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Post by shaxper on Nov 16, 2016 21:28:33 GMT -5
While it seems like there have been a billion soft reboots in the past few decades, there have really only been four fully distinct DC Universes/continuities, from what I can tell. I'm curious which is your favorite, and why.
The Original Universe / Earth Two (1939 to 1956)
When continuity was shaky and output was driven more by profit than love of the medium. This would not include retroactive stories about the characters from this era (JLA/JSA team-ups, New Frontiers, etc). The original works must speak for themselves.
The Silver and Bronze Age / Earth One (1956 to 1985)
When continuity was shaky and output was driven more by profit than love of the medium. Though this continuity technically ends with Crisis on Infinite Earths, much of it continues up until Legends a year later.
The Post Crisis Age (1985 to 2011)
When continuity was shaky and output was driven more by profit than love of the medium. Includes soft reboots such as Zero Hour, Infinite Crisis, and Final Crisis.
Nu 52 and Beyond (2011 to present)
When continuity was shaky and output was driven more by profit than love of the medium. Includes Rebirth as a soft reboot.
Please share your rationale below. The poll locks at 11:59pm EST on November 23rd.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 16, 2016 21:35:51 GMT -5
But upon further review...if post-GA Earth-two stuff doesn't count then it changes my answer.
And it becomes somewhat difficult to say...because I like a lot of bronze-age stuff. But it probably is post-crisis on the basis of Ostrander's Spectre, Starman, etc.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 16, 2016 22:10:16 GMT -5
Bronze Age for me, when my tastes were fully formed. Post-Crisis, though, is a close second, for quality of stories across the line.
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 16, 2016 22:14:26 GMT -5
Post-Crisis
Love em all, but despite the skewing of Superboy, the Legion, and Hawkman, there was tons of good stuff in here including a heap load of Vertigo, and Wildstorm and ABC as well.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 16, 2016 22:17:50 GMT -5
Post-Crisis Love em all, but despite the skewing of Superboy, the Legion, and Hawkman, there was tons of good stuff in here including a heap load of Vertigo, and Wildstorm and ABC as well. I read the question as being strictly DCU. So not including any of the latter stuff. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 16, 2016 22:22:09 GMT -5
But I can't seem to change my vote. Hmmmmm...
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Post by shaxper on Nov 16, 2016 22:26:40 GMT -5
Post-Crisis Love em all, but despite the skewing of Superboy, the Legion, and Hawkman, there was tons of good stuff in here including a heap load of Vertigo, and Wildstorm and ABC as well. I read the question as being strictly DCU. So not including any of the latter stuff. That had been my intention. Though, technically, if we rule out properties acquired by DC under another imprint, that would also make the original Justice Society of America and its individual members ineligible. |
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 16, 2016 22:34:42 GMT -5
I see your point Slam.
The original Vertigo was based on DC characters that started the imprint. They would be included, like Animal Man and Swamp Thing, and pre-Nu 52 there was linkage with the Wildstorm imprint but not ABC.
I'd still keep my vote the same.
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 16, 2016 22:35:53 GMT -5
I read the question as being strictly DCU. So not including any of the latter stuff. That had been my intention. Though, technically, if we rule out properties acquired by DC under another imprint, that would also make the original Justice Society of America and its individual members ineligible. Yeah, that would exclude All-American, Fawcett and Quality in the Era I, and Charlton in Era II. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 22:38:06 GMT -5
1956-1985. It was what I grew up reading....
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Nov 17, 2016 0:33:09 GMT -5
Has to be post Crisis purely cos the writing got good.
Now if I could have the Silver/Bronze age world written well then I could change my mind, but most DC books pre 1980 were written for babies so post-Crisis it is then.
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 17, 2016 0:48:26 GMT -5
I love a lot of those great Bronze and Silver concepts though
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2016 2:15:09 GMT -5
Throughout the 70s and early 80s I only sporadically read DC Comics here and there, being much more familiar with the characters through Super Friends, Megos, George Reeves Adventures of Superman reruns, Adam West Batman reruns, Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman and Christopher Reeves Superman. I had maybe a dozen to a score of DC issues in my small collection of comics compared to a couple hundred Marvels. Allowance money wen to Marvels as a priority and only occasionally picked up a DC issue, usually Justice League to get as many heroes as possible.
When I got old enough to work and make my own money, Crisis was underway and I started getting into DC more, and by the time of Legends, Byrne's Superman, Baron's Flash, Giffen/DeMatteis' Justice League and Perez's Wonder Woman, I was buying more DC a month than Marvel for a couple of years. When I left for university in fall of '87, I cut way back on comics for a number of years because of finances, but DC was much more prevalent in what I did keep buying. However, by the time Zero Hour hit, a lot of DC had last its charm for me, and a lot of the promise of those post-Crisis Legends era relaunches had fizzled in my eyes as creative teams shuffled and directions changed, and DC began its desperation era of gimmick events and broken heroes that just lost me for the most part.
I love a lot of stuff from multiple DC eras, but that time from '86-ish to the early 90s was really my time as a DC fanboy where I got deep into DC, so I voted for the post-Crisis era though from '92-2011 there are only a handful of DCU books (mostly fringe titles) that I give a damn about, so that vast majority of that period holds little to no interest to me now, and didn't through much of it.
-M
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 17, 2016 3:37:17 GMT -5
Post-Crisis. The Bronze Age was when I got into DC and I still love a lot of that stuff, but I think the late eighties/nineties were when DC were putting out most of the best stuff they ever did, including Robinson's Starman, Sandman, Morrison's Animal Man, Moore's Swamp Thing, the JLI, and pretty much anything written by John Ostrander.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2016 3:59:04 GMT -5
I prefer the Original Universe because the stories were fresh and fun. I also like the Earth 2 bit because it's made it more interesting and gave the readers another option to fill.
I wished that you separated the Silver and the Bronze Ages ... why, the Silver Age was whole lot more fun and the Bronze Age was dull and not my cup of tea.
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