JetSpandex
09-14-2007, 08:51 AM
I remember all the hullaballoo. Infinite Crises was the huge shakeup, things would never be the same. A new start, a brave new world. But what exactly happened after the crises? Disaster. Infinite crises was a huge sucess commercially, but its after effects were anything but. Heres a rundown.
1: The Flash: Much was made of Wallys demise and the rise of a new Flash. Even though Flash was one of DCs highest selling books, they went ahead with plans to not only kill Wally, but replace him with an older Bart, a character who was loved by titans readers. What happened next was a no brainer. The series written by 2 screen writers with little or no comic book experience tanked, Bart was killed (seriously the most pointless death of all time) and Wally was brought back. And to make matters worse we were told "it was the plan all along". So let me get this straight. It was always the plan to move Bart from Titans, age him, and then kill him in less than 12 issues. Great plan that.
2: Wonder Woman: A title that historically was never really a sales topper, but in its current format was doing very well for itself was completely overhauld. They give it the retro treatment and all of a sudden its rife with missed dealines, non sensical plots and unfinished stories. Does anyone else think it was fine the way it was?
3: Kuberts on Batman/superman: Seriously when have the boys ever been able to keep up a monthly schedule. At least Lee/Quitely/Miller have never professed to being able to keep up a monthly scheule. But Batman and Super man are books that MUST hit shelves on time. Delays are absoultly unacceptable on these books. Filler ins are almost as bad.
4: JLA: A slow paced start from Meltzer that got better at the end, will now make way for another writer on the book. JLA (like almost all books) is at its best when there is a constant team over time. The book is just not what it should be for DCs premier team book. JSA gets a constant creative team, and the quality shows.
5: Ion: Learn from your mistakes. When GLs get new identities it never works and they always revert back to the original concept. Instead of helping Kyle, you made him more hated by taking Jade in the process. Thank god for Geoff Johns is all I can say.
6: Nightwing: Ok I must confess that I enjoyed the first few Jones issues. But what was the thinking behind turning NW into a model/girly boy. NW fans waited years for a new start and instead they got a whole bunch of new crap.
Granted there were some successes. Checkmate is a good read, 52 was incredible. But really the aftermath as a whole really didnt go well. The biggest evidence of all - the sales. Marvels well thought out, well constructed megaevents have been on the whole great reads. Their premier writers are able to deliver a schedule and their premier artist can deliver also. Those that cant arnt doing monthly titles.
I think its time for a change, but Im not talking about a cross over or Mega event.
1: The Flash: Much was made of Wallys demise and the rise of a new Flash. Even though Flash was one of DCs highest selling books, they went ahead with plans to not only kill Wally, but replace him with an older Bart, a character who was loved by titans readers. What happened next was a no brainer. The series written by 2 screen writers with little or no comic book experience tanked, Bart was killed (seriously the most pointless death of all time) and Wally was brought back. And to make matters worse we were told "it was the plan all along". So let me get this straight. It was always the plan to move Bart from Titans, age him, and then kill him in less than 12 issues. Great plan that.
2: Wonder Woman: A title that historically was never really a sales topper, but in its current format was doing very well for itself was completely overhauld. They give it the retro treatment and all of a sudden its rife with missed dealines, non sensical plots and unfinished stories. Does anyone else think it was fine the way it was?
3: Kuberts on Batman/superman: Seriously when have the boys ever been able to keep up a monthly schedule. At least Lee/Quitely/Miller have never professed to being able to keep up a monthly scheule. But Batman and Super man are books that MUST hit shelves on time. Delays are absoultly unacceptable on these books. Filler ins are almost as bad.
4: JLA: A slow paced start from Meltzer that got better at the end, will now make way for another writer on the book. JLA (like almost all books) is at its best when there is a constant team over time. The book is just not what it should be for DCs premier team book. JSA gets a constant creative team, and the quality shows.
5: Ion: Learn from your mistakes. When GLs get new identities it never works and they always revert back to the original concept. Instead of helping Kyle, you made him more hated by taking Jade in the process. Thank god for Geoff Johns is all I can say.
6: Nightwing: Ok I must confess that I enjoyed the first few Jones issues. But what was the thinking behind turning NW into a model/girly boy. NW fans waited years for a new start and instead they got a whole bunch of new crap.
Granted there were some successes. Checkmate is a good read, 52 was incredible. But really the aftermath as a whole really didnt go well. The biggest evidence of all - the sales. Marvels well thought out, well constructed megaevents have been on the whole great reads. Their premier writers are able to deliver a schedule and their premier artist can deliver also. Those that cant arnt doing monthly titles.
I think its time for a change, but Im not talking about a cross over or Mega event.