Back in June I was doing making all sorts of posts related to the change up over at DC that will be in full effect next month (well... actually it starts on August 31st but most of the new stuff is coming out in September). At the later half of July was the San Diego ComicCon & news was streaming out from there. Some of that news also answered questions brought up here on this here Blog. I just haven't gotten around to making a post at is. But I'm here now to do that since if I don't do it now I'll most likely won't have the post made before the change up happens.
So.... did we learn?
On going back to a Pre-New 52/Pre-Flashpoint DCU? DC made a point to not introduce any trap doors or escape clauses into the new universe they have created. No one will remember the old universe not even time travelers (Like Booster Gold). But then I don't think Marvel had any plans to go back to the "old" universe when they did Heroes Reborn back in the early 90's. :)
Justice League International will be a United Nations-sanctioned team, which was made in response to the main Justice League. There will be a somewhat rotating cast of characters in the book. I have found no response to who that lady was that was taken off the cover of #1. And yes & the Batman who is part of the JLI is the same Batman who is part of the main JL. He's like Wolverine who was an X-Men & an Avenger at the same time.
Power Girl: It is unclear if she exists but Karen Starr, her alter-ego, does exist & might be a character in the Mister Terrific book. This fact would be the reason why I'd pick up the MT book.
Stephanie Brown, the current Batgirl: She is still part of The Bat Books but it was not said how. 1 thought I had is that she'll be back as a friend of Barbra Gordon.
The Justice Society: They may or not exist. Dan DiDio said that DC was they were "taking a rest on them." I'm not exactly sure what the means other then they don't have a book & won't be appearing in any others either for the next few months/years. But in this new Universe, the Wildstorm characters (Midnighter, Apollo, Voodoo, Grifter, etc.) have seemingly replaced the JSA in the history books as the costumed "super heroes" in the Pre-Superman era. The Stormwatch (the name of their group) have been working the shadows for years which how they'll fit them in. Maybe somewhere down the line the JSAcould be fit in somewhere like forgotten WWII era super heroes.
Superman's Timeline: the 1st story arc of Action Comics takes place early on in Superman's career (hence the "costume"). By the 2nd story arc I will have more of the present & will explain where the costume seen in the other books came from.
Collars: Why do the many of the New 52 costume have collars? Jim Lee said that there's a sense of majesty and royalty with the high collars & he wanted to make their costumes more formal.
I think that's about it. As I said we have about a month until the change happens. I'm mostly back before the change happen On how feel that DC has closed this chapter of it's history.
Until then: Stay Jazzy!
- Brian
3 comments:
hey Brian!.. so far I've only seen a couple images from this new timeline and they are all about the ladies! But, what I mean is are they going to try and make this new timeline racier? sexier? it's possible that it will seem Adult and therefore alienate a lot of people.. whaddyouthink?
Staying Jazzy here!!
is the new timeline trying to be sexier? I think it could seem more Adult and therefore offend a lot of readers and young reader's mothers.. whatdoyouthink Brian?
With the New 52, as they are calling this new timeline, they are trying to attract new readers or former readers who haven't been reading the books lately. As the saying goes "Sex sells" so when they went to redesign characters, a number of people/women got more adult/sexier costumes.
As for will it "alienate a lot of readers": yes. I've read many a comment by people saying that they will not be picking up any of the new DC books. I'm at least willing to pick up some (not all) of the books to see where they are going.
As for what it will do for the younger readers: I don't see that much change will happen. I think most of their all ages/younger readers titles will be continuing on since they don't actually tie into the main universe/timeline.
Thanks for replying!
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