Say what you will about 90’s comics, but...

[mathew101281]

It was the last decade where new characters could be introduced on mass. Bane, Doomsday, Harley Quinn, Lobo.

[exile001]

It was the last decade where new characters could be introduced on mass. Bane, Doomsday, Harley Quinn, Lobo.

Lobo was 80's but I tend to agree with your point. The 80's and 90's were great for DC introducing new characters that stuck around.

Didio kind of stifled that by dragging characters back to the Silver Age and having little use for legacy characters. There was a mini explosion in the mid-00's, too, but most were just young derivatives of existing characters and have since disappeared.

The New 52 on has given quite a few new characters but a lot are gone already. Whether the rest stick is anyone's guess.

[MajorHoy]

1990s also gave us the Bloodlines crossover-event arc in DC's annuals and such characters as:

* Anima
* Ballistic
* Cardinal Sin
* Edge
* Gunfire
* Hook
* Jamm
* Krag
* Layla
* Loose Cannon
* Myriad
* Pax
* Prism
* Razorsharp
* Terrorsmith

among others.
As to whether they were memorable or not, YMMV . . .

[Noodle]

1990s also gave us the Bloodlines crossover-event arc in DC's annuals and such characters as:

* Anima
* Ballistic
* Cardinal Sin
* Edge
* Gunfire
* Hook
* Jamm
* Krag
* Layla
* Loose Cannon
* Myriad
* Pax
* Prism
* Razorsharp
* Terrorsmith

among others.
As to whether they were memorable or not, YMMV . . .

How can you make a list of Bloodlines characters and not include Hitman, arguably the only character from that crossover that actually lasted?

[skyvolt2000]

1990s also gave us the Bloodlines crossover-event arc in DC's annuals and such characters as:

* Anima
* Ballistic
* Cardinal Sin
* Edge
* Gunfire
* Hook
* Jamm
* Krag
* Layla
* Loose Cannon
* Myriad
* Pax
* Prism
* Razorsharp
* Terrorsmith

among others.
As to whether they were memorable or not, YMMV . . .

Hitman says HI.

Loose Cannon just had an ongoing under New Age Heroes.
Razorsharp and Pack Rats had a mini.
Gunfire and Anima had books.
Anima is still being used from time to time.

A LOT of characters got derailed by Dan.

[superduperman]

Vertigo wasn't afraid to experiment with controversial ideas in a way Marvel wasn't. A lot of things like Black Label and Marvel's Max line owe their origins to Vertigo.

[K7P5V]

There was a mini explosion in the mid-00's, too, but most were just young derivatives of existing characters and have since disappeared.

That's sad. Two of my favorites were...


1. Holly Granger (Hawk)







2. Son of Vulcan

How can you make a list of Bloodlines characters and not include Hitman, arguably the only character from that crossover that actually lasted?

Hitman
(R.I.P.)

[MajorHoy]

How can you make a list of Bloodlines characters and not include Hitman, arguably the only character from that crossover that actually lasted?

Hitman says HI.

Loose Cannon just had an ongoing under New Age Heroes.
Razorsharp and Pack Rats had a mini.
Gunfire and Anima had books.
Anima is still being used from time to time.

A LOT of characters got derailed by Dan.

I never said ALL the characters introduced in Bloodlines were forgettable, and I didn't say they never appeared elsewhere later on.

What I said at the end of my post was

As to whether they were memorable or not, YMMV . . .

And quite a few were used as the mean-hearted, needless cannon fodder body count courtesy Geoff Johns in Infinite Crisis.

[Timothy Hunter]

1993 was a pretty **** year for DC's main titles

Knightfall
Bloodlines
Death of Superman
Judgement Day
Emerald Twilight

But nevertheless it was a fantastic decade for the company, and DC hasn't been as consistently as good as it had been since the end of the 90s.

[Zero Hunter]

1993 was a pretty **** year for DC's main titles

Knightfall
Bloodlines
Death of Superman
Judgement Day
Emerald Twilight

But nevertheless it was a fantastic decade for the company, and DC hasn't been as consistently as good as it had been since the end of the 90s.

You may not have liked some of those stories but they did give us characters like Steel, Superboy, Kyle Rayner, and Dick Grayson as Batman for a short while.

[Thor-Ul]

A LOT of characters got derailed by Dan.

And everything because he wanted Barry Allen back.

From the moment Barry Allen returned, everything (or at least most part) it went down to the drain.

[Thor-Ul]

1993 was a pretty **** year for DC's main titles

Knightfall
Bloodlines
Death of Superman
Judgement Day
Emerald Twilight

But nevertheless it was a fantastic decade for the company, and DC hasn't been as consistently as good as it had been since the end of the 90s.

For a moment I had thought of the other crossover where hal jordan became the Spectre or even, the one than Alan Moore wrote for Rob Liefeld. ANd then I remember the Justice League corssovers with that title.

[married guy]

I loved the 90's era of DC!
They were really just throwing stuff at the wall to see what stuck.
Young Heroes in Love
Hourman
Martian Manhunter
Major Bummer
Chronos
Power of Shazam
Starman
Hitman

The Bat titles and Superman books were BOTH rock solid (IMO, neither have been have consistent since).
Wally as the Flash was still kicking arse: Waid, then Johns both created their reps writing the title.
Peter David made people take notice of Aquaman for the first time in a decade.

We were given legacy characters:
Kyle
Connor
Conner
Cissie
Bart

We had stuff like Elseworlds and Vertigo all firing on all cylinders.

Yes, the 90's gave us a lot of dodgy stuff (shiny variants on every book, the IMAGE style over substance reigned for a while too) but I loved the creativity that was going on.
Yes there were misses, (Manhunter and Fate revamps spring to mind) but there was a feeling of anything worth while was given a shot.

[K7P5V]

The majority won't agree, but there were a few new characters that came after the '90s that were quite interesting. Two of my favorites were...


1. Captain Kilina







2. Frankie Moxon

Vertigo wasn't afraid to experiment with controversial ideas in a way Marvel wasn't. A lot of things like Black Label and Marvel's Max line owe their origins to Vertigo.

I know, right?! Who could ever forget Jesse Custer (Preacher)...

[K7P5V]

You may not have liked some of those stories but they did give us characters like Steel, Superboy, Kyle Rayner, and Dick Grayson as Batman for a short while.

In agreement with you about both GLKyle & DickBats, their stories were interesting and kept my attention (XD)







But don't forget about No Man's Land, which introduced Harley Quinn into the main DCU (LOL):