DC Comics Reboot

[Walking Dad]

With the inclusion of the Wildstorm universe there is maybe no more room for the Fawcet crew... at least as we knew them. I personally liked the "Trials of Shazam!" maxi-series.

 

[Klaus]

Cap villains IBAC and SABBAC had the same problems (in fact, tricking them into saying their names was how Cap usually ended up defeating them). Junior at least had "Junior" to fall back on (not that being a superhero named "Junior" is all that great ).

Anyway, DC had a Captain Marvel knock-off called "Captain Thunder" (who appeared in a Superman comic in the '70s), and there was talk that they would get away from the "Marvel" problem by simply giving Cap the Thunder name (since they own that). Personally, I wish they had.

Of course, there are rumors that they are totally revamping the character and he's going to bear no resemblance to the original Cap, so...I really don't know what to think.

Actually, the original name for Cap was "Captain Thunder", but since that name was already copyrighted in the 40s, it was changed to "Captain Marvelous", which the editors shortened to "Captain Marvel".

As for Cap. Marvel Junior, he sidestepped the name impediment during the Teen Titans era by referring to himself as CM3. Which is all kinds of wrong.

I think the "saying the name" impediment will be done away, and that to change Billy will have to say the name "just right", not unlike Harry Potter casting a spell.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

So it seems like Peter Milligan has left Justice League Dark so that he can take over Stormwatch as it's writer, while Jeff Lemire is replacing Milligan on Justice League Dark. JLD will focus more on John Constantine.

The Milligan taking over Stormwatch is one that didn't surprise me at all, because I predicted it was likely to happen. But I would have thought if Milligan left a title for Stormwatch it would have been Red Lanterns instead.