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I wonder if that's the same comic I remember - Hulk picks up an AIDS infected gay man and someone asks if he's worried about getting infected to which Hulk replies something like "With my blood I'm immune"

The only reason I remember it so well is in a later issue I believe it was the 300th issue - it was a green foil cover recreating the 1st issue that had a letter to the editor that was one of the most homophobic things I had read at the time - basically the letter said how dare the Hulk save a gay man, if the Hulk has to interact with a gay person at all it should be to kill them etc.

Does anyone else remember that?

I don't recall that, but I need to look into it.

Jim Wilson wasn't gay, though. I do specifically remember his girlfriend leaving him due to his HIV positive status being a thing. That story arc was the early-mid 90's. 93-94, somewhere around there.
 
I don't recall that, but I need to look into it.

Jim Wilson wasn't gay, though. I do specifically remember his girlfriend leaving him due to his HIV positive status being a thing. That story arc was the early-mid 90's. 93-94, somewhere around there.

This is the comic that had the letter - it was the 30th anniversary not 300th issue

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So Rich Johnston just made this very weird and vague report that a group of wealthy people who also happen to be major DC fans either have or are going to put together a proposal, to well...I'm not sure exactly. It's Rich and he can barely write a coherent sentence, but my interpretation is to buy the publishing arm but keep the IP's with Warners/AT&T? Or something? Like I said, he's a terrible writer so who the hell knows what this means. But given the upheaval at Warners/AT&T the past year it could be something to watch.


Last year, a number of high-rolling individuals were given tours of DC Comics Burbank with AT&T/Warners officials. And as a result, there may be some new options. Because Bleeding Cool has been made aware of plans by big-time DC Comics fans with access to a lot of money. Many millions from across many businesses.

A collaboration of some of the biggest cheeses who, with a combination of personal wealth and raised capital, are making an approach to AT&T. Not to buy DC Comics outright from AT&T/Warners, not to touch the movies, the TV, the games or the merchandise — but solely the rights and ownership — of the comic book side of the publisher. To be able to create and publish the DC Comics line as they would like. Let Warners do the movies and TV shows, but take all the cumbersome work of actually publishing comic books off their hands, while Warners are free to adapt if they wish.
 

The Sandman stuff on Audible is incredible. Though I'm sure this won't have the same production value or all star casts, comics can absolutely work in that space.

DC surely likes to murk sheet up unnecessarily. At this rate, just say fork it and leave stuff alone.



I genuinely can't make heads or tails of this stuff anymore. I don't even try.
 
The Sandman stuff on Audible is incredible. Though I'm sure this won't have the same production value or all star casts, comics can absolutely work in that space.

Aren't some of the cast from the Audible series slate for the TV series?

I genuinely can't make heads or tails of this stuff anymore. I don't even try.

They have been trying to "fix" continuity for decades and each time they do it gets forked up more. I just don't get it.
 
Crisis on Infinite Earths was designed to fix their continuity issues. And while not perfect, it did.

So of course they have spent the last three and a half decades going back to the crisis/multiverse/reboot well so many times that it has lost all meaning, and they have gotten increasingly bizarre with each subsequent attempt.

Marvel's sliding timescale of "All that stuff from the 60's was really only like 12 years ago" is downright efficient by comparison.
 
Can anyone help me identify a Batman graphic novel?

I'm not sure if it was a stand alone or a collection

It's from the late 80's/early 90s, (that's when I saw it in the bookstore)

The plot was basically this - the Joker is on Death Row for a crime that he actually didn't commit, should Batman clear his name or let him be executed
 
The Sandman stuff on Audible is incredible. Though I'm sure this won't have the same production value or all star casts, comics can absolutely work in that space.



I genuinely can't make heads or tails of this stuff anymore. I don't even try.


Been looking for some new audiobooks to get into and never did get into Sandman

I'll check it out
 
Crisis on Infinite Earths was designed to fix their continuity issues. And while not perfect, it did.

So of course they have spent the last three and a half decades going back to the crisis/multiverse/reboot well so many times that it has lost all meaning, and they have gotten increasingly bizarre with each subsequent attempt.

Marvel's sliding timescale of "All that stuff from the 60's was really only like 12 years ago" is downright efficient by comparison.

It's an interesting storytelling dilemma though. Do you keep retelling stories of old, classic heroes, or do you create new expanded worlds with maybe a few older heroes and sprinkle in new ones?
 
It's an interesting storytelling dilemma though. Do you keep retelling stories of old, classic heroes, or do you create new expanded worlds with maybe a few older heroes and sprinkle in new ones?
I went on a mini rant on the Batman podcast we recorded last night...

I might be convinced if DC told me Bruce Wayne has always had a secret Lazarus Pit of his own hidden in the Batcave or the conscious-swapping machine that Scott Snyder invented in his run was always around and he just hopped from clone to clone. It would be easier to convince me that Superman and Wonder Woman age at a godlike slow rate because of who they are (basically gods). Hell, I could be convinced that the Flashes age at a super-slow rate due to their connection to the Speed Force (probably the easiest to convince me since the Speed Force helps them in healing, etc.). This Linearverse and Scott Snyder's Dark Multiverse and Metal crap is just downright stupid.

Sometimes, it's ok to leave stuff alone.
 
I went on a mini rant on the Batman podcast we recorded last night...

I might be convinced if DC told me Bruce Wayne has always had a secret Lazarus Pit of his own hidden in the Batcave or the conscious-swapping machine that Scott Snyder invented in his run was always around and he just hopped from clone to clone. It would be easier to convince me that Superman and Wonder Woman age at a godlike slow rate because of who they are (basically gods). Hell, I could be convinced that the Flashes age at a super-slow rate due to their connection to the Speed Force (probably the easiest to convince me since the Speed Force helps them in healing, etc.). This Linearverse and Scott Snyder's Dark Multiverse and Metal crap is just downright stupid.

Sometimes, it's ok to leave stuff alone.

Agree 100%. Well said.
 
I ordered the final piece to my Captain America collection (Marvel). Volume 5 #6. The Disney show has tweaked the price quite a bit.
 
I ordered the final piece to my Captain America collection (Marvel). Volume 5 #6. The Disney show has tweaked the price quite a bit.
The whole comic book market is experiencing a boom in prices. Same is true of sports cards and many other collectibles.
 

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