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2010 Reading List - Identity Crisis

Mar 28, 2010 22:03

Book Twenty-one

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2010 reading list, comic books, brad meltzer, superheroes, rags morales

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moondispatches March 28 2010, 18:38:21 UTC

I hate this story and I especially hate the influence it has had on Superhero comics. But I liked your take on it.

mshades March 28 2010, 23:42:31 UTC

Thanks. I know enough people who hate this story and all that has come of it to acknowledge its controversial status. For good or ill, DC made a very clear decision about how they wanted to tell their stories, and this was where it really got started. I imagine the pendulum will swing back at some point and restore the honorable, noble, better hero to the page one day....

midnightsmotley March 28 2010, 21:41:37 UTC

My LiveJournal Review from four years ago is below. This story was dark, dangerous, and while I was sad it moved me away from the nostalgia of what comics *used* to be, it really, really made the most sense. What do you expect to happen if the bad guys really know what's going on? What do you think the Cops and Capes relationship would be? And really, the scene you hit, and I write on in detail below...what happens when being the best isn't enough to save those that really matter ( ... )

mshades March 28 2010, 23:45:32 UTC

Good call on the quote - "Oracle, call Wally." That was an Oh, SHIT moment right there.... Man, I get knotted up just thinking about that scene.