So, DC is going through a massive relaunch, and of course this means that NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME EVER AGAIN EVER. Which, as long-time DC readers, we know is code for “We’re throwing out all the crap we did for the last reboot and returning stuff to the status quo.”
Yep, we’re largely back to the way things were in Battown. Bruce Wayne is becoming Bats again, Dick Grayson is back to being Nightwing, except now he has a fancy red stripe on his suit, and so on. Oh, and Barbara Gordon is back to being Batgirl, which we’re sure there will be some controversy over. Oh, and Jason Todd’s going to be leading a new Outsiders, although it’s not actually going to be called “Outsiders”, but it’s got a former Robin, Arsenal and Starfire, so really, it’s “Outsiders”.
On the bright side, everything Grant Morrison wrote is still in play, and Damien Wayne is still Robin. But that’s pretty much the only change they’re keeping.
Basically, DC just unmade most of its decisions from about 1980 on.
[ via the Batfamily at IGN ]
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Damian.
Also, meh.
I really liked Damian and Dick together, I’m less interested in the Father/Son stuff. Also, bring Barbara out of the chair is stupid. No more Oricle now, they should’ve just brought back Cassandra.
Also, but Barbara out of the chair, and Jason Todd alive, it really lessens Joker’s legacy and the effect of THE KILLING JOKE…
so this is what the 5th or 100th time the DCU has been rebooted. As flawed as the marvel universe is atleast every issue is in continuity (yes event he SpiderMan Clone Saga). As far as I can see this is just another fix to the DCU because they wanted there own Bendis so badly they let Grant fuck everything up for sales ….. so short term benefit to long term pissing off your fans great work DC. Personally I will be culling the 30 DC books I collect down to 5 and will be putting more Marvel books in my standing order. MAKE MINE MARVEL TRUE BELIEVERS.
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There is no amount of writing that DC could produce to get me to actually become a Marvel fan because apparently being a Marvel fan means going on message boards and pimping your shitty blog. I hate Morrison, I hate what he’s done to the DC universe…but at least I don’t read from a company that hasn’t had a good idea in twenty years.