Dick Grayson going to college and Bruce moving out of Wayne Manor?
Dick Grayson going to college and Bruce moving out of Wayne Manor?
Definitely Alan Moore taking over Swamp Thing.
Originally Posted by The General, JLA #38
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Most of these make sense to me. The Blackhawks becoming the Junk Heap Heroes was a response to the Camp Super-Hero craze that took hold of all comics thanks to the 1966 BATMAN. Characters that weren't super-heroes were putting on masks and tights to cash in. The whole Archie gang were super-heroes. This boom was followed by a big bust as super-heroes rushed to burn their boots and trunks and go into action wearing civilian clothes--thus Diana Prince. This also explains why Dick Grayson suddenly aged enough to graduate--as they were trying to distance Batman from anything that smelled of the T.V. series.
Green Arrow giving up his old clothes and losing his fortune was a big change, but made sense as they tried to breathe life into the character. Likewise Alan Moore's idea for Swamp Thing doesn't seem so strange--it follows from what came before.
I think killing off little Arthur was a pretty hard turn. Aquaman had gone on a quest to find a member of the Aqua Family before. For him to find his son dead and at the hands of the Black Manta was a very dark development and an unheroic resolution. Granted, characters were being killed off left and right back then and super-villains were turning more vile. But killing off a little kid in a comic book? That just seems too heartless. It was strange as it seemed out of touch with most readers' values.
After a bit of thinking I would say for me the Harley Quinn title in 2000
Starts out like your typical Harley Quinn series and then around issue 26 I believe turns suddenly into Batman-type stories just with Harley Quinn in them.
Also this run has one of the best Martian Manhunter stories, I think issue 23 or something.
I think the first one I can recall was when Wonder Woman started publishing stories solely about the Earth-2 Diana during WWII (due to the success of the TV show).
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