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Post by chadwilliam on Jan 2, 2019 20:24:05 GMT -5
This would be great fun, and I think that even with the breadth of the DC Universe of the Golden Age, the events could be covered in a way similar to Shelton's in Marvels. The conceit could be that the burgeoning success of radio and newsreel organizations allows, indeed compels, correspondents to be all over. The Superman phenomenon that began in the spring of 1938 might be seen as a precursor to the atmosphere of worry and fear that occurred just a few months later in the wake of the Welles War of the Worlds broadcast. Even in a relatively contained area like NYC, it might strain credulity that the same photographer would be present at so mnay key Marvel Universe events, after all. There could be local correspondents in places like Keystone City and Gotham, and national correspondents like Edward R. Murrow who weigh in and travel to cover stories as well. ("This... is... Metropolis.") A sports announcer/reporter might be the one who first investigates Jay Garrick's performance. (I wonder if his first name might have come from the University of Chicago's Jay Berwanger, the first Heisman winner. He never played in the pros for various reasons, but went into plastic and rubber manufacturing. Garrick was, of course, a fine football player to begin with, but also a "brilliant" student" engaged in scientific research.) A Gotham crime reporter might start the investigation of Batman. A colleague on the Gotham Gazette who covers radio might be curious about the connection between Alan Scott and Green Lantern. And, yes, sadly, Darwyn Cooke would have been perfect for this kind of project. Etcetera, etcetera... I really like this idea, Prince Hal. Come to think of it, newspaper/radio/newsreel reporters were about as ubiquitous as kid sidekicks during DC's Golden Age - Alan Scott ran a radio company, Johnny Quick shot newsreel footage, Vicki Vale popped up in 1948, Superman, of course, had the Daily Planet.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 2, 2019 22:02:01 GMT -5
This would be great fun, and I think that even with the breadth of the DC Universe of the Golden Age, the events could be covered in a way similar to Shelton's in Marvels. The conceit could be that the burgeoning success of radio and newsreel organizations allows, indeed compels, correspondents to be all over. The Superman phenomenon that began in the spring of 1938 might be seen as a precursor to the atmosphere of worry and fear that occurred just a few months later in the wake of the Welles War of the Worlds broadcast. Even in a relatively contained area like NYC, it might strain credulity that the same photographer would be present at so mnay key Marvel Universe events, after all. There could be local correspondents in places like Keystone City and Gotham, and national correspondents like Edward R. Murrow who weigh in and travel to cover stories as well. ("This... is... Metropolis.") A sports announcer/reporter might be the one who first investigates Jay Garrick's performance. (I wonder if his first name might have come from the University of Chicago's Jay Berwanger, the first Heisman winner. He never played in the pros for various reasons, but went into plastic and rubber manufacturing. Garrick was, of course, a fine football player to begin with, but also a "brilliant" student" engaged in scientific research.) A Gotham crime reporter might start the investigation of Batman. A colleague on the Gotham Gazette who covers radio might be curious about the connection between Alan Scott and Green Lantern. And, yes, sadly, Darwyn Cooke would have been perfect for this kind of project. Etcetera, etcetera... I really like this idea, Prince Hal. Come to think of it, newspaper/radio/newsreel reporters were about as ubiquitous as kid sidekicks during DC's Golden Age - Alan Scott ran a radio company, Johnny Quick shot newsreel footage, Vicki Vale popped up in 1948, Superman, of course, had the Daily Planet. Yes! Those characters could easily be incorporated, you’re right.
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Post by electricmastro on Jul 22, 2019 23:45:36 GMT -5
Also cool:
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Post by mikelmidnight on Jul 26, 2019 11:58:10 GMT -5
Busiek has posted about this on Twitter. He said it would have definitely referenced the pre-Crisis continuity in a 'magic realist' fashion. That's intriguing as hell but as far as he'd been willing to describe.
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Post by zaku on Jul 28, 2019 9:10:33 GMT -5
Actually, they did a Marvel-Style (e.i., major events through the eyes of a common person) comic set in the Dc Universe. I suppose it isn't very well known... DC Universe: Legacies
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 28, 2019 9:26:01 GMT -5
Maybe Busiek and Ross could adapt Lash House. It meets a bunch of the criteria laid out in the first post and the flashback sections could be expanded. I'd love to see Alex's rendition of the Battle of Metropolis! Cei-U! I summon the impossible dream!
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