that upcoming DCU reboot...

[ratcreature]

On the bright side, I'm happy that there is going to be a new Animal Man series. I'll probably give that a try. I also might check out Morrison's Action Comics, because I enjoyed his All-Star Superman.

I haven't really kept up with the recent developments in the Batverse, and the September solicitations don't really entice me to get back to it. For some of these setups I just don't have nearly enough trust in the DC writers, for example that Batwing series by Winick is a disaster waiting to happen, IMHO. I mean, as bad as it is to have whole continents ignored except for occasional fantasy country escapades, it's even less likely to turn out well when they put one Bat character on covering all of Africa, with a headquarter in the Democratic Republic of Congo with excursions into RL issues. I mean, it seems like jumping in at the deep end when it comes to diversifying their universe, mixed with some tokenism.

Perhaps I give Nightwing series a try for old time's sake, because that was really the first DC comic I bought regularly and Dick is still one of my favorite characters. Though I'm slightly disgruntled that they made the new costume black/red instead of black/blue. I guess it could have been worse, looking as what they did to Tim. Seriously, those feathers on Tim's costume have to be the most ridiculous I've seen since Dick's disco era costume.

Comments

[bluemeridian]

*snorfles at Tim's costume* The feathers seem rather impractical, which seems a bit out of character for him.

[ratcreature]

Yes. I'm speculating that maybe a lost bet is somehow involved, one which Tim thought he was sure towin, and thus agreed to this ridiculous Robin-feathers thing, but the other cheated...

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

You know Dick secretly encouraged Tim to add real feathers. It's the only explanation.

[ratcreature]

Or maybe he lost a bet with someone. Someone who cheated and made him loose...