The Legend
Team Captain
I read books from Marvel, DC and Wildstorm.
Yep. But that isn't entirely what ended up happening. True, Batman has been reverted back to a hairy chested love-god (while retaining a little of the Frank Miller goodness). Superman has always been the boy scout (no changes or other ambiguities). And Wonder Woman seems to be getting portrayed ala Linda Carter .
But that's just the big 3, and their current arcs have plenty of darkness about them still. The rest of the DCU is a still fairly violent place. Check out this weeks WW3 event (among other post IC titles). Lots of Blood'n'guts going on over at DC. Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters was also a fairly seedy read.
Maybe. I've only just begun reading Marvel again, largely due to the Planet HULK story. I used to read only Marvel back in the 70's-80's period. I'd never buy DC books because I had the impression that they only put out corny titles (I blame Superfriends ).
With the exception of Steve Roger's death (post CW I'll add), both CW and IC delivered big, fat anti-climaxes. Excluding Thunderbolts (and so far Mighty Avengers), I'm not so sure that many of the MU books post CW will be any less of a turkey than DC's OYL run.
I'd suggest you try JLA, JSA and Green Lantern (Brave & the Bold has been good too). Probably DC's best right now and well worth shelling out good money for. Wildstorm also has StormwatchHD and Deathblow (quality reading right there in those books), as well as the Authority (when it comes out ).
But its all horses-for-courses. I happen to be able to accommodate a whole lot of purchases on a weekly basis and I'm getting a really good view of who's putting out what, and at the moment its all just a case of splitting hairs. Not too much between them at all.
Have a look at DC's Infinite Crisis. The whole thing was based on the premise that their characters had become too dark and complex and a reboot was desperately needed to return the characters back to a simpler and safer time.
Yep. But that isn't entirely what ended up happening. True, Batman has been reverted back to a hairy chested love-god (while retaining a little of the Frank Miller goodness). Superman has always been the boy scout (no changes or other ambiguities). And Wonder Woman seems to be getting portrayed ala Linda Carter .
But that's just the big 3, and their current arcs have plenty of darkness about them still. The rest of the DCU is a still fairly violent place. Check out this weeks WW3 event (among other post IC titles). Lots of Blood'n'guts going on over at DC. Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters was also a fairly seedy read.
While over at Marvel they rolled out Civil War with the sole purpose of delivering their characters to a more darker and uncertain situation because they'd previously become too comfortable with each other.
Maybe. I've only just begun reading Marvel again, largely due to the Planet HULK story. I used to read only Marvel back in the 70's-80's period. I'd never buy DC books because I had the impression that they only put out corny titles (I blame Superfriends ).
With the exception of Steve Roger's death (post CW I'll add), both CW and IC delivered big, fat anti-climaxes. Excluding Thunderbolts (and so far Mighty Avengers), I'm not so sure that many of the MU books post CW will be any less of a turkey than DC's OYL run.
Don't get me wrong, DC has some great stuff. There are so many great Batman stories that it boggles the mind and the Vertigo line is top shelf: Y: The Last Man, Fables, DMZ, 100 Bullets are all amazing. But after Batman and Vertigo the DC cupboard is pretty threadbare.
I'd suggest you try JLA, JSA and Green Lantern (Brave & the Bold has been good too). Probably DC's best right now and well worth shelling out good money for. Wildstorm also has StormwatchHD and Deathblow (quality reading right there in those books), as well as the Authority (when it comes out ).
But its all horses-for-courses. I happen to be able to accommodate a whole lot of purchases on a weekly basis and I'm getting a really good view of who's putting out what, and at the moment its all just a case of splitting hairs. Not too much between them at all.