DC Comics That Tried (And Failed) To Be Iconic

[caj]

CBR lists their 10 DC Comics that tried and failed to be iconic. What would you add? Which ones are wrong?

https://www.cbr.com/dc-best-comics-n...w-gods-godhead

10. Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead
09. Brian Michael Bendis' Superman
08. Identity Crisis
07. All-Star Batman And Robin
06. Before Watchmen
05. Heroes In Crisis
04. Batman: The Last Knight On Earth
03. Justice Society Of America (1991)
02. Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths
01. Doomsday Clock

[Riv86672]

I don’t disagree w. any of those.

And, i may be misremembering but, I also haven’t found any major event over the last couple decades (damn that’s a long time) esp. iconic.

[caj]

I don’t disagree w. any of those.

And, i may be misremembering but, I also haven’t found any major event over the last couple decades (damn that’s a long time) esp. iconic.

I may be forgetting something, but to me, the last iconic DC story was Kingdom Come (1996)

[HsssH]

Did Godhead really try to be iconic? From what I remember it was just another GL crossover during New 52.

[Frontier]

Cry for Justice?

Did Godhead really try to be iconic? From what I remember it was just another GL crossover during New 52.

Pretty much.

[MajorHoy]

CBR lists their 10 DC Comics that tried and failed to be iconic. What would you add? Which ones are wrong?

https://www.cbr.com/dc-best-comics-n...w-gods-godhead

03. Justice Society Of America (1991)

How the hell did this wind up on the list?

It was never trying to be "iconic". From what I remember reading back then, it was primarily a mini-series that was providing work for people who had committed to another project (!mpact Comics) that had been delayed. What it wind up being was a fun little story that later led to the 1992 Justice Society of America series that got killed off because Mike Carlin didn't think DC should be publishing a book starring senior citizen superheroes.

[The Darknight Detective]

How the hell did this wind up on the list?

It was never trying to be "iconic". From what I remember reading back then, it was primarily a mini-series that was providing work for people who had committed to another project (!mpact Comics) that had been delayed. What it wind up being was a fun little story that later led to the 1992 Justice Society of America series that got killed off because Mike Carlin didn't think DC should be publishing a book starring senior citizen superheroes.

Were the sales actually above the average during the Speculation Era?

[The Darknight Detective]

I may be forgetting something, but to me, the last iconic DC story was Kingdom Come (1996)

Flashpoint is more iconic than that, at least in the bigger mediums.

[OBrianTallent]

The meaning of iconic is to be of great respect and distinction. i think sometimes readers put more on something than the creative team intends. It's not that they try to make a comic "iconic" as much as they want to make one memorable and above all entertaining. Sure some stories become iconic, but that doesn't mean the team set out to make it so. Granted since the days of the Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, The Judas Contract and Crisis on Infinite Earths, publishers are looking for that NEXT! GREAT! THING! Doesn't necessarily mean they are looking to find the next icon of comics medium.
By the same token, some readers go into something expecting that next great thing and forget to actually enjoy the story. Granted some stories are beyond being able to be enjoyed they are just so bad (Heroes in Crisis)...but that is all completely subjective...

[superduperman]

I would add Frank Miller's DKR sequels. Didio really wanted to make them happen. But he just really lost his talent.

[Username taken]

Did Godhead really try to be iconic? From what I remember it was just another GL crossover during New 52.

Exactly.

Im not sure why its on this list.

[Riv86672]

Were the sales actually above the average during the Speculation Era?

^^^No idea if the book was trying to be iconic (though I can’t imagine any creative team going into a project and hoping it’s forgettable) but I wish it had been. It had all the ingredients to be something special, imo.

I would add Frank Miller's DKR sequels. Didio really wanted to make them happen. But he just really lost his talent.

^^^Good pick.

[Lee Stone]

I don't agree with Justice Society of America, either.
Like MajorHoy said, it was a throwaway filler project that gave the Impact creators something to do while DC got their ducks in a row.
It was actually trying to be as low-key as possible.


DC totally did not expect the project to spark interest in the team and lead to a push for an ongoing.

I'd replace it with Armageddon 2001 or War of the Gods.

[MajorHoy]

I don't agree with Justice Society of America, either.
Like MajorHoy said, it was a throwaway filler project that gave the Impact creators something to do while DC got their ducks in a row.
It was actually trying to be as low-key as possible.


DC totally did not expect the project to spark interest in the team and lead to a push for an ongoing.

I'd replace it with Armageddon 2001 or War of the Gods.

I think calling it "a throwaway filler project" may not be doing justice to it.

I'd go with something like "low-key mini-series".

[superduperman]

I don't agree with Justice Society of America, either.
Like MajorHoy said, it was a throwaway filler project that gave the Impact creators something to do while DC got their ducks in a row.
It was actually trying to be as low-key as possible.


DC totally did not expect the project to spark interest in the team and lead to a push for an ongoing.

I'd replace it with Armageddon 2001 or War of the Gods.

I'm surprised this one isn't on the list given the controversy around it and how it petered out.