DC/WILDSTORM: DREAMWAR #1

[MattBrady]

Last month, we brought you word of the Keith Giffen penned DC/Wildstorm crossover, Dreamwar, six issues which will feature…well, everyone.

Giffen hinted at some of the faces readers will see:

Newsarama: What can you tell us about the crossover and what people will be reading about?

Keith Giffen: It's pretty straightforward. It's DC characters vs. Wildstorm characters. And the way the story is laid out and the way the story is conceived, I think I've actually come up with a legitimate reason for heroes to meet, fight, then reason it out, then team up.

NRAMA: So, at first, they're fighting?

KG: Yeah. It's almost a cliché, isn't it? Every time we see superheroes meet, isn't that what happens? Thor and Spider-Man see each other and fight, even though, you know, they must have read about each other in the newspaper! They'll fight, and all of the sudden Thor will go, "Oh, wait a minute! You're not a robot!" And then they'll team up against the villain.

But this time, there is a legitimate reason for that.

NRAMA: A legitimate reason for them to fight?

KG: Yeah, for that comic book cliché to play out. And I hope we play it out in a way that has a little bit of freshness to it. I hate to think that people are going, "Well, here we go again!" I don't want it to feel like they're fighting in the 13th sequel again.

NRAMA: What are some of the match-ups we might see? I mean, when JLA/Avengers happened, we had to see Thor fight Superman and Batman fight Cap, you know? Will there be anything like that in the Wildstorm crossover?

KG: I don't want to spoil it. Let's just say some of the more obvious ones; I kind of shied away from because they were painfully obvious. I'm trying to shake things up. Certain conflicts, well, you just know they're going to happen. When you see Gen 13, you know they're going to go up against the Teen Titans. When you see The Authority, you know they're going to go up against the Justice League.

How the Legion of Super-Heroes fits in there is something I think will surprise readers.

And now, DC has provided Newsarama with a six page preview of the first issue.

Click on the thumbnails for larger versions.

[hebitudinous]

Looks great!!

[BornToRun]

Nevermind what I said before, I see Kid Flash and assume this is out of time, or off-New Earth.

Art looks great.

[Michael Heide]

I hope there's a good reason for going with that Titans lineup. Dick Grayson as Robin, Wally West as Kid Flash, this is the early Wolfman/Perez lineup.

[Alexlucard]

Nice! I loves me some KG.

[brawl2099]

Hmmm.... are those the Titans from the past? Or are they wearing old costumes in Judd W's new series (which would suck)?

[Michael Heide]

Originally Posted by brawl2099

Hmmm.... are those the Titans from the past? Or are they wearing old costumes in Judd W's new series (which would suck)?

Must be the past. There's no reason Wally would go back to the Kid Flash costume, and Bart is dead.

[OM]

...You know, the Wildstorm characters have never interested me that much, and Planetary was nothing more than Warren Ellis having delusions of being Stephen Baxter. But Giffen just might make this interesting enough to work.

As for how do the Legion fit into this? Well, it's revealed that the version that consisted of the Bierbaum Debacle were all offspring of Apollo and Midnighter....

[Michael Ridd]

The art's kind of attractive but I don't really care to see the Wildstorm and DCU characters intermingle. I'll pass on this.

[SouthtownKid]

Old New Teen Titans! And Giffen-written Legion? Looks fun. I'll definitely check it out...

[Wash]

I have been reading most of the re-launched Wildstorm books since the Worldstorm "event" over a year ago and I'm still waiting for a really good story. Gen13 was alright but I was never a fan of the art. Deathblow is weird and crazy and the creative team are doing ok but I think once the story wraps up (I'm sure the book won't last much longer) it will be satisfyingly Azzarello. Perhaps if I'd actually picked up Welcome to Tranquility and Stormwatch PHD instead of Wetworks and WildCATS I would have been better off. I'm just hoping with Keith Giffen writing it will at least be a tight, fun story. Sorry for the rambling...

Oh yeah--Fourth post!! haha

[NorthstarX]

I miss seeing Donna in that old WG costume, I will definitely be picking this up.

[C_Striker]

Definately giving this mini a go

[Bloodmage]

Man I miss The Authority. And who says smoking doesn't add character in some cases? Jenny just wouldn't be the same without her cigarette. The art looks great, and it looks almost as if the Titans are fully grown versions in their old costumes, so maybe these are the Titans of a different Earth?

[achilles140]

Was that Raven taking out Majestic? Didn't know she could do that, usually they have her act all big, and then have her job for the bad guy de jour...

[Tanjint]

is this in continuity with Morrison's wildcats/JLA crossover? IE: do the characters remember that crsvr?

if not, count me out

-T

[tgail]

From those preview pages, I fail to see how this is a fresh perspective on the 'punch first, ask questions later' motif. Maybe it's explained a little better on some other pages. If so, they should have shown them.

[OSLegionFan]

Legion HQ from the Adventure comics era! Anyone else catch that?

Titans also seem to be from the Wolfman/Perez beginnings...

[DaVeO]

Originally Posted by Tanjint

is this in continuity with Morrison's wildcats/JLA crossover? IE: do the characters remember that crsvr?

if not, count me out

-T

Continunity Nerd.

[I-Ching]

The art? I dunno, seems rather average imho...the group panel of the NTT, it looks like Donna's costume is wrong, the shoulders are full covered...the lack of backgrounds reminds me of early Image books...not feeling this one.

[Gordon McAlpin]

Originally Posted by OM

Planetary was nothing more than Warren Ellis having delusions of being Stephen Baxter…

…whose greatest work was him having delusions of being H. G. Wells, so it all works out in the end.

Planetary was an incredibly good story, brilliantly told and beautifully drawn. Who cares if it's derivative?

Where did this knock on Planetary even come from? Nobody mentioned it, and Planetary isn't involved in this crossover.

[Cray_ws]

What a joke, this is NOT the way Majestic works. He surveys the area and does a scan. He's doesn't get jumped and tossed aside like Superman typically does.

The only way you can fool Majestic is under false pretense. It would've been better if Teen Titans did a meet and greet, then proceeded to manipulate Majestic.

Secondly if Giffen wanted to have a fight before they teamed up then he should've sent someone from Wildstorm who is little more of an aggressor or hothead. Ladytron would've been the prime candidate to do this, she's gung-ho and has no qualms about starting a mess. Then Majestic could've cleaned it up and kiss and make up with the Titans.

I won't bother with this because I said before DCU doesn't belong anywhere near WSU. Its impossible to keep the characters true to their respective characterizations.

[Spy_Smasher]

Originally Posted by OM

...Planetary was nothing more than Warren Ellis having delusions of being Stephen Baxter.

Heh. Good line. Even if I did like Planetary.

[Grievous]

looks decent,

i'm looking forward to Final crisis and Rogues Revenge more tho

[LikeaPhoenix]

KG: Yeah. It's almost a cliché, isn't it? Every time we see superheroes meet, isn't that what happens? Thor and Spider-Man see each other and fight, even though, you know, they must have read about each other in the newspaper! They'll fight, and all of the sudden Thor will go, "Oh, wait a minute! You're not a robot!" And then they'll team up against the villain.

In his January, 2008 article over at Comic Book Resources, he weighed in on "One More Day" riding on the controversy. He spent the whole article promoting and pushing DC's characters, esp. the ones involved in Countdown. Now, when he gives an unsolicited negative example he uses Marvel's characters.