King was probably in love with the idea of a 100 issue story arc, so hence all the filler when he actually got down to "writing".
This is why you don't plan things in advance on a main title, just write the story you wanna write and go from there and that way we can avoid wasted time and money on stories like with a wannabe Bruce Wayne kid becase we have to get to 100 issues!
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Less lowkey now, I would say, with Johns on Shazam and Doomsday Clock and Morrison doing Green Lantern.
Marvel #1000 has most of those creators doing just one-pagers for a very special occasion. I think that's different from, say, grabbing Allan Heinberg, JMS, or whoever for an ongoing book.I'm mostly referring to Hickman and everything going on with Marvel Comics #1000. I saw that as basically their way of showing how many connections they still have and any future possibilities they may decide to pull out at a given notice.
I mean, DC did something similar with Action and 'Tec #1000 as well.
My thoughts:
1) If DC is doing this because King would "change the character for a generation," then I can understand that and may even agree with DC (if I ever knew what the change was)
2) King should be allowed to do his full run, his way, even if it moves to another title (or "the change" is deemed non canon)
3) If DC is doing this because of sales conerns post-Knightmares, then DC should be ashamed and eff them
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Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
I think probably the most positive takeaway regarding these rumours are, we are going to find out for sure by this week or next at the latest. He won't be able to be silent about this for too long, so we'll get the confirmation of some kind.
And also, if it does turn out to be something fairly wrong, there'd still be 7 months till the end, so there would be time to fix things or make it right. Most of the time we find out about changes like this they're usually very last minute, so this having so much buffer time is a special occasion.
So he's leaving!!? Good riddance. Glad to see an overrated writer leave a title for once if this is true (hopefully).
This isn't the whole story as we don't know where he's going next, but at the very least, I've pretty much hated his tenure as Batman's dungeon master and I'm looking forward to a new direction for Bruce and the remainder of the Bat office. Hopefully one where we can expect more adventure and team ups (Robin as in 'Tec, Nightwing returning, etc).
Waiting to see how the other shoe drops, but it'd be nice to pick up the main Batman book again other than when it's not just for the art. I've legitimately ignored the text in a few of his issues at this point just to see the artwork. I never thought I'd be there, but it's true.
I can only hope that if there is any reaction to HiC/Batman, it's that he needs to vary his approach as a storyteller because "sad heroes acting out of character because they're sad" is becoming trite at best.
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I think King's issue as a writer is his constant need to relate to characters through trauma, which means he either leans too hard on that aspect (sometimes at the expense of characterization) or just makes it up with a character.
Look at what he did to Booster Gold or how he handled Wally.
yeah can he write a hero who actually functions that is the point. Which i admit I only saw in glimpses in in annual two and the superfriends story with the double date with lois and clark that is it. Everything else especially with bane or the selina frame up which was over the top another reason why this run if it was about the bat/cat romance made no sense.
As a Batman enthusiast coming back into the game after a 10 year comic hiatus since Batamn Inc/Final Crisis in general I have been dreading Tom King from what I sampled and counting the year+ until his end. Been catching up on Snyders run and Metal + Batman Who Laughs. Certainly entertaining, but forgettable.
Really loving Bendis on Action, have not read Superman. Could easily see Bendis on Batman being better than King by a long shot.
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