Should the "Year One" treatment be done for other DC heroes?

[not_a_victim]

BTW, I searched as best I could, and could not come up with a thread like this one.
Anyway, shoudl DC do more "Year One" stories for other heroes?
I like the idea, but I have some caveats:
1. It should not be used as a way of creating a new origin for the character, though aspects of the origin could be emphasized or explored further.
2. Any attempt should be primarily character driven. I am not saying no action, but any non-action panels should be devoted to the creating/development of the character.
3. I havent decided if the story should be canon, or even accepted into continuity, what do you think?
4. No "Elsewhere" type stories or alternate timeline type stuff. I love alternate versions of the character,as a refeshing way to cleanse the palate, but there are enough of those going around.
What do you think?

[Elijya]

totally, if done right. A number of characters have had year ones of a sort, like Superman: Birthright, but I think I heard that's ooc.

I'd be very interested to see Wonder Woman and J'onn J'onz year ones

[Anubis]

I don't know, they've pretty much done that for most of the big names. Superman, Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, the JLA, Wally West, Green Lantern. I mean, who else? Aquaman maybe? I'd like to see a Teen Titans Year one. Wonder Woman, definatly.

[hippie_hunter]

Barry Allen: Year One or Hal Jordan: Year One would be pretty cool

[Dwarf lord]

I want a JSA: Year One, dammit!

[Green Lantern]

Barry Allen: Year One or Hal Jordan: Year One would be pretty coolHal Jordan: Year One = Emerald Dawn I and II

[Harlekin]

I don't know, they've pretty much done that for most of the big names. Superman, Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, the JLA, Wally West, Green Lantern. I mean, who else? Aquaman maybe? I'd like to see a Teen Titans Year one. Wonder Woman, definatly.
Isn't Time and Tide pretty much Aquaman's Year One?

[Darthphere]

totally, if done right. A number of characters have had year ones of a sort, like Superman: Birthright, but I think I heard that's ooc.

I'd be very interested to see Wonder Woman and J'onn J'onz year ones


Is Birhtright OOC? I thought it was the latest origin of his.:confused:

[Anubis]

Yeah, Birthright is supposed to be in continuity.

Don't know about Time and Tide. never read it.

[Harlekin]

Yeah, Birthright is supposed to be in continuity.

Don't know about Time and Tide. never read it.
It is. Looked up a quick summary, and I read it some time ago. It details how Aquaman first became a hero.

[Anubis]

Well then I oughta stop putting it off and just go ahead and buy it.

[boywondernerdDC]

totally, if done right. A number of characters have had year ones of a sort, like Superman: Birthright, but I think I heard that's ooc.

I'd be very interested to see Wonder Woman and J'onn J'onz year ones

i definetly agree. especially with a martian manhunter year one

[CaptainStacy]

Wonder Woman
Jonn Jozz
The Atom


Does Green Arrow already have one?

Maybe a few DC villains?

Joker: Year One....

[cerealkiller182]

They arnt calling it year one but new Creeper series coming this summer will be a giatn recon of whatever happened with him before. Steve Niles is writing it and i think he's great so I'd prolly pick it up.

Characters I want to see a Year one for:
1.)Question
2.)Martian Manhunter

3.)Etrigan- his fight in King arthur's court with Merlin against Morgain La Fey. I never read his origin or know if that story was ever told. I only hear it in passing when talking about te character. I think this would be awesome.

4.)Blue Devil, and pretty much any 2nd-stringers. Many of which are starting to get some panel time with the new titles coming out. They'd be easiest since you would have the most lee-way(sp?) with the character as far as loyal fans (a la Blade comic and Blade movie).

Villains is a good idea too CaptainStacy, specially since the origin of Joker is limited to flashbacks in THe Killing Joke as far as I could tell. How about Black adam? Have their ever been stories about him that take place in ancient Egypt (or where ever hes from)

[Green Lantern]

Killing Joke is kind of Joker's Year One...

[CConn]

Didn't the first arc of George Pérez's original run over WW's origin? (I'm not sure though, I haven't read it yet :() Why would we need another? :confused:

[The Question]

Characters I want to see a Year one for:
1.)Question



It's actually be interesting to see. Because, unless they did a flashback issue in Denny O'Neil's run that I don't have, we've never actually seen The Question's origin on panel.

[Lone Wolf]

J'onn J'onz

I agree completely, I find Martian to be a very interesting character. If he were to ever get his own Year One which I hope he does, who would you like to see write and draw the book?

[cerealkiller182]

They ever tell the story about how Jonah Hex got scarred?

[Green Lantern]

double post:confused: I only see one :confused:

[cerealkiller182]

:confused: I only see one :confused:

When i first posted it showed 5 different posts, but after i tried i try to edit them they fixed themselves. My bad. Should be fine now

[BrianWilly]

Wonder Woman already has a Year One...the Perez revamp post-Crisis was pretty much retelling her first year out on the job, and it's collected in trades. I reread it recently and it stands the test of time pretty well; no need to confuse her already gobbly continuity with more confuzzlement.

[CaptainStacy]

Villains is a good idea too CaptainStacy, specially since the origin of Joker is limited to flashbacks in THe Killing Joke as far as I could tell. How about Black adam? Have their ever been stories about him that take place in ancient Egypt (or where ever hes from)

Yeah, i think so....there was a 3 issue (iirc) limited series from around 1987 or so, that delved into both Captain Marvel and Black Adam's past.

[TheCorpulent1]

Wonder Woman already has a Year One...the Perez revamp post-Crisis was pretty much retelling her first year out on the job, and it's collected in trades. I reread it recently and it stands the test of time pretty well; no need to confuse her already gobbly continuity with more confuzzlement.
I also read and greatly enjoyed Perez's first post-CoIE Wonder Woman arc. Great stuff that still fits perfectly well with the modern-day iteration of Wonder Woman, at least up to what we know of her going into Infinite Crisis. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a Wonder Woman Year One, since that is essentially what it is, and a damn fine one at that. Plus, it's an excuse to ogle Perez's art at arguably his peak.

Personally, I'd like to see a Power of SHAZAM!/Hawk Family/Dr. Fate Year One. Maybe a maxi-series that details all of the intricate (and almost incestuous) ties between Nabu, Khufu, Teth-Adam, Shazam, Chay-Ara, Carter, Shiera, Hector, et al. once and for all.

[batnkevlar]

JLA needs a Year Two... i LOVED JLA Year One...

Teen Titans Year One...

Barry Allen Year One

Green Arrow Year One

[TheCorpulent1]

"Archer's Quest" covered Green Arrow's early years pretty well. Not quite the structure of a Year One story, but it was just as good.

[Darthphere]

Element Lad Year One.

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, right. If they were gonna do any Legionnaire's Year One story, you know it'd be Matter Eater Lad.

[twylight]

Villains is a good idea too CaptainStacy, specially since the origin of Joker is limited to flashbacks in THe Killing Joke as far as I could tell.

But, that's what makes the Joker so creepy...we know what happened to him, but there are so many unkowns too....it's the x factor.


Yeah, right. If they were gonna do any Legionnaire's Year One story, you know it'd be Matter Eater Lad.

Presenting Matter-Eater Lad!

He was born....and like the rest of the people on his planet is able to eat any matter at all. With no matter.

The End

[not_a_victim]

They ever tell the story about how Jonah Hex got scarred?
He was branded with a heated hatchet. But doesnt he have a string of tissue that connects his upper and lower lip near the middle of his mouth? How could that come from scaring? I always liked Hex, he seemed to be a cowboy version of the Punisher, only Hexed killed for fun and profit.

[Darthphere]

Yeah, right. If they were gonna do any Legionnaire's Year One story, you know it'd be Matter Eater Lad.


Heck is there a Legion year one?

[CaptainStacy]

What about Plastic Man or Elongated Man?

Metal Men might be cool....

[The Question]

He was branded with a heated hatchet. But doesnt he have a string of tissue that connects his upper and lower lip near the middle of his mouth? How could that come from scaring? I always liked Hex, he seemed to be a cowboy version of the Punisher, only Hexed killed for fun and profit.


It was a tomahawk, not a hatchet. And the string of tissue was because the skin melted over onto his botom lip. And he doesn't kill for fun. He's a bounty hunter. Often, his jop requires to bring people in alive. It's just, sometimes he likes to dish out some old fasioned justice.

[not_a_victim]

It was a tomahawk, not a hatchet. And the string of tissue was because the skin melted over onto his botom lip. And he doesn't kill for fun. He's a bounty hunter. Often, his jop requires to bring people in alive. It's just, sometimes he likes to dish out some old fasioned justice.

The "fun and profit" thing was an obviously pitiful stab at tongue-in-cheek humor.
Where I'm from, "hatchet" means anything that looks like a small axe. Sorry for the confusion.