BOOYAH: Cyborg Appreciation 2021

[BlackClaw]

Funny thing with that is Aquaman and WW also took backseats to Hal, Barry, Clark & Bruce in the merchandise.

Even more hilarious is that Diana would go on to have the first universally well received movie in the DCEU and Arthur would go on to be the highest grossing hero.

[SecretWarrior]

Those 4 were also the first to show up in the New 52 Justice League. You can tell the creators thought those 4 would be their most popular in mainstream adaptation, lol

[Thezmage]

I really think it's just due to them being straight white males and Aquaman being widely regarded as a joke.

[SecretWarrior]

I really think it's just due to them being straight white males and Aquaman being widely regarded as a joke.

Bingo.....

Happy that era is over now

I still remember how Vic was the only one not featured on their homepage.

You see characters sidelined, but it felt like even leadership didn't want him there

[Johnny]

Those 4 were also the first to show up in the New 52 Justice League. You can tell the creators thought those 4 would be their most popular in mainstream adaptation, lol

And 3 of them are. Barry is more popular than any non-Trinity male JL member. And clearly they did not anticipate WB to botch Hal's movie the way they did, alas WB's incompetence devaluing and destroying entire character brands is nothing new at this point. Cyborg himself can sadly attest to that as well. Anyway this is supposed to be a Cyborg appreciation thread.

[John Venus]

Funny how both of Barry's shows cribbed heavily from Wally's runs and the defining trait of modern Barry is how much of a screw up he is.

[9th.]

yeah, when the creative teams switched the new writer appeared to be less interested in a space Justice League or whatever Williamson had in mind and more interested in doing a Guardians of the Galaxy type of thing with Jessica and an entirely different cast of characters that clearly weren't who the series was pitched for. it's a solid story for Jess and her cast, had that been the initial premise it would've been more than fine, but the way they shelved Cyborg, Starfire, and Azrael was pretty shitty and kinda disrespectful to both fans of these character and the initial creative team's vision.

I still havent finished this series because of that, it just zapped away all my desire to finish it past the 1st couple of issues. I like Jess as a character and everything but its just too bitter a pill for me to swallow.

[skyvolt2000]

And 3 of them are. Barry is more popular than any non-Trinity male JL member. And clearly they did not anticipate WB to botch Hal's movie the way they did, alas WB's incompetence devaluing and destroying entire character brands is nothing new at this point. Cyborg himself can sadly attest to that as well. Anyway this is supposed to be a Cyborg appreciation thread.

And Cyborg and WW & Aquaman should have been showcased like the other 4. You can toss Justice League on something and it excludes members.

That exclusion of Cyborg, WW & Aquaman was not limited to-it included a lot of stuff. And in Cyborg's case he was still being seen in stuff from Teen Titans.

[sifighter]

Why did I want his history with the Titans returned? Because then we get simple scenes like this where he rushes in to help his friend who he has a long standing history with. ALSO....cool to see he can fly.




For context, this is the preview for the next issue of Nightwing. Dick got knocked out and now that he’s conscious again he quickly called off the attack team that was on its way, because you know they care about their friend.

[Besouro]

How did y’all feel about Justice League Odyssey? I’m almost done with first trade and I must say i'm loving everything about it. Was this an ongoing or a mini series?

Really?!?

Just keep going.... you will HATE what was done to Cyborg.

[Besouro]

Why did I want his history with the Titans returned? Because then we get simple scenes like this where he rushes in to help his friend who he has a long standing history with. ALSO....cool to see he can fly.




For context, this is the preview for the next issue of Nightwing. Dick got knocked out and now that he’s conscious again he quickly called off the attack team that was on its way, because you know they care about their friend.

Boomtubing is faster than flying.

[Tofali]

Really?!?

Yes I did love it because i'm going to love anytime my faves are on an adventure in a different setting especially cosmic and the cherry on top of this odyssey was having Darkseid being part of the story with Victor and Co.

Just keep going.... you will HATE what was done to Cyborg.

Yeah I was already informed that it became Jessica's story

[lemonpeace]

I still havent finished this series because of that, it just zapped away all my desire to finish it past the 1st couple of issues. I like Jess as a character and everything but its just too bitter a pill for me to swallow.

honestly I more or less stuck out the rest of the series in the hope they'd spin their heel-turns into like upgrades or something, and while that never happened (quite the opposite actually) I'll say that if you are a fan of Jess you definitely should check it out when/if you can ever look past the glaring blemish that is their treatment of Cyborg and the original team; all things considered it was a pretty good showcase of her character. It actually makes me upset because to give Jess a decent run they took Cyborg from a direction that looked like it was setting him up to get some development, wear clothes, and be a leader to him being a robotic goon of Darksied that only says ping where the only times he's behaving like a human is when he's warning and moping to Jess telepathically or something. it's like, if you had no interest in the principle cast, why take the book?

[lemonpeace]

what we were promised vs what we got

[SecretWarrior]

Jenny Nicholson addresses how nonsensical the Cyborg clothing situation is here.