Comments on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution: Comic Book Review: Superman: New Krypton Special #...

@Kozmik: Thanks for the compliment! Glad you enjo...

2008-10-28T09:39:02.974-04:00

@Kozmik: Thanks for the compliment! Glad you enjoyed the review.

You make an excellent point and I totally agree with you. Now, I am enjoying these various “big event” stories, but DC is simply flooding the reader with too many of them at the same time.

It is Didio’s job to properly space out these “big events.” It is almost like DC is unnecessarily blowing their wad all at one time. We have Batman RIP, New Krypton, Final Crisis, Trinity, One World Under Gog and the upcoming Blackest Night event. This is just a ridiculous amount to unleash on the reader at one time.

You make a good point that it seems that DC is trying to force themselves into the number one spot by selling more “must read” stories that Marvel. Didio needs to realize that the path to knocking Marvel out of the number one spot is a commitment to solid well crafted stories on a monthly basis, consistency with the various characters and consistency with DC’s continuity in general. DC needs to stop trying to re-invent themselves every single year.

And this comes from Didio who constantly changes his mind at the drop of a dime. The bungling of the Flash franchise since the end of Final Crisis is a fine example of that. Stability is key. Marvel is a much more stable universe than DC.

You are totally correct about Valiant Comics. Big Jim Shooter was no idiot. The magic of Shooter’s company was that the created neat and unique characters. And they never relied on excessive crossover events. It feels like in order to keep pace with a big event from Marvel or DC requires me to purchase every single comic book that they publish or else I might miss something important.

Heffison: Interesting thought. You are correct th...

2008-10-28T09:27:09.442-04:00

Heffison: Interesting thought. You are correct that Kon-El's heritage would have let him play an interesting role in this story. Unfortunately, I just have a feeling that we are not going to see the return of Kon-El anytime soon.

@Whakamol: I am just like you. I never thought Su...

2008-10-28T09:25:48.739-04:00

@Whakamol: I am just like you. I never thought Superman and Action Comics would be two of my monthly must-reads. I have never really liked either title for the vast majority of my comic book reading life. It is a real testament to what Johns and Robinson are cooking up with this New Krypton story. The future looks bright for both titles.

I don't know if publishing several 'big'/'crossove...

2008-10-28T01:17:00.000-04:00

I don't know if publishing several 'big'/'crossover' events simultaneously is the healthiest thing for DC Comics to do right now. It just feels like they are trying to force themselves to the number one spot in the market but selling more 'must read' stories than Marvel.

Don't get me wrong. I'm an avid DC fan, but lately it seems that Dan Didio or someone in a higher position have been making all the wrong choices. And it is killing DC. There is Batman R.I.P., New Krypton, Final Crisis, Trinity and I recently that there will be a lot of 'One World Under Gog' tie-ins flooding the market next month. Do they really need this? What happened to just writing good stories on a monthly basis with no schedule delays and cheap attempts to trick the reader into buying more books than he needs so as to enjoy a story.

Marvel is the poster boy for this. And no one seems to realize that there is total chaos. Between the annual change to Marvel's status quo and DC's new obsession with weekly miniseries events, someone has to take a few steps back and really look at what is going on from a bird's eye view.

Before I finish, I could refer to a good example of a comic book publishing company that did not rely on excessive crossover events and still managed to be successful. Valiant Comics was founded in 1989. According to my knowledge, the company only published to crossover events. It's real success was derived from writers putting out comic books on a monthly basis with good, original stories and unique characters that did not fall into the Superman/Batman/Captain America archetypes (I found that to be very prevalent among the new publishers of the 90's). They third in the market- behind Marvel and DC and they sold over 80 million comic books in their first five years- a great achievement for a new company.

Anyway, I just wanted to get that off my chest. Great review as always Rokk.

Warped perspective: I can't help thinking how big...

2008-10-27T14:08:00.000-04:00

Warped perspective: I can't help thinking how big a symbolic role Kon-El should be playing here, as a living combination of Earth and Krypton. I'd be happy if I thought his revival may be a twist thrown into this later on, but I doubt it.

As much as I liked the spunkier Supergirl McKeever wrote when she was in Teen Titans (for a few minutes...) this new arc does put her in an intersting place.

I am completely astonished to say that Geoff Johns...

2008-10-27T10:23:00.000-04:00

I am completely astonished to say that Geoff Johns is making a Superman one of my monthly must-reads. To top that off, Action Comics and Batman are the only two DC books I read. I am extremely psyched to see where this is headed.