Reaper said
Now if only DC could undo the new 52
Sadly, the chances of that happening are severely unlikely. DC fucked up, and they are determined not to admit it. Most of their lead writters have left because of this, and so, they are being forced to hire unknown guys... Which is both good and bad... Good, because it allows unknown talent to properly shine... But also, they have no veterans to coach these budding writers through their rough patches.
For example, I am confident that I have some good idea's for DC, if they were willing to hire me, however, i wouldn't dream of using those idea's in their current state, i would want to discuss them with someone that actually knows a LOT more about the medium than I do. Otherwise we get these half-baked villains like Harvest, and the event, The Culling. This story had potential, Harvest has a very nice design, and his backstory is... Well, it's not exactly original, but if executed well, it makes for a lot of story opportunities for him... IT wasn't executed well and he ended up being more of an idiot than anything else.
DC really need to pull their thumb out. Marvel are doing rather well at the moment, ok, so there was an innitial backlash to Superior Spider-man, but since we know that this change isn't permanent, we are sitting back and watching a fun story unfold, asking "How does one of the foremost villains of the world, turn into one of the foremost heroes of the world." With a really fun answer... DC on the otherhand have simply hit the reset button, but have no idea what to do now... And whereas I like Superior Spider-man, because it's a fun little story arc... I despise DC, because they have fucked up so many characters, Starfire is now a slutbag, Jason Todd is as boring as ever, They introduced Artemis (The one from the Young Justice series) Into the comics, where she had a conversation with Robin, and then was killed by one of Harvest's Goons 5 minutes later (Yes, they did that, she is dead. dick move DC...) Amanda Waller and Ma Hunkle are back, and they are now hot (Something that entirely defeats the point of Ma Hunkles costume, as, thanks to her stocky build, she fooled everyone into thinking that the Red Tornado was a Man. Now, unless you are blind or just really fucking thick, you will probably guess she is a woman... and with Waller, it's REALLY distracting... I loved her design, she was a large woman that could match wits with Batman. Now, she's just any other James Bond spy-girl.) And worst of all, they are shipping Wonder Woman with Superman again... And this time, it's all probably a permanent change.
Wonder Woman and Superman CANNOT work as a couple, hell, Kingdom Come, arguably the ONLY actually good Elseworlds story (what DC call their "What If..." stories) and argued by some to be DC's single best comic, tackled a Superman/Wonder Woman relationship, and at best, it was passable... Every other attempt was terrible. And so, they have seen this idea and gone "Well, just because some of our greatest writers tried and failed, doesn't mean that these new, untested and un-mentored guys are going to fail..." The entire point of Superman being with Lois, is to remind him what he's fighting for, humanity, to protect the woman he loves, because she can't protect herself against beings of vast power, like Zod, Brainiac and Darkseid... Wonder Woman can... She is also a god. Superman loves Lois, because he is Clark Kent first, Superman second, and Clark will ALWAYS love Lois. WW is Wonder Woman first, Diana Prince second. That's why she works so well with Batman... Because Batman is Batman first, second, third and fourth, then way down the line is Bruce Wayne. He needs a deity to remind him that he isn't... The same works for Catwoman, who suffers with the same problems as Bats, only to a MUCH lesser extent.
DC remind me a lot of that South Park episode with the Intellilink. Everyone see's that it's broken, everyone knows that it's broken, even the people who are defending it know that it's broken... But they are not willing to admit that they fucked up, and so, everything is continuing to get worse...
Nu52 has been around for 2 and a half years... It started really poorly, and nothing much has changed, we have got the odd good comic, but most series are cancelled before they get a proper run, and those that aren't cancelled simply trail off into a lackluster or confusing climax. Hell, the timeline for this series is confusing as hell. Superheroes have only been around for 5 years... Except Batman, who has been around a little longer, just not in the public eye... And yet 4 of the Robins still happened... (Stephanie Brown is not allowed to be used in Nu52... Orders straight from Dan DiDio... Orders that pissed the fans off to no-end.)
DC need to just come forward, say "We fucked up... Give us a little time..." Then come out with a big event comic that will sort out all of these loose-ends...
Sorry for the rant, it's just that, Nu52 pisses me off SO MUCH!!!
