If you could write as a second character, who would it be? Feel free to even mention characters who have already been claimed, this is all theoretical anyways so why not?Daredevil would have easily been my choice. I got really excited about the concept that I'd developed for the UOU of a morally gray Murdock posing as Fisk's henchman, to the point that I'd planned to write it out in Create-A-Post. But my Batman commitments pretty much usurped any CAP stories I'd planned, and
@Roman has done a good job in his short time as DD, so it's likely for the best that it didn't work out.
Same with Spider-Man. If I hadn't been dead set on Bruce from the beginning, I'd have gunned hard for a college-aged version of Peter that'd have been significantly less interesting than what Henry's done with Gwen. I actually have a few different concepts for Spidey, including one where he's a 40 year old single dad, a much different take on Spider-Woman where it's my own spin on Peter and MJ's daughter who gets bit, and a version where Spider-Man is Nick Fury's Black-Ops style secret weapon for SHIELD after they accidentally gave him his powers. Then, of course, there's always the temptation to do my own High Schooler Spider-Man, re-arranging ideas from 616, Ultimate, the Raimi films and a few other places.
But I think damn near
everyone has a Spidey concept they'd like to try, so until someone launches a Spider-Verse game or something, I don't think I'll be the only one looking to try concepts out for him for a long time.
I have alot of ideas for my own version of Superman, a version of Wally West as The Flash that lines up with a Year One take, the Watchmen characters in modern times, a Dark Knight Returnsian Green Arrow, an Exorcist inspired Ghost Rider, a family man Punisher, and even an off-kilter Outsiders team that has nothing to do with Batman and is led by a more Iron Man inspired version of the Ted Kord Blue Beetle. But I could probably go on. Truth is, had someone else made UOU and taken Batman, I wouldn't have been lacking for ideas in either the DC or Marvel realm.
As a follow-up question, if you could bring in a character from another publisher outside of DC and Marvel, who would it be?Probably my own take on Spawn. I feel like the character can work when ripped away from MacFarlane's hands, but no one's done it seriously. I also have my own ideas for a Power Rangers reboot that does what I felt the movie didn't do, a modern update of The Green Hornet, a version of RoboCop, and a very different take on James Bond that combines all of the eras. I also had a vague idea for a new version of The Doctor from Doctor Who, but I doubt it'd have ever gone anywhere since I've only seen a select portion of the show.
One glaring problem in all of this, though, is that I've yet to get a second Batman post up. So it'd be best to just stay on target and try to refocus pn that rather than entertain who else I'd like to write. Especially for
@Sep's sake, who's been waiting on me to finish my opener. Sorry, dude. I got pretty sidetracked with my own shit, but I'm looking to get back in as soon as possible.