Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities DC Comics Rebirth

I have to admit that I might give Doom Patrol a one-issue fair trial. Bringing back my beloved Flex Mentallo certainly doesn't hurt. And if Way's going to acknowledge the entire DP mythos, maybe we'll even see the return of Kate "Coagula" Godwin.

Thanks, Dave.

These actually look awesome! I'm surprised DC didn't include these in the initial rebirth announcements. I'll probably try out all of them (or at least all but the Gotham related one).

I'm surprised at how dedicated Gerard Way is to getting his Doom Patrol book started.

Now if only we had more news on the Umbrella Academy.

Wow
Those books look WAY more interesting than the rest of Rebirth (you know someone is going to call the new line the "After Rebirth")

Like Cobie, I'll give them all a try ... they sound interesting and I like the character designs

My only issue with Way is that he's known to be slavishly devoted to Morrison. I'm a Morrison fan myself, but find when other's (who are talented in their own right) try to emulate him, it doesn't always go well (See Jeff Lemire). Hopefully he keeps things original.

I'm not. Even presuming they had the contracts and so forth signed (no guarantee - apparently things were still being changed right up to the last minute of the announcements, and Super Sons *still* doesn't have a creative team), a whole new imprint would have been lost in the crowd there. Not to mention "would have left them nothing to announce at ECCC!"

They don't look terrible. I can reread Morrison and Milligan's run on Doom Patrol and Shade while I wait to see if these versions have any staying power.

If you guys want a good indicator of how Gerard Way could do a Doom Patrol book, read Umbrella Academy.

Sigh. What's the point?

You know I was secretly hoping the end of Lois and Clark would have the Kents finding a way back to the pre-Flashpoint DC Universe as a way of clarifying it still exists, but having them stick around in the DCnU just means that's never happening, does it?

Black Magick is going on hiatus so Rucka and Scott have time to work on Wonder Woman.

It's not worth it.

So, next week's Rebirth issue has leaked:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/05...u-wont-believe-dc-comics-has-gone-there/

According to Bleeding Cool, in increasing order of WTF:

YAY to the first two, NAY to the second two

Newsarama has more now, including a page with meeting Barry, and a brownnosing, spoiler-filled review.

So is DC reopening the pre-Flashpoint timeline? I thought Convergence put that to rest.

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/05/21/dc-universe-rebirth-1-full-spoilers-leak-online


What's being said seems to be in-line with the "evolved" thing from the end of Convergence - that the New 52 is a twisted version of the pre-FP timeline, not a separate thing.

Wow! A Geoff Johns written event that's supposed to alter DC continuity and radically change the tone of their comics? That's something we've never seen before!

I would say things would be better if Infinite Crisis had never happened - but, really, it's all Waid's fault with Superman Birthright and the LSH threeboot. He, quite literally, started this avalanche after ten years of relative stability...

Ozymandias: But you'd regained interest in human life.
Dr. Manhattan: Yes, I have. I think perhaps I'll create some.


Alan Moore (about the Watchmen prequels): All the nasty comments that I was making when I was angry – about the comics industry not having had an idea of its own in the last 40 years and not having sufficient talent any more to create new ideas – these are very unkind things to say about an entire industry. But, it would seem that DC are really going that extra mile in trying to prove me incontrovertibly right."


It looks like DC have managed another way to mine Alan Moore's work further. They're on to fracking it for all it's worth.

I think I'll go pick up a novel by James Joyce. I'll have more of a chance to comprehend it.

A very spoilery breakdown I just read of Rebirth seems to paint Doc Manhattan less as the creator of the DCU and more as the one behind the changes that occurred after Flashpoint. It seems this has always been the same DCU all along, just altered. So basically, Manhattan is apparently DC's next Big Bad if I'm reading this correctly.

DC Comic's Wake:

riverrun, past Diana and Kal's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Fortress of Solitude and Batcave.

Bruce Wayne, violer d'amores, fr'over the short sea, had passencore rearrived from Gothom City on this side the scraggy isthmus of Themiscrya to wielderfight his penisolate war: nor had topsawyer's rocks by the stream Oconee exaggerated themselse to Atlantis's gorgios while they went doublin their mumper all the time: nor avoice from afire bellowsed mishe mishe to tauftauf thuartpeatrick: not yet, though venissoon after, had a kidscad buttended a bland old isaac: not yet, though all's fair in vanessy, were sosie sesthers wroth with twone nathandjoe. Rot a peck of pa's malt had Damian or Dick brewed by arclight and rory end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the Aquaman.

So I have even more justification to hate Watchmen.

Good.

Don' worry, chere. I'm sure the new Titans series will bring Lien back, establish Roy forgot she existed, the kill her off as soon as he remembers