drumore - 12 April 2007 02:51 PM
From my perspective, I like the fact they’ve shaken up the status quo. They’ve “broken te rules” and changed a lot of dynamics, and that will (hopefully) open up a lot of new possibilities to tell fresh stories. Sure they may paint themselves in the corner in a few years, but in the meantime we’ll have some competely different stories to read.
While I haven’t done any kind of scientific poll, I’ve noticed some people who are excited about the new direction may have been less of a Marvel fan that DC or others. All this has caught their attention and giving things a try. They aren’t as greatly invested in some of the characters to be “offended” by what Tony Stark has done, or outraged that Cap has been “killed.”
i think this is true. i’ll always be a total DC fanboy at heart since that’s what i grew up on, but i find myself really interested in post-CW Marvel. I don’t know where they’re going from here and that’s got me interested. I also love team books and it seems like they’ve created a lot of cool niches for different kinds of teams (i.e. Initiative = boot camp, New Warriors = draft resisters, Champions = sports team).
I love DC but and I’m enjoying a lot of the nostalgic stuff that’s going on right now (JSA, JLA, multiverse revival) since it’s harkening back to the comics i grew up on, but it feels like DC continuity lately is all about looking backward while Marvel’s is about looking forward. They’re both valid approaches, but i’m worried DC risks getting too bogged down in their own continuity, whereas i feel like Marvel is at least trying new things.
