DC Comics Teases a New CRISIS

[MovieBob]

DC Comics Teases a New CRISIS

Is the comics publishing giant already looking to another universal-reboot?

As you DC Universe. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2568-Continanity]

Now, it appears it may be happening again: In an on Facebook, [http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/09/jim-lee-dan-didio-talk-dc-comics-past-present-and-futures-end?page=2] wondering aloud if it was time to "do it one better."

There have technically only been two "official" DCU-reshaping Crises: Crisis on Infinite Earths, which merged DC's Multiverse into a single timeline in 1985, and 2005's Infinite Crisis, which broke them up again. But other events like Final Crisis (despite the title, not technically considered a sequel to the earlier Crises) and Zero Hour have had similar effects. The current The Anti-Monitor [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/4132-Continanity-Rebooted] was the secret true power behind recent grim events.

There has been official confirmation from DC as to what, if anything, is actually being hinted at; and no sense of what (if anything) about current or former continuity a third Crisis would be intended to do (or undo.)


Source: THR [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dc-entertainment-publisher-hints-at-731619]

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[Sheen Lantern]

Wut? Isn't the New 52 still pretty.....New?

 

[Jupiter065]

I don't think DC even knows the difference between babies and bathwater.

 

[Gizmo1990]

I hope not. Yes, some of the stuff they have done with the new 52 has been hit and miss but I have actually enjoyed alot of it. I think I am in the minority but I am enjoying Superman for the first time in years.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

...I'm not a comic guy, save for the classics and the occasional Deadpool volume, but didn't DC JUST HAVE a big reboot? Why reboot again? Constantly hitting the reset button isn't going to fix things guys.

 

[V4Viewtiful]

...I'm not a comic guy, save for the classics and the occasional Deadpool volume, but didn't DC JUST HAVE a big reboot? Why reboot again? Constantly hitting the reset button isn't going to fix things guys.

DC have become creatures of habit

If this comes into fruition, "F*ck You DC"

 

[youji itami]

The only thing DC and Marvel care about is sales and issue number 1's sell best Marvel are going to restart with issue 1's for every story are so once every year or 2 while DC do the continuity reboot that it self takes 1-2 years.

 

[Ticklefist]

As a big huge Catwoman fan, please reboot asap.

 

[synobal]

Its called the "Why won't these comic books sell" crisis.

 

[ekrolo2]

I don't think they'll reboot, maybe remove things people REALLY hate like Teen Titans by Lobdell n some origin stuff but I doubt they'll just end this new continuity.

 

[Ruisu]

Not every crisis are reboots...

Though most of the time they bring retcons of sorts. But whatever, I think DC crisis are super fun anyway.

 

[nathan-dts]

Do it. New 52 sucks and the characters deserve better. Reboot and stick to your universe instead of ruining people's collections.

 

[vid87]

I haven't even read the New 52 and I'm hoping something awful happens to Lobo as a result of this.

 

[Tanis]

It WOULD be nice if DC did a PROPER reboot and had the first year being ORIGIN stories for everyone.

Not like New 52 where they set it YEARS, sometimes, DECADES, after the start.

>_>

 

[Atary77]

This time around for a reboot? DC makes every character as dark and brooding as Batman... or kills everyone except Batman.

 

[Rebel_Raven]

Spoiler

Relevant???

Eh, I wasn't a huge fan of this universe anyhow, but thinking about this is giving me a headache.

captcha: strike a match

 

[Risingblade]

God damn it DC, pick a reboot and stick to it. I barely started 52 a few days ago.

 

[Slayer4472]

Jesus, didn't we just go through this rigmarole a few years ago?

Seriously DC, make interesting content, don't just throw rocks at the reset button every time the Mad Ocelot God tell you to make a poor decision.

 

[SeeDarkly_Xero]

All I can do... is laugh.

I have said often that if New 52 fails badly enough, DC has MORE than shown their willingness to shut down everything and start over. It's just a matter of time... but sadly, I don't really believe THIS is THAT time.

The only thing DC and Marvel care about is sales and issue number 1's sell best Marvel are going to restart with issue 1's for every story are so once every year or 2 while DC do the continuity reboot that it self takes 1-2 years.

I disagree with such comparison. Obviously businesses want to make money. I don't dispute that. But intent and behavior matters.
DC's issue is that instead of trusting talent to do creative and interesting things with the characters, they do whatever marketing and PR execs think will earn them better sales, forcing creators to focus on attaining marketing goals with what they write instead of writing the best stories they can.
I can go into much detail about this theory, but it eats up a lot of my time when I do. Suffice to say I've watched the evidence of this accumulate ever since New 52 began. It's not hard to recognize.

Marvel, on the other hand, may have a habit of "volumizing" titles now, restarting numbering... but not at the expense of the storytelling. And I don't really see that as "bad" if it is an effective strategy for getting new readers. Because honestly, who cares what number the issue is, if the story is creative & good and the product has credibility, and the PR people stay out of the creative teams' way.

Because that's at the heart of the difference between how the two do business:
DC manufactures PR that dictates what their creative teams have to work into the stories...
Marvel trusts its creative teams to tell great stories and their PR department simply reports on what they are doing.
One is passion for the art, the other is just avarice.

 

[shrekfan246]

I hope not. Yes, some of the stuff they have done with the new 52 has been hit and miss but I have actually enjoyed alot of it. I think I am in the minority but I am enjoying Superman for the first time in years.

I wasn't that big on the Action Comics line, but the actual Superman comics I found to be pretty decent. Other than that, I've only really been following Batman though.

OT: This is one of the reasons I took so long to start actually reading comics in the first place. Continuity is insane, and it's impossible for me to even fathom trying to follow all of the nonsense they've been doing. I saw a blog post a few weeks back that was trying to organize the entire post-Year One Batman continuity (it had categories for Gold- and Silver-Age as well) and reading through it was fascinating simply due to how ridiculous and bloated it was. You wonder how Batman ever has time to help out the Justice League in the first place.

As far as DC rebooting everything again is concerned, eh... I mean... fine? I'm really enjoying Batman and Batman Eternal as well as a good number of Detective Comics and Batgirl, but other than that I don't really care and I've never been someone who's really let canon bother me anyway. EDIT: It's all just about finding good points to jump in where minimal extraneous reading would be required.