.
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I don't think that's necessarily true; but any of them with a very specific voice, yes. Stargirl, whatever. It's hard to fuck her up (as an example).
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I think the baggage of Stargirl's inception is a difficult can of worms for this subject. Especially with the whole thing between her and Hour Man and how I'm SURE Johns wasn't happy about that.

I mostly mean GL characters, though. We saw how GL just fucking died as a DC pillar as soon as Johns left.
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Vendetti is a horrible, awful writer and I will fight anyone who ever wants to tell me otherwise including the man himself.
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You could have put a host of other writers on it. Johns is great, but the direction and the creative team were utterly terrible.
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Vendetti not only ruined Green Lantern, he also ruined Flash too.

He's garbage.
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I dunno man, the Post-Johns curse after all his notable runs was preeeeeeetty consistent.
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My point is, if you had China Melville saying "I have a good concept," and it WAS a good concept, we wouldn't have this discussion.
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I dunno if I want China Melville on a main title with heavy editor interference.
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Though I guess with how dead GL is they may let him do whatever he wants.
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I mean, so many titles that become awesome do so because someone is given free rein.
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Hell, even Editor's themselves can out out good work on their own!

Dan Didio's OMAC was a fun time.
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I always feel the need to remind people that Dan Didio did like 6 titles over the years, and the rest are all terrible.
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I stopped during when Hal was the leader of the Green Lanterns and they proceeded to tell a story where he doesn't actually lead them at all and is just derp a derping with mysterious dopplegangers and shit. I think Relic was a thing and also awful at that point?

OH! And that people don't want to use their rings for some reason because it's limited power? I just remember there were so many plot threads and NONE of them were actually being focused on at all so it was just impossible to care about them since the main plot was going on and Hal being in charge and the Lanterns not wanting to use their rings meant absolutely nothing.

And then Kyle Rayner died like, immediately after I got out of comics and it was like a sign that I made a good choice.

Also, concerning his Flash run, it took me literally one issue of seeing quite possibly some of the worst and artificial writing I've ever read and I bowed out of that because I was already livid at this fucker over what he was doing to Green Lantern.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

I always feel the need to remind people that Dan Didio did like 6 titles over the years, and the rest are all terrible.

The Ray tho
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....Kyle is dead?
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LapisLazuli posted...

....Kyle is dead?

No.
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All I remember is that Kyle was dead (not in his actual book either) and some group was investigating his murder in some book I couldn't begin to give a fuck about.
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Yes. That was a thing. Especially the part about not giving a fuck. I couldn't agree more.
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I miss Nova
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You can have the one inspired by a real life cancer-stricken boy, but not the good one.
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But I want the good one
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Nope. You can't have that one.

Maybe you'll like Bendis Guardians of the Galaxy instead if you want cosmic Marvel.
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Bendis' Guardians of the Galaxy is over.
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Oh, that's a relief. Did it continue to be horrible?
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I wish Bendis was over

Writing comics I mean
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Bury Bendis.

In retirement pay.
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This is like anti-Bendis speak right now

Short and sweet
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Oh, that's a relief. Did it continue to be horrible?

It has only been over for, like, a week.
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CassandraCain posted...

This is like anti-Bendis speak right now

Short and sweet

Bendis speak, you say?
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Bendis speak, you say?

Yeah dude, Bendis speak.

Get with the program ya goose
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CassandraCain posted...

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Bendis speak, you say?

Yeah dude, Bendis speak.

Get with the program ya goose

Oi vay, I was just wondering about Bendis speak. Mazaltov.
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And I miss the days when users named after a gay show weren't here to make crappy topics that aren't even related to the board
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LARFREEZE IS DEAD?

*reads topic*

Oh

KYLE IS DEAD?
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WibbleWobbleWok posted...

And I miss the days when users named after a gay show weren't here to make crappy topics that aren't even related to the board

"Topics related to the board"

"All-purpose social board"

Pick one.
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WibbleWobbleWok posted...

And I miss the days when users named after a gay show weren't here to make crappy topics that aren't even related to the board

What.

Go away.
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Lapis are you named after a gay show
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Steven Universe is pretty gay.

An argument can be made that the vast majority of its characters are gay.
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Hmm, that's gay.

Anyways, are there any current writers you wish would take the helm of Lantern?
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I'm so out of touch that I barely even know.

For something completely unique and original, I almost wanna say Lemire.
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I like Lemire a lot. I wonder if he can operate in a cosmic series in DC, but I could see him presenting a new side of Hal at least.
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I dunno if Lemire "fits" anywhere into superhero comics, but that's never stopped him before. Just has to tell a different kind of story.

My traditional answer is Judd Winnick, but hey....can't always win.
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God, Winick would be great. I miss that guy.
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I wanna go back and read First Thunder. And Power Girl. And Green Arrow. And Titans. And Exiles.

Hell, I wanna read Generations Lost, dammit! Winnick and Giffen, wake up people!

Reminds me that I own New 52 Captain Atom. Man dd that one come swinging out of nowhere.
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Holy shit I completely forgot another Johns' Teen Titans run.

That was followed up by...Adam Beechan....oh God, no.
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