That is to say, I understand how you feel.
EDIT: What the shit, where's Batman Inc.?On hiatus until 2012. Probably as part of Morrisson's deal to not reboot his stuff, he had to stop Batman, Inc. to let DC do their stuff.
The only thing I'm upset about is Barbara Gordon taking up the Batgirl mantle again. I mean, she's had so much character development as Oracle, and now...that's all been shot to shit and left to die on the side of the road.
On top of that, Oracle was one of the very few disabled super heroes/heroines in ALL of comics period. And now?The only thing I'm upset about is Barbara Gordon taking up the Batgirl mantle again. I mean, she's had so much character development as Oracle, and now...that's all been shot to shit and left to die on the side of the road.
That's another thing I do not like. Oracle was a much better character then Bat-girl ever was. Instead of just being the female version of Batman (well a better female version), she was someone that the JLA and damn near every super hero would turn to for information. Hell, she was pretty much the entire focal point for Birds of Prey.
That's Apollo, The Midnighter and, hey, the Martian Manhunter on the lovely cover to issue one. I can say very little else so far except that Apollo is also in the book, as are other characters, old and new, and yes, Apollo and The Midnighter remain out and proud. It's going to be a very exciting book, and, put together with Demon Knights, I think I've found a new playground I'm very happy with. More as the release date approaches, obviously.
This is gonna require one major DCUO patch...Or the game loses support, forcing us to buy the so-totally-upcoming DCnUO in order to forget anything about the old DC.
Another sort of thing, rumor is that there is a mandate to give female costumes pants. I, for one, find this ok, especially on Supergirl.She's (http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2011/06/sg_cv1oo-o2ma.jpg) one of the few (two?) exceptions, sadly.
Sir Dudley, the long running Hellblazer series is staying put (according to the Sep. solicits). Characters (mostly magic or just weird) like Swampthing, Shade, Madame Xanadu etc. that have been absent from the main continuity since the Crisis are being reabsorbed back into the the main continuity. Vertigo is still going to have American Vampire and Fables but yeah, gutted.Okay, thanks for clearing that up. I knew Vertigo was getting royally shafted by this reboot, but thanks again for smoothing out the details.
Le sigh. (http://marcusto.tumblr.com/photo/1280/6535236799/1/tumblr_lmsyi5T9p91qhb02o)
So....the one on the upper right is the new Barbara Gordon?
Na, they just keep adding new seperate continuities.
I still don't really understand the problem with Oracle being an information broker and finally taking advantage of whatever medical tech/magical healing opportunity comes her way to allow her to get back to the life she used to love so much before the Joker shot her.
I mean, look at how Batman bounced back after Bane broke his back. It's about time the original Batgirl got to do the same.
I still don't really understand the problem with Oracle being an information broker and finally taking advantage of whatever medical tech/magical healing opportunity comes her way to allow her to get back to the life she used to love so much before the Joker shot her.
I mean, look at how Batman bounced back after Bane broke his back. It's about time the original Batgirl got to do the same.
It makes sense to me. Limitless healing power wouldn't be particularly good for dramatic tension. Modern urban fantasy style fictional magic is normally extremely rule-bound; perhaps the influence of role-playing games, perhaps reflecting a more secular worldview. I'm not weighing in on the subject at hand particularly; of course the magic in comic books does whatever it needs to do re: bringing people back to life and whatnot (one of the reasons I dislike Marvel/DC style comics), but I don't think the dudes exactly being insane?
Yeah, I was completely with you until that last paragraph when you suddenly went insane.
Yeah, I was completely with you until that last paragraph when you suddenly went insane.
In my defense, I wrote that at 4 in the morning, so sleep depravity might have been setting in. My point was, there are different types of back injury, but the main cause of paralysis is nerve damage. In the case of Batman, it might not have been permanent damage, and the means used may have just sped up that recovery time (I don't know what the exact process was, comics like that were nearly impossible to get here around that time). In the case of Barbara, the nerves were destroyed, gone.
My point about magic was that there are limits to magic in most settings, just as there limits to other forces. I seem to remember that there was a story a few years ago where Zatanna had dreams of Barbara being paralyised, knew there was nothing that could be done, before or after, so she and another heroine to Barbara out for a night of dancing, just so that she would have those memories. Which indicted to me that Zatanna knew that magic couldn't heal her friend later.
Look at Booster Gold when he tried to stop Barbara's paralysis, only events kept stopping him from preventing it again and again, until he realised that there was nothing he could do. Barbara was destined to be in a wheelchair, and to become Oracle.
Look at Booster Gold when he tried to stop Barbara's paralysis, only events kept stopping him from preventing it again and again, until he realised that there was nothing he could do. Barbara was destined to be in a wheelchair, and to become Oracle.
This is also stupid as hell.
Look, the point isn't that she was unfixable in-continuity. That entire fact can be glossed over for the reason that she is better paralyzed. She's a better hero, a better person, and a better character. She's an honest-to-god awesome superhero who can't use her legs and that's okay. Any excuse where it's her destiny or the same magical universe that can make people come back from the dead over and over and over can't fix a hole in the spine is just dumb and trying to make weak justification in continuity, when the previous justification is all you need to tell someone who's trying to rationalize it. Relax, it's better this way and that's all you need to know.
Try going up to a paraplegic and saying: we can rebuild you, we have the technology. If TV has taught me anything they might not be so welcoming of your opinion.
Try going up to a paraplegic and saying: we can rebuild you, we have the technology. If TV has taught me anything they might not be so welcoming of your opinion.
Pretty much what I was trying to say. Doing something like that is like a giant fuck you to the fans. Thats why I like the likes of Daredevil, who have taken their disability and provided to be successful despite it. Just making the character "normal" again is like saying you think they're a freak because of a disability, and that they cannot do things properly.
Wildstorm actually:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dc-publisher-wildstorm-zuda-100921.html
“Some yes, some no. But many of the great stories remain. For example — Batgirl. The Killing Joke still happened and she was Oracle. Now she will go through physical rehabilitation and become a more seasoned and nuanced character because she had these incredible and diverse experiences.”
Never forget,
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/dantezinferno/LiefieldsCaptainAmerica.jpg)
Never forgive.(click to show/hide)
To be completely fair, the Brand New Day era had a lot of good stories and wasn't completely mired in the characters own continuity.
How exactly is the reboot racist or even more sexist than previous DC comics.Well, only 2 women have been commissioned for the covers for the rebooted series, Gail Simone and someone else. Out of about 150 or so issues to hit newsstands. Yeah.
Isn't this essentially a "Anything Marvel can do, DC hopes it can do better?"No, this is more of "DC just looked at its continuity and shat itself, so in order to clean up the mess they made on the floor, they are doing the same thing they've tried 3 times in the past. Also, we want to be awesome, so our internal indie companies have to be shamelessly gutted to hell and back because they are doing better than us and that is not cool." kind of thing. Seriously, DC is scared shitless of its own continuity and does everything it can to pretend the past never happened. Hell, Final Crisis was a reboot and that was BARELY THREE YEARS AGO. I'd understand a ten year gap (the time between Crisis on Infinite Earths and Zero Hour) or a fourteen year gap (the time between Zero Hour and Final Crisis), but THREE YEARS? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
This whole reboot reminds me of the Ultimate universe. And look how that turned out >___>
Isn't this essentially a "Anything Marvel can do, DC hopes it can do better?"
This whole reboot reminds me of the Ultimate universe. And look how that turned out >___>
Why? BECAUSE WE CAN. Some of the deaths, particularly for the X-Men, were just...unnecessary and ugh, I won't say anything lest I end up spoiling something for someone.
To be fair to Ultimatum, it had potential to be a decent story. It's just that Loeb threw in several layers of bullshit on top of it and the story killed off people for no reason other than they just wanted a big body count. And then there's the Wasp's death. That was just....just....absolute tasteless shock value. There was no reason for Jan to die the way she did. To think that Jeph Loeb thought that would work and be entertaining, that made me sick as a person.Why? BECAUSE WE CAN. Some of the deaths, particularly for the X-Men, were just...unnecessary and ugh, I won't say anything lest I end up spoiling something for someone.I don't think anyone would care about you spoiling Ultimates 3, Ultimatum or even Ultimate Comics X. Loeb is a shit writer (sorry, folks!) and always has been, what does he have on the guys at Marvel?
I think this is a positive thing for Lois, this time she doesn't exist as an extension of Superman.Now all we need is for DC to stop shipping Supes with Wonder Woman like they've done for nearly every Elseworlds story.
Pair her up with Hawkgirl - That'd stir things up.Who? Lois or Diana? Either path would be interesting.
Pair her up with Hawkgirl - That'd stir things up.Who? Lois or Diana? Either path would be interesting.
So, according to Dan Didio, all these Superman changes are to make him more accessible to the public.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dcnu-didio-lee-explain-superman-changes-110718.html
Lolwut?
When a fan commented that he was "exhausted" of reading Superman's origin over and over again, Morrison recommended that maybe he take a break from superhero comics, because "superhero comics are supposed to be fun" and "you should get exhausted by walking up stairs, not reading superhero comics."
I actually don't mind this, apart from a 3/4 year of mostly wheel spinning I'm happy to just let Johns and Mahnke do their thing.Well, I was incorrect in assuming Sinestro was replacing Abin Sur. Sinestro replaces Hal as the Earth Sector GL as per the choice of The Guardians (meaning Hal is Sinestro's backup).
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33533
New costume designs for a bunch of characters from SDCC 2011.
...did Shade take fashion lessons from the Sixth Doctor? Good lord, that is one Technicolor Dreamcoat from Hell.
...did Shade take fashion lessons from the Sixth Doctor? Good lord, that is one Technicolor Dreamcoat from Hell.
He calls it his coat of many colors...
David Finch hails from the same school Liefeld pioneered and Lee dropped out of.At least Finch's art looks tolerable compared to Liefeld.