Final Crisis: Ultimate Failure

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:12 pm

Hmm, I imagine it would have been pretty good then. I shall go oinvestigate

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:14 pm

Let me know what you find out. I've not bought any Waid Flash TPBs, not till I finish off all of them by Johns

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:21 pm

They are apparantly good, and he wrote shit load of flash

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:22 pm

I wasn't kidding when I said he was the only one.. he was on there for quite a few years. Close to a decade, I'd say, wasn't he?

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:42 pm

Close to 100 issues. A while with a co writer.

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:55 pm

not too bad then.. I'm sure there were fill ins here and there as well. DCs only real problem is trade paperbacks aren't readily available for nearly everything. At the time it was only for big stories, but now everything gets one.. hopefully they'll go back and put some of those stories into trades so they're easier to get.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:30 am

Yeah, I don't even want to think of tracking down those old Waid Flash stories, even though they'd probably be good.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:46 pm

Tragic Angelus wrote:Anything by Johns is better than most other comics.

He did a very forgetable run on Avengers.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:49 pm

I think the co-writer was Brian Augustyn. They created Impulse.

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:08 am

I really actually enjoyed Johns run on Avengers before I followed him. He was on it right before Bendis, and I had just gotten into the title after the Kang Dynasty storyline. I really enjoyed all the characters, and the things going on, then remembered getting utterly pissed when Bendis came on and seemingly tore it all to shit.

It was around that time that I started paying more attention to who was writing the books I was enjoying, and it turned out that I liked what Johns did on Avengers, so I gave another one of his books a shot over at DC.

And they lived happily ever after

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:20 pm

Chuck Austen had a run between Johns and Bendis.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:26 pm

XIII wrote:Chuck Austen had a run between Johns and Bendis.

Thanks for reminding me. Ass.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:54 pm

What, had you forgotten all about the mastermind writer that was Chuck Austen?

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:50 pm

I think we've all tried to, on any book.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:58 pm

Tragic Angelus wrote:I think we've all tried to, on any book.

Except US War Machine.

I really liked US War Machine.

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:09 pm

I never read it. The MAX stuff really didn't appeal to me in all honesty. I was badly burned by his X-Men run, so I've done my best to avoid him, or at least go in knowing what I'll be getting myself into.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:30 pm

Did he write superman? Does anyone know what is was like?

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:45 pm

He had a run on Superman yes, with Ivan Reis drawing. I don't remember it getting anything more than mild reviews at best.