Originally posted by Cogito
Earth 2 was god awful this week.So far, I see it as a failure on every front
Yes, was pretty damn bad. The only high point was that Sam was confirmed dead and there was no more of that horrific dialogue from the previous issue.
Terrible execution of the origin/intro for GL.
Originally posted by Prep-Man
^^ You're not giving it a chance? She was great on Daredevil and she has been positive on Green Arrow.
You look at the staff of DC, and it's looking a lot like Marvel in the 1990's with former Marvel Editor In Chief Bob Harras running things. Ann Nocenti, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Tom DeFalco (God, I thought he would never leave Marvel...)
Can't believe this hasn't been reported here, looks like Gaimen and Vertigo are working together again, a new Sandman may be in the works!
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/12/a-new-sandman-series-by-neil-gaiman-and-jh-williams-iii/
Originally posted by kevdudeThats cool but I would rather have the series follow Daniel than Morpheus.
Can't believe this hasn't been reported here, looks like Gaimen and Vertigo are working together again, a new Sandman may be in the works!http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/12/a-new-sandman-series-by-neil-gaiman-and-jh-williams-iii/
Surprising news
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=39809
And Darwyn Cooke's new project!
Points from the DC Panel:
Possible Spoilers.
Johns re: JL:
Discussing Justice League, Geoff Johns talked about issue #12 and said the Justice League in the New 52 don't really know each other or ever meet other than to fight major threats, and that this will come back to "bite them in the ass" in the twelfth issue, which will see relationships between team members change and some members leave. The zero issue will see Billy Batson finally meet the wizard and become Shazam, although they'll have a contentious relationship. Issue #13 will bring the Cheetah into the New 52, and start laying groundwork for next year's Trinity War. Johns is also cowriting the Justice League International Annual with Co-Publisher Dan DiDio, and stated that it was essentially a Booster Gold story and would tie into the twelfth issue of Justice League. Asked if there are any characters not yet introduced in the New 52 that the writers were planning on including, Johns stated he'd be reintroducing the Metal Men.
Re: GL:
Guardians out to eradicate Free Will.
New Guy Gardner origin written by Tomasi.
Kyle Rayner will be a secret weapon against the Third Army, having to get in touch with emotions like avarice and rage that he doesn't usually embrace to defeat the Guardians.
A fan asked about Kyle Rayner's past now that both of his major love interests, Donna Troy and Jade, have been removed from continuity. Bedard replied that while Alex's infamous refrigerator death is still an important part of his origin, the years after that are still blank pages in the new universe.
Re: Flash:
Manapul and Buccellato reiterated much of what they discussed yesterday, mainly that the zero issue will focus on the origin of Barry Allen's sense of justice more than just his powers, and that the next issue will see him teaming up with the Rogues to fight Grodd and a whole lot of gorillas.
Earth 2:
On the zero issue of Earth 2, James Robinson talked about the history of Earth 2, and described a story featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and "Mister Eight," Terry Sloan, who fought with them and why he turned into a villain in the present day, as well as the origin of the Apokoliptian fire pits. Moving to October's issue, Robinson discussed that it would introduce a new version of the Sandman, Wesley Dodds, who is now Canadian. Robinson mentioned that Earth 2 was more mystical than the main DC Universe, and described the second arc as the Justice Society against the government as "science vs. magic." That arc will introduce the New 52 versions of Doctor Fate and Wildcat, as well.
JL Dark:
Jeff Lemire talked about Justice League Dark, and trying to align it more closely with the work Johns is doing on the main Justice League book. The zero issue will focus on a younger, more arrogant John Constantine, his relationship with Zatanna, and a new villain who Lemire described as Constantine's Moriarty. The second year of the title will see Amethyst, Frankenstein and Timothy Hunter joining the book. During the Q&A session, when asked about the Oblivion Bar (from Bill Willingham's Day of Vengeance), Lemire said it would appear in issue #0. Another question asked about the gods who punished Pandora, the Question and the Phantom Stranger in the Free Comic Book Day issue, and Johns stated that he and Lemire were working on a story about them that would run between the main Justice League title and Justice League Dark.
Batman Earth one:
A fan asked if there would be a sequel to Batman: Earth One, and Johns stated he and artist Gary Frank have already started work on it.
And they've decided to switch Stephanie Brown in the Smallville comic, which is written by the writer of the old Stephanie Brown Batgirl comic, for Barbara Gordon.
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DC, just because some people like one character, doesn't mean you can't do multiple characters and thus get them and the people who like other characters! It's another after-the-fact change and the Babs fans already have a comic!