DC Revamps Again! And Again! And Again!
Hey, kids! Guess what? DC is revamping their line again, for what seems like the 1,000th time since Crisis On Infinite Earths. What a shock! How original!
O.K. Here’s the poop. DC honchos Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, both exceptionally talented comics creators, are going to make “bombshell announcements about the future of Superman and the entire DC Universe” on Saturday, June 11th at the Hero Complex Film Festival. Maybe this time they’ll stick to it: if Geoff and Jim are behind it, there’s some cause for hope. If they stick to it.
Even though control of DC Comics has passed through several hands since the first Crisis, perhaps the concept of leaving well enough alone will grab somebody this time. The DC Universe has gone through so many needlessly confusing transformations a roadmap to the place would give M.C.. Escher vertigo. With a small “v.”
Good grief, I’m getting tired of writing this story. I’m going to link to the Los Angeles Times so you can get what’s passing for news here.
I’m curious what the angle will be this time. We’ve already done ‘One Year Later’ and so many other shake up changes. With this coming just a few days before solicites go online it’ll be interesting to see what they think will bring new readers onboard this time around.
I’ve had enough of these reboots for a while, myself. Oh, for the days when they came about 20 years apart.
Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.
The constant reboots are a major factor in me preferring Marvel and manga by a wide margin. I don’t want to read stories and follow characters if they’re just going to be wiped away within 5 years, y’know? It creates a sense of “What’s the point?”
DC needs to just STOP rebooting altogether and adopt the sliding timetable Marvel’s used for decades (in fact, for characters like the JSA, it would make things even better. It’s certainly done wonders for Captain America).
This is why I don’t read DC and never have. Marvel may constantly reboot the numbering of their books but Spider-Man from 1963 is the same Spider-Man from 1983 is the same Spider-Man today.
How many different Super-Men have their been, if count each reboot and re-telling of the origin as a different character? Six? Not to mention the many, many people who’ve been Green Lantern or Green Arrow or whatnot.