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With Vibe and Katana getting their own series pretty soon, it got me wondering…what other C or D list characters from DC should get ongoing series? My picks would be: Creeper Doom Patrol Fire and Ice Hardware Icon and Rocket
I would also salvage some of the old earth 2 and justice society characters and put them on main earth like what has been done to Geoff John's favorite Stargirl. I think main earth solo books of these might do ok : rebooted Wildcat, rebooted Starman, rebooted Dr Fate, rebooted Iron Munro, rebooted Fury (helena kosmatos). As for the redundant characters like Jay Garrick and Alan Scott, these can be rebooted on main earth into a new team that can be called Justice Society or some other name like the way Gen 13 turned into Ravagers.
1- reboot KK Again? though i dont think it would work in the 21st century
2- technically isnt that the idea of JLD, though i could see a new Books of Magic ongoing coming out of it
3- that was already done
4- probably not soon, i would DC to just re-establish the entire Milestone U in DC, but it would need a lot of planification and effort and after the amazing train wreak that was Static is something that might never happen
5- Of course its going to happen, did you knew that other than LSH and Punisher, Doom Patrol is the comic book with more reboots
6- possible that if Katanna's ongoing gets cancelled that a new Outsiders is made out of it
7- I hear that is already on it way under Jim Lee, its his main series after all, so its just a matter of time
@Stormbox said:
Steel
how about a Batwing/Steel/Hardware ongoing instead, you know, for diversity =D
seriously though i would like it if this had anything to do with the Steel on Animalman
@colonyofcells said:
I would also salvage some of the old earth 2 and justice society characters and put them on main earth like what has been done to Geoff John's favorite Stargirl. I think main earth solo books of these might do ok : rebooted Wildcat, rebooted Starman, rebooted Dr Fate, rebooted Iron Munro, rebooted Fury (helena kosmatos). As for the redundant characters like Jay Garrick and Alan Scott, these can be rebooted on main earth into a new team that can be called Justice Society or some other name like the way Gen 13 turned into Ravagers.
I think Ray can be rebooted more times as needed. With Legion Lost getting cancelled, it is time to just reboot the Legion into the 21st century to compete with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy who are getting a movie. The Katana comic is mentioning Outsiders so looks like Outsiders is on its way. For Blue Devil, I prefer the original concept where the guy is a tech genius like Ted Kord which seems to be the New 52 version. DC already has Etrigan so there is no great need for Blue Devil to be a real demon. Black Lightning having lightning colored black is just dumb. Are people no longer allowed to call African Americans Black ?
@Stormbox: That is an an alternate version of him. I am beginning to think that DC should just get rid of him, and focus on his niece Natasha. She has more potential to be a prominent character in DC. She is a teenager, so they can put her in the Titans, or they could give her her own series, which I am in favor of. She is a child genius with attitude, and she could be another one of DC's female characters in the forefront of the action. Or, DC can even start another teen team featuring her, Traci Thirteen (if we ever see her again), and some other gals and guys in the DC universe.
@Stormbox: Yeah. I agree with you. My only reasoning for my opinion is that when you think about it, DC has almost a surplus of Steel-like characters. Cyborg, and Mr. Terrific, who was handled poorly, also Hardware, and Static to name a few. They are all tech guys that DC could use instead. Also, Steel is still and perhaps will always be stuck in the shadow of Superman.
I just think having a female headline a sci-fi book at DC would be awesome. I am not bashing you or anything, I am just offering my input.
@Twentyfive: No rpoblem with that, i wasnt offended or anything
The problem with that is that a female minority character wouldnt sell at all unless you put geoff johns and jim lee in the book and publicized it as the most important book for the future of the dc universe
@arnoldoaad: It wouldnt work for dc, thas what i meanrt
Id still follow steel wherever he went, but its pretty obvious dc isnt going to sacrifice one of their black characters, especially one that has some degree of success (horrible movie but still counts, 90s series, jla membership)
@arnoldoaad: It wouldnt work for dc, thas what i meanrt
Id still follow steel wherever he went, but its pretty obvious dc isnt going to sacrifice one of their black characters, especially one that has some degree of success (horrible movie but still counts, 90s series, jla membership)
he would still have the mind of a black man, also its not like it would matter much on the superhero design since both hide his skin and face
@arnoldoaad: It wouldnt work for dc, thas what i meanrt
Id still follow steel wherever he went, but its pretty obvious dc isnt going to sacrifice one of their black characters, especially one that has some degree of success (horrible movie but still counts, 90s series, jla membership)
he would still have the mind of a black man, also its not like it would matter much on the superhero design since both hide his skin and face
Again, that wouldnt matter to dc, and theyre the ones who have a say here, not us
Like i said, i wouldnt mind it, but dc obviously want their black readers to relate to an actual black character not a robot with the mind of a black guy
I personally dont believe in this "relate" bs, but the big companies like dc and marvel seem to do
Anyway, if they really were interested in pushing diversity, they should give some of JLI's characters some solo ongoings. Maybe have a Booster Gold title with several JLI guest stars. Or, more directly, give Fire, August General in Iron, or Vixen ongoings.
@arnoldoaad: It wouldnt work for dc, thas what i meanrt
Id still follow steel wherever he went, but its pretty obvious dc isnt going to sacrifice one of their black characters, especially one that has some degree of success (horrible movie but still counts, 90s series, jla membership)
he would still have the mind of a black man, also its not like it would matter much on the superhero design since both hide his skin and face
Again, that wouldnt matter to dc, and theyre the ones who have a say here, not us
Like i said, i wouldnt mind it, but dc obviously want their black readers to relate to an actual black character not a robot with the mind of a black guy
I personally dont believe in this "relate" bs, but the big companies like dc and marvel seem to do
I agree with you in that its not really necessary to be relatable in such degree just dont think that DC wouldnt care, after all, they just replaced the Specter from a black man to a white man, and The Question from a lesbian hispanic woman to a white man, hell even Bwanna Beast is back and his name literally means the "White god of the mountain" who btw Lives in africa
and not to selfpromote myself much but I made this last week
he would still have the mind of a black man, also its not like it would matter much on the superhero design since both hide his skin and face
Again, that wouldnt matter to dc, and theyre the ones who have a say here, not us
Like i said, i wouldnt mind it, but dc obviously want their black readers to relate to an actual black character not a robot with the mind of a black guy
I personally dont believe in this "relate" bs, but the big companies like dc and marvel seem to do
I agree with you in that its not really necessary to be relatable in such degree just dont think that DC wouldnt care, after all, they just replaced the Specter from a black man to a white man, and The Question from a lesbian hispanic woman to a white man, hell even Bwanna Beast is back and his name literally means the "White god of the mountain" who btw Lives in africa
and not to selfpromote myself much but I made this last week
he would still have the mind of a black man, also its not like it would matter much on the superhero design since both hide his skin and face
Again, that wouldnt matter to dc, and theyre the ones who have a say here, not us
Like i said, i wouldnt mind it, but dc obviously want their black readers to relate to an actual black character not a robot with the mind of a black guy
I personally dont believe in this "relate" bs, but the big companies like dc and marvel seem to do
I agree with you in that its not really necessary to be relatable in such degree just dont think that DC wouldnt care, after all, they just replaced the Specter from a black man to a white man, and The Question from a lesbian hispanic woman to a white man, hell even Bwanna Beast is back and his name literally means the "White god of the mountain" who btw Lives in africa
and not to selfpromote myself much but I made this last week
I hadnt seen it that way, still i think steel going into a robot body is a bit too radical wheres the question and spectre where originally white
yeah, but so Blue Beetle and yet Jamie Reyes is the current BB instead of Ted Kord,
i just fail to see why the hell did Didio brought back Jim Corrigan when he hasnt been relevant in comics for over a decade, i can almost understand montoya but its hard to justify specially cause of how heavily promoted were this character at the time
When they had that short animated Jim Corrigan in a dvd, I could smell that the more iconic Jim Corrigan was on the way back. Unfortunately, the more iconic Ted Kord has been replaced by a hispanic.
I prefer to use Captain Comet Adam Blake to start dc's own mutant group. DC has had many versions of Manhunter and my favorite version is Mark Shaw who had a regular series after the Millenium event altho it is better for Mark Shaw to be rebooted so he can have a new origin independent of the androids from the Green Lantern mythology. I also like the Paul Kirk Manhunter of Walt Simonson and that version is easier to reboot for the New 52. Flashpoint had Sandman (the golden age version) so maybe dc has plans to reboot Sandman Wesley Dodds for the main earth. I am sure lots of people miss the New Gods and so far we have seen Apokolips and New Genesis already. Hopefully, we can see an Orion, Mr Miracle and Forever People books soon.
I prefer to use Captain Comet Adam Blake to start dc's own mutant group. DC has had many versions of Manhunter and my favorite version is Mark Shaw who had a regular series after the Millenium event altho it is better for Mark Shaw to be rebooted so he can have a new origin independent of the androids from the Green Lantern mythology. I also like the Paul Kirk Manhunter of Walt Simonson and that version is easier to reboot for the New 52. Flashpoint had Sandman (the golden age version) so maybe dc has plans to reboot Sandman Wesley Dodds for the main earth.
I'd like to see series on Milestone characters like Icon & Rocket, Xombi, and Hardware. I'd also give Simon Dark, Martian Manhunter, Orion, and Connor Hawke ongoings.
The current New 52 reboot is mostly a return to the beginnings of the silver age (some are from the beginnings of the golden age) so we have a young Barry Allen and Wally West is still nowhere to be seen. Dc does seem to favor the earliest versions more, so for Manhunter, my guess is dc will choose the Walt Simonson Paul Kirk Manhunter for the New 52 reboot. Some exceptions are Ted Kord altho with more reboots, even Ted Kord might be back as the Blue Beetle and the hispanic version could be erased later on.
Metamorpho also had a cameo in the first issue of JLI so it looks like DC still has plans for Metamorpho even though they will use Element Woman in the Justice League bec. the Justice League needs more women and minorities.
I really want Icon to get his own series in the New 52. Milestone seriously needs more representation in the new 52. And I think a Plastic Man series would be hilarious.
I think they should use the Fawcett characters on Earth-5, the Justice Squadron, put maybe a GL & a Flash over there, build them up with some characters taken from the main earth over to there.
Then eventually with Charlton & the Freedom Fighters
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