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Post by zaku on Feb 24, 2022 3:17:28 GMT -5
A little off-topic, but I think that Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) is the only DC-character whose adventures you can read continuously from issue (his storylines continued after each Crisis) I can't think of any other DC characters so little altered by all the various reboots. I get the sense that Barry Allen fared reasonably well after the Crisis (well, continuity wise at least, I mean, he did die) and Zero Hour. I know that these days he's been updated for the 90's with a grim and gritty 'Father murdered his mother' backstory, but I suspect that for a character who died in 1985, DC actually did a competent job at preserving most of his little corner of his world for the next 20 or so years. Yep, but he was virtually rebooted after the New 52. While for Hal, after that event, the biggest change was a little redesign of his costume. Which didn't last.
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Post by zaku on Feb 24, 2022 3:24:28 GMT -5
Finances forced me to stop buying comics some years back, so I'm kinda surprised to hear that Hal's career somehow made it thru " the new 52" apparently without a blip. How about that? Well, the IRL reasons are simple: - GL was the pet project of Geoff Johns, who also mastered the New 52 thing.
- GL and its various spin-off were ones of the most successful comics at the time, and they were in the middle of various storylines immediately before Flashpoint.
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Post by Duragizer on Feb 24, 2022 3:39:06 GMT -5
Oh, and regarding Robin... it gets me how many younger fans (spurred on to some degree by certain editors and their overbearing attitudes) dislike the whole IDEA of Robin, ignoring just how popular he was for decades. I've read that the BATMAN series increased in popularity immmensely, after Robin's introduction. I used to be one of those folks. Rewatching B:TAS/reading The New Teen Titans did a lot to rehabilitate the character for me. But I still can't stand his Golden/Silver Age iteration.
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Post by profh0011 on Feb 24, 2022 16:48:31 GMT -5
Apart from the first 2 Robin stories being among my all-time favorite Batman stories EVER (Robin's intro, The Joker's intro), I also LOVE his portrayal in the 1943 serial. In there, Bruce & Dick are portrayed as they were in the comics-- like older and younger BROTHERS, not adoptive father & son-- and Batman & Robin don't seem like hero & sidekick, but PARTNERS in crime-fighting. I also loved when Dick kidded Bruce about his "wimpy boyfriend" act (a la Don Diego Vega), saying, "You know, one of these days you're gonna take that too far..."The only other time I can remember this kind of vibe, was during Steve Englehart's all-too-brief run on DETECTIVE COMICS. As Dick is about to leave, he & Bruce are catching up on things. Bruce was dating Silver St. Cloud at the time. I forget who Dick was dating, but he said to Bruce something along the lines of, "You better leave the serious stuff to me." --at which point Bruce smiled, pointed to the exit, and said, "Okay-- TIME TO GET OUT of here!" This was such a far cry from the 1960s, especially the Adam West TV show, where they were always portrayed like father & son.
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