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sailorlibra (sailorlibra) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-18 17:10:00

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char: black canary/dinah lance, char: booster gold/michael jon carter, char: jeannette, char: power girl/kara zor-l/karen starr, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, genre: solicitations, publisher: dc comics, title: booster gold, title: power girl, title: secret six, title: wonder woman

DC Solicits are up...
At Newsarama. Not going to link because they're pretty easy to find.

And these are the few that interested me.

BOOSTER GOLD #23
Written by Dan Jurgens; co-feature written by Matthew Sturges
Art and cover by Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund; co-feature art by Mike Norton
“Day of Death” continues! Booster Gold reveals the Black Beetle’s plan to wipe out the entire JLA by going after their most incompetent former member – Booster Gold! Plus, Blue Beetle comes face to face with the mad scientist who created the robot army that’s destroying Texas!

I totally just want this issue for the cover.

POWER GIRL #4
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
Art and cover by Amanda Conner
Variant cover by Guillem March
“Space Girls Gone Wild!” part 1 of 2! A trio of sexy alien marauders hits Earth for the ultimate party. Unfortunately, by their standards, that means destroying it! Of course, it’s up to Power Girl to crash their festivities.

I know the team hasn't been that great so far, but this issue sounds pretty wacky and there's nothing I love better than Amanda Conner art with wacky storylines.

SECRET SIX #12
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood
Cover by Daniel Lu Visi
A crisis of conscience splits the Secret Six right down the middle and puts them on opposite sides of a horrific war involving Amazons led by a deluded Artemis! But that's just the opening bout for the main event: Jeannette vs. Wonder Woman!

If this was written by anyone other than Gail, I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot long spear. But since it's Gail, I will brave the Amazon waters.

WONDER WOMAN #35
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Aaron Lopresti & Matt Ryan
Cover by Aaron Lopresti
“Birds of Paradise” part 2 of 2! A gaggle of super-powered cage fighters find themselves in the worst possible place to be – on the bad side of Wonder Woman and Black Canary! Also, find out the final resolution between Diana and Nemesis along with much, much more!

Okay, there's almost no way in hell this won't turn out awesome.

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	perletwo 2009-05-18 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	I know that one JLU episode was teh awesome, and I will buy WW 35 because it's Wondy and Canary and it's Gail. But after all that Dark Side Club krep, can we just be done with the super powered cage fighters thing now? It's starting to not be funny anymore. Also: Beetle Texas Robots SQUEE! (Reply to this)

Thoughts

bluejaybirdie
2009-05-18 04:29 pm UTC (link)

I like how Diana's costume actually looks like it's made of armored materials on the Secret Six cover.

I'm sorry, but all the Powergirl solicits are saying to me is: fanservice, fanservice, fanservice. I mean, "a trio of sexy alien marauders"? Really?

*ahem* FUCK YEAH! DINAH & DIANA GAIL-WRITTEN TEAMUP!

robot army that’s destroying Texas
Oh shit. Guess I better start building up my defences!

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	LOL I AM BRILLIANT scottyquick 2009-05-18 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	Look through feces for some dung beetles! That'll protect you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	neuhallidae 2009-05-18 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	The one thing I love about the Peej cover: Her "I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS ANNOYING SHIT!" expression. And eeeee, my love for Secret Six continues. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-05-18 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	Conner's Peej totally gives the best bitchface. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-05-18 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	Motto. "Hands OFF, buddy!" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thanekos 2009-05-18 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	... ultimate party? " My dad.... owns a dealership. " (Reply to this) (Thread)

	gypsydavy 2009-05-18 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	"And...uh, what sorority are you in?" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	scottyquick 2009-05-18 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	OH MY GOD Y'ALL ~~I'M FIGHTIN' A BEAR~~ NICOLA SCOTT IS DRAWING WONDER WOMAN! (Reply to this)

	thebigapricot 2009-05-18 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	More Dinah and Diana, yeah! And while that Secret Six cover is an awesome shot of Jeanette, could we see Diana's face? I mean what is up with these "you shall know them by their boobs" shots? They did the same thing with Supergirl in that promo for JLA - cry for justice. (Reply to this)

mari_redstar
2009-05-18 05:15 pm UTC (link)

Uh, not that I was scrutinizing- oh, who am I trying to fool. While I was scrutinizing Power Girl's breasts, I couldn't help but wonder if her nipples are just entirely gone, or if those darker bits are actually her uncovered areolae. Or maybe Earth-2 Kryptonian nipples are just located in some amusingly unexpected place? (Also, I see she's still got the heels. Still like the heels in and of themselves, still loathe them like burning on Power Girl.)

The WW#25 cover looks so fantastic I almost feel bad that my second reaction, after "ooh", was "hold on a second have Dinah and Diana always been the same height?" Nothing saying they can't be, I guess, but it seems... off.

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	scottyquick 2009-05-18 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	Amanda Conner, surprisingly, doesn't know how nipples work. I think it's because of Dinah's boots. They look really chunky. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mari_redstar
2009-05-18 05:59 pm UTC (link)

But they surely can't be as thick as her heels are high. If she went and changed into her other costume she'd be taller than Wonder Woman, and that's weird just to type- I usually picture Dinah as the teeny ninja type, not so much an Amazonian bruiser.

Does anyone ever draw her as taller with heels on than Green Arrow? She's worn heels that have to be 4.5 inches, and if she's Diana's height in flats, she pretty much can't be shorter than Ollie in heels, even if we assume that Diana is shorter than Ollie normally, which is another of those ahahaha-yeah-right things.

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	bluefall 2009-05-18 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing saying they can't be, I guess, but it seems... off. Diana's been listed everywhere from 5'8" to 6'4", depending what SF&O page you happen to consider canon at any given time. Dinah I've seen I think 5'2' to 5'6". At any rate, she's generally drawn pretty tiny. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ian_karkull 2009-05-18 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	Yeaahh.. that Wonder Woman cover is seriously threatening my homosexuality. Btw, what's up with the cut? It just redirects me to my friends page. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ian_karkull 2009-05-18 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	Nevermind, it's just my browser being a spazz. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-05-18 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	Tits. Tits tits tits tits TITS TITS TITS! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	04nbod 2009-05-18 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	and it continues with 2 starfire covers in august and she's never not naked (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-05-18 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, "led by a deluded Artemis" is not the most promising thing I've ever heard even before you get to the rest of the sentence, but Gail gets automatic benefit of the doubt. Also, "final resolution"? I'm trying not to believe that's as promising as it sounds. (Reply to this) (Thread)

seawolf10
2009-05-18 09:35 pm UTC (link)

If nothing else, it'll be an...interesting issue. Jeanette is at least close to Wondy's strength class, so we ought to get a good fight scene. (And if Ragdoll and Artemis have any dialogue/interaction at all, that ought to be worth the $3 right then and there.)

"Also, "final resolution"? I'm trying not to believe that's as promising as it sounds."

Don't get your hopes up, comrade. It's too vague a phrase to really tell us anything. "Final resolution" could mean anything from "wedding bells" to "Tresser gets driven permanently insane by the events of that crappy miniseries he's in, ending the relationship by default." I'd be very disappointed in Gail if the former was the case, though.

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	bluefall 2009-05-19 09:19 am UTC (link)
	Well, he is walking away from her in the Origins & Omens thing. ... dammit, I thought I'd dealt with this stupid optimism problem I keep having. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	seawolf10 2009-05-20 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	"... dammit, I thought I'd dealt with this stupid optimism problem I keep having." Oops. Sorry. I keep forgetting that most people don't want to hear all the ways it could be worse. ;-) (Reply to this) (Parent)

jarodrussell
2009-05-18 05:47 pm UTC (link)

I'm going to start calling the first Green Lantern of Earth Heath Jordan, because apparently names mean nothing to the people at DC.

HIS NAME IS KON-EL!

...not Conner.

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	dorksidefiker 2009-05-18 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	His name was ~~Robert Paulson~~ Kon-El! His name was ~~Robert Paulson~~ Kon-El! His name was ~~Robert Paulson~~ Kon-El! His name was ~~Robert Paulson~~ Kon-El! I need to stop re-watching Fight Club. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	magus_69 2009-05-18 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, that really annoys me as well. Kon getting his name was a big fucking deal; I would say that it was one of the best moments of his life (and the Superboy title). I can theoretically buy him embracing the Connor Kent name more than Kon-El, but only after a lot of character development. We never got that development. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	auggie18 2009-10-16 02:24 am UTC (link)
	...thank you. This has been bothering me for forever and a half. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	04nbod 2009-05-18 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	does wonder woman battle rickets in secret six? (Reply to this)

batcookies
2009-05-18 06:43 pm UTC (link)

Sigh.

I really hope Gail gets around to improving some of Diana's lesser-known villains.

So far she's been sticking to the same formula of her predecessors: Introduce new "major" villains (WML's White Magician, Byrne's Dark Angel, Luke's Cronus and Devastation, Jimenez' Sebastian Ballesteros, Rucka's Veronica Cale, Gail's Circle, Genocide, and Olympian), ignore the previous writer's "big villain," use a few of the most well-established WW villains, and fill the rest with guest villains.

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	colonel_green 2009-05-18 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	She said we'd be seeing Devastation again sometime "next year" (which I believe means this year, since it was in 2008 that she said it, though late), I believe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

batcookies
2009-05-18 09:02 pm UTC (link)

Yes, I'm just worried it will be a very brief appearance. Is she going to use Devastation the same way Rucka use Sebastian?

Gail kicked off with The Circle (her own creations) and Captain Nazi (with more of a focus on Captain Nazi initially). Then we got 2 issues of Wonder Woman dealing with the Khund (not really her villains) and a Green Lantern. Then 4 issues where she wrapped up the story of the old "Stalker" series, fighting D'Grth. Then we got two issues of WW fighting the Queen of Fables (a Simone creation that's fought the JLA and Superman, and is scheduled to fight Batman and Captain Marvel next). Then Rise of the Olympian, using a mix of Gail's own creations, Cheetah, Dr. Psycho, and Ares (villains that definitely need a tune-up, but at least they've been established post-Crisis).

I'm waiting for the arc where the main bad guy is a Wonder Woman villain that's NOT a new character, or Cheetah, Ares, or Circe.

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bluefall
2009-05-19 09:25 am UTC (link)

I'm with you on this one, and really wanted Genocide to turn out to be Deva for precisely that reason. But I do take some comfort in the fact that we're finally starting to see some serious commitment (or at least what looks like it) to the white hat supporting cast - Etta, Steve, Polly, Donna, Cassie, Phillipus, Akila, and Artemis gets a whole arc in SECRET SIX, and the only *lasting* new supporting cast she's added so far is the gorillas. Now, apart from Etta and possibly Polly, the gorillas have been getting as much play as all of the rest of those names put together, but that they're getting play at all is still more than we saw in WML, Byrne, or the Heinboot. So we're still doing above average for continuity.

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	pyrotwilight 2009-05-18 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	There's a good chance Devastation is Genocide now. Might explain the Genocide is "Diana" thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	long_silence 2009-05-19 12:06 am UTC (link)
	How so? Devastation was made from Diana yes, and was kinda ridiculously over the top about being her dark mirror and all. But I don't think any one would ever really equate Diana to Devastation, not even dead Athena. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thokstar 2009-05-18 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	So, when are we getting the Booster Gold fan club T-shirt? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ashez2ashes 2009-05-18 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	I'd love to see a page parodying those 'fan club forms'. Send in 10 cents and get the official Booster Gold decoder ring! Just like Booster Gold stol--commandered from the superhero museum! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kd_the_movie 2009-05-18 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	Goddamnit. DC is making me buy action comics and supergirl for the Codename: patriot arc.......wallet cries in anguish (Reply to this) (Thread)

	04nbod 2009-05-19 08:37 am UTC (link)
	Screw Action Comics but you should be reading Supergirl anyway. Its one of the best comics out right now and THE best if you like female characters. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-05-18 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Oh no! Poor Jeannette :( (Reply to this)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-19 03:41 am UTC (link)
	Since when has Black Canary worn a trenchcoat? I thought she was all about the jackets. (Reply to this) (Thread)

thebigapricot
2009-05-19 05:12 am UTC (link)

Early in Simone's run on BoP she told Benes to have Dinah in a long coat with with a high collar. Gail has mentioned that she liked the outfit and encouraged folks who borrowed the character for their books to have Canary wear it as well. But DC being DC, of course, they would rather have her in her short jacket. I've always assumed the coat was a struggle for Benes and had him muttering "you can't see her ass, you can't see her ass."

I like the coat, it is one of the few good adjustments to her costume that wasn't awful

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	psychop_rex 2009-05-19 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	I don't have any particular problem with the coat, but I like the jacket - it gives her that distinctive biker chick sort of look. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	greenmask 2009-05-19 01:22 pm UTC (link)
	Ooo, that last cover is nifty. The Power Girl one too, except for when did the boob-window get so large? (Reply to this)

	killermoth1 2009-05-19 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	Fairly good solicits all round. Despite all the crap going on right now, the Batman related ones looks really neat. Booster Gold looks great, and under Gail Secret Six and WonderWoman will probably be awesome. (Reply to this)

	jupiterrhode 2009-05-19 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	If I never see the words "horrific war" and "Amazon" in the same sentence EVER again it will be too goddamned soon. Can't we just have nice things? Can't the Amazons just be back, be themselves, and be happy? And they, and WE, suffered enough? (Reply to this)

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