The now NEW Official DC Stupid Questions thread: Didio Headaches - Part 1

[WolfCypher]

@WompuM: That's stupid. I'm already bitter with Catwoman/Batman's status quo being sh&t upon, but to take that info from Vicki, Huntress & Joker?

 

[Charlie Boy]

Because DC's higher-ups said so.

Yeah..But like, how?

 

[Panthro]

Is the Elseworlds story "Green Lantern: Evil's Might" worth reading?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah..But like, how?

They haven't seen fit to inform us plebs yet, as far as I know.

 

[Charlie Boy]

Oh that's just fantastic.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Swamp Thing question: So, Alec Holland is back as of Brightest Day and trying to reconcile his new life with memories he has from the Swamp Thing entity. But what happened to the Swamp Thing entity himself? Or Tefe, for that matter? Last time I picked up a current Swamp Thing comic was during Andy Diggle's Vertigo series, and that was all about Tefe and the Swamp Thing somehow losing his humanity. Now there's been no mention of either in the new Swamp Thing series.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they just don't exist. Technically, those were still coming off the same series, but it was coming out around the time when Vertigo stuff taken from the DCU was distancing itself from the previous material as much as it could. I think hippie_hunter mentioned in one thread that DC actually designated an Earth in the 52 universe for some of these stories (not sure on that though, didn't check). I also believe, if I'm not mistaken, Abby was shown to be aging in more real time-esque in many of those stories, which is obviously not the case in the relaunch. So, yeah, until otherwise addressed, I'm going to assume that stuff post-Moore on the title probably no longer count.

 

[WolfCypher]

Can the Green Lanterns travel at light speed? How do they get from planet to planet when most of these alien worlds they visit are far beyond DC's Earth's galaxy? And if they can travel at light speed, why has this never been seen used during combat?

 

[Anubis]

Worm Holes.

 

[WolfCypher]

OK, follow-up question...are you being serious?

 

[Anubis]

Yes.

 

[Spider - Man]

So Greg Cox has several novelizations out now. I read 52 and thought it was pretty good. I see he has 'Infinite Crisis', 'Final Crisis', and 'Countdown' out now. What order should these be read in? Countdown just came out so I assume it would be last. Also Marv Wolfman has 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' Where would that fall in the order?

 

[Swordmaster]

You could skip Countdown with no consequence. It's Infinite Crisis, 52, technically Countdown, and Final Crisis.

Of course, the best bet is to just read the comics they're based on, especially 52.

 

[Cain]

Don't even skim through Countdown. It's that worthless a story in any format.

It would go

Crisis on Infinite Earths ---> Infinite Crisis ---> Final Crisis.

 

[hippie_hunter]

What Cain said.

 

[Spider - Man]

Much appreciated!

 

[WompuM]

@WompuM: That's stupid. I'm already bitter with Catwoman/Batman's status quo being sh&t upon, but to take that info from Vicki, Huntress & Joker?

Dude, I didn't write it. But if Joker does know, he doesn't care. He doesn't care about Bruce, only Batman. In that regard, it is doubtful he would even give a **** and go after Alfred if he got the chance. Only Robin, Catwoman, Comm'r Gordan, etc.

Yeah..But like, how?

Hasn't been made clear. A "miracle." (What the vague book says)

Swamp Thing question: So, Alec Holland is back as of Brightest Day and trying to reconcile his new life with memories he has from the Swamp Thing entity. But what happened to the Swamp Thing entity himself? Or Tefe, for that matter? Last time I picked up a current Swamp Thing comic was during Andy Diggle's Vertigo series, and that was all about Tefe and the Swamp Thing somehow losing his humanity. Now there's been no mention of either in the new Swamp Thing series.

Alec Holland himself connects to the Green now, so he'll probably morph into Swamp Thing and back, thereby taking away any tragic aspects to the character. But I'm not positive.

Can the Green Lanterns travel at light speed? How do they get from planet to planet when most of these alien worlds they visit are far beyond DC's Earth's galaxy? And if they can travel at light speed, why has this never been seen used during combat?

Worm Holes.

OK, follow-up question...are you being serious?

Yes.

GL rings have been shown to do all kinds of crazy **** over the years. In Emerald Dawn, Hal could go through walls. In the movie, I'm pretty sure there was a wormhole. In the cartoon, they use a fast ship to go past lightspeed. In Identity Crisis, Kyle used his to turn invisible. I dunno. It seems like the rings themselves, whatever the author wants the GL's ring to do, it'll do it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they just don't exist. Technically, those were still coming off the same series, but it was coming out around the time when Vertigo stuff taken from the DCU was distancing itself from the previous material as much as it could. I think hippie_hunter mentioned in one thread that DC actually designated an Earth in the 52 universe for some of these stories (not sure on that though, didn't check). I also believe, if I'm not mistaken, Abby was shown to be aging in more real time-esque in many of those stories, which is obviously not the case in the relaunch. So, yeah, until otherwise addressed, I'm going to assume that stuff post-Moore on the title probably no longer count.

Alec Holland himself connects to the Green now, so he'll probably morph into Swamp Thing and back, thereby taking away any tragic aspects to the character. But I'm not positive.

But the Swamp Thing entity was a different being. Like Metamorpho and Shift or, even better, the Vision and Wonder Man. They had the same starting point (Alec Holland at the time of the explosion) but the Swamp Thing entity learned the truth about itself and grew into its own person while Holland was still rotting in the ground. And obviously that much, at least, carries over because Abbey tells Alec that she loved Swamp Thing, not him. So the Swamp Thing entity existed on its own at some point. I wonder if we'll ever learn what officially happened to him in the post-Flashpoint universe. Seems like kind of an oversight to not mention it, given that his absence is necessarily such a big part of Abbey and Alec's relationship.

 

[WompuM]

But Alec mentioned having all of Swamp Thing's memories. So I'm not even sure why they are differentiating the two.

 

[CLARKY]

I'm not following every serie and I am buying less and less DC right now, could someone please enlight me:
The superman frommorrisson is the youth of the superman in the JL, right? And the one in the JL (currently, and the arc with Darkseid) is supposed to be 5 years before the mmmh "present day. Am I right?

And so, Aquaman. The present day Aquaman is in Aquaman serie, right? While the one in the JL is a younger self, five years before. OK, I got that. Then, how did he came back to life? since it is in Brightest Day and all this universe, BD, Blackest Night, etc... have been erased?
Same with GL. It is a new universe, okbut then was Hal Parallax? Had Kyle the same history?
I'm confused. Someone care to explain clearly, please?

 

[Anubis]

None of that stuff was erased, it just happened differently and within a 5 year period.......yeah.

 

[SpideyForPrez]

But what happened to the Swamp Thing entity himself?

I was just wondering the same thing and was about to ask myself. From what I know the last time we saw the Swamp Thing entity itself was at the end of Brightest Day when it thought it was Nekron, then later when it kills a room of oil executives and Constantine says something about the Swamp Thing being back. I actually wasn't sure if the Swamp Thing that killed the executives was suppose to be the entity or Holland with the ability to transform.

I'm enjoying Snyder's current run, but it annoys me that we're five issues in and this hasn't been addressed.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

But Alec mentioned having all of Swamp Thing's memories. So I'm not even sure why they are differentiating the two.

Because he didn't live that s***. He may have somehow gotten the memories through the Green or something, but he's a different being from the Swamp Thing who fell in love with and married Abbey.

 

[ThDWgeek]

Is the logo talked about here http://www.comicvine.com/news/dc-unveils-new-modern-logo-updated/144130/ actually going to happen?

 

[Panthro]

So I hear that Superman: Secret Origins was terrible. If so, just how terrible was it?