Superman: Earth One and Batman : Earth One Announced
It’s pretty typical to have a comics company launch a new continuity for its flagship franchises every few years. Some hit off great (Ultimate Spider-Man), some fall flat and collect dust (All-Star Batman & Robin).
Geoff Johns recently announced on his Twitter account the next big project he had set for DC in 2010 and it looks like AICN and the DC Blog followed suit in reporting his announcement as well as announcing the other big project. Two big re-boots in the Batman and Superman franchises are are coming our way and will be coming out in an ongoing graphic novel format. Where the writers take this continuity remains to be seen.
This might help a lot for those not able to go through the last few years of DC lore to catch up on their characters. DC did it to a degree with the All-Star franchise of a couple of years ago, but Grant Morrison’s Superman project was all you got that was superb about it. Let’s not even get into what happened with Frank Miller’s Batman All-Star take – just search the forums and you’ll see why people are down on it.
What are your thoughts? Is this needed even with the writing talent behind it in Johns and Straczynski?
Blackest Night’s Future
Because you know Mike and I never talk about it that much, we’re posting the latest from IGN Comics on what to expect from Blackest Night come this February. Click on the pic or this link to read the story.
For those that don’t know, the main Blackest Night book is taking a break in January to allow for multiple tie-ins to dominate that month. I’m not a big fan of keeping track of those whenever a big event is around, but in terms of the storyline, it’s a smart strategy to get each tie-in’s individual stories out of the way so that focus can be put back on the central series.
This just continues to be a remarkable series and these solicits, as vague as they may be in their summaries, could show that it’ll end on a great note.
Comic Book Fury Podcast : Special Edition – The Big Marvel and DC News
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Mike’s schedule didn’t allow him to be here tonight, so I’m taking it solo – God help us all.
I give you my piece on the big two news items in comic book land – Disney purchasing Marvel and DC Comics restructuring to become DC Entertainment. Might sound like the Disney/Marvel deal is bigger news, but you’ll see that DC’s move is just as big.
We’ll be back soon to discuss the latest Blackest Night books and anything else that comes about. Leave your comments on the site and hit Mike and I up on Twitter if you have any questions.
Blackest Night Has Arrived
It’s finally here.
Two years of hype built since the last issue of Sinestro Corps War has come to this. What both Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi have been doing for the main Green Lantern books during this timeframe has been amazing, but now it’s time to take off the kid gloves. Mike and I both picked up issue #1 today and while we will definitely will be talking about this in more detail in our next podcast, I just wanted to share a quick two cents and then sign off.
And that is just simply…..wow.
Obviously we have seven more parts to go in this DC comics event, but if this book is any indication, we’re in for a wild ride. A good build up, lots of drama, and then they hit you hard with what’s to come. Fantastic.
Be on the lookout for the next podcast – we got a LOT to talk about.