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Flameswordsman said:
To play devils advocate: just how long did Batmans gripe with Hal Jordon last?! Atleast Cap and Iron Man will have a difference in beliefs, while Hal flat-out fucked Batman over by being in on his mind-wipe. Then he slugs batman in the face, and we're still meant to believe Batman forgave all and they are friends again?! This bag of shit can't be blamed on a big yellow cockroach



The Bat-Man has been angry at Jordan since the 90's, for the whole Parallax thing. He stayed angry when Hal saved the world in Final Night because that didn't erase his crime, he stayed angry when Hal was "redeemed" and brought back as Spectre, and he stayed angry when it was revealed that Hal was infected by a space tick for letting that happen to himself. Let's see, Hal wenk bonkers in 93 or so... that's about 13 years. Do you think Cap and Iron Man's grudge will last half as long as that?

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It was cheap and shameless shock-value, just like Firestorm and Superboy's deaths. Mark Millar is reportedly reviving a new Alpha Flight under his pen, so Bendis thought he'd milk the current roster for everything they are worth



The Firestorm analogy is correct, since he was only killed because the new book was coming, but Superboy? Are you comparing Superboy's importance in the DCU to Alpha Flight's in the Marvel U? Say what you will about the way it was written, it was still a daring move on DC's part because it's a popular character with a name of worldwide recognition. Who the fuck are Alpha Flight?

And they didn't kill him because of the lawsuit, either: the lawsuit's outcome was just decided, and this had to be written at least a couple of months ago (if you believe the "re-writes" rumour), not to mention that everything in Teen Titans was leading to Superboy's death (subtlety isn't Johns' strong point). Plus, DC is still using Superboy as the main character in the Legion of Superheroes cartoon.

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he should have known it wasn't going to stick, that's why it was ill-concieved



Now you're blaming Morrison because Marvel sucks. I haven't read his New X-Men yet (or played the videogame), but this is like blaming Alan Moore because the LXG movie sucks. "Oh, he should have known a movie adaptation of this would suck when he was writing the comic!". Not everyone keeps a mediocre mindset, you know.