Unlike Dan, I really do miss those captions by the editors, who sometimes were as lost as I was when reading an issue. I mean from a new reader's perspective I would have liked to know what issue Hawkeye died in so they could bring him back and break the internet in half. Seriously I think its a crucial part of storytelling sometimes to let the reader know when things happen, so they don't feel left out, for example:
That would have come in handy during New Avengers....see simple, but effective.
I've been reading DC's Showcase and Marvel's Essentials lines, and I have come to the conclusion that I really, really enjoy the blatantly obvious editorial comments in older books. For example, wouldn't this panel from Red Son be so much better if it had been published like this?
Because, you know, how else would we know that's the communist logo transposed on the classic Superman crest?
David Willis, author of the incredibly close-to-home-hitting webcomic Shortpacked, has found the Justice Lords figures. I've not seen these yet, but as they are from my favorite saga of JL, I may have to go on the quest for them.
As seen on Toy News International, retailers have received the lineup information for the upcoming Mattel DC Superheroes line:
Series 1: (Batman)
Bane, Batman, Scarecrow, Killer Croc
Series 2: (Superman)
Bizarro, Supergirl, Superman, Doomsday
Series 3: (Batman)
Azrael, Battle Damaged Batman, Robin, Mr. Freeze
Series 4: (Batman)
Stealth Jump Batman, Batgirl, Two-Face, Joker
Series 5: (Superman)
Battle Damage Superman, Lex Luthor, Braniac, Superman Mother Box, Darkseid
Wow, they're really beating the iconic characters to death, eh? Where's Wonder Woman in all of this, and how can you do three series of Batman figures without doing a single Nightwing? And what, pray tell, is "Superman Mother Box" and does it come with a 'pinging' action?
