tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post3066016291508482572..comments2024-03-29T10:34:59.159-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Review: Outsiders #37Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-13404456022532603812011-03-12T09:17:43.388-05:002011-03-12T09:17:43.388-05:00One of the things that drove me away from the BIG ...One of the things that drove me away from the BIG TWO comics was the "forced" issues they would do their best to make you buy other comics outside of the current storyline. When you got it it usually had only one or two pages really related to it.<br /><br />What DC should do first is ask around and see who can fit a story line like the current Doomsday threads into their own stories naturally. Not "force" the writers into writing stories/issues that don't fit in or are in character for that series. Sometimes given enough time many writes could work it in and make it flow smoothly. <br /><br />From what I am reading and hearing from other DC fans at my local comics shop is the current Doomsday stories feel too forced and you get the feeling the editors are using a sledgehammer on the writers to write such issues. In the long run it hurt the quality of the stories and in turn hurts their sales too.valerie21601http://www.fanfiction.net/~valerie21601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-11851140260368859862011-03-11T12:03:37.033-05:002011-03-11T12:03:37.033-05:00I don't know wether it's the secret projec...I don't know wether it's the secret project Sterling Gates is suppose to be writing - but they just announced a mini-series he's going to be writing - about Kid Flash Lost during the Flashpoint Event.<br /><br />http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/03/11/flashpoint-friday-where-is-he-or-should-we-say-when/Kandou Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233336986244371430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-2451707337788515492011-03-11T09:13:22.066-05:002011-03-11T09:13:22.066-05:00But now I am starting to think about this whole th...<i>But now I am starting to think about this whole thing. I wonder if there might be more than one Doomsday ... one for each of Superman's 'replacements' when the Man of Steel was thought dead</i>.<br /><br />I like that idea, not one I'd thought of. I was wondering if everything that's been going on in the Superman books might be interconnected somehow - Luthors quest, Doomsdays return, the telepath stalking Superman, maybe they could all be part of some greater arc. But the notion that there is more than one Doomsday out there right now is a compelling one...<br /><br />The Outsiders has rarely been stellar but over the last eight or so issues in particular there has been a real suckage in the quality.<br />The direction of the book is vague, the characterisation and personal arcs are snail paced, and maybe the best single example of all of these problems lie in the Eradicator himself. He turned up out of nowhere with the hint of a tie in to the New Krypton arc then dissapeared into thin air for a few issues before turning up again with no explanation!<br />Now I know New Krypton was pulled at short notice for the writer but a good writer would merely switch lanes and come up with something else to take its place. So what has been the point of The Eradicator thus far? We don't <i>know</i> him, he has no past, he has no personality as such, sketchy conections to the Superman family and worse of all has been largely innefectual in the book. A ghost character almost.<br /><br />I knew what to expect from this issue was a long unapologetic fight scene, not necessarily anything wrong in this, but it should not have been so utterly predictable and lacking in tension. It felt like what it was - a quick crossover where the team gets mugged and then its back to buisiness next issue.<br />The idea of giving Doomsday these adaption abilities plus flight is a big part of the problem but really it was all rendered meaningless as I don't think i'm alone in not caring what happens to the Eradicator, he is a non-entity.<br /><br />The Book isn't long for the chop mercifully, I won't miss it but I do regret the lack of a clear mandate or direction to see it out on. When the Suicide Squad was cancelled it was (and still is) a huge loss, when The Outsiders go who will mourn...?Dave Mullennoreply@blogger.com