Why hasn’t DC’s attempt to incorporate Wildstorm characters worked?

[clonegeek]

Is WildCats even selling well?

[Stanlos]

Because Mathew Rosenberg makes Chuck Austen look like Alan Moore.

Oh. Oh wow.
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Yikes. That is ...severe!

[Robotman]

Well Gunn is going to make The Authority one of the first superhero teams in his DCU. So that propels a Wildstorm property to the forefront of DC media.

[Triniking1234]

Those generations of characters were also absorbed when DC was fairly young now it's a mess cuz there's too much competition.
Why would someone use Grifter when there's Red Hood and Ghosthunter?
Why bring back Fairchild and Gen 13 when someone can just make a new Wonder Girl or Supergirl and a bunch of teen heroes?

[king81992]

At its core, Wildstorm is too radically different from the mainline DC universe to be properly integrated/ incorporated. If DC is that desperate to make Wildstorm a thing, they should use their own characters and put them in Wildstorm esque teams/scenarios that work with the setting.

[Kaijudo]

I'd argue that so much of the DC vibe, no matter what kinds of efforts or progress have been made in the subsequent years, is mainly populated by characters from either the 60s or the 40s, and those eras still linger on the characters even as "modern day" sheen is attempted to be put on them...they're just inherent to the characters.

The Wildstorm characters, on the other hand, were created in the 90s when comics were VASTLY different, going for more edge and a kind of slick visual artifice over what the 40s and 60s were offering in characters, which was ultimately "fun stories for kids."

So in merging the two, you have this disconnect between the styles where a lot of heavy lifting is required to build those bridges. And I think it's probably a lot easier to flesh out the older characters and look at them through a modern lens than it is to dial back the "EXTREME" nature that's so organic to Wildstorm and present them in a more subtle fashion.