J. Michael Straczynski talks Red Circle and his upcoming Brave and the Bold stories

[pyrotwilight]

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21346

Looks to be pretty fun, particularly the Brave and the Bold stories. Not sure if I'm keen on grabbing the Red Circle stuff though.

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[greenmask]

..Does Jesus Saiz have a brother named Simon?

[sailorlibra]

Among those coming up afterward are Deadman/Wonder Woman, Jor-El/Jonathan Kent, Aquaman/the Demon, Captain Marvel/Bizarro World Captain Marvel, League of Substitute Heroes/The Inferior Five, Dr. Fate/Green Lantern, the Atom/Phantom Stranger and Brother Power, the Geek/Hawk and Dove.

Yes! The concept of Superman's two daddies hanging out together has really interested me lately, and this feels like perfect timing. :D

[pyrotwilight]

Makes me wonder if it'll reference Superman/Batman #50 where they met before as well.

But I totally want to see the Batman/Dial H for Hero and Legion of Substitues/Inferior Five.

[stubbleupdate]

Is it my imagination, or is the Red Circle very similar to the Twelve and Project Superpowers in terms of the basic concept of the line?

[kelson]

Not sure about Project Superpowers, since I haven't read it, but Red Circle doesn't seem to be much like the Twelve at all except that it involves re-establishing a bunch of heroes who haven't been used in a while.

The Twelve is a fish-out-of-water story contrasting the 1940s and the present day by bringing some forgotten heroes from the past into the present.

Red Circle is rebooting a bunch of forgotten characters and setting them in the present.

If anything, it's more like DC bringing Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, the Question etc. from Charlton into the DCU during the 1980s. Or the Impact Comics line from the early 1990s, which also revamped the Red Circle characters, just set them in their own universe.

[90scartoonman]

Bizarro World Captain Marvel? That's going to be interesting.