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DC Comics' Absolute Universe
#1037566 07/09/24 05:42 AM
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I only heard about it a little while ago. It seems to be a similar premise to the original Marvel Ultimate line (before Millar f_cked everything up.)

Scott Snyder is the "showrunner," overseeing scripts by such writers as Kelly Thompson and Jason Aaron.

To reiterate, I think Ultimate Marvel got off to a good start with the early Bendis/Bagley Spider-Man stories, before Millar took it down an ugly path.

Sorry there's no links yet (I worry about my device's security too much), but I'm sure others can provide them.


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Ann Hebistand #1037568 07/09/24 06:30 AM
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The S on Superman's chest doesn't stand for France, that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by Sarcasm Kid
The S on Superman's chest doesn't stand for France, that's for sure.

LOL lol


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Ann Hebistand #1040746 11/08/24 01:56 PM
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So I read the first issues of the new Absolute versions of the Trinity. They were interesting takes, but I'm not sure any of them impressed me enough that I really want to read them on an ongoing basis.

They all have a similar idea of taking the characters and moving them to a much less "privileged" background. So, Superman's Kryptonian parents were part of the labor caste rather than the science caste on Krypton, and apparently the Kents didn't adopt him on Earth. Batman's dad was a teacher and his mom a social worker. And Wonder Woman was taken from the Amazons as a baby and raised in exile by Circe.

Superman was by far the best of the three, with an interesting present-day story that returned him to his Golden Age "champion of the oppressed roots", mixed with the flashbacks to his background on Krypton. My favorite bit of the Batman story was the fact that he apparently hangs out with many of his traditional villains, but I found the whole rivalry between him and Alfred as a government agent a bit annoying. The Wonder Woman backstory was fun, but the present-day story was mostly her fighting a bunch of monsters, which didn't really seem all that interesting.

So, yeah, it was kind of a fun Elseworlds sort of thing, but long-term... I don't know. I'll probably check out the rest of the first issues. The Martian Manhunter one actually looks really cool.

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Ann Hebistand #1040749 11/08/24 02:11 PM
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Thanks for the reviews, EDE. Much appreciated.

Superman and Wonder Woman will definitely get a look from me (Diana's Absolute writer is my heroine Kelly Thompson.)
No interest in Batman, no matter how the concept is tweaked or who the creative team is.

And I'm going to do a search for Absolute Martian Manhunter right now.


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Ann Hebistand #1040755 11/08/24 05:56 PM
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The Wonder Woman origin felt like it was influenced by Madeline Miller's Circe, which was cool.

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Eryk Davis Ester #1040765 11/09/24 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Eryk Davis Ester
The Wonder Woman origin felt like it was influenced by Madeline Miller's Circe, which was cool.

Excellent!


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Ann Hebistand #1040772 11/09/24 09:10 PM
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Yeah, I thought they were alright, but have to wait to see if they will be really interesting.


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