Comics/Manga Discussion Thread

[Dr. Insomniac]

Sigh... back to normal...

While it's obviously no secret that Krakoa lost most of its direction after Hickman left and its only appeal at that point was to watch Gillen and Ewing have fun playing around with the characters, going back to "Hey, remember the 90s cartoon?" feels like a huge step backwards. I get why since status quo and synergy, and I'm sure Simone will do just fine, but it reminds me of when Hickman left the FF after Secret Wars, and how that felt like a ship without a captain for ages. Though I've heard very good things about the latest Ryan North run.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Oh no. I wasn't the biggest fan of the Zdarsky run and thought it should've been much better, but I'm already missing it now that I know Loeb is his replacement. I've seen some optimism, people hoping the Loeb who wrote Long Halloween and Superman For All Seasons will be back, but I know that guy hasn't been around for a while, and instead we've gotten the Loeb who ruined Daredevil season 2, ruined Marvel TV cartoons for years, and wrote Ultimatum. Between this and Taylor handling Detective Comics, it looks like a bad era for Batman runs is looming.