F. Will explain more later...
A - It was the best period of the company!
B -They weren't all hits but it was mostly good!
C - It was generally average...
D - There were a few gems mixed in but mostly it was mediocre.
F - It was the worst time to be a DC fan!
F. Will explain more later...
We only see a limited side, so hard to judge.
Right around Flashpoint was where I became rather disinterested with the DC comicscape. The Batman and Superman I grew up with is being replaced by younger, "updated" versions? No thanks. What was supposed to be a a fresh new start for new readers ended up being a jumping-off point for older readers and a confusing turn-off for the newer ones. It seems the more control Didio exerted, the worse things got. Can't say I enjoyed his involvement much at all.
And we don't actually see all sides of his work. From a sales perspective we see limited data, from creative perspective how much and what was he actually responsible for. Good or bad. Take new 52 for example. Creatively i didn't care for most of it, but it seems to spike sales. So was that good or bad? Its hard to say from this side.
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Not feeling much sympathy for the guy who let Eddie Berganza keep his job and showed jubilation when Identity Crisis' "rape pages" were in.
If it was just that, his tenure would have been just mediocre, at best.
The kicker was that he had no respect for the things he was rehashing, saying his was "(name of original) done right".
He had no respect for the characters (see 'the hitlist'), and no respect for the established readers and fanbase (comments at cons and New52 in general).
And I don't know if it's just that I'm older and seeing the publishing side more since he came in, but the whole 'Inner Circle' type clique that formed under him couldn't have been good for the morale of the creators that were not included.
(See Didio's comments correcting the writer of Convergence about his own story in an interview.)
He got an F from me.
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It was the worst, the last years Pre-Flashpoint were dark and a bit lost until my most loathed reboot arrived New 52, the only good things were Aquaman, and Superman and Wonder Woman's relationship and he ruined my favorite characters Tim Drake was completely wrecked until the point I'd have prefer if they had killed him, Superboy (Kon), Cassie Sandmark and Bart Allen were destroyed, it had been better if the core four would've been wiped out of continuity, they nullified them as characters and made them fake shells of what they were. Wally West was made a coward, after being the best and most interesting Flash who managed to have a family against the odds, DC made him frame others and even kill his future self WTH and Dick Grayson who I liked him less now he decided to make him Ric Jerkson and the worst amnesia arc ever. The batfamily was a great victim of his, almost all their bonds are empty and their family interactions are reduced to pander. Moreover, Batman is greatest asshole (for a while) and abuser (now) thanks to DiDio and his decisions, honestly Lee is also responsible but I think first of DiDio.
I don't know sometimes I imagine DiDio, Lee and the editors made meetings only to see how could they ruin X character and in general the darker and angstier is better idea happened when he had control and well thanks to DiDio I became a Marvel fan, honestly for me his rising as vice president-editorial in 2002, later as president-executive editor in 2004 and co-publisher in 2010 until now it’s the decline of DC in general, the only good point is Rebirth art which is nice most of the time when they remembered how the characters are supposed to look e.g. Artemis of Bana-Mighdall (who now looks more like a Barbie) and Tim Drake who sometimes looks more like Dick Grayson than himself, Damian's lips in Teen Titans which are really annoying, ect.
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Well until someone lists those things that was not his doing-he gets a D from me.
4th....I don't really know if anything Dan had a hand in brought me in as a fan, I do know he's done a lot that has driven me away as a fan.
THIS THIS THISHe kept complaining of reader apathy, but then gave readers every reason to be apathetic -- and apprehensive -- of each of his radical changes of direction for the company.
I voted C. Average. The 2000-2010 period had some great stuff, but it took a sharp turn downhill after Flashpoint. Neat concept for an event, but it unlike COIE or Infinite Crisis, it completely screwed things up, rather than fixing them
Basically, once they gave Dan the reigns, he took continuity and Old Yeller'd it.
Dude was the effing worst. All he did was one long, extremely tiring, bad, nonstop event, which began with Identity Crisis, and then whatever story had all those Omacs everywhere. Countdown, 52, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis, Blackest Night, Brightest Day...it NEVER stopped with this guy, and ALL the stories were terrible. He was always peddling some bad event, and I was unfortunate enough to start reading DC Comics regularly right around the time he took over. I hated every minute of his stuff and escaped into back issues. It's such a wonder I stuck with this hobby considering how much I actually loathe the stuff that was going on all throughout the time I've been a fan of it. I wouldn't have had I not found the comics medium fascinating. I spit on his era. I poop on it. I literally hate it, and I hope that mainstream comics get better from here, and if they don't that's fine. I really don't think I "need" them anymore. The hope is more so for their own sake.
Hmm, D or F? Cause for me the new 52 era was indeed the worst time ever to be a DC fan.
Ah well, D. I'm in a good mood.