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>nytimes.com
In October the company will publish Midnighter & Apollo, the first part of a six-issue mini-series that reunites the two heroes, who are gay and have an on-again off-again relationship.
“They have a firmer idea of who they are, and they’ve become stronger and more confident together,” said Steve Orlando, who will write the comic, which will have interior art by Fernando Blanco and covers by the artist known as ACO.
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HELL YEAH NIGGA
interior art by Fernando Blanco and covers by the artist known as ACO. Hell yeah.
> Apollo and Midnighter
fuck yeah. Everyone buys this so they get an ongoing.
Apollo looks like shit
No doubt younger and more twink like to draw in the barely existent female crowd
Just make him a silver fox, god damn
>The characters, who made their debut in 1998, were gay analogues of Batman (Midnighter) and Superman (Apollo). They dated, eventually married, adopted a child and, thanks to comics, had their history rebooted. Midnighter most recently headlined his own series, which ended in March. The comic, written by Mr. Orlando, was lauded for its portrayal, which balanced the hero’s volatile global adventures — and a friendly flirtation with Dick Grayson, the former Robin — with a domestic life that included using dating apps and being sexually active.
>Mr. Orlando, 30, who is bisexual, has an affinity for Midnighter. “Getting to write a character that helped me when I was younger and boost the signal to a new generation has been an honor,” he wrote on his blog. Of the new project, he said, “This is the World’s Finest Couple — kicking back and making each other better than they are on their own.”
Fernando Blanco previously worked on B&RE.
HELLS YEAH MOTHERFUCKER
>Short-Hair
Bitch you better grow his gorgeous locks long again you fucker.
But my OTP is Dicknighter.
Well fuck off then.
Your OTP is shit, so is your opinion
Orlando's Midnighter ongoing did cancellation numbers, I doubt the addition of Apollo is going to improve them all that much. This is just a bone they're throwing.
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Thank you based Orlando
Dicknighter is best with Dick being tsundere and never fucking him
t. 14 year old girl
>Thank you based Orlando
Night club?
No user.
no it is the writer's name, please read the OP
Yeah, directly to me, so I'm good.
I wonder if this is the start of Rebirth Wave 2?
Who cares? We're essentially getting another trade of Midnighter. It might even lead into an Authority ongoing.
If DC's bone throwing means I get minis like this and Six Pack/Dogwelder I'll take it
I think it's more like DCYou minis wave 2. Remember Prez is supposed to be coming as well.
THANK YOU BASED DC. Why are they so good to me?
First they give me Prez second part, then Ennis Six-Pack and Dogwelder and now this.
Seriously, this.
>Dicknighter
Shit taste detected.
Feelin' the Middy love today
>DC doesn't use double-shipping to subsidize low-selling books, only Marvel does that Spencer said
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Fernando Blanco is really good and drew a lot of Phantom Stranger which was criminally underrated.
Midnighter will be in Nightwing, too. Everybody wins.
Why do you have to bring this up? This is a happy thread. Why can't you just be happy and enjoy things?
I can be happy and laugh at a company dummy for being wrong yet again.
Marvel will announce another character coming out of the closet to take the limelight off DC now.
Rebirth continues it's unimpeded march of being the best of the previous universe, the New 52, and DCYou at the same time.
What a time to be alive. Just give Tom King a REBELS book or something and I'll be set for life.
>Tom King a REBELS book
Don't make me want things that won't happen
WHEN ARE WE GETTING A FIGURE, FOR FUCK SAKES DC
more likely no one really reports this and keeps pretending like DC hates gays
Well the NYTimes announced it not fucking CBR.
Is DC PR actually doing something decent this time around ?
>Tom King a REBELS book
Stop stop, I can only get so erect.
What a lovely thing to wake up to...
Thanks to that one voicefag i now always read Apollo in a stern serious voice and Midnighter in a lilting camp gay lisp
It could happen.
Writing Batman gives writers a certain boost of power at DC.
>DC actually striking when the iron is hot
Man what even happened to this company?
Seriously how BASED can DC get?
>Section 8 follow up
>Young Animals
>Raven mini
Spencer, where's your safe titles now nigga?
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Geoff saved DC as far as I'm concerned. They have been killing it since he seemingly took over and started planning Rebirth.
>cringy pandering is fine when DC does it
it's always fine when it panders to me regardless of company
Its a mini of characters that exist have a long ass time, and they are not killing or replacing anyone, so yeah
There is only one fag here user and that is you
Holy fucking shit, I love you orlando.
>pandering
Fuck off underage fag. They've been gay for a long ass time.
>Going back to the basics is pandering now
It's official we can add 'pandering' to the list of words Sup Forums has drained the meaning of, like epic and cuck
autism too
>Apollo looks like shit
He looks fine. The only thing he needs is his long hair back.
>another Bat-character getting a book
Can DC do anything different? Now even Nightwing's supporting cast gets comics while other heroes starve for attention
I think he should grow his hair back too, but ACO's Apollo really is pretty good. Look forward to seeing the new interior artist draw them.
>trying this hard
I hate the entire Batfam but this is weak.
that's the only reason why I'm okay with his previous design
>This is just a bone they're throwing.
Good. I'll take it. It's a shame that an entertaining book like Midnighter's solo got canceled in the first place.
cooooooooooooool :)
Ship it with Apollo. That's what I'll be doing!
Question was Prometheus gay himself or did he take it from behind for weeks just to get at Midnighter?
DC announcing something on the NYTimes instead of the usual USA Today route is rather surprising,
i have to admit
that make me happy :)
these are the important questions
I honestly have no idea,it was all part of his master plan
He probably just downloaded gay shit into his brain. Which makes it better.
It'd be more hilarious if he was just that dedicated, but I'm guessing bi at least, or it wouldn't be convincing.
God I hope he comes back to throw down with Apollo and Midnighter.
MMM that's some good shit right there (ok hand sign emoji) 100
Midnighte IS cooler than batman.
Honestly he seemed like he was enjoying it a lot. Promy is probably at least bi.
NYT has raved about Midnighter before (after the cancellation, sadly), so they already had an in, I guess?
I'm not hip like the kids out there but I think I agree
This has been keeping me awake at night
Could be
That is what i was hoping for
>midnighter
>pandering
Read comics
Yeah, I get the feeling that this is something Gustines would be excited to write about, and a journalist often has some amount of leeway to pimp something they have a special interest in.
>it's just a coincidence they are getting a mini now even tho the previous Midnighter comic had abysmal sales
I just want a release date for Prez 2: Prezlectric Prezaloo.
you could probably ask Orlando on twitter, though clean it up and phrase it like "did he actually have feelings for Middy" or something
Is Sixpack and dogwelder pandering too now, since it's getting a sequel too inspite of not selling.
What the fuck are you complaining about ? are they replacing batman or superman ? i mean for fuck sakes i get it that its cool to complain about everything and being a contrarian but you just sound like a little bitch
but if you can't support an ongoing a mini is the proper step down
Yep. People generally only get upset over pandering when they're not the ones being pandered to.
>Midnighter & Apollo
>Not Apollo & Midnighter
Sounds so much better the other way around.
Gay white males are not seen as diverse enough by the pc crowd so don't worry
Might do that, he has responded to me before on twitter,nice guy all around
it had terrible sales but was very critically acclaimed, and those who were reading it loved it and were very vocal about it.
DC cares more about fan reaction than sales most of the time, unlike Marvel.
They keep stuff going as long as people love it, as long as they're not actively losing money (see most of Vertigo, or Jonah Hex)
You sound like a massive faggot. Go eat a dick or something.
jfc almost everything on that front page is cancer
Who is Six Pack/Dogwelder pandering to?
DC isn't Marvel. Midnighter didn't do well in sales but was really good.
DC actually takes pride in their art
Midnighter could suck all the JL's dick & you would still be the bigger faggot in the room.
TOO FUCKING BAD
And Kate Manhunter, jamie first solo and Jason Forestorm.
>Midnighter could suck all the JL's dick
Don't make me want things I can't have
The previous series was good and criticaly acclaimed.
Why do you think Omega Men continued on when it was selling in the 9000's?
>comic about a gay character gets critically acclaimed in 2016
Stop the presses