-Bring back "Earth 2" universe with no Batman, no Superman, no Wondy that houses the JSA (Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, Power Girl, etc.). They will only crossover with the prime Earth during major events. Dr. Fate might pass in both worlds tho. Would it be set in the 1940s? Not sure. But for sure would set it in the past.
-Limit the amount of superhero family members. Batfamily, including extended members, has like 13-15 members in it. Arrow Fam has like 7-8. GL has like 7 Earth Lanterns. I could go on. That's too much and clearly too much to handle. And it's not about which character I prefer and I'm not even saying you have to kill off the other member. Just move them into their own worlds. Families should have like 5 members max. AND if you're going to use a superhero family at least have them look different and especially have them have different abilities. And I get and like that DC seemingly does this as a way to incorporate diversity into comics. I like that and is something that should be done. However, it make so many superhero stories overstuffed and they can't focus on everything
-Going off the last bullet, no more legacy characters. This is ironic because Wally West 2nd favorite hero Marvel or DC, but it's too much. We don't need 3 people to have held the "Wonder Girl" title. You don't need 3 people to have been "Kid Flash".
-Wonder Woman needs to get a push that they gave GL and they did with the Flash. I know a lot of it is sexism and biases, but it’s shameful that such an iconic character really has been handled so poorly. Give her a supporting cast that will stick around. Give her a personality other than “she’s friend to all living things.” Give her a more interesting love interest than Steve Trevor or none at all. Give her more than 3 good villains. She had/has Gateway City but give her a city with a more interesting sounding name that’s based in Man’s World. IMO they should really lean into the Greek mythology angle without making her a psychotic brute like the New 52 did
-Really define some characters. Give them traits beyond “they snark” (because every single fictional character does that in some way nowadays) and they’re “kind and compassionate” (because that can describe most heroes). DC has some characters that may be iconic, but aren’t well defined imo. Like Spider-Man, Wolverine, Batman, Superman are so well defined in their personalities. I feel that a lot of DC’s premier heroes are not. It reminds me of this Wonder Woman thread and cartoon.
But yeah Wondy, John Stewart GL for sure. Honestly The Flash are iconic, but I feel haven’t been as well defined as they could have. And with the Flash, I think that’s why we get so many adaptations that give them “weird” personalities like Barry acting like Wally, Wally acting like Bart, etc. The Young Justice show did a good job giving all the Flashes separate, distinctive personalities before they killed of Wally and pushed Bart to the side post season 2
-Limit the amount of villains turning anti-hero. It's lazy and at this point it's almost cliche.
-Create a great, top tier female villain. Easier said than done, but we’re lacking in that department. Don't turn her into a hero/anti-hero
-Solution for the Hawkpeople continuity and backstories: Earth Prime= Sheyera Thal. Thanagarian space soldier (similar to the DCAU). Earth 2= Carter Hall: Egyptian reincarnation stuff. Both will get an equal amount of push.
-With Green Lantern, chill with the every color of the emotional spectrum stuff and focus on other types of villains. They're space cops/space soldiers give them more villains like alien gangsters, galactic drug dealers, etc.
-Turn Action Comics and Detective comics into anthologies that can feature Batman and Superman respectively, but also can feature other characters like Question in Detective Comics or Martian Manhunter in Action Comics. Also these books can be used as a testing ground for new characters.
-Going off the last point, create a “Space Comics” or something like that which will be an anthology series that can feature interstellar stories/characters. DC should really branch more into their space stuff.
-Just create or reimagine better villains in general. And this is a problem that Marvel and DC have, so many great heroes but imo only 5 heroes (not counting Justice League, X-Men, or Avengers) have a good to great rogues gallery. Most heroes have at least 2-3 good to great villains but they need more
-Reimagine The Outsiders similarly as to how Marvel reimagined the Defenders from being Hulk, Dr. Strange, etc. to a street level team featuring Daredevil, Jessica Jones, etc. Instead of being founded by Batman make The Outsiders a group made and led by Black Canary that focus on smaller, street level threats. Line up would be heroes like Green Arrow, Mr. Terrific, Question, Huntress, Chesire
-Make the Justice League only 7 members and keep the members list pretty stagnant. At this point it’s not that special to have been a member of the JL because everyone is at some point. But do create or reimagine more teams and make people members of those.
-Change the name for Justice League Dark. Sentinels of Magic is ok. So is Shadowpact
-Stop trying to make Suicide Squad DC’s answer to Guardians of the Galaxy
