tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356274990802224870.post3895871868239506037..comments2019-10-05T04:48:52.168-07:00Comments on The Forty Year-Old Fanboy: On how some things end in a...oh, I just can't DO it!Vinnie Bartiluccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031831695722239873noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356274990802224870.post-2306281581844935872011-04-02T11:47:31.087-07:002011-04-02T11:47:31.087-07:00Going back (briefly) to the Riddler: the character...Going back (briefly) to the Riddler: the character is clear evidence of how lazy a lot of contemporary comic book writers are these days. Using a character such as the Riddler requires someone who absolutely LOVES the language and can use it. <br /><br />("Omigod . . . we can't use the Riddler. That'd require THINKING.")<br /><br />Putting myself on record here, the last good Riddler story (to my way of thinking) was back in issues #705-707 of Detective in 1997 (the one where Cluemaster has been wired for bombs, and Our Heroes are dragging him around to help figure out what the Riddler is up to).<br /><br />Feh.Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356274990802224870.post-25157405494022140122011-04-02T08:36:18.146-07:002011-04-02T08:36:18.146-07:00I've gone on about almost every point you ment...I've gone on about almost every point you mention. My hatred for Mike Carlin's Metal Men mini (I can't bring myself to relate the tale again-look it up) eclipses what was done to Hal Jordan, and THAT, my friend, is saying something. I nearly cried for joy the day I read Grant Morrison wave it off the table by declaring it a hallucination.<br /><br />Killer Moth was never more than a one-note cipher to me, so his changes never really annoyed me. Riddler is a simple case of not being able to make up their minds. I loved Loved LOVED the idea of the Riddler (largely) going straight and becoming a detective to the upper class, a good enough one to drive Batman crazy. But to have him "get better" after an explosion...stupid.Vinnie Bartiluccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031831695722239873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356274990802224870.post-5611413148643174662011-04-01T19:48:06.909-07:002011-04-01T19:48:06.909-07:00To my way of thinking, Vinnie, DC fell from the mo...To my way of thinking, Vinnie, DC fell from the mountain back when they ran the original CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS storyline. A clear case of paving a superhighway to the Infernal Realm with Good Intentions. Among the casualties which never quite recovered have been the Legion Of Super-Heroes, the Metal Men, Aquaman, the Green Lantern Corps . . . the list goes on and on.<br /><br />(Not to mention how three of my favorite DC villains . . . Black Hand, Killer Moth and the Riddler . . . have been thoroughly screwed up, and the less THAT button is pushed the better!)<br /><br />(And let's please not get into my ongoing bugbear on how DC . . . and practically every other comic company . . . apparently can't handle marriages very well. Case in point: the Dibnys, the Palmers . . . hell, I'm surprised Superman's still married to Lois!)<br /><br />I'm glad you're having no trouble with the way the Flash is being handled. As for me, I used to say that country and western music died with Patsy Cline. I'm prepared to adopt an equal ruline that (as much as I like Jeph Loeb) Good Writing in Comics died with Gardner Fox.Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.com