quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: I am not opposed to Robinson designing a new parallel world. I just wish it was not being called Earth-2. I know Earth-2. This ain't it.
Amen to that, Kent.
And, like Sarky, I feel really bad for Nicola Scott. This should have been a time for celebration, with a female artist getting an A-List team book for the first time. Instead, it's all starting to look more like a trainwreck waiting to happen.
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Well, I'm pretty sure Nicola Scott understood the pitch going in and wasn't some kind of victim here, guys, so feeling bad for her seems a bit over the top, eh?
Now, though, we know why this book was called "Earth Two" and not "JSA". I'm still gonna give it a try. Robinson is always at his best when given some space to do his own thing. If I don't like what I see, I'll drop it like a hot potato like I do pretty much anything (other than LSH) that doesn't do much for me.
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From: The Underbelly of Society | Registered: Jul 2003
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Lardy, I supposed I did overreact, but I think it is possible that the "meat" of the book may have changed during the voyage from Point A to Point B. Nicola might have thought it was going to be more like the old-school Earth 2 or even the old-school (Goyer/Johns era) JSA.
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I'm starting to get the same feeling in my gut that I got just before the last time I quit buying new comics for over ten years. In fact, it was seeing a Justice Society book on the racks a few years ago that got me interested in buying comics again. Maybe it's time to find something else to spend my money on.
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You should spend your money on Atomic Robo, which is better than anything DC is publishing.
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From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
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I guess getting back to the 1960s context of Earth-2 having a 20-year head start over Earth-1, some of what he is doing makes sense - drawing from a little of old Earth-2 with some 1990ish 'grim and gritty, like Watchmen, but without the substance.'
Indeed, even in the late 70s/early 80s, until right before All-Star Squadron, there did seem to be a contradiction of the 20-year rule with WW2 - the Levitz origin was clearly WW2, yet other stories adered to the 20-year rule. In Detective 500, for instance, the lead story is set on the 20th anniversary of the Waynes' death and the 40th of the Earth-2 Waynes' death; Batman and Robin go to another Earth to save that world's Waynes. That story put the E-2 Waynes' too close to WW2 for Batman to have been in a wartime story.
So I guess, upon further reflection, I am just put out that I never got the chance to see Earth-2 done anything remotely close to how I would do it. I do hope Robinson's project does turn out to be just as exciting as I found Earth-2 to be in the late 70s and early 80s. Maybe someday I'll read the trades.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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Well, this is a fustercluck, isn't it? Was anyone clamouring for post-apocalyptic Young JSA starring Widower Superman, Last Amazon Wonder Woman and Thomas Wayne?
[And a REALLY, REALLY ugly redesign for Jay Garrick]
They needed at least a 20 year span for E2's super-history. Yoking it to the same "Five Year Life" as the DCnU is... yeah...
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Every new announcement I see makes me more and more glad that I dropped DC Comics completely. They honestly seem to be determined to tell the kinds of stories and create the kind of universe that is the exact opposite from what I want in my super-hero comics. Not to mention the eye-sore of looking at all those ugly costume redesigns.
I honestly feel that completely ending my relationship with that company has been the best decision I've made in a long time, both for my wallet and my blood pressure.
I'm actually surprised that so many posters here haven't also dropped them, because, other than a few bright spots (e.g. Swamp Thing, Batwoman, Flash, etc.), I see so little about the DCnU that appeals.
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Wow, that Jay Garrick redesign is ugly. Makes me even more worried about the Alan Scott redesign. (which is funny considering Alan's original costume is red, green and purple...)
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