Can anyone who listens to it share with some of us what he says specifically, thanks.
Can anyone who listens to it share with some of us what he says specifically, thanks.
Oh, I hadn't thought of that - but I hope so. I've really enjoyed Bendis' run on the Superman books, but it's fair to say it's been divisive without raising sales enough to get away with that. A Bendis Justice League - keeping his "big" style of stories, as Invisible Mafia and Synmar type plots would still fit, and his take on Superman himself, but "resetting" a little could really be the best of both worlds.
He's got one of the best Batman/Bruce and Clark relationship takes I've read in a long while too - so that would bode well.
I've been out of the loop for a little while - with Bendis coming off "Superman" and "Action Comics" and "Young Justice" ending, so we know if he's staying on "Legion"? Or if "Checkmate" is still happening?
I didn't listen to it either, but saw a post on reddit a few days ago that summarized the podcast. I believe King said he has no plans in the future to do another ongoing title and he only has maxi sreies in the works at DC and that his next trilogy of maxi stories are more optimistic in tone.
With how good strange adventures is, I'm glad he's doing more maxi series.
Legion hasn’t gotten a “final issue” solicit so it seems to be continuing. Bendis has said Checkmate will still happen but I dunno if it actually will. That was a Didio initiative, he wanted Bendis to trim down the spy organizations, with him gone plans probably changed.
Here’s the link to the post: https://amp.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/co...m_king_batman/
A Superfamily project from King sounds interesting. Would it just be Clark/Lois/Jon or would King want to include the entire Superfamily (Kon, Kara, Steel, etc).
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I'm hoping Checkmate survives. A couple of weeks back, he reteeeted a tweet asking if Lois was now running Checkmate (so I'm kind of crossing fingers for more Lois), it's not as though it was going to be an ongoing. Maybe he's retooling to match whatever DC's decided upon post DiDio.
It would launch in March, so we'll know by Christmas.
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Why with the leave. Am I late? yes, I am. What happened and why?
Depends on who you believe lol. Bendis said way back on that Off Topic podcast interview where the news first leaked that he had been on the Superman books longer than he originally planned, and later he said that he was leaving because DC had offered him and Marquez something that required their attention. He’s doing something after Future State that will still involve Superman, so he’s not entirely leaving the character. That book is probably Justice League but it may be Checkmate also.
Or it may be because DC cancelled 5G and replaced it with Future State so Bendis decided to leave the book. Or sales weren’t where DC is expected so they moved him off. If you don’t believe Bendis there’s dozens of reasons why but I choose to believe him.
Ascended and I are usually like peas and carrots, but on this one we differ. If this were wrestling this would be where the tag team broke up with the ubiquitous chair shot in the back. But I get where he's coming from. There is merit to pointing out the objective fact that DC hasn't done shit with the dual identity in ages. Its a crying damn shame but its also the outright truth. So I can at least understand a mindset of "if they don't get it, lets see what happens here with something else". Me personally, I just can't go there as I just hold the secret ID in too high an esteem. I guess I'd rather it stay and be ill-utilized than have it go away because writers don't get it these days. But again I can appreciate where that other side of the coin is born. I'd even go as far as to say that it might be a more pragmatic mindset. I just can't get there.
"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
Bendis again says goodbye to action comics/superman but again says he will keep writing Superman in a unanounced title on his latest insta post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CG7pyYMpXd_/
I think whoever predicted him writing justice league is probably correct. That book needs a new writre and Williamson confirmed he's not writing the title anymore after the future state JL issues finish.