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perletwo in noscans_daily

DCnU: incubator for new characters, or just a recycling bin for old ones?

May 27, 2013 15:19

I asked this over on Tumblr in response to this post on Starling's departure from BoP at DC Women Kicking Ass: Other than Starling, has the DCnU created any successful new characters ( Read more... )

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perletwo May 27 2013, 20:28:12 UTC

No, this is good! I was hoping to jumpstart a discussion with this post.

Who was new in the DCnU that you liked, at least initially?

katieupsidedown May 28 2013, 05:24:47 UTC

I'm (sort of) one of the "new fans" who just started buying books on the regular since the reboot. I can't say there are any characters I love now (Starling aside) that didn't exist pre-reboot. I mean, I didn't buy books often, but I was aware of characters. And none of the characters I love now are Brand Spanking New. The only real positive difference for me? I really love Red Hood and the Outlaws. Not only has it improved characterization for Jason, but I enjoy Roy and Kory more now than before as well. Aside from that, I don't notice a marked improvement, although I'm content to happy with all my books.

bj_l May 29 2013, 11:21:11 UTC

So... whatever happened to that new Aqualad? Wasn't he meant to be one of the big names once the Nu52 happened?

jlbarnett May 30 2013, 01:29:50 UTC

no, he was one of the characters who's story was cut off by the introduction of the Nu52.

icon_uk May 30 2013, 12:54:00 UTC

Talon is actually a very enjoyable series I feel guilty for not posting more of over on s_d. It's not groundbreaking, but it's entertaining and well told.

I think you eventually have to ask "When does a reboot become a new character?"

The new Amethyst (another excellent series) has a very different story to it than the original. Rather than a sort of genderswapped Shazam with more than a pinch of She-Ra, fighting the evil Dark Opal, it's a sort of political story where a young woman comes into a title and powers on another world, and the internal politics and inter-House rivalries are just as deadly, but there's no automatic "bad guy". Other than the name and the preponderance of gemstones, they don't have a lot in common.

spiritoftherain June 24 2013, 21:50:05 UTC

I'm not really able to afford comic books right now, but when I did, I usually made space for DC's Dial H for Hero. Now those had some characters that were fun to see.

Same goes for Demon Knights, from what I heard.

Both are being cancelled now, of course.