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Anthony J Lombardi
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Posted: 12 September 2012 at 9:05am \| IP Logged \| 1

The more I read threads like this the more I'm glad for Dark Horse,IDW, Dynamite Entertainment and back issue bins

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Emery Calame
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Posted: 12 September 2012 at 5:49pm \| IP Logged \| 2

Niles Caulder can be the new Dr Fate.

Power Girl can be the new Spectre.

Doiby can become the head of Checkmate.

The legion of Superheroes comic can be revealed *SHOCK!* to take place five million years in the past instead of 1000 years in the future.

Kobra can have his teen aged daughter join the Teen Titans. Can they trust her?

Sigh. Same ol' same ol'. Flail flail flail.

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Kip Lewis
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Posted: 12 September 2012 at 7:19pm \| IP Logged \| 3

Except is it failing? From the things Newsarama is saying, all comics
sales are up and DC increased the most. Will it continue? Too soon to
say, but who knows, maybe industry is turning things around. Yeah,
doubtful, but they aren't going to change things as long as this
approach is working. And right now, it is working.

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Posted: 12 September 2012 at 9:16pm \| IP Logged \| 4

The Avengers, Spider-Man, and Batman films probably had a lot to do with the bump in sales.

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Kip Lewis
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Posted: 13 September 2012 at 4:04am \| IP Logged \| 5

Except the bump happened before the movies. The bump started with
the new 52 release and has continued. Movies may help but 52 has
worked, at least in the short run.

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Anthony J Lombardi
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Posted: 13 September 2012 at 5:29am \| IP Logged \| 6

I like the idea of what 52 is suppose to be but I'm not liking the execution.

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Emery Calame
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Posted: 13 September 2012 at 7:09am \| IP Logged \| 7

"Except is it failing? "

I said FLAIL not fail. I don't much care if it fails or not.

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Posted: 13 September 2012 at 10:05am \| IP Logged \| 8

Power Girl can be the new Spectre.

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Putting Power Girl in the Spectre's costume is one way to increase sales.

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Posted: 13 September 2012 at 10:46am \| IP Logged \| 9

taking Power Girl out of her costume is another but neither are good ideas

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Stephen Churay
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Posted: 13 September 2012 at 11:00am \| IP Logged \| 10

"fan fiction", hmm, at $3-$4 a piece, I'd rather pay for professional
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Posted: 13 September 2012 at 8:53pm \| IP Logged \| 11

Stephen, that's what reprints are for.

And James, I'm certain the Power Girl version of the Spectre would be "artfully" concealed by her cape up top (although only ju-u-ust barely, of course) and wear a constantly-shown-from-the-back thong otherwise. Not exactly what Siegel and Bernard Bailey had in mind, I think...

I like the Legion set in the past idea, though. I'm actually writing a crummy fanfic piece with just such a set-up... Yeah, I wish that meant my mind operated as cleanly, brilliantly, and imaginatively as Emery's... As it is, I think it only means mine works maybe as well as those of the folks he's mocking.

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Posted: 13 September 2012 at 11:33pm \| IP Logged \| 12

I'm not saying it couldn't work Brian or that it's in and of itself a bad idea.

I just wish that instead of mixing bits and bobs in odd ways to see what they get, DC would start with the basics of what they were given, buckle down, and work with that. Otherwise it's all a lot of Lori Lemaris becomes a Green Lantern and Batman finds out that he is a Rash Al Ghul clone. It's all mash up, unlikely revelations, staged shock events that do nothing but shock, IF THAT, and the usual TMI nonsense.

Fanfic is fanfic. It's supposed to be indulgent. Nothing wrong with that. It can be silly, whimsical, or ironic, or overwhelmingly dark just to see how bad it can get...whatever.

Actual commercially produced super hero comic books? I think they probably deserve a lot more forethought, restraint, and creativity than has been on display in the last...oh...thirty years or so now?

The kids cartoon series on TV do it! Why can't DC comics do it too?

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