Comments on: Poll: did Batman #663 suck?

By: computer consulting new york nyc

computer consulting new york nyc — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:21:03 +0000

Please, refer to them as the Comic Shop Gurus!!

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By: Joe Louis

Joe Louis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:46:42 +0000

I agree 100%… Worst idea ever.

By: HungryJonas

HungryJonas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:22:13 +0000

This has got to be, without doubt, one of the most over-written, over-wrought, and just flat out pretentious books that I have ever read in the medium. As a story, it failed, as a piece of writing, it failed, as an experiment with the medium it failed, and to in any way entertain, it failed miserably. Grant Morrison is capable of greatness, even when operating outside the box such as he did with Arkham Asylum, but this, it was just a turgid and badly put together mess. Shame too, he finally gets around to doing a Joker story, and he does this with it. Criminal really.

By: Joe Louis

Joe Louis — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:34:56 +0000

Thanks for the comment Jason, and you’re right. I got my Batman lore mixed up quite a bit and just corrected my review. Thanks for the catch.

By: Freak Comics » Batman #663 Sucks REALLY badly!

Freak Comics » Batman #663 Sucks REALLY badly! — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:33:19 +0000

[...] This story features the return of the Joker, who was shot in the face and seemingly blown to bits in the midst of last year’s Infinite Crisis (Note: Jason corrected me here. Joker shot after the Infinite Crisis and wasn’t seemingly blown to bits. I was remembering things wrong!). #663 was supposed to be a very big deal… the return of the Clown Prince. Instead it’s a wordy, boring, cliche NOVELLA for god’s sake! I don’t read books with super hero themes because I always figured they would suck. This issue confirmed my suspicions. [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:48:35 +0000

I thought the review was spot on. Only part I didn’t understand was the part about Joker being blown to bits during the Crisis? Only things I remember about Joker during the Crisis was his killing of the Royal Flush Gang and then he showed up at the very end to kill Alexander Luthor.

Even though the Joker was shot in Batman and missed a few issues, he also been making apperances in other comics, so it kinda ruined the “event” feel they seemed to want to create with this nonsense.

By: Joe Louis

Joe Louis — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:42:12 +0000

Cool thanks for the link :)

By: Paperghost

Paperghost — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:24:39 +0000

I find it pretty funny how, for this particular comic, everyone has been given these odd, sage-like words of wisdom from their local comic shop dudes.

God bless em’.

Also, awesome site – I’ll be sticking ye on my blogroll of doom thingy.

By: Joe Louis

Joe Louis — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:15:10 +0000

I definitely should have had that fourth option. I barely made it through myself.
The comic book guy’s renaming is pretty good.

The guy at my comic shop told me I was going to hate this issue unless I was a hardcore Grant Morrison fan. I had no idea why he was telling me this until I got home and saw what kind of “comic” it was. Pretty disappointing.

I could have put up with the format if the writing wasn’t so bad.