Would you buy a team title starring the Charlton characters?

[Trey Strain]

I've talked about this in another thread, but I'd like to see some actual numbers now.

Speak up and let your opinion count!

[GDC3]

Yes, I would. I'm open to whatever direction they would choose to go in with the series as well. As long as a solid creative team was onboard with a well planned out story/set of stories, I'm ready like yesterday for this series.

[byrd156]

I would buy anything as long as the writing is good.

[silly]

I would buy anything as long as the writing is good.

yep good sesible writing and decent artwork.

[K. Jones]

I bought Pax American, so sure, yeah, definitely.

I'd love to see (or create!) a story that bucked the notion of conventional team books and did something different. I'd love to see Denny's Question coexisting with Bates' Captain Atom, Kupperberg's Peacemaker and Ostrander's Nightshade. I'd set the whole affair Hub City and give it a very Rucka-esque tone. Yeah totally. Major Blue Beetle stuff. Judomaster. Peter Cannon. A really off-color "big seven" that barely ever interact, in stories modeled more after Morrison's Seven Soldiers "crossover" than after a Pax or another book where they're all a "TEAM" team.

[RobinFan4880]

What would the goal of the book be other than to see the characters together?

EDIT: Thinking about it, it would be cool if they all lived in and protected their own city called Charlton.

[Robotman]

i would love to see at least a mini series.

[Trey Strain]

What would the goal of the book be other than to see the characters together?

EDIT: Thinking about it, it would be cool if they all lived in and protected their own city called Charlton.

From DC's standpoint, to sell comics!

From the standpoint of their fans, to get a good comic!

[GDC3]

I bought Pax American, so sure, yeah, definitely.

I'd love to see (or create!) a story that bucked the notion of conventional team books and did something different. I'd love to see Denny's Question coexisting with Bates' Captain Atom, Kupperberg's Peacemaker and Ostrander's Nightshade. I'd set the whole affair Hub City and give it a very Rucka-esque tone. Yeah totally. Major Blue Beetle stuff. Judomaster. Peter Cannon. A really off-color "big seven" that barely ever interact, in stories modeled more after Morrison's Seven Soldiers "crossover" than after a Pax or another book where they're all a "TEAM" team.

I like this idea. I really like the craziness of Kupperberg's Peacemaker. Seeing these disparate takes existing in a combined world/city like that would be fun.

[BatmanJones]

I would buy anything as long as the writing is good.

If these characters were exceptionally well written, in a team book, wouldn't it essentially be Watchmen with different costumes? And wasn't that what Watchmen was? An exceptionally well written Charlton team in different costumes?

[byrd156]

If these characters were exceptionally well written, in a team book, wouldn't it essentially be Watchmen with different costumes? And wasn't that what Watchmen was? An exceptionally well written Charlton team in different costumes?

Pretty much but it was also a darker version of the Charlton team.

[ed2962]

If these characters were exceptionally well written, in a team book, wouldn't it essentially be Watchmen with different costumes? And wasn't that what Watchmen was? An exceptionally well written Charlton team in different costumes?

Yes and no? While it's true that the main characters in The Watchmen were re-worked version of the Charlton heroes, the point of the story was very different. It was a deconstruction/satire of the superhero genre and a commentary on the Cold War. It wouldn't make much sense to do say the continuing adventures of the Watchmen.

But a well written version of the original heroes done straight with great art could be the next New Teen Titans or Grant's Doom Patrol or something...

[Icefalcon]

Yes and no? While it's true that the main characters in The Watchmen were re-worked version of the Charlton heroes, the point of the story was very different. It was a deconstruction/satire of the superhero genre and a commentary on the Cold War. It wouldn't make much sense to do say the continuing adventures of the Watchmen.

But a well written version of the original heroes done straight with great art could be the next New Teen Titans or Grant's Doom Patrol or something...

This.
If for example you want to see what a well written Charlton character looks like, try O'Neill's Question series. He's not really like Rorschach at all in personality or in approach for that matter . There is even an issue where the Question directly compares himself to the comic book Rorschach he's reading.

Captain Atom is trickier. His post crisis series is more how I'd imagine him to be in a Charlton team comic but if you've read N52 Captain ManAtom then the line between original and Watchman is blurry

[Trey Strain]

Hand tools work best for certain jobs, and power tools work best for certain other jobs. That doesn't mean that hand tools are "inferior" to power tools.

It's the same principle here.

[Nomads1]

We forget nothing. What we do remember is Living Assault Weapons (mentioned earlier) from 1999 and something called Watchmen from 1986. But keep on thinking it was your idea in the first place.

Actually, there was also The Sentinels of Justice Special, shortly before the characters came to DC (by Americomics, if I'm not mistaken), which was my introduction to the characters. Captain Atom, Nightshade (in a pretty good costume I only remember seeing her use there), Question and Blue Beetle (Ted Kord with the giant Bug) against the Ghost. I found it quite intriguing. Too bad it never went beyond that.

Peace