Nightwing No More. New GRAYSON Comic Book Series.
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From USA Today
"Dick Grayson is trading his superhero suit for secret-agent cool.
Batman's former sidekick embarks on a new life as an undercover superspy in the comic book Grayson, an action-adventure series premiering July 2 from DC Comics. It's written by Tim Seeley (Revival) and Tom King, a former CIA counterterrorism operations officer."
Ummm... Sounds kind of cool. But can how long can it last?
"Dick Grayson is trading his superhero suit for secret-agent cool.
Batman's former sidekick embarks on a new life as an undercover superspy in the comic book Grayson, an action-adventure series premiering July 2 from DC Comics. It's written by Tim Seeley (Revival) and Tom King, a former CIA counterterrorism operations officer."
Ummm... Sounds kind of cool. But can how long can it last?
Comments
/sarcasm
This is the "Grayson" I wanna see.
What a pale comparison of what this forum used to be when people wouldn't put up with the fanboy wank. You deserve the shitty comics you bitch about.
Shame you killed it.
By all means. Have your wankfest. You guys would've been gone long ago. Drowned out by people who talked not ranted. Who were quick to do their best to turn conversations from delving into madness. You and the Chuck Mellvilles of forums are nothing but trolls and curmudgeons. And not even the tolerable kind.
'Grayson sucks! I know because I'm important and have to share my opinion on comics I don't read at every turn!'
The worst.
If you answered "no" to two or more of the above questions, then this book is probably not for you. First impression is that this is more weak tea from DC; I'll stick with the awesome books I've been raving about. If the reviews are good, I'll consider a trade.
Is this The Daily Rios thread?
Sorry.
I thought it was the "Grayson" thread.
I am even more curious of the supporting cast he might have. I wonder if we'll see characters like King Faraday or other characters in that vain. We shall see.
I guess DC is trying to figure out what to do with the 3 or 4 Robins they're expected to squeeze into a few years of continuity. Turning Grayson into Golgo-13 is the latest attempt. Nice cover art though.
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And you only read books that get good reviews?
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(PS: The "CW" greenlights the pilot in 5, 4, 3, 2 ...)
And I said that, as a proposal, it stinks. It stinks of a sort of bait-and-switch like they're doing on TV these days, in giving us superheroes without the trappings of superheroes. Like Smallville (which I did still enjoy) being a Superboy show without him actually being Superboy... or the upcoming Gotham, being either a Batman show without Batman or a cop show with some Batman trappings.
If Nightwing was really doing so poorly that they felt the need for this kind of a change it might have been wiser to have let it die rather than taking it through this kind of turn. It reminds me too much of the 60's Batman newspaper strip that, in its final days, did away with all bat-things and turned Bruce and Dick into some other costumed heroes.
I only pick up books I originally passed on if I start hearing good things about them. Is that unusual?
iswas my favorite character (and costume), I absolutely will check it out and give it an honest chance, although I'm not happy about the change. These types of books rarely make it. I think that Nightwing has grown to the point where he's a fully developed character in the right writer's hands, and I'd like to see him hold the same place in the DC universe that Daredevil does at Marvel.Thanks in advance.
DC hasn't had a clear idea of what to do with Dick Grayson in a while. The biggest problem, as I see it, has been that they attempt to let the character "come into his own," just to change direction shortly after.
He has issues with Bruce Wayne and they separate, only to bring them back together. They separate him from the "Batman Family," then they bring him back into the fold. They move him to other cities, then they destroy those cities. They let him become Batman, which is really kind of the culmination of journey of the character, then they bring Bruce back in.
Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
Taking the character out of the superhero realm is maybe just the right move. My concern, though, is more the fact that this seems very reminiscent of the change of tone of the Captain America series under Brubaker, in which Cap/Bucky Cap took on a spy tone in which superheroic elements were greatly reduced. It worked amazingly well for that run, but I wonder if this book will seem a pale comparison of that.
And, on a side note, I'm personally tired of both sides of this stupid visceral forum feuding. You play into one another and completely jack threads. I don't care who started it, it is childish and both sides are at fault.
That is what really ruins a forum.
The most SHIELD like is Checkmate. They are the superspy organization of DC. The last series by Greg Rucka was great, if you like SHIELD stories try Checkate (2007).
Task Force X is a special OPs strikeforce that runs the Suicide Squad. Originally Checkmate was the spy side of Task Force X, and Suicide Squad was the strike force. However DC changed that somewhere along the way and Task Force X became part of Checkmate.
The last one I can think of off the top of my head is one of my favorite parts of the post flashpoint DC SHADE. They keep the mad-scienctists in check with superscience/magic (they are like a good version of AIM). SHADE deals with the weird stuff.