DC Weekly Titles - 52 and Countdown...any good?
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DC Weekly Titles - 52 and Countdown...any good?
Hey all,
I have been thinking about either buying or trying to find a reading copy of the trades of DC's two weekly year-long books:
52
Countdown
Are these worth getting?
I have been thinking about either buying or trying to find a reading copy of the trades of DC's two weekly year-long books:
52
Countdown
Are these worth getting?
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Not a bad price. However, I purchased the collected editions and I am glad I did because of the extra material in them, ie, the interviews/recollections of the creators. Yes, you don't get the small "origin" stuff, but that has been collected as well and really adds nothing to the books. In fact, I think it detracts, as those origins were presented rather poorly.BruceReville wrote:Unless someone on here has a set cheap Ebay it normally runs around 20-25 with shipping included.
So, Jonesy..I'd just get the collected editions if all you want to do is read them.
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I forced myself through the first volume of Trinity, back around August of last year. I think I might STILL have a headache from that thing. Just awful.Drift wrote:Make sure you get Trinity as well as the other 2. after 52, countdown is bad. After Countdown, Trinity is awful. After Trinity, anything else is a literary masterpiece.
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xodacia81 wrote:I forced myself through the first volume of Trinity, back around August of last year. I think I might STILL have a headache from that thing. Just awful.Drift wrote:Make sure you get Trinity as well as the other 2. after 52, countdown is bad. After Countdown, Trinity is awful. After Trinity, anything else is a literary masterpiece.
I was curious about Trinity. I never did get around to reading the start of the whole thing. I can't get into Busiek's writing when he's on DC characters (Superman, Aquaman).
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I caught the first few weeks and quit pretty quickly. I agree about Busiek.vikingspawn wrote:xodacia81 wrote:I forced myself through the first volume of Trinity, back around August of last year. I think I might STILL have a headache from that thing. Just awful.Drift wrote:Make sure you get Trinity as well as the other 2. after 52, countdown is bad. After Countdown, Trinity is awful. After Trinity, anything else is a literary masterpiece.
I was curious about Trinity. I never did get around to reading the start of the whole thing. I can't get into Busiek's writing when he's on DC characters (Superman, Aquaman).
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My experience with Busiek is limited to Marvels/Ruins, Ninjak volume 2, an issue or two of Astro City and the little bit of Trinity that I read. He is a very hit or miss writer.vikingspawn wrote:xodacia81 wrote:I forced myself through the first volume of Trinity, back around August of last year. I think I might STILL have a headache from that thing. Just awful.Drift wrote:Make sure you get Trinity as well as the other 2. after 52, countdown is bad. After Countdown, Trinity is awful. After Trinity, anything else is a literary masterpiece.
I was curious about Trinity. I never did get around to reading the start of the whole thing. I can't get into Busiek's writing when he's on DC characters (Superman, Aquaman).
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I originally read 52 in the TPBs that have been mentioned, and I loved them alot. The little retrospectives from the creators after every issue are some nice little gems that enhance every issue. I've since gotten a collection of the individual issues from eBay.
I never read Countdown simply because I've never heard ANYTHING good about it!
Trinity was OK IMO when it started out, but by the end I was glad to be done with it.
I never read Countdown simply because I've never heard ANYTHING good about it!
Trinity was OK IMO when it started out, but by the end I was glad to be done with it.
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I enjoyed Busiek's Aquaman run, but am a big Aquaman fan and enjoyed a writer doing a different take on the character and thought it worked well as a stand alone story arc.xodacia81 wrote:My experience with Busiek is limited to Marvels/Ruins, Ninjak volume 2, an issue or two of Astro City and the little bit of Trinity that I read. He is a very hit or miss writer.vikingspawn wrote:xodacia81 wrote:I forced myself through the first volume of Trinity, back around August of last year. I think I might STILL have a headache from that thing. Just awful.Drift wrote:Make sure you get Trinity as well as the other 2. after 52, countdown is bad. After Countdown, Trinity is awful. After Trinity, anything else is a literary masterpiece.
I was curious about Trinity. I never did get around to reading the start of the whole thing. I can't get into Busiek's writing when he's on DC characters (Superman, Aquaman).
I thought the Piper/Trickster storyline in Countdown was alright, for the most part, but everything else was horrible........Countdown should definitely be avoided.vikingspawn wrote:52 is good. The best part of "Countdown" was a Superboy-Prime fight issue somewhere passed issue #25 I think. But not worth buying as a whole series. A chunk of that series was a mess.
52 was excellent.
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Poor Sue and Ralph...JonesyAZ wrote:I just finished week 14 last night of 52. Y'all are absolutely correct that this series is VERY well done
I particularly love the stories with Elongated Man in them. Since I have previously read "Blackest Night" and know Ralph's ultimate fate, it's cool to see how he goes down this path.
The Booster sections were always my favourite.
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Booster was awesome. I pretty much liked all of it. I came to really like The Question and the whole Cult of Evil story. It was just a fascinating progress.ian_house wrote:Poor Sue and Ralph...JonesyAZ wrote:I just finished week 14 last night of 52. Y'all are absolutely correct that this series is VERY well done
I particularly love the stories with Elongated Man in them. Since I have previously read "Blackest Night" and know Ralph's ultimate fate, it's cool to see how he goes down this path.
The Booster sections were always my favourite.
JonesyAZ wrote:I just finished week 14 last night of 52. Y'all are absolutely correct that this series is VERY well done
I particularly love the stories with Elongated Man in them. Since I have previously read "Blackest Night" and know Ralph's ultimate fate, it's cool to see how he goes down this path.
Some may disagree with me, but I felt the only drawback for 52 (Aside from the space story, which I didn't care for) is the storyline seemed rushed somewhere towards the end.