So, Which DC52 for You?

[ignimbrite]

Does anyone truly understand how the new DC universes actually works? So I read over Swamp Thing and Alec Holland seems to be carrying on as he always has even mentioning that he turned into Swamp Thing 20 years ago. Superman on the other hand has only been around five years.

 

The Green Lanterns seem completely messed up as in the first Justice League issue Hal Jordan meets Batman five years ago but in the Green Lantern book Hal Jordan has simply continued his storyline from before Flashpoint. Are there supposed to be multiple Universes that were and were not changed by Flashpoint?

[Shaven Kev-migration]

It is a mess...basically if your book was selling things go on without change, if not then its rebooted. If you are getting sued over the character then its almost unrecognizable like Superman.

 

Someone already pointed out Batwoman is carrying on from previous continuity and without that knowledge you don't know what is going on or who she is.

 

It makes zero sense to acknowledge 20 years of continuity in one book and have half the other books pretending the DCU is 5 years old, and then a few others starting at year 1.

 

 

[TMac]

I read somewhere (can't remember where) that Justice League will match up with the main DC continuity after this story arc....

 

I havent really read any DC since the 80s but have jumped back on with JL, Batman, Tec, Action, Superman, Green Lantern , Flash, and Aquaman.

[400yrs]

Add All Star Western to my list. It was excellent. One of my favorites along with Animal Man.

[dicjones]

I would have preferred to see a clean slate myself...but oh well.

[Dr Carl]

Just to chime in with

 

I liked Batwoman and seemed to follow without ever having read pre DCnU

[Scrooge]

Yea ... but you're a Dr., Dr Carl. We're not all as smart as you are

 

I was able to follow the story but it's quite evident that there's a lot more we could gain from the story and, also, I don't think I care about the ghost / revenant storyline interspeced (sp?) in there.

[Dr Carl]

Well, I'll certainly give you that there are a lot of intersecting storylines, which I think really does add to the complexity:

 

Batman and Batman Inc

Relationship with dad and cousin

Dating police gal

sought after by government organization

ghost storyline (actually really like that one, maybe because I love the color and art around that story)

 

Still, it makes it interesting...

 

Perhaps there could be more pleasure in having read what came before, but sometimes I enjoy the challenge of figuring out the missing pieces - kinda nice to figure it out without all the comments "See issue 76 for details, true believer!" that I grew up with...

[400yrs]

Yea ... but you're a Dr., Dr Carl. We're not all as smart as you are

 

I was able to follow the story but it's quite evident that there's a lot more we could gain from the story and, also, I don't think I care about the ghost / revenant storyline interspeced (sp?) in there.

 

Plus, that ho was pailer than a mother!

[Dr Carl]

Am I the only one slowly losing interest in DCnU - a lot of issue 2 letdown - like "I,Vampire", where I felt issue 2 was issue 1 all over again? And what's with the lousy backstory in All-Star Western, when the front story is so strong?

 

So my pull list dropped to 6 after #2's:

 

AM

Swamp Thing

Batwoman

Frankenstein

Blue Beetle

Wonder Woman

 

You too?

[Scrooge]

I haven't read too many # 2 so far but I liked them so far: Batman, Batgirl, Frankenstein, Swamp Thing, JLA Dark, Resurrection Man, Demon Knights ... and I've been generally pleased with them :shrug:

[Reno McCoy]

I'm currently debating if I should wait for the collected editions on the ones I like.

[dicjones]

I'm glad I stuck with Batwing and have issue 2 a try.

[TJ325]

Justice League

All Batman titles

Aquaman

Teen Titans

Action Comics

Both Legion titles

Stormwatch

Supergirl

 

 

Everything else I will have to thumb through to see if the story is remotely interesting.

[Arsenalherd]

Tried the 1st 2 issues of The Flash and could not believe how bad they were

[Dr Carl]

Tried the 1st 2 issues of The Flash and could not believe how bad they were

 

I must agree. After issue 1, I was sorely disappointed in a title I had high hopes for.

[Pirate]

Flash is a stinker all the way which is disappointing as this whole thing was his fault.

[bane]

So far I've read:

 

Detective Comics #1 - I wasn't liking it to begin with what with the Joker but the ending has actually piqued my interest so moving onto #2.

 

Dark Knight #1 - Finch carries on his fine work on Batman, this I will continue to read.

 

All-Star Western #1 - The best so far, I really enjoy the Victorian Gotham setting, I like Hex as a character and him chasing this Jack the Ripper style villain storyline is really interesting.

 

I, Vampire #1 - Had a very arty feel to it but there was something about it I just liked, will continue with this.

 

Justice League Dark #1 - Didn't like it, found it a tad boring, have cancelled it.

[Hawkman]

Detective and batman have been excellent through 2 issues. Im looking forward to the court of owls story. Gonna drop green lantern. Not interested in anything else.

[John R]

Just read issue 3 of Animal Man and Detective Comics and enjoyed them both. Both will remain on my pull list.