DC's Going to Reboot ... Again? I'm Sorry, Rebirth.
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There was really only Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) and Flashpoint (2011), with others being brief visits to other realities or sequels to the aforementioned events. .Oh, joy, another bloody DC reboot/Crisis/whatever. What's this, like the 6th or 7th one so far? This week?
(they say it's not a 'reboot' or 'relaunch', but a 'rebirth'. Whatever! It's all the same in the end. This is getting out of control...)
At least some of these constant unrelenting DC Crises or Reboots or Rebirths or whatever the hell they're calling it this week, were supposed to be exactly that.
well, since the Peter David series IMO.
Not a fan. On it's own the concept was good. As a take on Supergirl, not so much. Seemed David had an idea but the only way to get it in print was to graft it to Supergirl.
So setting everything back to before Crisis on IInfinite Earths.
Or a more streamlined attempt at the post-Crisis, pre-52 continuity.
That's not classic that was the status quo that was set up 10 years ago after fixing up the one from 10 years before that.
The Crisis was 30 years ago. They could take what they need and leave the rest from the various iterations of post-Crisis continuity.
I'm not advocating anything here, just speculating.
I'm not advocating anything here, just speculating.
Crisis, Zero hour, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis, Flashpoint.
Hypertime (At the end of Final Crisis?) brought back precrisis as alternate worlds. No one cared.
Convergence (last year) brought back pre-evertything as alternate worlds. Telos is a book where that is currently being dealt to, but it looks shite so I haven't been bothered.
Hypertime (At the end of Final Crisis?) brought back precrisis as alternate worlds. No one cared.
Convergence (last year) brought back pre-evertything as alternate worlds. Telos is a book where that is currently being dealt to, but it looks shite so I haven't been bothered.
I'd be happy if they just did a complete retelling of the universe's story, just updated to the current timeline. For example, having Kal-El crash in the late 80s/early 90s, and having his coming out as Superman setting the stage for all the other heroes. Golden Age/Silver Age stories can be set in alternative worlds (which I think is fine, as long as they don't crossover constantly), and if there's some stories where having capes active in the past is needed, they can focus on the Cold War or something rather than WWII.
That sort of update would be welcome. By me, anyway. What I don't want to see is another "update" of the characters themselves. Removing Superman's underwear? Sure, minor things like that are fine. But completely trying to reimagine them? Ugh.
That sort of update would be welcome. By me, anyway. What I don't want to see is another "update" of the characters themselves. Removing Superman's underwear? Sure, minor things like that are fine. But completely trying to reimagine them? Ugh.
You don't like the Earth One Hard Covers, which is basically what you're asking for, except reserved to a pocket universe.
DC has saved me plenty of decisions by canceling the titles I tried at the nu52 launch. I'd been away from DC for most of the '00s. Resurrection Man, Frankenstein Agent of Shade, Demon Knights, Captain Atom to name a few, were titles I enjoyed. Apparently not enough did and most were gone by 12 - 18 issues. Sword of Sorcery was fun. Swamp Thing and Animal Man did hang in there a bit longer. Wonder Woman was great with Azzarello(sp).
I dropped others that I didn't like almost right away like Firestorm. The angsty racial in fighting in that first issue pushed me right away.
Aquaman has been my stalwart title. I tried Martian Manhunter and hated it. What's up with him splitting into multiple personas?
I was hanging on by a thread and this is another great walking away point.
I dropped others that I didn't like almost right away like Firestorm. The angsty racial in fighting in that first issue pushed me right away.
Aquaman has been my stalwart title. I tried Martian Manhunter and hated it. What's up with him splitting into multiple personas?
I was hanging on by a thread and this is another great walking away point.
I read the last 4 issues of Titans last night.
Dross.
In issue one they were all strangers, some of them have never even been side kicks to the heroes they look like, so this is not a Junior Justice league but they're all begining to act like preflashpoint versions of themselves who have ongoing loving friendships that have stood the test to time through hundreds of adventures.
Thes ####holes however have known each other for 6 months and spent most of that time shitting on each other.
Madness.
Every periodical was a waste of ink.
Cancellation deserved.
I've liked a lot of what I've read of Superman Earth One. Not every story decision, but still the artwork and the attempt at freshness is welcome. I liked the first volume of Batman Earth One but haven't read the second. I wasn't a fan really of the Teen Titans Earth One.
In terms of my current DC reading, it is haphazard. I try to stay up on Cyborg but that's mainly it. I will pick up Green Arrow, though I'm not completely committed to it. I like Patrick Zircher's artwork more than I like Ben Percy's writing (however he does just enough to keep me intrigued enough). After that it gets real spotty and I might pick up the occasional issue of a series if it piques my interest. Other than that I wait for some trades, particularly Snyder's Batman.
Yup. Titans sucked. You can't have a legacy book devoid of any legacy, which I just complained about with the real Titans book half a page up.
Teen/Titans has been so good, and even now and then the best, so it's sad to see what rot it has become.
I was watching reruns of Chuck (I have on DVD... Cough... hard drive.) and the nerd best friend sleuthing to find the whereabouts of Chuck who'd run away underground to a safe house half a world away, found Chuck because Chuck had to buy JLA comics which really took me out of the fantasy of the TV Show since at the point in history Justice League of America (James Robinson, Congorilla Bill and with Vixen in Charge) was the worst.
Ditto for when they would talk about the superiorness of sucky Legion of Super Heroes comics (all the time, serious the lead character, Jim Gordon from Gotham, was in Jail for dramatic reasons, and his nerd friend Adam Brody, had to bring him the latest issue of Legion because despite being brutally gang raped the night before and most of the following day, what happened in that exact particular issue of legion was spectacularrrrrrrr!) on the OC.
(This is how long I hold grudges.)
Teen/Titans has been so good, and even now and then the best, so it's sad to see what rot it has become.
I was watching reruns of Chuck (I have on DVD... Cough... hard drive.) and the nerd best friend sleuthing to find the whereabouts of Chuck who'd run away underground to a safe house half a world away, found Chuck because Chuck had to buy JLA comics which really took me out of the fantasy of the TV Show since at the point in history Justice League of America (James Robinson, Congorilla Bill and with Vixen in Charge) was the worst.
Ditto for when they would talk about the superiorness of sucky Legion of Super Heroes comics (all the time, serious the lead character, Jim Gordon from Gotham, was in Jail for dramatic reasons, and his nerd friend Adam Brody, had to bring him the latest issue of Legion because despite being brutally gang raped the night before and most of the following day, what happened in that exact particular issue of legion was spectacularrrrrrrr!) on the OC.
(This is how long I hold grudges.)
Make him more like the Henry Cavill version?