I mean Dan always is trying things but it’s not working. New 52 was his main baby. But the majority of the comics failed. 5G could be the same thing. They picked a man who never worked in comics. So this is what to aspected
I mean Dan always is trying things but it’s not working. New 52 was his main baby. But the majority of the comics failed. 5G could be the same thing. They picked a man who never worked in comics. So this is what to aspected
I'm thinking the 5G thing is troubling on a strictly creative level. It's top-down storytelling in the absolutely worst way.
It's more piecing together all the stories they want told and then telling creators exactly how their stories are to connect and when. Moving around the stories they have instead of making new stories, or gaining a new insight into an old character or story.
As for creating younger characters, kids are great at recognising bullshitting. If they want a Superman story, they want a Superman story, not some hand-me-down copy.
The whole shared world and constant continuity is simply weighing down DC and its creators.
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
My main issue is the fact due to 5G is the fact the timeline is messy. How is Diana now been here since WW2 when she was stated to be here only for a bit and the fact what Rucka set up.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
I'm pretty sure 5G is aimed at people who don't want a Superman story, but might be intrigued by the twist of his heir.
We've got plenty of stuff featuring the real characters aimed at kids. We've got stuff like Superman Smashes the Klan, and there's OGN's featuring teen versions of the Trinity in high school (or something like that). So I can see there being audiences for successors. I just think bringing that into the main line is corporate suicide. There's an audience for Jon Kent as Superman, but I don't think that audience is going to be found in the hobby shops.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
I'm of the opposite belief. Kids knows that Clark Kent is Superman, and that Bruce Wayne is Batman. They want the real thing.
Jon Kent as Superman will only appeal to the people who are already invested in the DC universe, and even then arguably a subset of them.
Ink and Zoom also shows this. They've largely featured first-generation heroes; the closest they have come to a legacy character is Shadow of the Bat.
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
Have we seen how the world first reacts to Wonder Woman?
The movie kind of touches on it a bit, but there could be more stories about it.
Rucka's first run is probably the most interesting example, with Down to Earth and Bitter Pills.
The Legend of Wonder Woman by De Liz and Dillon also includes more than a bit of it, as does Bombshells by Bennett and Sauvage, but those are outside the mainline. The same is true for Morrison's "Earth One" (for all that I intensely dislike it).
(But I think this is a question that would go better in appreciation or its own thread than controversial opinions.)
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
The controversial opinion being that there should be a lot more of them.
Naming 2 or 3 examples isn't impressive.
Oh, I definitely agree with the premise of the question, and in fact I think this is a sadly underdeveloped vein of storytelling and themes for Wonder Woman. Amongst DC's superheroes, she is the one who most embodies the concept of change, and on a societal scale.
Veronica Cale's opposition to Diana doesn't come from any personal animus, but from resistance to and fear of the changes that Diana represents.
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
I'm curious wouldn't Cassie be Diana's sister and aunt? With Donna, I would honestly like it if Diana and Donna actually grew up together.