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The rules:

1. The Basic Idea: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 24 hours, you win!

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Here's a history of our various felons, along with a few missed opportunities.....

I - walkwithcrowds (7-day version)
II - none
III - none
IV - Quislet, Esq
V - Rockhopper Lad (the first 24-hour version)
VI - Rockhopper Lad
VII - cleome
VIII - Rockhopper Lad
IX - Rockhopper Lad
X - none
XI - none
XII - none
XIII - Invisible Brainiac
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - Invisible Brainiac
XVI - Invisible Brainiac
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - cleome
XIX - cleome
XX - cleome
XXI - Jfposey
XXII - Invisible Brainiac
XXIII - jfposey
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - PALADIN (eff YEAH!!!)
XVI- Quislet, Esq.
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - none
XIX - none
XX - Quislet, Esq.
XXI - thoth lad
XXII - Ann Hebistand
XXIII - Quislet, Esq.
XXIV - Invisible Brainiac
XXV - Invisible Brainiac
XXVI - Quislet, Esq.
XXVII - thoth lad
XXVIII - Quislet, Esq.
XXIX - Eryk Davis Ester
XXX - Invisible Brainiac
XXXI - Invisible Brainiac
XXXII - Ann Hebistand
XXXIII - Invisible Brainiac
XXXIV - Invisible Brainiac
XXXV - none
XXXVI - thoth lad
XXXVII - Ann Hebistand
XXXVIII - Invisible Brainiac
XXXIX - thoth Lad
XL - Invisible Brainiac
XLI - thoth lad
XLII - Ann Hebistand
XLIII - thoth lad
XLIV - thoth lad
XLV - Ann Hebistand
XLVI - Invisible Brainiac
XLVII - Invisible Brainiac
XLVIII - Invisible Brainiac
XLIX - Ann Hebistand
L - Ann Hebistand
LI - Ann Hebistand
LII - thoth lad
LIII - Ann Hebistand
LIV - Ann Hebistand

The Reign of Hebistand: Critics discuss the ways it is better than The Reign of Superman. Tonight, on Comics24.

Is the Reign of the Supermen still canon?

Haven't the foggiest. Canon gets revised so frequently, it's not something I bother with.

Hard to tell.

Thanks to Mxyzptlk with help from Jon (when he was still a kid) the post-Crisis Superman was merged with the deceased New52 Superman rewriting their history to a combination of the two that everyone just accepts (presumably without the Clark/Diana relationship. Diana and Lois are good friends.) Later it was said that this was due to Doomsday Clock along with the rest of DC's continuity.

Steel is still around and pretty prominent, and engaged to Lana Lang.

In the New52 there was a new Cyborg Superman that was Kara's father transmuted by Brainiac (I think) as well as another version of Hank Henshaw who then became Cyborg Superman again via a different path. He has continued to appear in various stories with his background not mentioned and just assumed to be as he was before.

Connor/Superboy reappeared a year or two back when some Teen Titans/Young Justice characters were hopping dimensions and he came back with them. When he met up with Superman and the Kents they all suddenly remembered him.

And since the most recent Dark Crisis supposedly everyone remembers all the previous Crisis and previous versions of themselves or something like that.

So yeah continuity is whatever the current writer wants it to be and it's a mess. Somewhere along the line the bosses thought that continuity was a hassle, put off new readers, and something the fans didn't really like. I've never met one of those fans but there you go.

I was happy enough with consistency. Things would make sense within each book. Luthor blowing up the Earth would be a no-no. But everyone could fight their world conquoring villains within their own books, without too many issues.

Hal Jordan going into space for a year or something major like that, would be reflected elsewhere.

But even things like Trigon had other heroes appear in panel after the event, wishing they could have done more. It didn't need referenced in every other book.

I have a love-hate relationship with continuity.

I think it was okay until the 80s, when editors and writers (some of whom were their own editors) put their egos ahead of good storytelling. And then in the 90s, they had agendas to tear down each other's sandcastles. Very childish, and, ironically, it alienated children who might have otherwise enjoyed the stories.

Event comics tied all books into a single storyline. Fine for a sales spike, but at the expense of having editorial over reach and losing creativity. That became endless events, with diminishing returns.

Sad, but true.

Interesting, though, how most individuals' favorite events are the ones that happened while their comics enthusiasm was at its peak.

There are exceptions -- Legends was before my time, but I quite like it; Annihilation (from Marvel) was long after my time, but I was impressed by it. I consider Annihilation to be the best thing Giffen did for either of the Big Two publishers.

I wonder if that’s also a matter of: if one isn’t so enthusiastic about comic books anymore, one is less likely to seek out new ones to try

You're probably right about that, Ibby. For me, it also has a lot to do with creators -- the ones I like are getting older and getting less work. I do find that I'm more frustrated with the writing than the artwork.

I think there are a lot of things in play. One of which is that comic books are really expensive, relatively thinking, as well as digital options.

That, too.

The digital sales can be good value. I've not long finished Mind Mgmt. The first volume is my favourite, but 2 and 3 well worth the discounted read. Copra, Air and Local Man, I also got cheaply.

I'm a lot less likely to pick up single issues. I'm too many reboots away from caring what the big 2 are really up to, to really feel the need to follow it monthly. The costs for others are too steep to try out, unless it's something I'm really taken with. But Sacrificers and Animal Castle are excellent.

I have clicked on the follow button on comixology for a few creators. But they're of an age where that output is going to be minimal. There are plenty of excellent comics out there, so I just have to follow them and keep up with more scattered projects.

I mostly buy old stuff that's unlikely to be collected and/or made available online.

When I buy new stuff its guaranteed to be canceled.

Don’t buy any Legion book ever! I’ll loan em to you

LOL

We'll circulate the comics all over the world!

And if we want it to die, then we ask GL to buy one!

If the next Legion series is as bad as the Bendisboot, then...no, I can't bring myself to joke about that. At this point, even a bad Legion series would be great to have around!

The Bendisboot made me appreciate some of the runs I'd complained about before. Let's hope the next run isn't bad enough to make me appreciate the Bendisboot!

Hopefully, DC will give the Legion gig to Sarky.

Then we need not worry.

Fingers crossed...

There are a lot of fans I would trust to actually write the Legion!

It's a dicey proposition, though. In my opinion, Tom + Mary were the worst thing that ever happened to the Legion. Of course, I know they're not the only ones to blame, but I still hate the things they did.

I was gonna say the same thing about TMK...

Also, I'm mainly digital, so I rarely buy anything physical