Posted: 28 March 2018 at 11:27am | IP Logged | 9
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There are the standard want list items, and I would love to see Mr. Byrne working on ANYTHING.
But I have a couple oddball ideas I'd enjoy seeing...
Batman of Earth-2... a Bat book where Mr. Byrne could indulge the world shattering type of stories. Batman of Earth-1 is the Darknight Detective, master of disguise, chemist supreme, world's greatest escape artist, etc. Batman and Robin of Earth-2 are certainly these, but they were in a slightly lighter tone that didn't require a very dark and sinister situation, and that could involve the Bat-Family traveling to another planet for an adventure.
Dr. Mid-Nite. Maybe not a lot different from Batman-2, but I have an affection for the original character.
Starman of Earth-2. Great potential, with a character who is probably the most power non-magically influenced hero on Earth-2. The original Man of Night has a LOT of story potential, I feel, and I know Mr. Byrne would treat him right.
A Cyclops ongoing solo series. Before Scott Summers was turned into a dick, he was a real character who - when he wasn't overwhelmed by whiny self-conflict - was a good story. (I understand his anxiety of his power, but every issue of X-Men having a "Why am I tormented by cursed eyes? My cursed killing EYES? WHY? WHY?? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY??????"... it got a little tedious.)
This last is kind of hard to describe. I liked Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-In-One a lot. But as has been noted, Spider-Man is probably the LAST character who should co-star in a team up title. Ben Grimm is far more suitable, but even in his case, I wasn't so fond of the "one-and-done" story natures, just a "write it and forget it ever existed story."
I believe that Mr. Byrne could do such team ups either single stories, when suitable, or longer arcs... especially if given the permission to make changes to characters in such a book (although of course, such revisions would be more appropriate in a character's own title. But if a character ain't got a book, then...) I wonder if it would even have to have a constant star (a la Spider-Man or Thing) or if it could support a variety of lead team up characters (Captain America, Dr. Strange, the Human Torch, etc.) Stories could range from the subtle to the massive, and with a variety of characters, Mr. Byrne would have plenty of chance to "clean the pipes", as it were.
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