Welcome back! I’m Steve Gustafson and if you enjoy discussing anything comic book related, you’ve come to the right place. Each week we cover something in the industry and I always enjoy your input in the comment section below.
Previously on…
Last week we asked
What is the Most Overrated Comic Book Storyline? Here’s what some of you had to say:
redraptor: “I have never liked Watchmen as it’s overblown and meandering, but Civil War is tops on my list. The whole thing was a huge pile of mischaracterization to make “drama” and have fights. Taken in a vacuum it wasn’t bad, but comics are all set in a continuity. Reading everything leading up to the event, it seems as if many of the characters took stupid pills between issues. Reading Young Avengers, which wraps almost immediately before, then Civil War highlights it nicely as Cap and Iron Man completely switch sides between series. For one person to change their mind due to an event is one thing, but for two p
Last week we asked
‘Will ‘Infinite Frontier’ Launch the Next Era of the DC Universe?” Here’s what some of you had to say:
Wheeljack84 “All I will say is this. I thought New 52 was utter trash, and so was Heroes in Crisis.”
duh: “I feel like all of these new reboots/refreshes like Rebirth, Infinite Frontier, Doomsday Clock, Generations, etc are just DC trying to undo how damaging the New 52 was. My biggest issue with the new 52 wasn’t what they took away, but the inconsistency of it. Like Batman keeps all of his mythos and Superman’s disappears but not all of it because there are some popular stories we still want to reference but they may have happened slightly differently. They also made concepts more confusing when the stated goal was to attract new readers (look at Superboy’s New 52 origin). Now they’re calling it a refresh and trying to get out stuff that was supposed to be published for a different reboot (5G) which just shows how disorganized they ar