DC Comics Rebooting Entire Universe Back to #1

[nothingspringstomind]

I had literally *JUST* recieved the D.C. Encyclopedia in order to catch up on the storylines
AND THEY GO AND REBOOT EVERYTHING?!?!?!?!

NNNRRRAAARRGH

*head explodes*

 

[John the Gamer]

Knowing moviebob, this will probably get another "big picture" episode. I guess they're trying to cash in on all the movies that are being made around superheroes. Getting a jounger and bigger audience into comics wouldn't hurt them.

 

[Infernai]

I felt a great disturbance in the force: It was as though a million DC fans cried out in pain and were suddenly silenced...

In all seriousness though, is it just me or is mass media in general going a bit reboot crazy as of late? (Mortal Kombat, Devil May Cry, Batman, Spiderman, etc.). At this rate, the reboots are gonna be rebooted before we even reach the decade mark..

 

[Desert Tiger]

So... DC Universe Online, huh? How are they gonna explain the differences with that?

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Dang. I was hoping they were going to segregate every hero into a separate universe, because man are crossovers dumb.

 

[Wolfenbarg]

Bob is going to love this. I wonder if he'll mention it in a future episode of The Big Picture.

 

[Atheist.]

So piss off the old fans to get new ones. Good move, DC.

 

[Deadyawn]

Hmmm...DC. Who did they make again? Oh look some dudes I don't care about and...BATMAN! YAY!

Seriously though, I don't care about this very much. Normally I would say that this is a pretty stupid thig to do but considering that canon in comics is usually so completely muddled and confusing, this might be a step in the right direction. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

[JoshuaMadoc]

*sigh* I'm getting absolutely tired of this. Why bother rebooting when all the negative quirks that plague western comics still linger on like a Lich with a vengeance in the shape of a wedgie mark?

I'd really like to wake up to the day where they finally rectify all of that, starting with the combat. Sorry, but Japan is at least doing THAT right, no matter how much they punch physics in the balls for each action their characters make. Oh, and don't get me started with anti-speedline rants.

 

[Quellist]

You know what? This kind of stupidity is what hurts how comics are viewed worldwide. A bunch of poorly-dressed people engaging in inane adventures that should have been resolved, one way or another, decades ago.

There are great comics about every single subject under the sun, and this super-hero bullshit still grabs the news more than any other theme explored in graphic novels.

I am officially praying for the day this whole genre enters a massive economic and creative meltdown.

And this is why i dont read DC or Marvel. Multiple creators with multiple agendas, confusion and reboots.

Pfft, i like a little continuity in what i read

And thank God/Dawkins that there are many other comics around the world. I pass at the childish continuity clusterfuck spelunking.

I hear you, once you've read stuff like Luther Arkwright, Zenith, Transmetropolitan etc (the list is near endless), you begin to wince at the very existance of Marvel/DC. Seriously i think those two companies are about the best argument against comics being art

 

[Demonicdan]

I hope they call the digital comics DC DC's.

 

[Vault Citizen]

I'm in the "hardcore and annoyed" category of fans. Losing the continuity bothers me a ittle but not nearly as much as the prospect of losing characters like Damian Wayne or Cassandra Cain (who has only just become a Bat family member again). In the particular case of Birds of Prey its stupid it is getting a reboot (assuming it will still be up in September) because it is only on issue 12 now (possibly 13).

To the people who dislike the continuity it really isn't that big a barrier, if you have access to wiki then it should fill in any of the gaps you really want to know and I think it is only stuff like Grant Morisson's take on Batman that requires you to know all of it. I, for example, only got into Green Lantern in Blackest Night and I haven't been lost once.

As it stands (assuming I don't just drop my dc reading when it comes to September) the two positives I see to this are

1)It will give me a chance to drop some titles and order less comics each month
2)I could read characters I have never read before, since I don't know anything about them their reboot won't annoy me as much and so I can see what characters I've been missing while buying pretty much everything Batman that dc puts out.

 

[Keirgo]

Firstly....AAAAARRRRGHHHHHHHH!!!! *MUCHFROTHING*

Second, if the entire point is to 'inject new life' into the stories wouldn't, I don't know, continuing to write stories and let the world advance work better? The stagnation is caused by them refusing to move forward, moving backwards is not going to sovle this. Batman and Superman's stories have been told a million times over. EVERYONE knows them now, but as many people have said, things like Dick as Batman is genuinely new and interesting. There was promise at the end of 52 of Wonder Woman becomming interesting as Donna Troy took up the mantle as Diana left it to work for Checkmate.

Hell, lots of interesting promise keeps getting shot down the drain to keep things as they used to be. Why do comic writers keep thinking 'new' means 'go back to the beginning'?

 

[Nami nom noms]

Are they ACTUALLY changing the characters? They don't look that different...
I only ask because I've never really been into any of the DC lot. They don't really appeal to me... but if they mix it up a bit maybe.

 

[Toriver]

I never got into comics because, well, fuck reading 60 years worth of comics for hundreds of heros just to get caught up.
I am actually really interested in this, and if I can pay online and have a comic delivered to my inbox every month (Week? month?) then that greatly increases the odds of buying.

This for me too. I've been wanting to get into Big 2 comics myself for years (I read some Dark Horse comics and the Archie Sonic SatAm comics as a kid), but it's always the f***ed up continuity and 50+ years of having to read EVERY. SINGLE. CHARACTER's comic just to understand one character's story that puts a very heavy bar on getting into them. The downside of having adult fans with Trekkie-like attention to detail and ability to whine about messing with even a letter of it, coupled with that 50+ years of history and having to come up with unique stories for that amount of time. Not to mention the idea of crossovers, which are cool for seeing your favorite characters interact but provide the biggest potential to screw up not just one continuity but that of all characters involved. With this complete reboot, they can start over fresh and bring in many fans of the characters like myself, who may have been reticent to actually read the comics for those reasons, as well as the kids. It may not be just the kids who will get introduced to superhero comics...

 

[PorkChopXpress]

So...does this mean Grant Morrison is going to abandon Batman Incorporated, and Dick Grayson isn't going to be Batman anymore?" I've loved these books so far, and I'd hate for them to wrap this up prematurely just so DC can reboot itself all over again. DC you really irritate me sometimes.

 

[Lazarus Long]

Yeah. Because Brand New Day went over so well. I got a shiny new quarter says this lasts about as long as Superman's death.

 

[Hollock]

Why is Cyborg on the team? He's part of the Teen Titans, or at least that's where he starts. Or will there be no Teen Titans, and each one of the members is already doing something else? If that's the case, then I have no interest in this. Teen Titans is the only DC comic series that I read. This also raises an interesting point for Nightwing. Is he going to be reset all the way back to Robin, or will he stay as Nightwing? If he does go back to Robin, will he ever become Nightwing? So many questions.

I don't know if this is the case with all comics right now, but right now nightwing is gotham citys batman while Batman Batman is making batman inc.

Edit: And I was just getting used to the continuity too (started really reading around blackest night)

 

[Cookiegerard]

*Cough*Money making scheme*cough*