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

[trustyside-kick]

No it appears that Batman has been operating beyond the 5 year gap. Speculation has been 7-9 possibly but sadly it is speculation and DC won't ****ing say anything yet. But in Detective doesn't it say Joker started to appear 6 years ago? Then that really goes against the speculated 7-9 because Joker is in The Long Halloween and Dark Victory and those are supposed to be in cannon and those take up 2 years of story.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

There's also One Year Later, which is likely still in continuity.

Best to just not think about it too much. Dick was in the cowl for some amount of time. F*** that "one year" noise.

 

[Panthro]

So... was the Geoff Johns run on JSA any good?

 

[trustyside-kick]

So... was the Geoff Johns run on JSA any good?

Yes.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Last time the series really was good, to be honest. I assume you're talking about the actual comic titled JSA, not the later Justice Society of America comic. Because if you're talking about the latter, Johns' run on that wasn't too great. He ballooned the cast up to absurd levels so that none of the characters could get a proper focus, introduced some awful clichés, and then basically treated the series as a means to indulge his Kingdom Come fanboyism.

 

[Panthro]

I was referring to JSA rather than the title being spelled out in its entirety. Seriously, when are these guys gonna get their own DTV? Oh sure they've shown up on TV animation a few times and had a passing cameo in the New Frontier DTV, but when are they gonna get a DTV just for them? They're long overdue for it. Show the Golden Agers some animated love!

Would it be shameless baiting if I asked if Geoff Johns' JSA was better than all his GL work?

 

[yenaled]

Johns' JSA work before it became Justice Society of America is a lot better than his GL work imo. After it became Justice Society of America it was worse.

 

[Panthro]

So the consensus impression I'm getting here is that Geoff Johns, like any writer, should be kept on a leash or else bad things happen?

 

[Anubis]

Yes.

 

[The Morningstar]

JSA was the last time Johns was worth a ****.

 

[Panthro]

You know I've noticed that the Golden Age GL & Flash, Alan Scott & Jay Garrick, never get hit with the "I hate them 'cause they're lame" passion that their Silver Age successors Hal Jordan & Barry Allen get. Not to start a flame war, but could this simply be because DC never tried to force Alan & Jay back into leading roles - as they did with Hal & Barry - but instead used them as part of ensemble casts?

 

[Charlie Boy]

Probably.

 

[Anubis]

Definitely.

They didn't regress, they moved forward.

 

[yenaled]

You know I've noticed that the Golden Age GL & Flash, Alan Scott & Jay Garrick, never get hit with the "I hate them 'cause they're lame" passion that their Silver Age successors Hal Jordan & Barry Allen get. Not to start a flame war, but could this simply be because DC never tried to force Alan & Jay back into leading roles - as they did with Hal & Barry - but instead used them as part of ensemble casts?

Well, they did. Otherwise they would have never been replaced. Alan lost his title to his pet dog for instance, he wasn't popular at all towards the end of his run.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, but that was because people were crazy about dogs back then.

 

[yenaled]

It's true, the 50s have always been nicknamed the dog loving years.

 

[Spike_x1]

Definitely.

They didn't regress, they moved forward.

This times a million.

 

[Webinho]

May be a random question, but is there any difference between the Action Comics/DC sold out comics from the New 52 that I see on shelves right now than the ones that came out on launch day that sold out from so many retailers?

 

[Anubis]

No.

Sold out means that retailers bought out all that they printed. Whether the retailers sold every issue, well we'll find out if there's a drop in sales on the next one. Also there's reprints, so any #1s you still see on shelves are there because of one of those two scenarios.

 

[def28]

I noticed alot of people in my comic shop are only there to buy New 52's in hope for value change or selling them for at least double online. Since they are selling so many issues of these #1's, wont this lower the value of the comics In the future since it took like 100-200 thousand to sell out?

I dont see fans paying alot of money in the future for these when so many were produced. Or am I wrong and that has nothing to do with it?

 

[Scarecrow_King]

what makes you think they'll be worth anything anyway? they won't.

 

[Anubis]

I noticed alot of people in my comic shop are only there to buy New 52's in hope for value change or selling them for at least double online. Since they are selling so many issues of these #1's, wont this lower the value of the comics In the future since it took like 100-200 thousand to sell out?

I dont see fans paying alot of money in the future for these when so many were produced. Or am I wrong and that has nothing to do with it?

No, you're correct. It's the 90's all over again. (Only in smaller numbers)

 

[def28]

Gotcha, thanks.

 

[Panthro]

Are the issues of Aquaman where he had the water bearer hand collected in trade paperback form at all?

 

[Anubis]

Some of it if not all of it.