It'll be called Threshold, and feature new 52 versions of some of my favorite DCU sci-fi characters, such as Star Hawkins and Space Cabby.
I hope I like the new take on these characters, but I'm just excited that the genre won't be neglected anymore. Since the new 52 began, they've shown a willingness to branch out into non-superhero genres, but two waves of expansion in, they still hadn't done any sci-fi. I'm very happy with this announcement.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hmm... sounds intriguing!
Posted by lowercase mllash on :
A humorous take by Giffen? A must-add to my pull-list.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
Another to ad to my minuscule one as well.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
THRESHOLD #1 Written by KEITH GIFFEN Art by TOM RANEY Backup story art by SCOTT KOLINS Cover by HOWARD PORTER and JOHN DELL 1:100 Variant cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT On sale JANUARY 16 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information. • Introducing THE HUNTED, spinning directly out of this month’s GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS ANNUAL #1! • Featuring the New 52 gallery of space heroes: The Star Rovers, Star Hawkins, Space Cabbie, Tom Tomorrow, Captain K’Rot, and Star Ranger! • Also introducing Jediah Caul, a disgraced Green Lantern stripped of his power ring, who is hunted for sport on a televised reality show!• • LARFLEEZE steals the spotlight in his first ongoing series of backup stories! What happens when Larfleeze, the ultimate hoarder, is robbed...of everything!
Posted by Chaim Mattis Keller on :
Captain K'Rot, eh?
I'm thinking he's likely to be a rabbit-like alien?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hmm... I'm not sure I approve of blending funny animal comics into sci fi comics.
Posted by Chaim Mattis Keller on :
Was that meant tongue-in-cheek? Or were you genuinely not aware that Marvel's current Guardians of the Galaxy team includes Rocket Raccoon, and has been quite the smash hit?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Rocket Raccoon was always primarily a sci fi character, though, wasn't he? As opposed to a super-hero parody like Captain Carrot?
Posted by Chaim Mattis Keller on :
He was never a parody, but he was originally intended as a one-off joke of a character, just for the absurdity of a funny-animal appearing creature acting serious. Heck, his name is a parody of a Beatles song, and his early adventures were all about "Gideon's Bible." Sort of like Ch'p the Green Lantern. Marvel decided to give him a more serious treatment, and it worked well. If there's to be a new 52 re-imagining of Captain Carrot as an extraterrestrial super-rabbit, I can see Keith Giffen making it work the way RR works on GotG.
Posted by stuorstew on :
For a, possibly, more direct comparator I seem to recall a large green bunny in Marvels Star Wars series back in the day which did not turn out too bad.
Posted by Set on :
If DC wants to make a slightly more serious take on Captain Carrot, I'm pretty sure that Giffen, who is more notable for taking somewhat serious characters and turning them into one-note jokes, would be the last person to call upon...
Posted by Dev - Em on :
Giffen can go both ways on that one...at least in my opinion. he turned the Suns into a joke for a while, and then totally made them badasses in the 5YL stuff.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
In principle, Giffen on a modernized "Earth-C" sendup of the entire DCnU sounds all kind of brilliant.
"A more serious take on Captain Carrot" sounds, to my ear, about as wrongheaded as putting Daffy Duck in the JLA.
That said, we know next to nothing about it at this point, so I'll wait and see how it turns out.
Posted by lowercase mllash on :
If there is ANYONE who can handle a planet of "funny animal"-type characters semiseriously, I would think it would be Giffen. That guy has talent, yo. This is well-documented.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
quote:Originally posted by lowercase mllash: If there is ANYONE who can handle a planet of "funny animal"-type characters semiseriously, I would think it would be Giffen. That guy has talent, yo. This is well-documented.
^uh huh!
Posted by Jay Kay on :
I would disagree that we haven't gotten a sci-fi title yet in the New 52--I'd say just about all the Superman family of books were, as well as most of the GL books, Stormwatch, and Voodoo. I think a better description is that this is their first attempt at a purely cosmic book outside of the GL-books/not running point for an upcoming Geoff Johns event.
Anyway, it's Giffen doing cosmic, so I'm sure it's going to be hella awesome.
Posted by Chaim Mattis Keller on :
I mean "hard" sci-fi. Space opera. Many super-heroes have some element of science fiction, but are a distinct sub-genre, and one which is not a "stretch" for DC's publishing.
Posted by Jay Kay on :
quote:Originally posted by Chaim Mattis Keller: I mean "hard" sci-fi. Space opera. Many super-heroes have some element of science fiction, but are a distinct sub-genre, and one which is not a "stretch" for DC's publishing.
Well, I would say Voodoo definitely counted as military science fiction mixed in with aliens and cloning.
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