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The Week In Comics

// January 16th, 2010 // Comics, Humor, Review, Rumor

Well, DC has been fisting the community with news this week via their Source Blog.  Some exciting.  Some— well. Anyway. But their DEFINITELY  heavy hitter on comics news this week.  I’ll start with their competitors.

—The big news from Marvel this week comes courtesy of IGN.    Marvel has decided to end all of their Avengers titles after their Siege event.   Expect more news soon regarding these possible replacements.

New New Avengers

Avengers: the Cash Initiative

Mighty Predictable Avengers

and Captain America:  Publicity Stunts Reborn.

Can Marvel be any more predictable with this shit?   New number ones, followed in two years by original number reboots.  Wash, rinse, repeat.   It’s so tiring.  We all know this is just a reason to bump up cover prices on “special event” issues.   The current Avengers line is just fine by me.  Bendis and Immonen have been tearing. it. up. on New Avengers.  Stuart Immonen is a rock star.   And while Dan Slott’s Mighty Avengers is a mixed bag, it’s usually a mixed bag full of goodies.  I find his Robo-banging, bitch-slapping, cross dressing, Scientist Supreme Hank Pym to be one of the funner characters in comics right now.  And honestly, why doesn’t marvel have a shirt with him saying “Dr. Richards?  It’s on, bitch.”  I’d buy that. Dark Avengers is pretty crazy fun as well.  The only real strike is Initiative which I dropped when they became the Avenger counter strike too long a name should have stayed the New Warriors and why exactly is Tigra leading–  what was I saying again?

Marvel, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.  But, hey- maybe we’ll get a proper Young Avengers title back.

—The other news that’s been hinted at is that their follow up to Dark Reign will be the Heroic Age.

ENOUGH.  Enough Marvel.  No more special events.  No more cover branding.  No more line-wide title connections.  Give us three years.  Just three years to rest up from event fatigue.  Allow your writers to tell their own stories.  Sales might actually go up.  Because I guarantee you this.  I won’t be reading any more events after this year. Not for a long while.  Enough is enough.

On to DC

—There’s going to be a comic series named Legends to compliment DC’s MMORPG that’s been long in the works.

I don’t care.  NEXXXXXXT!

—Geoff Johns will be penning Tiny Titans #25 with the regular crew, and bringing in Superboy.

This kind of pisses me off.  The regular Teen Titans series has been a mess since Johns left following the Titans East storyline.  That’s the series that needs a prominent writer coming aboard along with Conner Kent.  Not necessarily Johns, but somebody. Kid Eternity is a freaking Titan.  What the hell?

And speaking of Titans East…

— the adjective-less Titans series will be getting a revamp and a new roster headed up by Deathstroke.

This isn’t the first time Deathstroke has started a Titans team.  He did it in the afore-mentioned Titans East storyline.  That said, this series was utter shite since it’s inception.  Deathstroke and the Titans killing people sounds good to me. Rock on, people.

—The Birds of Prey are BACK!

WHAT UP!   Gail Simone and Ed Benes return Babs, Black Canary and company to glory.  Why was this series cancelled in the first place?  Fuck Batgirl.  I want my Birds!   Nobody writes strong female characters like Simone  —well, except maybe Whedon. But then he kills them.

—Paul Levitz back on Legion of Superheroes

I loved what Johns did with the legion in Action Comics and ESPECIALLY Legion of 3 Worlds.   Levitz is one of two legends when it comes to LoSH.  Add to that the spectacular art they’ve shown from new artist Yildray Cinar– I’m excited.  This is a book I definitely want to see.

—The Flash and JLA will be under the Brightest Day banner

I’ll be reading Robinson’s JLA, but I’m done with Flash.  I’ve been burned way too many times with this Barry crap.  Why did Johns bother bringing back Wally and Bart considering they’ve been COMPLETELY off the radar for the better part of a year?  And Barry suck.  Big time.

Dear DC, I’m on Team Coco and Team Wally.

And speaking of Brightest Day…

—DC creates two twice monthly series post- Blackest Night.

This is the big news of the week.   But… well,  remember what I said to Marvel about event fatigue?

This is the year that could break the camel’s toe.   Blackest Night is kicking ass right now.  I’m not in love with the execution, but I’m definitely digging the story.   So do I want to find out what happens in Brightest Day?  Absolutely.  The odds are it’s going to have a lot to do with the various colored corps  (I feel so racist every time I say that) and Dawn Granger: White Lantern (oh you KNOW it’s coming).   Still, this and Generation Lost effective constitute DC’s fifth weekly series.

And DC needs to let this shit go.  52 was uneven, but mostly good.  Countdown was so bad it made me want murder kittens.  And Trinity— UGH.  Sure, Wednesday Comics was pretty great, but now it’s time to be done with it.  Is there any reason Brightest Day can’t be constrained to Green Lantern and GLC? And Generation Lost- no one knows anything about it besides the fact that it stars the infamous JLI and is co-written by everyone’s favorite comics curmudgeon, Keith Giffen.   They sound good- so I’m withholding judgment. I’ll try them.  But after this-  I’m done.  Do you hear me, DC?  I’m done.

No more events.  no more mutants.  and no more events.

This has been the week in comics.