Future Teens To Save Universe In Epic Manner - io9 Comments

Future Teens To Save Universe In Epic Manner

ithidet — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:16:46 PDT

Crsis is the DC no-no word

ithidet

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rod townsend — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:50:53 PDT

@Balius: @loserface: Mephisto.

rod townsend

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TheFilthyBungalow — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:36:26 PDT

That Legion of Three Worlds teaser at the end of Action Comics blew me away. I can't wait for this or Final Crisis.

Also, @loserface: I read all of 52 and you and all you know are missing out on one fun story. When you have the time or the bank, you should definitely check it out.

TheFilthyBungalow

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RRich — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:04:48 PDT

The Legion run on Action by Geoff rocked. So if Johns tackles 'em again, I'm there!

RRich

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Loserface — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:55:30 PDT

@Balius: There's no denying that Secret Invasion contains various "continuity fixes" but what I dig about Marvel's approach rather than DC's is that they never set out to completely restart history when things get messy. Instead they create stories that rock the foundation of the characters universe and the characters are affected by these events and have to deal with the ramifications.

Take Civil War vs. Infinite Crisis. Civil War, while admittedly far from perfect, helped make the Marvel Universe a more dynamic and engaging place. The fact that you can have Iron Man and Spider-man both be good guys but on opposite sides of the law and essentially "enemies" is amazing! The world isn't safe, it's believable. With Infinite Crisis, from what I took from it, they explained away years of continuity errors by explaining--in essence--that Superboy Prime was hitting a wall.

In a nutshell (because I am rambling) Marvel events are about characters, DC are about Deus Ex Machina.

Loserface

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Balius — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:13:11 PDT

@loserface: Marvel has its own history fixing going on. They just made things better, didn't piss off fans by destroying the backstory all the sudden, and didn't bother with all the extreme storyline stuff DC put in to legitimize what was, essentially, a move to refresh stale characters and simplify the lives of writers. Marvel's Ultimate books just set the whole thing on another Earth.

Secret Invasion may wind up fixing the continuity errors that exist as well. I've been hearing good things, and Marvel is my choice for the big two, but I haven't read anything in the arc yet.

Balius

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BullfightsOnAcid — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:56:16 PDT

As a major fan of the Legion this is like a wet dream come true. It was a joy to see the old Legion recently in Justice Society and in Action Comics and the current Legion written by Jim Shooter is top notch as well. George Perez on art isn't just a cherry on top - it's sprinkles, nuts, whip cream and 10 cookies. Oh, and you Marvel Zombies, there was already a secret Skrull invasion like 40 years ago - nothing new to see here, just move along.

BullfightsOnAcid

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Plague — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:02:15 PDT

I read all of 52 as well, via the novelizations. I certainly can't work up as much enthusiasm as sensenet above, but I thought it was a decent read.

Plague

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sensenet — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:52:07 PDT

I read all of 52 and loved it. It was amazing storytelling, and highly compelling across it's entire 52 weekly issues. It also served its business purpose of getting me in the comic shop weekly.

Countdown hasn't been nearly as good, although the last 2 months have been interesting.

sensenet

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Ghede — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:28:12 PDT

@Ghede: Not to say it doesn't apply in this case.

Ghede

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Ghede — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:27:50 PDT

Epically Epic!

Am I the only one getting sick of that word? It seems anyone who writes five pages these days thinks its epic.

Ghede

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Loserface — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:23:00 PDT

@DeepFriar: Seriously? Infinite Crisis was an absolute mess, while 52 was cool in concept I don't know anyone who actually read it beyond the first month.

The "Universe is in Jeopardy" events that seems to be DC's bread and butter just don't do it for me at all. Since the Original Crisis (which was awesome) DC feels the need to have every event "fix continiuty."

Say what you want about recent Marvel events, but they all worked to make the universe more dynamic, not by "correcting" history, but rather by shifting the status quo. Civil War may not have been perfect but it left the world much more interesting an Secret Invasion looks like it has a lot of potential to really mess with superhero universe.

Loserface

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DeepFriar — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:11:56 PDT

I missed the boat with my last, but I may just name my next child after Geoff Johns

Infinite Crisis > 52 > Sinestro Corps > Final Crisis

Suck on that Bendis!

DeepFriar

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braak — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:52:19 PDT

Will there be a giant worm that can eat time?

braak