Superman Turning Evil: Tired, Derivative, Boring, Obnoxious.
Batman Turning Evil: Fresh, Sexy, Exciting!
Superman Turning Evil: Tired, Derivative, Boring, Obnoxious.
Batman Turning Evil: Fresh, Sexy, Exciting!
"You know the deal, Metropolis. Treat people right or expect a visit from me."
I've always hated the cliche of the Guardians of the Universe being dicks. It undermines the whole concept of the GLC. Even if we disagree with them by our standards, they should still be seen as focused on The Big Picture, which can be frustrating, but there should at least be some wisdom there and I'm tired of them portrayed as control-freaks. We'll see if this new version of young Guardians are any better or if some writer will eventually fall back to that old chestnut.
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C-list or lower characters getting killed off or maimed to hype up a villain.
Attempts to rein in superheroes being portrayed as a bad thing.
Leave the cosmic treadmill alone!
Ok, the visual could use some updating. But I'd argue that its recent abandonment has made time-travel this willy nilly plot device that gets abused to no end.
I like this one. The stories that question their authority are cool, but they start to lose steam if the concept is abused to the point that the Guardians just seem like unsympathetic dictators.
This is more of a "general issues with Superhero comics" but I'm really sick of a character's 'Greatest Hits' constantly getting recycled in stories ad nauseum. I say this because I was reading Three Jokers today and it made me realized how much I am burnt out on Jason Todd. Nothing against the character itself but he's now been revived for over 15 years and he's been caught in this constant state of writers going back to the well of him getting sent down a dark path because of Death in the Family.
Same thing with writers constantly beating the dead horse of making Damian have to relearn to stop being an ******* and abandon his assassin upbringing.
Same for all the "Am I still a human" stories they constantly do with Cyborg.
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In the 90s. Been 'out' a few years. Dreds and braids now.
Of course bald heads are easy to draw versus textured hair. And can't forget the cliche goatee that goes with the egg head! MWAA HAA HAAAAA
Two cliches that really grind me...Barry (my mom is DEEEEAD!!) and the 'dead parents in alley falling pearls image" bit for Bruce. UGH.
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Absolutely. And glad you mentioned Cyborg. All the Raven, Vic, and Kory all suffered from this, presumably due to writer's block at first, and then later redone because they were big, successful stories the first time.This is more of a "general issues with Superhero comics" but I'm really sick of a character's 'Greatest Hits' constantly getting recycled in stories ad nauseum.
I don't disagree about Damian at all. You're probably correct about Jason, but I'm not really into anti-heroes, so don't read him much. Oh, and how about Bruce and Joe Chill? Wasn't even a big story the first time, was it?
And Arthur and losing the throne?
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ANYTHING to do with the multiverse.
Which includes:
time travel
"crisis" events
AU characters
Seriously, can DC even write a story anymore that doesn't involve the multiverse in someway. Stop. Just stop. Please. Tell interesting present day stories and you shouldn't have to be digging into that well to begin with.
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