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I hope this doesn't mean Guillem March is leaving Catwoman! I was just raving about how awesome his artwork is. I'm not all that interested in Talon, despite Snyder's involvement, though I am a fan of March.
Meanwhile, the Phantom Stranger thing is kind of outrageous. Dan Didio has used his powers as a high ranking executive in the company to ensure he is the writer on a series that appears critical to the overall story of the DCnU and the next big storyline / crossover. Meaning, its guaranteed a certain amount of sales; ipso facto, he's guaranteed a certain amount of royalties. This is a violation of one of the major principles of business and the kind of thing people lose their minds over when it happens at investment banks and insurance companies.
The Team Seven series is interesting enough that I'll sample it. Jordan is an unknown but that isn't good nor bad. His "Strange Talent of Luthor Strode" is almost universally praised and is on my list of trades to buy.
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From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Three launches in, there's one genre conspicuously missing from DC's admirable attempt to broaden the range of its offerings: Science Fiction/Space opera.
No, Legion doesn't count, they're still super-heroes.
No Adam Strange, Captain Comet, L.E.G.I.O.N./R.E.B.E.L.S, Omega Men, Tommy Tomorrow, Space Ranger...
Does DC the genre is just too dead? I think Marvel got some traction with the Annihilation stuff. Maybe they're taking cues from the creators, and none of them seem interested in exploring sci-fi characters?
-------------------- Chaim Mattis Keller ckeller@nyc.rr.com Legion-Reference-File Lad
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Well, the Amethyst team certainly sounds promising. I wasn't a Jem fan growing up, but I did like some of the music. I really like Aaron Lopresti's work, if he keeps it from being too cheesecakey.
I lament that it's an anthology, but that does open the door to Arion and Warlord in the future.
I like the mystics, so I'll probably at least try the first issue of "Phantom Stranger," despite Didio's involvement. But the others don't interest me in the least.
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From: Standing beside you in Ferndale, MI | Registered: Aug 2003
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I was thinking the same thing about sci-fi, cmk. I was also thinking the Legion would be better off grouped with sci-fi titles than the "young heroes" genre they seem to want it to fit in.
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quote:Originally posted by Suddenly Seymour: Well, the Amethyst team certainly sounds promising. I wasn't a Jem fan growing up, but I did like some of the music. I really like Aaron Lopresti's work, if he keeps it from being too cheesecakey.
I lament that it's an anthology, but that does open the door to Arion and Warlord in the future.
I like the mystics, so I'll probably at least try the first issue of "Phantom Stranger," despite Didio's involvement. But the others don't interest me in the least.
The Misfits were better.
-------------------- I want to be hated by lies - Bring Back Lian Harper
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: Guys... Amethyst is going to be written by Christy Marx.
As in the woman who wrote and helped create Jem Christy Marx.
Cue obligatory "Amethyst is Truly Outrageous" joke.
OMG!!!!!!
Christy Marx is my HEROINE!! I wouldn't be writing if it weren't for her!!! Not so much because of Jem, although I did like that show, but because she wrote episodes of G.I. Joe and Spider-Man!!!!! Also what was in my opinion the ONLY good episode of Beast Wars, "Transmutate."
Damn you, DC! Just as I was comfortably settling into my hiatus from comics!
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: Does anyone else wonder if there'll be any Legion references in Amethyst?
Well, Gemworld was, IIRC*, the same world as Zerox (the Sorceror's World), wasn't it? And didn't a younger Mordru appear in the original series?
*I've never read a lick of Amethyst (except possibly a free insert preview DC ran in DCCP back in the day), so this is half-remembered stuff I mighta heard!
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Yes, Zerox is Gemworld, and Mordru plays a big part. In TM (minus K), Mysa was channeling Amythest for awhile while battling Mordru during Legion of the Dead.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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So, the cancelled titles are JLI, Voodoo, Resurrection Man, and Captain Atom.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: So, the cancelled titles are JLI, Voodoo, Resurrection Man, and Captain Atom.
Four titles I was buying, too. Guess that $12 a month will have to go toward paying off the new lawnmower I just bought.
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No surprise on the new three cancelled series. The only real surprise is DC is intent to sticking with 52 ongoing series.
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I really like Aaron Lopresti's work, if he keeps it from being too cheesecakey.![[Embarrassed]](redface.gif)
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Guess that $12 a month will have to go toward paying off the new lawnmower I just bought. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
