Comments on: ‘Twas the Night Before Wednesday…

By: JD

JD — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:49:06 +0000

Nightwing was trailed in the Legacy crossover, where they had an ongoing Bludhaven subplot that Dick would go on to investigate in the beginning of his series.

By: J. Caleb Mozzocco

J. Caleb Mozzocco — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:19:59 +0000

RE: Batman titles…
What event spawned Birds of Prey, Nightwing and Robin? I don’t recall any of them ’spinning out’ of anything other than their own miniseries.

Well, they launched during the era of regular bat-events, but I guess none spun out directly in the way that the first volume of Catwoman, Azrael, Anarky or Batgirl, I guess. (Like, Robin didn’t launch with a “From the pages of KnightQuest!” across the cover).

Robin’s ongoing didn’t launch until after three miniseries, so it was pretty market-tested and probably would have launched anyway, but it came out around the time of KnightQues, when he was forced into a solo career…within the first year it would tie into KnightsEnd.

Nightwing became more involved with the Bat-Books in KnightsEnd. He had a one-shot in which he retrieved Alfred, who quit during KngihtssQuest and moved back to England, which then lead to his mini, and then his monthly.

Birds doesn’t seem to have had any strong ties to any of the Bat-events, beyond crossing over into them.

Someday I need to go back and read the Carey run. I bet I would have liked it.

I really disliked the early part of Carey’s run (the part I read), on account of how dull I found it, but maybe it improved. It was very different than Millar’s though, and the Ferry art was great.

So, what, the books ARE coming out today? I’m hopelessly confused now.

Oh God, I hope so, or I’m going to end up crying in front of comics shop. Maybe call your lcs ahead of time…?

By: Vinnie Bartilucci

Vinnie Bartilucci — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:33:59 +0000

So, what, the books ARE coming out today?

I’m hopelessly confused now.

By: "The Guvnor" Paul C

"The Guvnor" Paul C — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:00:54 +0000

@ Matt D

Yeah you should definitely check out Carey’s run. It was great, especially the first few stories that had Pasqual Ferry on art.

Marvel are charging the final issue of Ult. FF at a dollar extra for zero added content. That is just basically sticking two fingers up to everyone who collected the book and kept it alive.

By: Craig M.

Craig M. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:48:06 +0000

I don’t think Nightwing & Birds of Prey spun out of any “Bat-event”, but the ongoing Robin was launched in the midst of the Knightquest storyline because Azrael-Batman didn’t need or want a sidekick. Heck, he tried to choke Robin out in the issue of Detective Comics that came out right before Robin #1.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:35:10 +0000

That reminds me. The thing I’m going to remember the most about Ultimate FF? Millar writing Ultimate Ben Grimm as endlessly upset that he couldn’t cut his own wrists.

Someday I need to go back and read the Carey run. I bet I would have liked it.

By: MrWesley

MrWesley — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:43:26 +0000

RE: Batman titles…
What event spawned Birds of Prey, Nightwing and Robin? I don’t recall any of them ‘spinning out’ of anything other than their own miniseries.

By: LurkerWithout

LurkerWithout — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:51:54 +0000

Sadly, even with a different writer, I’d say SI: Frontline matches the previous two in quality…