#AwesomeCosplay Pics of the day: Batman and son

Just, d'aaaaaw! :)

The streets have never felt as safe as since Batman & Robin started patrolling them~

Super Dictionary: off

Batman sure acts like a douche to poor Robin in the pages of the Super Dictionary....

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Super Dictionary © DC Comics

#E3 NEWS! 2nd day recap part 1

Time for a bunch more news and trailers regarding upcoming games!

First up, some actual footage of that ZombiU I posted about yesterday.

Get More: GameTrailers.com, ZombiU - E3 2012: Exclusive Gameplay Walkthrough (Stream), PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

The gameplay is looking pretty neat!

Get More: GameTrailers.com, ZombiU - E3 2012: To the Nursery Gameplay (Cam), PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

It does really looks like a nice mix between Dead Island and Dead Rising, like I wrote yesterday.

And looking quite nice, to boot!

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It seems the WiiU will be getting mostly late recycled titles. Assasssin's Creed 3, Mass Effect 3 (only 3s? no ME1 or 2?).
I dunno why but I don't imagine a new audience getting the same game later on. I'm pretty sure 99% of people buying ME3 for Wii u will already have play through it = ME fans buying yet another release.
Specially since it's the last part of the story without both ME1 & 2...

Anyway amongst these is a re-re-release of Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition.
Are people still interested in re-getting this one? Specially with the "Game of the Year: Edition" recently, doesn't everyone already own Batman?

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition - E3 2012: Debut, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

The game seems to be mostly identical, besides some gimmicks that will use the controller-screen of the WiiU.
Beside, you can get the game in bargain bins pretty cheap most everywhere, not counting the cheap steam version for PC!

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On Capcom's side, check out this kickass trailer of the upcoming Lost Planet 3!

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Lost Planet 3 - E3 2012: Trailer, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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Omega Force, the guys who made most of the Dynasty Warriors for Koei, and Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage for Eido, will be making another Hokuto no ken game!

The original game was mindless fun and pretty cool, but didn't it already cover the entire story?

Simply titled Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 it sounds like more of the same kinda fun.



I can imagine this using inspiration from the "expanded universe" other continuations of the story, though I'd prefer to see some original story like that first Berserk game.

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Speaking of Omega Force, that isn't all they're up to these days!
A One Piece beat 'em all game is also coming up this one published at Namco.

Though it will be a PS3-only title. (awwww... can we hope for an Xbox port either in the US or here in Europe? pwetty please with sugar on top?)

Dubbed One Piece: Pirate Warriors in the US and not Luffy's Rage like I expected, this One Piece: Kaizoku Musou is coming up for November this year.
And here's a new trailer:



Even though I won't be getting this, it does look pretty good.

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More coming up in a few!~

ComicPageOfTheWeekend: Ollie's Stupendous Chili Recipe

Time for some cooking activity with Green Arrow!
Here's a pretty fun page, Ollie's own "Chili Recipe". Beware though, it's certainly edible, this isn't just a joke, but like you'd expect from GA, it's HOT! Really hot, like it will burn your entire mouth and ruin your sense of taste for months!

But if you feel up to the challenge, try it~

I wonder who at DC spent the time making this one up :P

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Only a hothead like Ollie or someone with Bats' discipline is able to survive this chili!

JLA © DC Comics

#Gaming NEWS! #DC characters fight each other...AGAIN!

What a random surprise Warner Bros. just announced!!

Warner announced an upcoming title developed by NetherRealm Studios slated for 2013 and it is called....

"Injustice: Gods Among Us".
which will be an all-new fighting game from the Mortal Kombat developers.
What a twist!
This new random title will have the likes of the Trinity (Bats, WW, Supes) and The Flash facing off against such villains as Harley Quinn and Solomon Grundy!
...Huh, random?!
Nice to see 'em use a random title like this.  (and not, say, "Batman & co: Fighting Superstars!!" XD)

But, guys, don't you nromally do these random proprieties-inspired fighting games to build an audience for a crossover? You already did Mortal Kombat Vs. DC! ~
(you know, like X-Men -> X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super heroes -> Marvel Vs. Capcom)

Anyways, the game will be shown more clearly at this year's E3.
Ed Boon explained how the game will use two main categories of characters, the power-users and the ones with gadgets.

Here's some character designs, which seem to take some clues from the current comics "New 52" (specially Supes) :

(pants on Wonder Woman? "Odyssey" anyone?)

Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti will apparently be writing the plot here. (a plot? in my fighting games!?)

And here's the official trailer:

#FanFilm Friday - Batgirl: Spoiled (Teaser)

DC might be ignoring Stephanie Brown - ex-Batgirl, but that won't stop the fans from keeping the character alive and kickin'!

One of the most intriguing fanfilm projects I've seen lately is this upcoming Batgirl: Spoiled short film!

You can keep an eye on this BatgirlTheWebSeries youtube channel because things might quickly start up over there soon.

The idea is to give Steph her due, in the form of a lil' non-profit webseries featuring her adventures as the 3rd Batgirl.

And here's a little teaser trailer:



This is looking pretty nice, and even some nice TV quality-like, much better than the beginning season of Smallville already! How come it's not even official?!
See that, DC/Warner, this is the kind of stuff we want!

Also, bring back STEPH!!

#Gaming NEWS! LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

And here's a pretty kickass trailer of Traveler's Tales' latest game, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes!
That's right, another Lego Batman game, this time featuring guest JLA-characters to play with!

Get More: GameTrailers.com, LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes - Open World Trailer, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Looks a bit Arkham City-sh, don't you think?
And voice acting?! Whoah! you got me surprised there! (was there voices in their latest Lego games too, or is that new?)

It's nice to expand these Lego DC games, not just Robin around anymore, but the likes of Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman and Aquaman!
By the way, it's nice to see even as a Lego, Hal Jordan sort of looks/acts like a douche, even the 2-3 seconds he got in that above trailer :P

This game will be out later next month, on almost all current systems~

CBR JLA: Incarnations

 

Remember my Justice League: Year One review?
Now's the time to dig into it's sequel, a zip through the JLA's following years and teams!

Comic title: JLA: Incarnations
Art by Val Semeiks, Prentis Rollins, Kevin Conrad, Eric Battle, Keith Champagne, Ray Kryssing
Story by John Ostrander

Published by DC
From 2001
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Format: Maxi-series, published as JLA: Incarnations issues #1-7.

JLA Incarnations is a follow-up to Mark Waid's own JLA Year One.
It picks up where Year One left off, the idea behind this series was to cover various key points over the League's history in all-new adventures taking place during these "eras".

And to take on this dantesque job, it was none other than Mark Waid John Ostrander. Who, you might ask?
John Ostrander is a renowned comic book writer, best known for his classic and popular work on the Suicide Squad, the long running Martian Manhunter series and his most recent work on Star Wars: Legacy.

His style his big, epic and bold, perfect in my eyes to carry over Mark Waid's style.
This mini series serves to tell the history of the JLA during the ~10 year gab that follows the likes of JLA: Year One or Batman: Year One, the vague period of time the mid-80s Crisis event kept but retconned from Golden Age and Silver Age comics.

JLA: Incarnations issues are all double sized.
Each issue tells more or less self-contained stories, on 38-pages long issues. The story picks up fresh from the JLA's formation and first year. Through a sort of "retroactive retelling", we revisit past incarnations of the Justice League up to then-the present time of publication (that is, the JLA composed of the likes of Kyle Rayner!Green Lantern, the bearded spear-handed Aquaman, Plastic Man, etc).
We see how the League evolved, the gradual changes brought to the roster and team.

The first issues covers the "Silver Age" of the team. The roster stayed mostly the same, composed of GL, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Black Canary and Green Arrow. The League was still based in a mountain.

It's a great way to see how these stories took place in the post-Crisis DC Universe.
Subtle changes are given either to the continuity throughout the stories or the characters themselves over the course of the years.
Each issue focuses on some standalone members more than the others.  The first issue takes place around the first confrontation between the JLA and the JSA (without any silly Earth-2 aspect), the JSA seems a bit resentful against their successors at first, it's not like in the old comics when they just simply stumbled  into another world where other people filled their roles. It's your classic "villain manipulations"-plot though.
The second issue shows us how the "World's Finest" (Superman and Batman) came to  be reserve members rather than full League-status.

The third issue, one of my favorites, takes place around the "Satellite era".
When Green Arrow ends up leaving the League, feeling out of touch with the population from the space headquarters.

Ostrander plays "continuity cop", cleans up the DCU hitory and yet still manages to have fun with these overall characters arcs.
You feel invested in these characters in such few pages.

After the depart of Arrow, "thanks to fascists pigs" like Hawkman, there's a whole issue 4 dedicated to Martian Manhunter and Aquaman as they see the constant struggle to keep the team together during the time Elongated Man and Zatanna joined the JLA.
And finally even an issue 5 over a decade in the making, a Crisis tie-in!
And quite an original issue, taking place during that classic event that redefined DC Comics, but from the perspective of the actual resultant "Earth", not the old retconned Silver Age one, and from the eyes of the infamous "JL Detroit", a real team of underdogs heroes. (with the likes of Vibe, Vixen,,..)
There's also a revisiting of Barry Allen's final moments before joining the Speed Force.
And a back-up story taking place during Ostrander's own plotted Legends mini-series (glimpsed in my Blue Beetle review). When heroes became outlawed.

My favorite of the bunch is without a doubt the Super Buddies-esque issue.
Issue 6 sees Blue Beetle and Booster Gold get the Justice League International in trouble.
With some spot-on JLI-era humor, a fun (and funny!) adventure in Bialya
The same issue also offers us a extra tale during the disbanding of +the 90s Extreme Justice.
Finally, issue 7 takes place during the current League, and features the JLA's first foes, the Appelaxians! (last seen in Year One!)

JLA: Incarnations is about epic larger than life-adventures!

There's a lot of character moments, something you don't always get in these kind of action adventure comics.
This comic book series revisits and reimagines past events making they fit each other in the history of the League. There's some bigger character arcs that take place over various issues.

The book covers various classic League villains and some more obscure ones, such as Wotan, Gorilla Grodd, Kobra, etc.

The art is quite appropriate to the periods visited.
I really liked Val Semeiks' chameleon art stly,e, at times channeling John Byrne, other times George Pérez.
The art is bright, sometimes more realistic, other times more comic book-ysh. It ends up with more cartoony Superman and Batman "in the present" at issue 7.
The various inkers truly help Semeiks pencils fit the period of each issue.

There's also an on-going side story, from the perspective of Tully Reed - a reporter who is a big fan of superheroes, though he goes under some changes over the years too.
He's our entry-point into this fantastic world, and like the readers, will often cheer to the heroes, other times resent them..but in the end, he'll follow their heroic example.

Overall, it's a great enjoyable read!
Such a fun ride through the years.
It's also quite easy to get into, this is the kind of story the characters will refer to in their other comic book series.

From their golden days to the dark times and return to form.
I also loved seeing the Martian as the Justice League-constant throughout the years.
(Which, sidenote, reminds me why I just can't get into the currents New 52 League, no Martian Manhunter really? And Didio & co threw him into Stormwatch, nor JLA nor the JLI, really? booooh!!)

Loved all the little details, the mail from the fans-page designed to imitate the JLA at the time,
Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatties feel of the JLI issue...

It's truly a shame this has never been collected (as of today, as I write these lines).
Even if you only find a issue or two, it's self contained and quite accessible.


I give it:

  2.5 / 3 Plastic-trophies!

ComicPanelsOfTheWeek: I'm starving!

Just Hal Jordan, being his usual chauvinist.

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And yes, he's adressing Silver Age-Wonder Woman there. I'm expecting a punch to land in the middle of his face on 3....2...1...

JLA © DC Comics

Super Dictionary: drive

Holy gasoline, Batman. Gee, this time, we might actually be in for some real trouble!

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Super Dictionary © DC Comics

#AwesomeCosplay Pics of the day: Ultimate showdown...in the metro

This picture is simply beyond words!

Source: courtesy from CollegeHumor staff.

#AwesomeCosplay Pics of the day: Catwoman

Here's the lovely Alouette cosplaying as the best Catwoman I've ever seen!

She just looks absolutely stunning! Gorgeous <3
The costume's mighty impressive, dead on Darwyn Cooke's design.
Here's some more amazing pics:

Woah!
Just, wow! <3

How To Draw Batman Punching

Here's a video I found rather pretty interesting, personally.

It's a video of Jake Castorena from Warner Bros Animation studios, showing us how to draw Batman's HAMMERS OF JUSTICE!



This would no doubt quality as one of my top three dream jobs, particularly at WBs ^__^
*sigh*

#BestOf Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Sidekicks Assembl!

Here's an adorable lil' moment of Brave and the Bold featuring its incarnation of the original Teen Titans (minus Wonder Girl - awww :/)

Check it out:



Makes me wanna rewatch the entire show~

#BestOf Batman The Brave & The Bold - Batman Does Not Eat Nachos!

...but he really should! Look at how cool dude!Batman is compared to hammers-of-justice!Batman :P


I miss Brave and The Bold :(

#Movie NEWS! New Dark Knight Rises trailer!

...speaking of Batman, did I post this one already? Not sure, 'dunno...

Anyhow, here's the latest Dark Knight Rises trailer:

Opinions?

Honestly, I'm not entirely sold on this.
I mean, sure they got lots of money and are throwing it in our faces every shot, but, I just dunno... It might be victim of "too much, too little". Also too much hype from the past Bat-movies and Nolan's recent Inception-success.

I'm not feeling the plot, over-gritty, the characters, that silly Catwoman and the badly represented Bane, or even Bats himself. Heck, by this point, he's barely been an interesting character nor the focus of the past 2 films. So...

#COOLAPE Wednesday - What's His Secret

Link for the full comic on CoolApe:
http://www.coolape.org/comic-eyz-whats-his-secret.html

Batman just keeps on disappearing on Gordon..what's his secret?

ComicPageOfTheWeekend: Jason Todd is a gentleman

I'm sure the other Robins against this villainess, Dick Grayson or Tim Drake, wouldn't have minded having a look :P

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Batman © DC Comics

BadassCosplay - incredible Nightwing & Batgirl!

Wanna see some pretty impressive Bat-cosplaying?

Check those out:

It's a fantastic take on Nightwing and a lovely lil' Batgirl!Cassandra Cain^^
Now, that's some costumes! Woooah!!

#Comics NEWS! some new Dark Knight Rises pics

Here's a bunch of new promo material for the upcoming Dark Knight Rises.

And apart from the above "comic book-ysh" shot of Bats vs. Bane, they look sorta bland and generic, and way too over-photoshoped.
Though I can imagine some teens hangings these on their walls.

Check 'em out:

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