First and foremost I'd put him on a Wonder Woman title, to broaden and develop a lot of her characters and concepts for a new era of Amazon excellence.
Next up, and once I get an editorial position at DC Comics , I'd request his pitch for a team title containing some of the wilder heroes and anti-heroes in the DCU that I have an idea for.
And then, I'd have him write a maxiseries with the characters of Earth 8 entering and adventuring on Prime Earth and coming into contact with the Justice League, Legion of Doom, etc. while searching for and reuniting with some of their missing Champion teammates.
Finally, I'd have him work on a title that teams up characters from Multiversity and has them travel to the various multiversal, metalversal, metaversal, etc. Earths and regions of the orrery of worlds as a sort of mystery-solving, multiversal-fixing team. Some core characters would be part of the team with others coming in and out for storyarcs based on what happens in the storylines or different skill sets are needed.
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The modern aesthetic has been fine for Barry. He has just suffered from having a few bad writers. Barry needs a writer who can take some “old-school” comic ideas and make them modern and a writer who can write Barry in a modern way. I think Fraction could do this.
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- Grant Morrison on Superman
I think Barry is too straight-laced for Fraction. He'd probably end up writing him more like Wally anyways.
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Reduce him or write him as a decimal.
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What would I do with Fraction? Let him do whatever the hell he wants for as long as he wants (or until sales crash, whichever comes first).
I'd be interested in seeing him come in and fix up some books that need some housecleaning and TLC. Characters who used to be popular but have fallen on hard times or who DC doesn't know what to do with. This is pure bias, because these are the three books I'd like to write myself if I were a DC writer, but Nightwing, Cyborg and Superman top my list for "books I want to see Fraction pitch for."
I think he could do a fantastic job with a Nightwing that dives into the character's wild and wacky non-Bat history. I think he could put a really fun, high concept spin on Cyborg that fans would respond positively to. And I think he could do some good work on Superman without throwing out all the good stuff that has preceded him, which has been a problem for a long time.
But really, I've enjoyed most of what I've read from Fraction (which hasn't been that much, honestly) so I'd just let him take just about anything he was interested in. I'd get better material from him if he's really into the project and he's a big enough name I think that I could afford to let him run on something obscure if he wanted to.
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"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 thought of this while posting in another thread, but I'd give him Odd Man. I feel like Fraction could really lean into that character, make him kind of superhero psychedelic detective type that combines elements of what he did for CASANOVA, what he did for HAWKEYE, and what he's doing for JIMMY OLSEN. Just weird, twisty, fun stories that fully embrace the full bizarre nature of what the DCU can offer.