WayneLigon
Adventurer
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Well, IC is done and behind us. I liked it well enough, but I'm also sort of cool towards it as well. So far, I see no real substantive changes or rather, changes that could not have been handled differently. Probably the hype, and the knowledge that all this has been in the planning stages since before Graduation Day just bums me out; I expected more. I was really rah-rah about it even hafl-way through because I expected more change than I got.
Perhaps more will be revealed in 52, but what has really, really changed? With the Crisis on Infinite Earths and Zero Hour, we got new cities, the very landscape changed, we had a new Legion.. all sorts of things happened down the road. I expected multiple earths again, or whole new worlds that would resonate with this one; Elseworlds that we could regularly access. Maybe it was the weird way they handled the One Year Later releases, starting them in March when the main IC series (and specials) would not end for at least two months past that.
There were things that changed, but not much that really mattered to me. Honestly, I was more concerned that El Diablo was going to buy it. (Thankfully, he did not; he'd best appear in Blue Beetle, given their physical proximity).
The thing that probably pisses me off the most is Superboy's death. There is no reason for it. When the Flash died, he died doing something great and lasting. Supergirl.. I forget, I could have cared less that she died.
What really struck me was how disproportionately the younger heroes of the DCU were affected by this. Superboy dead, Changeling in limbo (proibably reduced to guest appearances), Pantha dead, Risk maimed, Air Wave possibly dead, Bart depowered (for how long, we don't yet know), Tempest missing, Damage badly damaged (though Jones says he has 'big plans' for him; I'm currently betting he's Supernova - I'm also betting that the reason he has that full-head mask is that he's horribly disfigured, which to my mind: better off dead), Cap Marvel Junior changed in some significant way that pretty much just ruins him as a teen character, etc.
I guess what really ticks me about it, though, is that there are some many others they could have used. Superboy was just becoming interesting again! He was shedding the self-doubt he had in the wake of the Luthor takeover and was ready to get back in the game. He was Robin's best friend. He was going places. Now, I have no doubt that he'll be back in some way, shape, form or fashion, but I don't want to wait 10-15 years for it again.
Who would I have used?
Aquaman. Kill him. He's become a bore and he was going to be replaced anyway. He had his own book, which speaks to a certain level of popularity regardless of how he's thought of. A-level Justice Leaguer, old continuing character.. he'd have been missed but not by me. The Aquaman I liked died years ago.
Hawkman. Someone again with his own book, who they were going to get rid of anyway. B-level Justice Leaguer, and someone with retcon upon retcon piled on them until they're useless. Killing him only makes sense at this time, if only to put him out of his misery.
Zatanna. Not a major player, doesn't have her own book. But the same could be said about Superboy. She was the root cause of Identity Crisis and the metahuman prison breakouts. She should have been captured and executed by the villains.
Those are not significant for you? You want a significant death? You know who I would have used?
Wonder Woman.
She's crossed the line further than Bats has, and her source of her power is leaving the world. She should have gone out in the blaze of glory, being one of the few people that could have fought Superboy-Prime on anything like his own level. They're going to reboot her book anyway, so make Cassie receive her power and become Wonder Woman in her stead. Pass the torch, like was done with the Flash.
Well, IC is done and behind us. I liked it well enough, but I'm also sort of cool towards it as well. So far, I see no real substantive changes or rather, changes that could not have been handled differently. Probably the hype, and the knowledge that all this has been in the planning stages since before Graduation Day just bums me out; I expected more. I was really rah-rah about it even hafl-way through because I expected more change than I got.
Perhaps more will be revealed in 52, but what has really, really changed? With the Crisis on Infinite Earths and Zero Hour, we got new cities, the very landscape changed, we had a new Legion.. all sorts of things happened down the road. I expected multiple earths again, or whole new worlds that would resonate with this one; Elseworlds that we could regularly access. Maybe it was the weird way they handled the One Year Later releases, starting them in March when the main IC series (and specials) would not end for at least two months past that.
There were things that changed, but not much that really mattered to me. Honestly, I was more concerned that El Diablo was going to buy it. (Thankfully, he did not; he'd best appear in Blue Beetle, given their physical proximity).
The thing that probably pisses me off the most is Superboy's death. There is no reason for it. When the Flash died, he died doing something great and lasting. Supergirl.. I forget, I could have cared less that she died.
What really struck me was how disproportionately the younger heroes of the DCU were affected by this. Superboy dead, Changeling in limbo (proibably reduced to guest appearances), Pantha dead, Risk maimed, Air Wave possibly dead, Bart depowered (for how long, we don't yet know), Tempest missing, Damage badly damaged (though Jones says he has 'big plans' for him; I'm currently betting he's Supernova - I'm also betting that the reason he has that full-head mask is that he's horribly disfigured, which to my mind: better off dead), Cap Marvel Junior changed in some significant way that pretty much just ruins him as a teen character, etc.
I guess what really ticks me about it, though, is that there are some many others they could have used. Superboy was just becoming interesting again! He was shedding the self-doubt he had in the wake of the Luthor takeover and was ready to get back in the game. He was Robin's best friend. He was going places. Now, I have no doubt that he'll be back in some way, shape, form or fashion, but I don't want to wait 10-15 years for it again.
Who would I have used?
Aquaman. Kill him. He's become a bore and he was going to be replaced anyway. He had his own book, which speaks to a certain level of popularity regardless of how he's thought of. A-level Justice Leaguer, old continuing character.. he'd have been missed but not by me. The Aquaman I liked died years ago.
Hawkman. Someone again with his own book, who they were going to get rid of anyway. B-level Justice Leaguer, and someone with retcon upon retcon piled on them until they're useless. Killing him only makes sense at this time, if only to put him out of his misery.
Zatanna. Not a major player, doesn't have her own book. But the same could be said about Superboy. She was the root cause of Identity Crisis and the metahuman prison breakouts. She should have been captured and executed by the villains.
Those are not significant for you? You want a significant death? You know who I would have used?
Wonder Woman.
She's crossed the line further than Bats has, and her source of her power is leaving the world. She should have gone out in the blaze of glory, being one of the few people that could have fought Superboy-Prime on anything like his own level. They're going to reboot her book anyway, so make Cassie receive her power and become Wonder Woman in her stead. Pass the torch, like was done with the Flash.
Cap Junior appears to have an adult form now, and the white male is probably what Billy has become, to take the place of Shazam? Dunno. The Trials of Shazam series should have answers.
