Yeah, plus I'm sure DC have long-term plans for Selina's ongoing. It's not a maxi-series deal, it's got to tell it's own story. I think King could only course-correct if the book winds up being cancelled, and we get a proper marriage in issue 100 and a three-part honeymoon arc right after
Why did he "have to" know it?
Do you realize how many different levels/departments there probably are between the writer and the editorial/management/promotional department levels?
If King isn't working directly at DC's corporate offices, he may not know/may not have much say once his script has been submitted and approved.
Retailers are pissed
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/07...n-50-spoilers/
But there's something interesting
Actual Bat/Cat wedding in Issue 100. Please?Now, as a reader, I was very satisfied with the comic, and also recognise its place in the story that Tom King has been telling. And there’s a coda in Batman #50 not picked up on by the New York Times, that places this event in long-running storylines.
But the whole commemorating the event with the special issue, and selling hundreds and thousands of copies on the back of it, getting retailers to commit a lot of money and resources to the project, and persuading comic creators to do the same, without actually having what it was meant to be commemorating inside the comic, means that with the arranged spoiler, committed New York Times comic book retailers are livid.
If DC Comics don’t make the comic book returnable, even for retailer exclusive covers, there has even been talk of lawsuits.
I am told that some retailers have been told by DC Comics that they have a plan. But not yet what that plane will be.
I just read a tweet from someone saying they spent over 100 dollars on the variants for a wedding that didn't even happen.
Wow.
My favorite characters of all time are Bruce Wayne and Dracula.
DC just squandered a perfect chance to challenge Batman and get him out of his comfort zone. It would have been interesting to see a married Batman, whose network support has become larger thanks to now having a wife. Instead, DC chickened out and threw away over 20 issues of buildup and character exploration because they refuse to move Batman away from the safest and most boring situations featuring the character, who is unable to make any meaningful progress in his personal life outside of his superhero career. I get it that Batman is darker and edgier than his Justice League peers, but this is just tragic. Superman might as well the be the only mainstream superhero who is allowed to have a good family life.