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I get the idea of befriending people before considering dating, but more as a 'we already know each other in person' sort of thing

If you match with someone on dating apps, like the simplest thing to get to know them to me it seems is to just do an activity together, right?Dinner, bowling, minigolf, whatever. But like if you are both attracted to each other, how is that not a date? It just feels like a more nebulous and undefined sort of thing.

Am I supposed to offer to pay for the both of us still? Am I still expected to plan everything? Because that would not feel like a friendship at all

If we hang out off and on for a month and I'm having a great time and she seems to be too, do I just say, 'hey, you want to date for real?'

Maybe this is supposed to be like hanging out in groups instead of one on one? That seems even more complicated to start out with

Idk.Friends are just people I click with, we have shared interests or history or whatever. There's no intentionality to it. It just is. Starting a friendship from a dating app, that may or may not turn into something more, I just am struggling to wrap my brain around how that even should be approached

Obviously not through Marvel proper but since they were in partnership with La Prensa, maybe La Prensa has done so? Idk how it all works

I just want to check out the original stories they added in between the reprints. I saw a couple on the internet archives but not many

Not as Nightwing and Red Hood, but their characteristics when they were Robins

For context, I have read a fair amount of Batman books with little to no Robin presence. Year One, Long Halloween, Mad Monk, Monster Men, V's Tec etc. But with the new DC Finests I am finally digging into more 'normal' Batman books where you have Batman and Robin (in this case Jason) going on adventures together as duo. Its really fun!

Jason so far is a delight. When written by Mike Barr, he loves adventure and has guts, and rattles off puns a mile a minute. Batman is honestly pretty gruff with him sometimes but he just shrugs it off and doesn't get discouraged. And tonight I just read his post-crisis origin and I like him even more. Very much a pragmatist in his circumstances, he'll do what he can to survive, but he isn't bad at heart. And I love his sense of independance. There also seems to be a sort of 'righteous anger' latent in him, hinted at by the fact he isn't bothered by the Batman imposter killing killers who got off free due to technicalities

But here's the thing, I haven't read much with Dick as Robin, but is he really all that different? Like in my head, Dick as Robin would also be telling silly jokes as he fights. He also comes from a tragic background and yet doesn't let it shut him down. Isn't he the leader of the Teen Titans for years? So maybe independant is the wrong word, but leadership seems somewhat synonymous with it, temperment-wise

I know what Jason *becomes* later, but as Robins what would you say are the primary traits that seperate Dick and Jason? Or perhaps is the point that they're really not so different at first, but Jason's approaching death is like a divergence point?

Batman 1989-1990: Collects Batman #436-446, Detective #604-612, annuals and related stories

Batman 1990: Collects Batman #447-454, Detective #613-621, annuals and related stories

Look, I get Post-Crisis Batman has been spoiled lately, with 4 DC Finest volumes by this July. But also, I just want to get to a narratively satisfying spot before we pause for a bit, y’know? We are starting the Alan Grant Tec run with Death in the Family and Blind Justice, these two volumes would not only reach the end of that, but also close out the Wolfman run simultaneously. Then we can pause for a year or two if needed, prioritise other eras. Just get me to a good pause point first?

Batman 1983-1984: Batman #360-373 Detective Comics #527-540, annuals

Batman 1984-1985: Batman #374-387 Detective Comics #541-553, annuals

So I haven’t bought Red Skies yet, because as a new DC reader, I’m worried it will be like Marvel’s Epic Collections, and a random volume will be left hanging without its matches for years at a time. I love Moench’s Moon Knight, and I want to read his Batman. Announce one of these and I will have a lot more faith that the other won’t be far behind and break my initial planned rule of only collecting Bats post-crisis. And then again, after DC can prioritise other eras like the 70s or Golden Age or whatever for awhile for all I care. I just want to know the plan before Red Skies sells out

Green Lantern 1959-1962: All Green Lantern comics pre the 1963-1965 vol

I still haven’t read my other two GL Finest Collections because I am waiting until I have the first volume. Please DC, don’t leave me hanging

Green Lantern 1987-1989: Green Lantern Corps 220-224, the Action Comics run, whatever else from this era

So I have read almost everything GL from the Wein run up to Emerald Twilight over the last couple years, but the one gap of stuff I couldn't track down is this period. So I’d like to fill that gap in real bad

Batgirl 1999-2000: Cass volume 1. Idk the mapping, surprise me

I want to reread Cass’s original run, but I don’t have the first 6 issues so I haven’t done so >:(

Fourth World 1971-1972: Mister Miracle 5-10, the Forever People 6-11, New Gods 5-11, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 142-148

Fourth World 1972-1984: Mister Miracle 11-25, New Gods 12-19, New Gods (1984) #6, The Hunter Dogs

Kinda hefty size, hopefully DC is willing to do this and not toss Kirby's 80s stuff in a post-crisis volume or something. Do these both in one year and I will be very happy having a narratively complete trilogy on my shelf :)

Do they share any traits with grunge, or are they just totally unrelated?

I am interested in both characters, particularly their copper age stuff, but when these Silver Age ones were announced I started wondering if I should check out the earlier stuff too

I am a huge Moon Knight fan, including the classic stuff, and both seem to have a somewhat similar appeals (although pretty different personalities far as I can tell)

The one thing thats holding me back is I have struggled to get into silver age Green Lantern (although I am collecting it) and especially Flash. I don't have the same issue with Marvel Silver Age, but DC just hasn't clicked for me thus far. The characters feel flatter and the continuity less emphasized ij the Silver Age. I want subplots and melodrama and characters evolving

With these particular biases in mind, if I were to get one of these two volumes, which would be a better fit in your opinion?