DC to REBOOT???
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Grant Morrison is writing the book so we'll see. As for Lois and Clark's marriage. I've always been a fan of it. Recently Clark hasn't been around due to various events...the last few pages of the War of Superman though are why I'm a fan of their marriage. I like those intimate moments between them. Ah well.
Mixed feelings:
It will be fascinating to see what can be done with these characters liberated from the weight of decades of continuity. The nature of comics mean there have been quite a number of changes over the years and not all of them good. I will not lose a moments sleep, for example, if/when Jason Todd (the second Robin, who was killed by Joker and rose from the dead) and his whole messy and pointless existence is wiped from history.
At the same time the newest version, Damian Wayne, is one of the better characters to come into being for who knows how long. I would miss that character. And where do excellent titles like Secret Six fit into a reboot? Probably nowhere.
So you lose some of the good with the bad.
The other downside is reading the current batch of comics until this reboot is a bit like watching a canceled television series where there may or may not be a final episode.
But as I said, it will be fascinating to see what's next.
It will be fascinating to see what can be done with these characters liberated from the weight of decades of continuity. The nature of comics mean there have been quite a number of changes over the years and not all of them good. I will not lose a moments sleep, for example, if/when Jason Todd (the second Robin, who was killed by Joker and rose from the dead) and his whole messy and pointless existence is wiped from history.
At the same time the newest version, Damian Wayne, is one of the better characters to come into being for who knows how long. I would miss that character. And where do excellent titles like Secret Six fit into a reboot? Probably nowhere.
So you lose some of the good with the bad.
The other downside is reading the current batch of comics until this reboot is a bit like watching a canceled television series where there may or may not be a final episode.
But as I said, it will be fascinating to see what's next.
I have been saying DC should reboot their entire line for years. I may even begin buying comics again, and I stopped in 1986.
I think, though, that Digital DC should have some kind of "premium" membership that for an annual fee you can download and own a certain number of comics but also have access to the entire digital library. The New Yorker has been doing this and it is great!
I think, though, that Digital DC should have some kind of "premium" membership that for an annual fee you can download and own a certain number of comics but also have access to the entire digital library. The New Yorker has been doing this and it is great!
They've been married for fifteen years in the comics; that they are married is a pretty well-known bit of Superman continuity (people in general are far more aware of it than, for example, exactly what the fuck is up with Lex Luthor these days). I don't think it's likely that very much of this kind of thing is actually going to be eliminated for any length of time.
Yet people have brought up MJ and Peter who were married far longer and whose marriage was dissolved in a convuluted manner. We'll find out in the next few days I would think what the status of Superman and his supporting cast will be as DC releases further details. As I stated I'm a fan of their marriage and wouldn't like to see them broken apart.
Jim Lee tweets that he won't fuck this up.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/05...-up-plus-your-handy-dc-comics-reboot-roundup/
Jim Lee tweets that he won't fuck this up.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/05...-up-plus-your-handy-dc-comics-reboot-roundup/
I assume a lot of the scripts are already written and a few comics already drawn.
They must have given Kubert a year or more of a lead time if he has almost gotten all five issues of Flashpoint done.
They must have given Kubert a year or more of a lead time if he has almost gotten all five issues of Flashpoint done.
I too would assume that this has been worked on for quite some time. Johns had been hinting for months about post-Flashpoint changes and that the event it's self would have consequences for the entire DCU. I assume that the reboot has stemmed out of their creative getaways they have or whatever.
For whatever reason it seems comic book writers are perfectly able to write love triangles and normal relationships but not marriages. That being said Brian Bendis does a good job of writing Jessica Jones and Luke Cage...but then again he cares about those characters.
The rebooting is coming at an odd time.
I also find it odd that the reboot, seemingly, will come from a mostly one-character-centered event (Flashpoint), as opposed to a DCU-wide storyline.
And since it appears they have been planning this for a while, why did they have writers kick-off mega story lines (such as Grant Morrison's Batman run) that seemingly won't be concluded in an organized fashion (unless they, somehow, continue on in the new continuity).
I also find it odd that the reboot, seemingly, will come from a mostly one-character-centered event (Flashpoint), as opposed to a DCU-wide storyline.
And since it appears they have been planning this for a while, why did they have writers kick-off mega story lines (such as Grant Morrison's Batman run) that seemingly won't be concluded in an organized fashion (unless they, somehow, continue on in the new continuity).
Indeed. The timing of this only provokes more questions. I'm betting the rest of the week will be interesting. I'm extremely curious about their plans for Batman.
Nic Cage is gonna be pissed. 
Wow. That might almost make it worth picking up.
I read this at CBR about Geoff Johns' Green Lantern...
I would assume that high-end writers like Johns and Morrison will be able to continue the long-form stories that they have been telling with only a minimum of post-Flashpoint continuity changes.
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This is the part that really confuses me. Love it or hate, Crisis on Infinite Earths really gave the Silver / Bronze Age a send-off with a bang (and made several of its own headlines in the process with the deaths of Supergirl and Flash).
This Flashpoint send-off feels more like Marvel's Onslaught / Heroes Reborn (which coincidentally enough featured Jim Lee redesigning iconic characters). Heroes Reborn wasn't a reboot at all; it was just an extended What If? where everything was back to normal after a year of mediocre stories.
I look forward to Action Comics and Detective Comics going back to their old numbering systems in 18-24 months.
The more that comes out, the more that it *seems* that this is going to be a 'soft' reboot - where characters backstories change if they want them to change but big writers like Morrison and Johns get to carry on as they please.
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