(*^above death-count care of Robert Loren Fleming)
So is this Johns trying to make up for all the 90s gratuitous fridging?
Last edited by Güicho; 05-27-2020 at 06:53 PM.
It has been a pet peeve for of mine for a long time. In the old days it was for profit, or to bring forth younger heroes. More recently it appears, for better or worse, as a way to bring more racial diversity into the DC universe, though a cheap profit boost appears to still be the prime motive. I've just about had everyone of my favourite male characters in DC killed off or erased at one point in time. As an older reader, I care less than what I once did, but it should be noted that at one time I was 85% DC and 15% Marvel, but today I'm about 50%/50% largely as a result of feeling alienated by DC over this issue.
This is totally illogical...
Are you seriously suggestin over 80 year history of dc comics characters shouldnt die?
What about Joker's death in Tim Burtons Batman 89?
Or Penguins Death in BR
Or two faces death in Nolans the dark knight?
Or banes death in Nolans Dark Knight Rises?
The same reason tv show or movies or regular books use death is the same reason comics use death...
What of a death in an elseworld story
A mini series?
Just cause your jaded. Or a one of the hard continuity nuts doesnt mean the writers and droves of fans cant have stories that involve death, cloning, resurrection, time travel or what have you to bring back characters...
How boring would comics be if various characters werent dying...
What are the stakes if death is not on the table???
WHY DOES DC LIKE KILLING OFF CHARACTERS SO MUCH?
[QUOTE]And now it's their turn...$$$!
No character is immune, this isn't new. This is how they sell.
If you're just suddenly complaining now and didn't before, it's just cause you either turned a blind eye to it, you gladly fed into it cause your favorite (character or story arc) benefited from the other character assassinated, or they've finally come around to a character you care about, so it affects you now.
Zoo Crew has never looked better, and they now for a hot-second are a topic.
This is how DC sees it, and functions.
Last edited by Güicho; 08-10-2020 at 09:22 AM.
Death in long-running continuities has had its fangs removed and unless planned carefully serves as either a stunt or a waste of time. Writers should stop using death as a tactic to carry their work and start getting more creative with stakes, it's not like they don't have classic characters with a legion of fans obsessed with their feelings or anything.
I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
Oh yeah! Totally agree!!! I don't read super-hero comics for the bloody death scenes. I like the idea that the super-heroes are really good at what they do and everybody survives and in great shape. The evil-doers go to prison or seem to die but aren't really dead and return with their evilness for still another issue!
Shock value to make events seem worth it.
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