I may be crazy but I kind of like it...
Lobo
Character » Lobo appears in 1125 issues.
The last of the Czarnians, Lobo is known and feared across the universe as a bounty hunter who never misses his mark. Super-strong, immortal and unstoppable, the Main Man has frequently clashed with Superman, although they have on occasion found themselves on the same side.
DC HAS GONE TOO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@yung_ancient_one: Point taken and true it was hypothetical but to me this is a lose lose situation for Lobo. This is not the same as saying well Drake was wheel chair jimmy on a TV show so no one will take him seriously as a rapper in my eyes and here is why. If you wanted to take everything about Lobo and change it then why even call him Lobo? They changed a character that had a cult following because of how over the top he was and they changed all they liked about him to the polar opposite so you now have to struggle to find your new audience and since you alienated the core audience of Lobo fans you can not depend on them for sales.
I hear ya, but the story is Lobo stole his name from another guy. The other guy found out Lobo was using his name so he wants to kill him. There are two Hawkeye's, two Black Widows, two Batman's, two Aqualads, four Robin's, so why can't there be two Lobo's?
OG Lobo can still return/remain with a new/true name like Cazares or something. This new Lobo can have a last name, Lobo Hunter, Lobo Garrus, Lobo Aloi, Lobo Reisz, or something.
What if the core audience end up liking this new Lobo?
Either way, DC is making a new Lobo. He may or may not be successful. The OG Lobo may or may not return/remain. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and everyone can make a prediction that comes true or doesn't.
At the end of the day... Live yo Life, and let me live mine.
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@yung_ancient_one: Yeah that's true no matter what any of us think it will be lost to the past soon enough.
How much longer is Lemire going to be on Green Arrow?
Because when his run ends, I can finally drop DC.
@yung_ancient_one: However DC painted themselves into a corner with the fact that they let Netherrealm use the REAL Lobo in Injustice Gods Among Us
If new readers see THIS awesome Lobo and compare him to the new one, DC will probably have a problem. Of course they can always just backpedal and say this new "Lobo" is actually Slobo, but either way if we get The Main Man back, I'll be happy.
@wavemotioncannon said:
@danhimself: where does it say this? The DC website had the other design as final version.
No, they said
There was a lot of thought put into how the real Lobo should look. Kenneth Rocafort’s various interpretations blew us away, but the design we landed on as the final choice is the last one in the above gallery.
This is the last one
That looks like they kind of thing Disney would do, but Dc was all we had left.... and now they've done this. Comics are turning into boy band advertisements, and The Elder Scrolls is dumbing down. Well, the two important things in my life are gone, and if you would excuse me, I'm off to kill myself!
I thought your post was serious until I read that and I became certain it was a joke when you brought up committing suicide.
If you knew me.... you would know that wasn't a joke.... just me being a coward.... and the Elder Scrolls is dumbing down.... Heave you even played Morrowind? All skyrim has on morrowind is graphics, and if you'd take being able to customize a beard over a good, challenging game that makes you make your own descisions rather than holding your hand they entire time, then there's something wrong.... But I'm seriously going to flip out if Lobo is that crazy combo of A pretty boy, a Jedi, and a robot. I need good old bad attitude, boot knives & leather lobo.
Rob Zombie's gonna be pissed!
Well, it's back to reading my back issues...
Yeeeeeeeep.
@smart_dork_dude: You know what would be funny. If Lobo's real name/birth name was Main Man. HAHAHA and that The Main Man liked the name Lobo so he took it. Now "real" Lobo can kill the Main Man and like always the Main Man can return. I mean isn't he like officially banned from Heaven and Hell?
I agree about the corner but the solution is Lobo from injustice stole the name of the "real" Lobo. Again, they can technically keep the Main Man still with this new Lobo.
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@stormbox: I stand corrected and that design sucks donkey ass. Throw a mask on him and he's Red Hood with kusarigamas
Yea it certainly does suck
Oh man......... As a person who loooooooves character design, I loath this. If I had a chance to design the most loathsome character in DC I would think I would go balls out ugly. Throat tattoos, Lemmy beard, shaved side of the head, nappy dreads, make that @$$-hole more alien looking........ Go crazy and ugly and nasty with it....... Not pretty. Give that cat a meat cleaver not another sword........
reading what you people write on comicvine is like reading on some wrestling forum full of smarks complaining about WWE
the new desing is far better than the old one
looks like he's now going to be a parody of anime badas characters instead of the overpowered shoulderpad wearing comic character
the new desing is far better than the old one
I do agree that this design is far better than Lobo's original design. I even think the new Lobo is one of the best designed characters I've seen from DC, but fans do have the right to complain that DC decided to drastically change everything about the character those fans liked.
the new desing is far better than the old one
I do agree that this design is far better than Lobo's original design. I even think the new Lobo is one of the best designed characters I've seen from DC, but fans do have the right to complain that DC decided to drastically change everything about the character those fans liked.
I appreciate this post, because you get it.
It may be good to some people, but for Lobo fans? This isn't Lobo, at all. And going off the DC link, they're changing his orgins, and acting like the one we loved beforehand is "the fake Lobo"? That's wrong.
@sideburnguru said:
the new desing is far better than the old one
I do agree that this design is far better than Lobo's original design. I even think the new Lobo is one of the best designed characters I've seen from DC, but fans do have the right to complain that DC decided to drastically change everything about the character those fans liked.
I appreciate this post, because you get it.
It may be good to some people, but for Lobo fans? This isn't Lobo, at all. And going off the DC link, they're changing his orgins, and acting like the one we loved beforehand is "the fake Lobo"? That's wrong.
Indeed. Farewell He Who Devours Your Entrails And Thoroughly Enjoys It
I'm fine with the new look for Lobo. I don't know why people are getting bent out of shape new 52 is all about changes why are people surprised after what almost 2 years of changes.
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I'm fine with the new look for Lobo. I don't know why people are getting bent out of shape new 52 is all about changes why are people surprised after what almost 2 years of changes.
Because the other characters at least slightly resemble themselves.
@sideburnguru: I just found out twilight lobo is the new lobo not the one with gun pointed up the other one........ it gonna be a sad day for comics.......damn you dc damn you
@aronmorales: I will walk away from comics if this turns out to be true
Jesus Christ, none of you could do a quick Google search? I don't think this is a redesign, but a new character entirely.
Back when we introduced this “What’s New In The New 52” column, I told you that the most important word in The New 52 is “New.” We’re always striving to keep things exciting, different and surprising. Which is why JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.2: LOBO (from the creative team of Marguerite Bennett, Ben Oliver, Cliff Richards and Daniel Brown) contains a major surprise – one we’ve had planned for a while. The Lobo you’ve seen so far in the New 52 is not who you think he is. In this one-shot, you’ll be introduced to the real Lobo. A ruthless killer, Lobo is on a quest to kill the man who has taken his name.
What I'm getting from the quote is, the Lobo that we know, the Main Man (which I will refer to him as to avoid confusion), is here to say. The Main Man took this Lobo's name. DC isn't redesigning the Main Man, this is a new person altogether, called Lobo.
@immortalone: Yes, but people are afraid this new Lobo is going to end up killing the other one.
The Lobo on the upcoming villains month issue will be the Lobo everyone knows and loves and it will look like that. So, they are not using this new design yet.
@dagmar_merrill: and where might this piece of information be?
Its funny how Lobo is the embodiment of the 90s and this new design is the embodiment of the entire New 52.
I hate the way they redesigned the characters. Lobo shouldn't look like a character from Twilight. They did the same with Amanda Waller, who for some reason now looks like a model u.u
@pablo_2995: oh...god...I think I'm going to puke after seeing that
@supreme_maj: ♪twilight♪
The whole point of Lobo is to be a parody of trends in comics. It's not the 90s anymore. Making him a parody of Edward Cullent types makes sense.
The concept art in the OP does look like Slobo/that younger Lobo in Young Justice. But whilst I'm neutral about the whole Lobo redesign, I think the writer deserves a chance to defend herself. So I'll post the link and excerpt from what she says about this so the haters can see for themselves. From Comics Alliance
Her statement: "
Dear Internet (which has called me some very unendearing names today),
I was not in charge of the Lobo redesign. Ben Oliver was not in charge of the Lobo redesign.
I wrote my script, and after it was completed, I was shown what the new character would look like.
For the record, the images you’ve seen—Ken Rocafort’s design and Aaron Kuder’s cover—are not what Lobo actually looks like in the book. I respectfully disagree with the decision to release that image.
When you go to get your comics on Wednesday, Sept 11, before you buy it (if you buy it), pick up Lobo and read the first four pages.
You can hate me by Page Two.
But if I do not have your attention by Page Four, you don’t have to read something of mine ever again."
And now for some of her tweets that you might find interesting
So there's still a good chance these concept images circulating don't show the whole picture and that Bennett will still be writing a Lobo that you fans are familiar with and love. Although she seems to indicate that the first 4 pages might turn people away, doesn't she deserve a chance to show what she can do with the character?
@smart_dork_dude: hey I just noticed something he wearing high heals in the first picture god what is wrong with dc
Maybe they're going to do a Thanos Rising kinda thing, showing how much of a dick he was as a child.
But uh....this is horrible. The whole point of Lobo is to be Over the Top edgy, and I guess really funny in just HOW edgy he is. Why did they do this? Same old bullcrap with Bizarro and Metallo, just a stupid, stupid redesign. Not to mention that they're actually going to try and make him "serious" whatever that means. Probably just a Deathstroke clone. DC get's on my nerves so much these days.
The worst part about all of this has to be that I was just about to make that leap into being a Lobo fan. I guess that's over. Oh well, I still have Vandal, one of the few villains that got a good new look.
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