#DC Sampler

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

An incredible New Teen Titans spread from the DC Sampler

[tomoleary]

Jerry Ordway - DC Sampler All Star Squadron Poster Infinity, Inc (1983) Source

[allflooby]

Ebay purchase: DC Sampler 1 (Ed Hannigan and Dick Giordano cover) and 3 (Ed Hannigan and Fred Hembeck cover). 

[cryptocollectibles]

Zero Hour 8 Issue Complete Set (1994) by DC Comics

Written and drawn by Dan Jurgens, inks by Jerry Ordway.

[thecruellestmonth]

Big Two comics fandom is wild.

Fans scurrying around like mice, picking only the choicest delectable cheese crumbs of canon, weaving in and out of the deadly spring-traps of terrible writing.

Other fans deliberately placing their paws into the mouse traps, week after week.

[keycomicbooks]

Hellboy 20th Anniversary Sampler (2014) by Mike Mignola & R. Sikoryak, Dave Stewart Colors on Cover

#Hellboy 20th Anniversary Sampler (2014) by #MikeMignola & #RSikoryak, #DaveStewart Colors on Cover Get familiar with the Beast of the Apocalypse with two classic Mignola tales, The Ghoul and Another Day at the Office, and two new stories by Mignola, #FabioMoon, and R. Sikoryak. https://www.rarecomicbooks.fashionablewebs.com/Hellboy%2020th%20Anniversary%20Sampler.html#1 @rarecomicbooks Website Link In Bio Page If Applicable. SAVE ON SHIPPING COST - NOW AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PICK UP IN DELTONA, FLORIDA #DarkHorseComics #KeyComics #ComicBooks #KeyComic #DarkHorse

[smashedpages]

The Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! miniseries served as a soft reboot for DC in the mid-1990s, as they attempted to clean up some of the continuity inconsistencies left over from Crisis on Infinite Earths a decade earlier. And in September of 1994, it gave way to Zero Month -- "The Beginning of Tomorrow!" -- where every monthly DC title was renumbered as issue #0, giving creators a chance to reset and reintroduce their characters to readers. DC gave out a free sampler that month, which spotlighted the zero issues as well as a few new titles that launched after the event, like Starman and Manhunter.

[robinsnest2111]

this weekend's fleamarket treasures <3

I went to 3 markets in total, one on Saturday before work and 2 today.

orange -> saturday; blue -> sunday

I got the necklaces because the red one looks like drops of blood (vampire vibes <3) and the black one because black, also because I'm a sucker for this style of necklace. Obligatory aviator sunglasses inspired by my favourite old man Mick Mars (also because I wanted to buy something off of my coworker who had a table at one of the markets), fishbone and ankh (silver) pendants to turn into earring charms/necklaces, and red eyeshadow

Of course I couldn't leave without at least a couple CDs! I picked out the Scorpions - Virgin Killer album because the boys look so strange in all their late 70s glory and I'm so curious to hear what their earlier songs sound like lol

My favourite seller handpicked the Iron Maiden - Killers album and The Sweet - Castle Masters Collection compilation just for me <3 The Bravo Hits 15 sampler was a blatant nostalgia buy because it's 40 of the most popular songs from the year I was born! Michael Jackson - Bad was a spur of the moment buy and the Zombieland DVD was another nostalgia buy, it's been a couple years so it's high time for a rewatch <3

I already have a couple thrifted denim jackets and vests but I was missing a cool cropped vest to go with my more high-waisted 80s looks so into my bag it went, just gotta add 2 buttons in the back to cinch the waist a bit more. The overall style dress is such a good basic layering piece for my whimsical looks, it's also giving me subtle Miss Beard But Goth vibes lol

The silhouette art was the most expensive piece that day, but I had to have it because I looooove the vibe of the fancy 18th century lady and the devil cherub whispering into her ear 😈

Bought the Black Sabbath t-shirt because of the print and because I like the brand that makes these bandshirts <3

got the AC/DC tanktop because of the Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap print, and the striped button up for a certain flavour of 90s/2000s outfits (mainly inspired by Adam from the first Saw movie lol)

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That's it <3

[rowanisawriter]

Hi, how about 6 & 10 for the fic asks?

hiiii thank you! answering from this fic writer ask list here

6. make a sampler plate! which three fics should a first-time reader of yours read first?

i write for a lot of fandoms but across all my fics there are some things you’ll always see: parallels, isolation, identity issues, religious themes, pining, i think these three from three different fandoms showcase that well enough

- starry-eyed (bg3)

- reaching (hades)

- masquerade (cp2077)

10. which three fics were you most nervous to post? why?

- real life (dc) - this one is a follow up to a fic i wrote 10 years ago lol it’s a popular ship and fandom and i haven’t been involved in this area for a long time, i was afraid everyone would hate it or that i misremembered canon etc but people are nice about it 😭

- the fall (hades) - i thought people would think this one was too weird and niche (it’s the biblical AU lol) so i was kinda scared to post but it got more attention than i expected for something so niche

- stargazer (ff7) - i was very nervous about this lol its a 30 year old fandom that has a very active discourse about the lead and two potential love interests, so i was afraid of getting involved in some weird shit by just posting fic but people have been very nice and i ended up posting a lot more after this one

[smashpages]

Free Comic Book Day 2024 cover for DC's MAD Magazine sampler, by artist Kerry Callen

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

COMICLIST: DC COMICS NEW RELEASES FOR 7/11/2023 & 07/12/2023

Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries #10 (Cover A Dario Brizuela), $2.99

Batman Incorporated #10 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99

Batman Incorporated #10 (Cover B Michele Bandini Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Batman Incorporated #10 (Cover C John Timms Card Stock Variant), AR

Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Omnibus HC, $100.00

Danger Street #7 (Of 12)(Cover A Jorge Fornes), $4.99

Danger Street #7 (Of 12)(Cover B Bill Sienkiewicz Card Stock Variant), $5.99

DC Manga Sampler, AR

DC Mech HC, $24.99

DC Pride 2023 #1 (2nd Printing Cover A Oscar Vega), $9.99

I Am Batman Volume 1 TP, $17.99

Knight Terrors #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Ivan Reis & Danny Miki), $3.99

Knight Terrors #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Knight Terrors #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Alex Maleev Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Knight Terrors #1 (Of 4)(Cover D Ivan Reis Darkest Hour Neon Ink Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors #1 (Of 4)(Cover E Evan Doc Shaner Homage Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors #1 (Of 4)(Cover F Alex Maleev Black & White Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors #1 (Of 4)(Cover G Ivan Reis Black & White Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors Green Lantern #1 (Of 2)(Cover A Lucio Parrillo), $4.99

Knight Terrors Green Lantern #1 (Of 2)(Cover B Darick Robertson Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Green Lantern #1 (Of 2)(Cover C Mike Deodato Jr. Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Green Lantern #1 (Of 2)(Cover D Dustin Nguyen Midnight Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Green Lantern #1 (Of 2)(Cover E Pete Woods Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors Green Lantern #1 (Of 2)(Cover F Kelley Jones Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors Robin #1 (Of 2)(Cover A Ivan Reis), $4.99

Knight Terrors Robin #1 (Of 2)(Cover B James Stokoe Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Robin #1 (Of 2)(Cover C Liam Sharp Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Robin #1 (Of 2)(Cover D Dustin Nguyen Midnight Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Robin #1 (Of 2)(Cover E Sam Wolfe Connelly Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors Robin #1 (Of 2)(Cover F Jorge Corona Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors Shazam #1 (Of 2)(Cover A Dan Mora), $4.99

Knight Terrors Shazam #1 (Of 2)(Cover B Hayden Sherman Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Shazam #1 (Of 2)(Cover C Helene Lenoble Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Shazam #1 (Of 2)(Cover D Dustin Nguyen Midnight Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors Shazam #1 (Of 2)(Cover E Jerry Ordway Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors Shazam #1 (Of 2)(Cover F Freddie E. Williams II Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors The Flash #1 (Of 2)(Cover A Werther Dell’Edera), $4.99

Knight Terrors The Flash #1 (Of 2)(Cover B Taurin Clarke Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors The Flash #1 (Of 2)(Cover C Daniel Bayliss Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors The Flash #1 (Of 2)(Cover D Dustin Nguyen Midnight Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Knight Terrors The Flash #1 (Of 2)(Cover E Kyle Hotz Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors The Flash #1 (Of 2)(Cover F Rafael Sarmento Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors Zatanna #1 (Of 2)(Cover A David Baldeon), $3.99

Knight Terrors Zatanna #1 (Of 2)(Cover B Kendrick Kunkka Lim Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Knight Terrors Zatanna #1 (Of 2)(Cover C Mico Suayan Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Knight Terrors Zatanna #1 (Of 2)(Cover D Dustin Nguyen Midnight Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Knight Terrors Zatanna #1 (Of 2)(Cover E Riley Rossmo Card Stock Variant), AR

Knight Terrors Zatanna #1 (Of 2)(Cover F Mico Suayan Black & White Card Stock Variant), AR

Looney Tunes #273 (Cover A Derek Fridolfs), $2.99

Multiversity Harley Screws Up The DCU #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Amanda Conner), $4.99

Multiversity Harley Screws Up The DCU #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Serg Acuna Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Multiversity Harley Screws Up The DCU #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Helene Lenoble Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Multiversity Harley Screws Up The DCU #5 (Of 6)(Cover D Dave Johnson Card Stock Variant), AR

Spirit World #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Haining), $3.99

Spirit World #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Jessica Liu Fong Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Spirit World #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Zu Orzu Card Stock Variant), AR

Suicide Squad Get Joker TP, $24.99

Superman Lost #5 (Of 10)(Cover A Carlo Pagulayan & Jason Paz), $4.99

Superman Lost #5 (Of 10)(Cover B Lee Weeks Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Superman Lost #5 (Of 10)(Cover C Jae Lee Card Stock Variant), AR

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Chris Burnham), $3.99

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Alan Quah Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), AR

WildC.A.T.s #9 (Cover A Stephen Segovia), $3.99

WildC.A.T.s #9 (Cover B Paolo Pantalena Card Stock Variant), $4.99

WildC.A.T.s #9 (Cover C Chokoo Card Stock Variant), AR

World’s Finest Teen Titans #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Chris Samnee), $3.99

World’s Finest Teen Titans #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Evan Doc Shaner Card Stock Variant), $4.99

World’s Finest Teen Titans #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Jim Cheung Card Stock Variant), $4.99

World’s Finest Teen Titans #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Blank Card Stock Variant), $4.99

World’s Finest Teen Titans #1 (Of 6)(Cover E Jim Cheung Foil Card Stock Variant), $5.99

World’s Finest Teen Titans #1 (Of 6)(Cover F W. Scott Forbes Card Stock Variant), AR

World’s Finest Teen Titans #1 (Of 6)(Cover G Emanuela Lupacchino Card Stock Variant), AR

World’s Finest Teen Titans #1 (Of 6)(Cover H Chris Samnee Black & White Card Stock Variant), AR

ROCKY POND BOOKS

I Am Wonder Woman HC, $16.99

[fancyfade]

my comic store gave me a dc manga free sampler.

it had a few pages of the following mangas:

Joker: One Operation Joker

Superman vs Meshi

Batman: Justice Buster.

Joker: One Operation Joker is about Joker raising a baby-ified Batman after Batman falls into a vat of chemicals that turns him into a baby. So far my only comment is WTF and that it would be funnier if we didn't have Joker's internal narration. We should just see him waving a knife around a baby and be forced to wonder what's going on, rather than him thinking about changing diapers.

batman: justice buster had well drawn action, very little dialogue or internal narration to slow things down, they just let the art speak for itself. But I don't know exactly what the premise is because there was only dialogue on the last page.

Superman vs Meshi seems to mostly be about Superman eating at Japanese restaurants. Clark claims superman has made there be world peace, so his boss can't blame him for writing a boring article about a giant (but not record worthy) apple pie. the comic starts with superman in line at a ramen shop, then it ends with superman being glad that lois rejected him asking her to go out with him to eat, because he wanted to go eat at a japanese restaurant chain instead

I'm not sure I'm interested in reading the batman ones, b/c I don't care about the Joker and while the Batman: Justice Buster looks well-done so far, without a premise that interests me I'm not going to go out of my way to read out of continuity comics. But i WILL read Superman vs Meshi, I want to find out why the comic seems mostly to be about restaurants so far.

[audio-luddite]

Some people get it right.

I did my usual lap of the audiophile directory and saw a name.

The Audiophiliac guy was interviewing David Chesky. I have a number of Chesky LPs and they are excellent. He has been around a while. I had a mental image of an old heavyset geezer with gray hair and well.... I was way wrong.

DC is a skinny long haired dynamo. He can play and does play with all sort of equipment. He is a musician, a composer and a record producer/engineer. His home is an Aladdin's cave of audio gear.

Ok here is the link.

The best part was DC dominated the show and Steve said very little. DC is a maker of art, Steve is a spectator.

I am surprised and impressed that his main system is a set of Quad 57s. They are tweaked and have added super tweeters, but still old Quad Electrostatics at heart. I love the still picture of the guy with an electric guitar between the most polite speakers ever to leave Jolly Old England.

He has several set ups so he can compare his mixes. He describes the process very well. But the Quads are the main set.

Key point is his goal as a recording engineer is to make the sound clear, clean, and accurate. He wants the wall of your home to disappear and be replaced by sound. Sound with depth and width and height.

Yet he respects distortion and different dynamics.

I can testify that his LPs are excellent. He is exploring new methods of distributing music.

He goes on about how high end equipment is arts and crafts as opposed to hard technology. Hey I can get behind that. As there is no best portrait painter there is no best amplifier. It is what you like.

I think you have a couple of benchmarks to a high end audio system. It has nothing to do with brands or methods. First is you have a convincing illusion of a performance in your room. (I got that) Second is you like the voice or sound of the system for your music. (I got that too!)

Actually my system has two voices. Winter is one and summer is the other based on the amp then on duty. So similar and different.

Actually Spring is coming and when I swap out the amplifiers I will do a detailed comparison. There is no one type of high end.

[triscribeaucollection]

Drumroll Please

I have recently come to the decision to share more of my fan fiction on Tumblr, hence this shiny new sideblog to collect all assorted snippets, first chapters, new ideas, so on and so forth. First order of business will be laying out all the fandoms I post for over on my AO3, and putting together a Masterlist with links to each “what if” series. My other blogs here include @triscribe for Shenanigans, @birdsandbatsofgotham for all the DC art/writings I stumble across, and @storiesfromthescribe where I only talk about my original projects.

Featured tags here will henceforth include:

-westeros (my catch-all tag for the various GoT and HotD stories that have begun circling my mind as of summer 2024. Some inspired by other fics, some entirely of my own creation, but there are so many little twists and turns and trails not taken that could’ve sent canon in wildly new directions) The Pack Thrives

-pjo (new as of 2024, I finally watched the new series and guys. GUYS. I love it so much. And I love even more that it’s inspired me to write more in a week than the past two months) The Trade AU

-star wars (originals, prequels, sometimes sequels, plus a wide swath of cartoon show characters and occasionally a reference to the live action ones too) Main Series: What-If AUs and Vod’e An and Visions

-marvel (I am first and foremost a Spidey fan, so he’s usually the one getting tossed into shenanigans with a healthy dose of GotG on the side) Avengers Nonsense Starring Spider-Man and Guardians Shenanigans

-dc (listen. LISTEN. I haven’t touched any comic to have come out in the last decade, but I would never have become a fandom person if not for the Bats, so I will make new AUs based off of their familial nonsense until the day I die) Canon? What Canon? Batfam Stories  and YJ AU Assortment

-hogwarts (for all things Harry Potter, because She Who Shall Not Be Named created a great sandbox that I still love to grab and run with, usually down a road called Total Disregard of the Author) Main Series: Alternate Living Arrangements

-transformers (I’ve got knowledge from half a dozen different continuities and I am not afraid to assemble my favorite pieces into a whole new amalgamation of adventure) (catch-all series to be determined) Cliff and the Kid

-alta (I can remember blowing off a friend’s slumber party to watch The Boy in The Iceberg when it premiered, okay? My fan fic ideas for this show are not a recent development, but actually writing the dang things down and posting them is new and comes in fits and spurts) Avatar AUs

-bnha (My Hero Academia was a bit of an accidental fandom, honestly, but for a year or so it was just about the only thing I wrote for, and there’s a heap of fic on my AO3 account to reflect that) Wild Cards and Something Strange Hit Me and my Doubles AU

-misc (the catch-all, the extraneous, the fandoms I really only dabble with, hence adding an extra tag to keep them all bunched together for quicker identification) Featuring: Back Again (Merlin) and Smallest, Smartest, Youngest (Voltron) and Got to Be Joking (Ranger’s Apprentice)

-originals (which won’t appear here all that often, but since I *do* have a few pieces of my own worldbuilding creations available to read...) Scribe Sampler and The Understudy Project

Alrighty, last couple of links to other websites: Tri on Instagram, where I occasionally post my art of various fandom and canon characters Ko-fi, where one could commission a speedier update to one of my fan fiction stories they particularly love or purchase a signed copy of my self-published novel And as of March 2023, I’ve also got a brand new Patreon account, where the first pieces of big WIPs go up, and you can read the first chapter of my book Wolfen’s Rage for free.

Now then. Who’s ready to read?

[zahri-melitor]

Recent DC Reads:

Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale

This is another book from the DC Ink teen graphic novels line and it’s a bit of a headscratcher for me. I don’t mind that the line leans heavily into reinterpretations of a general three sentence outline of a character’s past (there’s been some great work done here, and Oracle Code is probably the top of the list for ‘wide reinterpretation update that works’), but on some occasions when you know a lot about a character it can be to your detriment, just in terms of characterisation.

Art and design wise, this felt particularly like a webcomic in collected form, more than a graphic novel in and of itself. It was very episodic and chunked in a way that my brain could separate it into each webcomic post, complete with titles for each post. Also in terms of its episodic nature was that the plot tended to wander: the writing would pick up a storyline and get distracted by the new shiny, forgetting the previous plot thread. However, I did enjoy that the story ended on an open question over whether Rosie had made the right decision or not for herself.

It hit enough of the basic beats of a young Selina Kyle to be recognisable as Selina, but it was definitely one of the more divergent stories in this line in that the elements really didn’t line up with any of the origin stories I’m familiar with for her. I also found the inclusion of Bruce rather gratuitous and unnecessary.

I think the point where it had difficulty the most is that a lot of the beats of a good Catwoman tale (the love of cats, the fitting in to high society to act as a thief, the heists, the flirting, the athleticism) were all present but fragmented. They were largely dealt with separately and didn’t really pull together into a coherent whole. Which, this Selina is 14! She’s not fully competent yet. That’s fine. But it was a bit too early edition without acknowledging that in future all these elements will combine together into one seamless act.

I generally like the DC Ink line, they’re nicely accessible introductions to characters, particularly leaning into what is mythologically true about the character’s archetype more than any sort of canon-faithfulness. But this one just didn’t quite pull itself together in a satisfying way for me.

The Sandman Universe #1 and Books of Magic #1-6 (2019) I picked this up entirely on the promise of Bilquis Evely art, so I got…half an issue of that? It was beautiful, in any case.

Every time I try to read one of the continuing Books of Magic series, rather than the original mini, I’m reminded that a lot of what I love most about the mini is its contained, complete nature. It’s very much a story with the attitude that underlies the creation of the Vertigo line, but it’s also a really good realistic-edged sampler of the various corners of Magical and Dark DC. You can pick it up and get a taste for a lot of different characters/magical realms in DC and it works as a sort of directory to go find new things to try.

While the continuing stories focusing on Tim Hunter? They’re okay. They’re not Giovanni Zatara holding an eviscerated rabbit, or soaring Charles Vess art of magical realms.

Those complaints aside, this was well set up for a new run. I didn’t need to be fully across all the events of previous runs; it would be a slog to come into this if you were completely unfamiliar with the basics of the Endless, Dream’s realm, and who Tim Hunter is, but it was entirely accessible for someone who has only read the original Books of Magic and enough of Sandman to know what it looks like (though there are definite spoilers for both the end of Sandman and events during previous Books of Magic runs).

I’m not going to continue this, but I do have to say one of the reasons I regularly dip into the extended Sandman Universe is that it gets some of the best DC artists in the business at decorative and creative art assigned to it. At this point I go here for artists like Charles Vess, J.H. Williams III and Bilquis Evely being allowed to go rogue and as hard as they want with their art, and being supported in that.

[nintendouniverse2023]

The following progressive of My Batman AU resembles some new origin stories and new accomplishments between the DC Universe.

Bio: Dick Grayson was born in Haley’s Circus has come to town and Bruce has decided to attend one of these shows. When the Flying Graysons were on stage making stunts, they were sabotaged by Tony Zucco’s men as they fall to their death, except for their 15 year old son Dick Grayson. Which lead to Bruce adopting Dick has he reminded that the night his parents are killed. Dick Grayson now lived at Wayne Manor, something happened...but sheer accident...he discovered the batcave. After some thinking, Bruce came to realize that with the right guidance, Dick could potentially become a better hero then him someday. After long training to help challenge the emotions and grief. Dawning a colorful costume, Dick has become the Boy Wonder, Robin! Batman and Robin go out as an unstoppable Dynamic Dou and won't be long before Batgirl shows up as the Triple Dou!

Appearance: Sampler to Batman except, all red, yellow and Green, Short sleeves and Black Cape and Eye Mask.

Voice Actor: Scott Porter

Age: 17

Height: 5,10 incs

Weight: 175 ibs

Personality: Chilled, Laid Back, Tough, Lighthearted and A bit sassy at times

Favorite Foods: Cucumber Sandwiches

Family: John and Mary Grayson *Deceased*, Thomas and Martha Wayne *Adoptive Grandparents/Deceased* Alfred Pennyworth *Adoptive Grandpa* and Bruce Wayne/Batman *Adoptive Father*

Allies: Lucius Fox, Dr Lesile Tomkins, Commissioner James Gordon and The GCPD, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl and Teen Titans *Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg and Raven*

Enemies: Batman’s Rouges Gallery and Slade Wilson/Deathstroke *Arch Nemesis*

Likes: Acrobatics, Video Games, Gymnastics, Working out, Teasing Batgirl, Being a proud leader to the Titans and Partner to Batman

Dislikes: Always being left into the Bats Shadow, The tragic memory back at Haileys Circus and Toxicity internet arguments.