Dc Future state : a hit or miss

[Noodle]

I have a serious question from someone who only casually reads comics these days.

Why should I care about this?

And I'm not being snarky, I legitimately want to know what kind of impact this will have overall, and why I should care about this. It's stories that are set in a future, which doesn't impact the present day other than saying this is what's going to happen. It's telling us about a future that, at first glance, I don't particularly like, which then turns me off reading present day set stories since I know where it has to go. I guess what I really want to know is what is the point of all of this?

Why does it need to have an impact for it to be worth reading? Why can't it just be good stories or stand-alone series?

Just because it doesn't have a larger impact in the DC universe doesn't make it a bad comic.

[Lonewolf36]

Tried to use as many Pre-Flashpoint young heroes as i could.

Titans
Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
Donna Troy
Flash (Wally West)
Arsenal (Roy Harper)
Cyborg (Victor Stone)
Starfire (Koriand’r)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Shazam (Freddy Freeman)
Steel (Natasha Irons)
Thunder (Anissa Pierce)
Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond)
Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)
Black Bat (Cassandra Cain)
Ray (Ray Terrill)
Gypsy (Cindy Reynolds)
Faust (Sebastian Faust)
Halo (Violet Harper)
Rocket (Raquel Ervin)
Goldstar (Michelle Carter)
Northwind (Norda Cantrell)
Echo (Terri Eckart)

Teen Titans
Beast Boy (Gar Logan)
Static (Virgil Hawkins)
Speedy (Mia Dearden)
Aquagirl (Lorena Marquez)
Bombshell (Amy Sue Allen)
Offspring (Luke O’Brian)
Ravager (Rose Wilson)
Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
Hotspot (Isaiah Crockett)
Argent (Toni Monetti)
Prysm (Audrey Spears)
Risk (Cody Driscoll)
Minion (Jarras Minion)
Little Barda
Talon of Earth-3
Riddler’s Daughter
Son of Vulcan (Miguel Devante)
Robin (Damian Wayne)
Proxy (Wendy Harris)
Batgirl (Stephanie Brown)
Misfit (Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe)
Darkfire (Ryand’r)
Impulse (Iris “Irey” West)
Lightning (Jennifer Pierce)
Firestorm (Jason Rusch)
Stargirl (Courtney Whitmore)
Red Beretle (Sara Butters)
Cyclone (Mazine Hunkel)
Split

Titans West
Vox (Mal Duncan)
Bumblebee (Karen Beecher-Duncan)
Flamebird (Bette Kane)
Golden Eagle (Charlet Parker)
Hawk (Hank Hall)
Dove (Dawn Granger)
Chris King
Protector (Jason Hart)
Jakeeem Thunder (Jakeem Williams) & Johnny Thunderbolt
Terra (Atlee)
Aura (Lindsay Wah)
Hardrock (Ross Richman)
Arrowette (Cissie King-Jones)
Hardline (Armando Ramone)
White Lotus (Nona Lin-Baker)
Sapphire (Candy Gennaro)
Scorn (Ceritak)
Freak (Ava)
Grunt (Henry Bucher)
Catgirl (Kitrina Falcone)
Shining Knight (Ystina)
Blindside (Tyson Gilford)
Monstergirl (Rita Lopez)
Sinbad (Davood Nassur)
Crystallex (Rafael Harris)
Chimera (Sanjeet Bhatia)
Zan
Jayna
Kaliber

Titans Dark
Raven (Rachel Roth)
Phantasm (Danny Chase and the Souls of Azrath)
Young Frankenstein
Traci 13
Mary Marvel (Mary Batson)
Black Alice (Lori Zechlin)
Son of the Fallen
Scream Queen (Nina Skorzeny)
Scratch (Zack)
Secret (Greta Hayes)
Sprout (Tefé Holland)
Maya (Chandi Gupta)
Boggart (Rosemary Fields)
Stanley (Stanley Dover Jr.) and his Monster
Amethyst (Amy Winston)
Warlock’s Daughter (Darla Aquista)
Danny the Street
Simon Dark
Tiffany Cross
Klarion
Frostbite

Titans International
Red Star (Leonid Kovar)
Mirage (Miriam Delgado)
Solstice (Kiran Singh)
Osiris (Amon Tomaz)
Mas
Menos
Lagoon Boy
Empress (Anita Fite)
Sparx (Donna Carol Force)
Toyman (Hiro Okamura)
Squire (Beryl Hutchinson)
Dark Ranger (Johnny Riley)
Sandstorm (Nabil Azmah)
Striker Z (Danny Tsang)
Dust Devil (Moshe Levy)
Firebird (Serafina Arkadina)
Bear (Fyodor)
Kid Impala
Goraiko

Young Justice
Red Robin (Tim Drake
Superboy (Kon-El)
Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark)
Kid Flash (Bart Allen)
Aqualad (Kaldur’ahn)
Miss Martian (M’gann M’orzz)
Zatara (Zachary Zatara)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
Red Inferno (Seth Aiden)

Black Lantern Titans
Tempest (Garth)
Aquagirl (Tula)
Omen (Lilith Clay-Jupiter)
Joker’s Daughter (Duela Dent of Earth-3)
Gnarrk
Hawk (Holly Granger)
Dove (Don Hall)
Terra (Tara Markov)
Kole (Kole Weathers)
Pantha (Rosabelle Mendez)
Wildebeest
Danny Chase
Terra II
Damage (Grant Emerson)
Bushido (Ryuko Orsono)
Red Devil (Eddie Bloomberg)
Molecule
Power Boy
Marvin White
Kid Eternity (Christopher “Kit” Freeman)
Anima (Courtney Mason)
Thunder (Gan Williams)
Lightning (Tavis Williams)

[dodoriazarbon]

I'm enjoying the sense that creators are getting to play in an interesting sandbox, and so far have enjoyed most of what I've read. One thing that would help is if the timeline were more prominent? I had to work out myself that these comics weren't all concurrent, despite the event banner and generic blurb at the start of each issue making it seem like they might be. As simple as putting the year beside the title.

[babyblob]

I am having fun with Future State so far. I really loved The Next batman, and wonder Woman. I enjoyed the humor in Wonder Woman. had fun on that read. I dont understand the time line though. In The Dark Detective it seems like it is happening just a bit in the future, yet in The Green lantern story with Guy there are what 35 years that passed.

Over all I would say so far this is a hit. Out of the 7 I have read so far my favorites are Wonder woman. The Next Batman, and The Flash in that order. Least favorite was Harley Queen. But I have been done with her because of over done for a while now.

[Vordan]

I'm enjoying the sense that creators are getting to play in an interesting sandbox, and so far have enjoyed most of what I've read. One thing that would help is if the timeline were more prominent? I had to work out myself that these comics weren't all concurrent, despite the event banner and generic blurb at the start of each issue making it seem like they might be. As simple as putting the year beside the title.

They did put out a timeline:

[Alpha]

Hold up, wtf. Yara Flor is 30 years from now? How old is she supposed to be? How are they gonna introduce her into the regular universe if she still seems that young in 2050?

[Johnrevenge]

Hold up, wtf. Yara Flor is 40 years from now? How old is she supposed to be? How are they gonna introduce her into the regular universe if she still seems that young in 2050?

She seems to be an amazon, so she'll probably age in a different way than average people.

[MosSuperman]

They did put out a timeline:

I really only want to read House of El just to see what Clark's lifespan is. If it's less than 200 years, I'll be disappointed.

[Alpha]

She seems to be an amazon, so she'll probably age in a different way than average people.

Still, in the first comic we ever read with her she is at least 30 years old. Since we're gonna get her as Wonder Girl post Future State I assume she will already be at least a teenager in the present. Which means she was 44 at minimum in her first comic. And yet she didn't feel like she was 44

[OopsIdiditagain]

Hold up, wtf. Yara Flor is 30 years from now? How old is she supposed to be? How are they gonna introduce her into the regular universe if she still seems that young in 2050?

As old as a demigoddess can be.

[Somecrazyaussie]

The real question is this: how many are enjoying the series with the knowledge it is finite vs if it was the ongoing status quo? I am enjoying them because I know it is just a nice detour. If this was the lay of the land for the 5 years they originally planned? No. Especially Flash.

[cranger]

The real question is this: how many are enjoying the series with the knowledge it is finite vs if it was the ongoing status quo? I am enjoying them because I know it is just a nice detour. If this was the lay of the land for the 5 years they originally planned? No. Especially Flash.

Justice League Dark and Teen Titans are the only ones with a back story I am not excited about, but those two are more or less going to he continuing on just without the bad stuff.

Justice League, Superman (Jon), Wonder Woman and Superman/Wonder Woman all seem just fine to happen.

Even Kara would be an interesting premise for future stories.

Although I think in the next two weeks most of the stuff I will be appreciating being a detour other than maybe Aquaman, that one I will probably miss ending.

[Johnrevenge]

For the moment Future State has been kinda ok. Some of the concepts have been interesting.

What is coming after Future State with all those Batman books is the huge miss lmao.

[sifighter]

The real question is this: how many are enjoying the series with the knowledge it is finite vs if it was the ongoing status quo? I am enjoying them because I know it is just a nice detour. If this was the lay of the land for the 5 years they originally planned? No. Especially Flash.

I kind of view it in two different ways, 1. Do I enjoy this knowing story elements could live on in the present, and 2. Did I enjoy it in a sense that some of these creators will continue on, so did I like their writing? Like this doesn’t feel like a detour, Futures end did because by the end they completely undid that future, this feels like more of a tease of things to come but with the added touch that they likely won’t come to pass. Because while Tim Fox won’t likely get to Batman, Ridley still gets to tell his story and Tim has present focus, Yara Flor is to be introduced in Infinite Frontier, Jo is coming to the main Green Lantern series, the magistrate will make its initial appearance in Gotham, and etc

But overall I’ve enjoyed what I have read, I’ve been focusing on the new characters and series I will read in March/April and I feel like I got a taste of the writers competency to tell stories.

[Fergus]

The Batman [Next batman] and WW have been hits imo