Arrow/Flash Superhero Team-Up Spinoff In Works At CW
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This has come up before - basically there is no benefit, the actual cost of printing has no particularly large impact and more importantly retailers don't want them - take up a lot of space for a low margin item.
as for the other two points:
* The idea that comic sales are falling - it's actually the opposite, they have increased year on year for at least the three years.
* The quarterly idea would crash the market - Go and read Brian Hibbs columns, he's covered that idea before and how that would work for a comic retailer.
As for
i think you're right...or even Dollar stores... I remember as a kid eagerly picking up Adventure Comics digest, which were reprints of stories from up to 20 years earlier. Surely such reprints, in newsprint, should be cheap enough to do, right?
Should this conversation be moved somewhere else?
Just try and read J.H. Williams' Batwoman or the new Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier comic in guided view. It's a mess.
We need to get the thread back on track, but it a double tap you can switch between guided view and manual. In fact, I go back and forth regularly so I never need my reading glasses to enjoy.
Yeah, that's probably a good idea, because both topics are quite interesting. Separate threads would help make sure plenty of attention is paid to each.
The article speculates about the African-American "Mystery Hero" being Static, but do they even have the rights to that character?! I thought I remembered one of the Milestone people fairly recently talking about Static getting his own live action show.
Black Lightning sure is a possibility, but I kinda think it's Jason Rusch, teaming up with Martin Stein to become the new Firestorm.
The "Female Warrior", I think the article should drop the Fury part and just go with the Yolanda Montez version of Wildcat, considering Ted Grant's recent death/crippling.
That's my guess, anyway.
Black Lightning sure is a possibility, but I kinda think it's Jason Rusch, teaming up with Martin Stein to become the new Firestorm.
The "Female Warrior", I think the article should drop the Fury part and just go with the Yolanda Montez version of Wildcat, considering Ted Grant's recent death/crippling.
That's my guess, anyway.
Of course, these days, there's no guarantee that a black or Latina actor in a superhero film or show will be playing a character who was black or Latina in the comics.
I would not count Robbie Amell as Ronald Raymond out of this yet. There has been no official casting announcements. I suspect the ones that have leaked out like Routh, Lotz, etc were because their contracts have been finalized. Seems odd that they would build him up all season not to use him. Amell has no other big roles that are know of.
Its probably tricky finalizing contracts on a spin-off like this. All these actors are just reoccurring guest stars right now. Not regular cast members. Its Pilot Season. They probably need to know if they have future work or they should look for another more regular job. I know this has affected how often we have seen some of the guest characters. Wildcat has been sidelined because the actor got a new series. Plus its unclear when this spinoff will debut. Probably not on the fall schedule.
Its probably tricky finalizing contracts on a spin-off like this. All these actors are just reoccurring guest stars right now. Not regular cast members. Its Pilot Season. They probably need to know if they have future work or they should look for another more regular job. I know this has affected how often we have seen some of the guest characters. Wildcat has been sidelined because the actor got a new series. Plus its unclear when this spinoff will debut. Probably not on the fall schedule.
The description actually makes her sound more like Rose and Thorn.
I was thinking that the Traveler was Booster Gold but then I remembered that the three new characters are ones never done on a live action show before. That rules out Booster since he appeared on Smallville. Rip Hunter perhaps?
The could do an Atom and call him Rip Hunter, but use Booster's quirks and characterization.
^You can just as well call that doing a Felicity, since they basically called her Felicity Smoak but made her Oracle.
But then, Felicity and the Atom are doing each other now...
But then, Felicity and the Atom are doing each other now...
Okay, they called her Felicity Smoak but made her Chloe Sullivan. 
Okay, they called her Felicity Smoak but made her Chloe Sullivan.
None of the articles are saying whether or not Caity Lotz is playing a new character or returning as Sarah. This actually makes me think she will be Sarah and we'll see her alive before Arrow's season is over. I would think if she was just playing a totally new character, which seems very unlikely, that they wouldn't be so mysterious about it.