DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[rocketscientist]

Sure, but I just have trouble with the idea of him still being in top fighting form at 43. At least, he'd be more dependent on body armor and tech than he used to be.

Well, that's the thing. He isn't in top fighting form anymore and he probably is more armored. I think that at least some writers are showing that in the comics, so you're absolutely right.

 

[rocketscientist]

I think they're still pretty ageless. It is just that DC has spent a few decades building its second and now third generation of Superheroes so it is kind of hard to argue that Batman and Nightwing are the same age.

Yeah, and now, thanks to having Jonathan Kent as Superman, Lucius Fox's son as another Batman (of NYC), and another Wonderwoman, you have yet another generation layer.

I thought this latest set, reproducing the trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonderwoman, was really stupid and pandering. I've finished reading Dan Jurgens Action Comics with Jonathan Kent's Superboy and they should have left that character alone and not aged him up. I know a lot of readers think that Michael Bendis made a very bad call there.

And I don't know why they needed to make Lucius Fox's other son Batman too. His brother was already Batwing, a DC Iron Man type character (and didn't we have that already with Steel?). Just a bad call all around.

 

[theenglish]

Yeah, and now, thanks to having Jonathan Kent as Superman, Lucius Fox's son as another Batman (of NYC), and another Wonderwoman, you have yet another generation layer.

I thought this latest set, reproducing the trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonderwoman, was really stupid and pandering. I've finished reading Dan Jurgens Action Comics with Jonathan Kent's Superboy and they should have left that character alone and not aged him up. I know a lot of readers think that Michael Bendis made a very bad call there.

And I don't know why they needed to make Lucius Fox's other son Batman too. His brother was already Batwing, a DC Iron Man type character (and didn't we have that already with Steel?). Just a bad call all around.

I didn't really follow the Batman of NYC stuff, but I know of it. I agree completely that there was no need to "age up" Jon. Bendis did it just so his Legion could have a teenage Superboy. Now there's this age gap between Damien and Jon when having them close to the same age worked really well.

 

[tenmei]

I didn't really follow the Batman of NYC stuff, but I know of it. I agree completely that there was no need to "age up" Jon. Bendis did it just so his Legion could have a teenage Superboy. Now there's this age gap between Damien and Jon when having them close to the same age worked really well.

Technically the age-up of Jon just flips the age gap. Originally Jon was about 10 and Damien about 13, now Jon is supposedly around 17 and Damien 13

 

[theenglish]

Technically the age-up of Jon just flips the age gap. Originally Jon was about 10 and Damien about 13, now Jon is supposedly around 17 and Damien 13

I didn't think about it that way. Good call. I still like the moments they give the two of them together in the comics--it really plays off the dynamic their fathers' share.

 

[Christopher]

Maybe what they should've done was to split the timeline. Allow the characters to age up and pass the superhero mantles on to their sidekicks or children, but do parallel books set in the past and focusing on the characters in their iconic prime, filling in "unseen" adventures like how Marvel did with Untold Tales of Spider-Man. Or like how Roy Thomas did two simultaneous Earth-2 series, All-Star Squadron set during and in between the events of the 1940s Justice Society comics and Infinity, Inc. set in the present and focusing on the children of the JSA heroes, with story elements in one often reflected in the other.