DCU gets remade - all books are #1s, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee on Justice League, more

Started by Rage.Of.Olympus367 pages

crylaugh at some of the designs.

I wish them luck but I honestly think this is going to blow up in DC's face. If nothing else, it'll be amusing.

I think this will be hit and miss just like everything out there.

As for JSA, I bet they'll be around, if not for the future Johns loves the JSA, so they'll be back in some way. Probably like a modern Blackhawks or something.

So many titles to buy.

BTW, totally psyched for marco rudy on Suicide Squad. He's one of the best artists out there. Truly creative. DC did a good job at diversifying their line of books.

I like all the new costumes, pretty much. Superboy's is the only flop IMO. Even superman, I don't see as that bad.

Originally posted by Galan007
a.) He looks like Superboy Prime.
b.) There's no underwear over his tights (which just seems.... Wrong.)
c.) Are those knee pads? Wtf does Superman need knee pads for? I'm surprised he's not wearing a bullet proof vest too.

👇 @ the 'tactical' suit.

superman has knee pads and super girl blatantly doesn't, it's a sign i tell ya 😈

Superman looks fine, but that Red Robin costume is horrid. Please lose the WINGS! 😠

No JSA?

No Captain Marvel/Shazam?

It wouldn't surprise me if Captain Marvel gets completly retconned out of the DCU, and the one appearing in Grant Morrison's Multiversity series will be the main version.

As many have put it, including writers, being in the same universe with Superman won't allow him to reach his full potential.

Originally posted by Philosophía
It wouldn't surprise me if Captain Marvel gets completly retconned out of the DCU, and the one appearing in Grant Morrison's Multiversity series will be the main version.

As many have put it, including writers, being in the same universe with Superman won't allow him to reach his full potential.

That would be a shame, but probably likely given DC's handling of the property. Several Captain Marvel projects such as the one Alex Ross was penned to do have been scrapped in favor of less than stellar books such as Trials of Shazam. We also have writers such as Gail Simone and Paul Cornell express interest in the character and wanting to handle him, but for whatever reason, nothing ever turns up. DiDio spouts the same old bullshit about how Captain Marvel is a cornerstone of the DCU and how "they have plans" for him/the Marvel Family.

I think the problem is that people see Captain Marvel and think that in order for him to be portrayed as being a top tier character or worthy of respect, it has to somehow be connected to Superman or Superman has to suffer in order for Cap to succeed, which really isn't the case. No one expects Cap to be heralded as the "greatest hero in the world", but if you make him the primary character responsible for handling DCU's mystical threats, which given his role as a champion of the gods and successor to the Wizard Shazam is entirely IC for him, you'd have a success.

Some of the rejected proposals that DC has turned down would have made for great story telling. Either DC honestly doesn't want Cap to succeed (for a host of silly reasons) or they really don't know how to...in spite of some of their talent expressing the desire to work with the character.

The fact that Cap shines brighter outside of the comics and in animated series, short movies, and video games says a lot about DC's extreme mishandling of the character.

Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
crylaugh at some of the designs.

I wish them luck but I honestly think this is going to blow up in DC's face. If nothing else, it'll be amusing.

Designs or not, I see a lot of potential in the relaunchs, I'm quite open to start many of these series between artists, writers and character renditions. When the first stories come out we'll have a better idea of how much exactly this is going to work.

(Let's not forgetl this kind of reboot worked for Spider-man after OMD, and that none of the fans has reacted nearly as bad to this changes. That by itself may prove to be an interesting gambit)

Originally posted by AlmightyKfish
Eh, I'm kind of annoyed they appear to be rebooting Tim to some extent but keeping Damian, considering Tim's development over the years has been good with no reason to apply a retcon. Although I wonder how much of a reboot Tim will actually get (same with Cass and Steph who haven't been mentioned by DC yet), seeing as how Batman Inc. and Leviathan will include them all when it continues. I guess that especially applies to Tim seeing as he was made the leader of Batman's black ops unit last issue.

And I've just thought, it was probably a editorial decision to change Babs back to Batgirl, seeing as I can't imagine Gail Simone actively supporting that move seeing as how much she likes Babs as Oracle...

And also realised that I said change Babs back to Oracle when I meant Batgirl in my last post...

I'm not a fan of Tim's "marty stu" development, personally.

Originally posted by Sanford.
Sounds like France, all right.

Hells yeah.

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I sincerely hope Morales isn't on any Suprman books. His art is not something I like.

Harley in Suicide Squad... mmm

Just read the interview that Jill gave with Gail over at Newsarama and it was very interesting and trying to let people know she and DC care very much about Babs/Oracle and Batgirl. Also noting they still care about Steph and Cass as well which is good news.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/gail-simone-dicusses-batgirl-and-oracle-110609.html

Gail stated that there will be more titles after the initial 52. Good, maybe we can see some New Gods and Marvel Family.

BTW, are we going to see the Grifter/Deathstroke fight? And a Stormwatch/JLA? A bunch of cool interactions that could happen. Blackhawks/Sgt. Rock as well.

Originally posted by Prep-Man
It wouldn't make sense if all the titles got renumbered, except for Batman Beyond. Xombi is only 3 issues in and it will also get renumbered.

Well it is happening for Batman Beyond

DC has gone overboard with the #1 idea.

Originally posted by kevdude
Just read the interview that Jill gave with Gail over at Newsarama and it was very interesting and trying to let people know she and DC care very much about Babs/Oracle and Batgirl. Also noting they still care about Steph and Cass as well which is good news.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/gail-simone-dicusses-batgirl-and-oracle-110609.html

Based on some of the stuff Gail said in that interview, my theory is they'll have had Babs being Oracle for awhile, but following the incident in BoP where she regained feeling to her toes, she'll have worked through physically therapy or something similar to eventually regain the use of her legs.

That way Simone can tell an actual story about Babs' recovery etc, rather than just "here Babs, have some nanintes".

Originally posted by Prep-Man
Superman looks fine, but that Red Robin costume is horrid. Please lose the WINGS! 😠

i am glad tim is back but yeah the costume could've been better.. maybe the wings come out when tim is flying/gliding..

Originally posted by kevdude
Just read the interview that Jill gave with Gail over at Newsarama and it was very interesting and trying to let people know she and DC care very much about Babs/Oracle and Batgirl. Also noting they still care about Steph and Cass as well which is good news.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/gail-simone-dicusses-batgirl-and-oracle-110609.html

good news, so hopefully soon they will announce steph and cass getting their own ongoings again

Originally posted by kevdude
Just read the interview that Jill gave with Gail over at Newsarama and it was very interesting and trying to let people know she and DC care very much about Babs/Oracle and Batgirl. Also noting they still care about Steph and Cass as well which is good news.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/gail-simone-dicusses-batgirl-and-oracle-110609.html

What I want to know is where Batwoman(Kathy Kane) fits into all this.

Originally posted by roughrider
What I want to know is where Batwoman(Kathy Kane) fits into all this.

I'm pretty sure Kate's ongoing is just being renumbered for the relaunch.

New Supergirl is confirmed to not be Kara.

Originally posted by Konton
New Supergirl is confirmed to not be Kara.

it looks like her though