DC to REBOOT???

[JD]

So if Didio is such a bad writer, how did he end up one of the guys in charge of DC? Did he just come in as one of the publishers and then use that to get a chance to write some stuff?

 

[JoeZhang]

So if Didio is such a bad writer, how did he end up one of the guys in charge of DC?

The two aren't really linked, you could be a terrible writer and a good organisational leader.

Did he just come in as one of the publishers and then use that to get a chance to write some stuff?

Yes, he was a writer before but he came in at DC as a VP - I think he wrote a series as soon as he got the position - Superboy off the top of my head.

 

[JD]

So if Didio is such a bad writer, how did he end up one of the guys in charge of DC?

The two aren't really linked, you could be a terrible writer and a good organisational leader.

I understand that. I had just assumed that someone in his position would have started off as a writer, and then after a few years of success in that position moved up the his current position.

 

[JoeZhang]

So if Didio is such a bad writer, how did he end up one of the guys in charge of DC?

The two aren't really linked, you could be a terrible writer and a good organisational leader.

I understand that. I had just assumed that someone in his position would have started off as a writer, and then after a few years of success in that position moved up the his current position.

That's a good point - I think you are right in that the company industry often recruits internally from writers and artists.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Sometimes the top execs are people who worked their way up in the comics industry (like Paul Levitz and Joe Quesada). Sometimes they're people recruited from outside the industry (like Jenette Khan and Dan DiDio).

 

[Professor Zoom]

Official word, via Dan Didio's Facebook page regarding the JSA:

"AS for JSA, we have decided to rest this concept while we devote our attention on the launch of the three new Justice League series. As for other characters and series not part of the initial 52, there are plenty of stories to be told, and we're just getting started. best, DD"

*sigh*

One of the things I like about DC is it's history... And the JSA is a part of that, that there ARE legacy heroes.

Oh, well.

 

[Venardhi]

They shouldn't have called it Justice League at all if Justice League Dark is the best they could come up with. With all those writers about I'm sure they can come up with a name for a guild of arcane evil-fighters.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

With all those writers about I'm sure they can come up with a name for a guild of arcane evil-fighters.

JLA = Justice League Arcane.

 

[Misfit Toy]

Official word, via Dan Didio's Facebook page regarding the JSA:

"AS for JSA, we have decided to rest this concept while we devote our attention on the launch of the three new Justice League series. As for other characters and series not part of the initial 52, there are plenty of stories to be told, and we're just getting started. best, DD"

*sigh*

One of the things I like about DC is it's history... And the JSA is a part of that, that there ARE legacy heroes.

Oh, well.

I agree completely. I love the idea that Wildcat trains younger heroes - that Alan Scott may not want Kyle dating his daughter...

*sigh*

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Here's how the initial 52 titles break down by writing assignments:

Three titles

Geoff Johns – Aquaman, Green Lantern and Justice League
Scott Lobdell – Red Hood and the Outlaws, Superboy and Teen Titans

Two titles

Tony Bedard – Blue Beetle and Green Lantern: The New Guardians
Paul Cornell – Demon Knights and Stormwatch
Tony Daniel – Detective Comics and The Savage Hawkman
Kyle Higgins – Deathstroke and Nightwing
JT Krull – Captain Atom and Green Arrow
Jeff Lemire – Animal Man and Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE
Peter Milligan – Green Lantern: Red Lanterns, Justice League Dark
Gail Simone – Batgirl and The Fury of Firestorm (with Ethan Van Sciver)
Scott Snyder – Batman and Swamp Thing
Peter Tomasi – Batman and Robin and Green Lantern Corps
Judd Winick – Batwing and Catwoman

One title

Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning – Resurrection Man
Brian Azzarello – Wonder Woman
Ivan Brandon – Sgt. Rock and the Men of War
Mike Costa – Blackhawks
Dan DiDio & Keith Giffens – OMAC
Nathan Edmondson – Grifter
Josh Fialkov – I, Vampire
David Finch – Batman: The Dark Knight
Sterling Gates – Hawk and Dove
Adam Glass – Suicide Squad
Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti – All-Star Western
Michael Green & Mike Johnson – Supergirl
Paul Jenkins – DC Universe Presents (first arc)
Dan Jurgens – Justice League International
Paul Levitz – Legion of Super-Heroes
Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato – The Flash
Ron Marz – Voodoo
Grant Morrison – Action Comics
Fabien Nicieza – Legion Lost
George Perez – Superman: The Man of Tomorrow
John Rozum – Static Shock
Duane Swierczynski – Birds of Prey
Ethan Van Sciver – The Fury of Firestorm (with Gail Simone)
Eric Wallace – Mister Terrific
JH Williams III & Haden Blackman – Batwoman

 

[A beaker full of death]

Time to go back to the elegant solution of multiple earths. Bring back the real Earth 1, Earth 2, Earth S etc., and start fresh with Earth... I dunno, maybe 616. Maybe now and then a 60 year old Clark Kent, ace TV newsman, can cross over from Earth 1. Maybe a few last hurrahs from the JSA over on Earth 2 before they really are just too old.
Why anyone ever thought this was complicated is beyond me.

Yes, having multiple versions of of the same character appearing on different, yet similar alternate realities having their own adventures side-by side with each other (or making contrived reasons to pop over to different realities) is much less confusing than having one, mainstream continuity.

Seeing as how they've never managed -- and given the organic history, never will be able -- to create one, mainstream continuity, I'm going to go with "yes."
Fact is, it really was very simple.
Think you can respond without getting personal? Even Dennis has been managing that these days.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

The multiverse was ridiculously complicated for no damn good reason - a clever idea for a story or two turned into a stupid idea for a "continuity" (that word's almost a misnomer in this case). Here's hoping they deep-six the whole "52" thing for the time being as well.

 

[Mr Light]

I think it's hilarious how Infinite Crisis made a big deal out of reintroducing the 52 alternate worlds.... and then nothing was done with it outside of Countdown. And then Final Crisis did away with it again, right?

 

[Vendikarr]

I think it's hilarious how Infinite Crisis made a big deal out of reintroducing the 52 alternate worlds.... and then nothing was done with it outside of Countdown. And then Final Crisis did away with it again, right?

The fifty-two are still there. It's just that a freeze was put on using them when Multiversity was announced. But then it never seemed to move forward.

 

[Nerys Myk]

It wasn't all that complicated. It was pretty rare that the Heroes from the other Earth's were ever more than guest stars. All-Star Comic ( in the 70s) All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc and Shazam are the only non-Earth 1 titles I recall. Huntress, Dr Fate, and the E-2 Superman had back up features. For a couple of years Wonder Woman switched to telling stories about the E-2 WW ( to capitalized on the TV show)

 

[Vendikarr]

It wasn't all that complicated. It was pretty rare that the Heroes from the other Earth's were ever more than guest stars. All-Star Comic ( in the 70s) All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc and Shazam are the only non-Earth 1 titles I recall. Huntress, Dr Fate, and the E-2 Superman had back up features. For a couple of years Wonder Woman switched to telling stories about the E-2 WW ( to capitalized on the TV show)

The confusion was never with the fans. I believe creators were confused when they wanted certain characters to team up or interact, and they were on different Earths. Crisis was supposed to streamline everything for them, not the fans.

 

[Icemizer]

I believe the multiverse is still intact although dormant for now. I wouldnt mind reading multiverse books as long as the title told me which Earth I was reading about. As for my first cancelled title I will go with Grifter. Cant see this guy puling off a long term series. Just signed on for all 52 issues at my LCS and figure that at the end of two years I will have eliminated about half

 

[Myasishchev]

Sometimes the top execs are people who worked their way up in the comics industry (like Paul Levitz and Joe Quesada). Sometimes they're people recruited from outside the industry (like Jenette Khan and Dan DiDio).

Joe Quesada: we lost a great penciller, and gained a terrible editor. Victoire?

 

[Misfit Toy]

It wasn't all that complicated. It was pretty rare that the Heroes from the other Earth's were ever more than guest stars. All-Star Comic ( in the 70s) All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc and Shazam are the only non-Earth 1 titles I recall. Huntress, Dr Fate, and the E-2 Superman had back up features. For a couple of years Wonder Woman switched to telling stories about the E-2 WW ( to capitalized on the TV show)

The confusion was never with the fans. I believe creators were confused when they wanted certain characters to team up or interact, and they were on different Earths. Crisis was supposed to streamline everything for them, not the fans.

Which led to Batman and Wildcat teamups, with no mention of multiple Earths, or Plastic Man appearing on Earth One...

 

[Nerys Myk]

It wasn't all that complicated. It was pretty rare that the Heroes from the other Earth's were ever more than guest stars. All-Star Comic ( in the 70s) All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc and Shazam are the only non-Earth 1 titles I recall. Huntress, Dr Fate, and the E-2 Superman had back up features. For a couple of years Wonder Woman switched to telling stories about the E-2 WW ( to capitalized on the TV show)

The confusion was never with the fans. I believe creators were confused when they wanted certain characters to team up or interact, and they were on different Earths. Crisis was supposed to streamline everything for them, not the fans.

Which led to Batman and Wildcat teamups, with no mention of multiple Earths, or Plastic Man appearing on Earth One...

Well The Brave and the Bold was a world unto it's self.

Plas didnt become an Earth-2 character until the 80s. He started in Quality Comics and turned up as a DC character in the Silver Age.