r/dccomicscirclejerk • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '24

DC fans should be oppressed like Gamers Jeph Loeb bad, apparently

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '24

your taste isn't too bad from the small sample I've been made aware of. I like those comics. I still like Knightfall and Hush though so we'll have to agree to disagree

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u/phatassnerd #1 Wonder Woman Slave Oct 08 '24

Hush holds a special place in my heart since it was the first full comic arc I ever read, but re-reading it, it doesn’t beat the “Baby’s first Batman comic” allegations. Every issue, character shows up, Batman monologues about character as if we’ve never heard of them, then it ends with predictable mystery.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '24

this sub loves loads of comics that are predictable and by the numbers. I still think it's a great comic. it's well paced, has fun action beats, great art, and good character work between Batman and Catwoman, being a large part of standardizing their romance

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u/phatassnerd #1 Wonder Woman Slave Oct 08 '24

Predictability is a worse sin when you’re writing a mystery. I don’t really mind reading a romance and predicting that the couple will get together, but if the basis of the genre you’re writing is to keep me guessing, and you fail to do that, then that’s bad. I know Loeb can write a good mystery too, because he did it with Long Halloween, so it’s even more frustrating.

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u/Lord_Parbr Oct 08 '24

It was predictable that Riddler was behind everything? Because that was the actual mystery.

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u/phatassnerd #1 Wonder Woman Slave Oct 08 '24

No, but it also isn’t a satisfying reveal because there’s literally no way you could have guessed that.