Fuck DC

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Arhra

Hey wait a moment, you mean they're just going "Hey guys, we're doing a reset" instead of inventing some stupid crossover plot tangle whatsit that is going to CHANGE THINGS FOREVER which really involves halfassedly changing a few things back to the way they were and making whatever passes for continuity in comics even more inbred?

And this is a bad thing?

It is, because IDEALLY they wouldn't do either, because both are stupid as hell. And they would instead write a continuing story about these characters until they die of old age or in battle, at which point they would stay dead, and the mantle would be passed on to newer characters who may or may not take up the old character's persona.

Not that it'll ever happen, and it's blind wishful thinking to believe, or expect, otherwise.

However, as Fifth said, this is a soft reboot anyway, so it's not even the lesser of the two possible evils. And you should just not read either Marvel or DC at all, because of this kind of stupidity.

[Jagos]

Originally Posted by Krylo

It is, because IDEALLY they wouldn't do either, because both are stupid as hell. And they would instead write a continuing story about these characters until they die of old age or in battle, at which point they would stay dead, and the mantle would be passed on to newer characters who may or may not take up the old character's persona.

I truly wish I could see one character in DC or Marvel stay dead.

Robin doesn't count because they got a new one.

It's also a reason I like to stay with manga over American comics. Once a series is done, that's it.

[Aerozord]

well for all the fanboy complaints I think deep down this kind of thing is exactly what they want. I mean if they didn't want this tangled nightmare of a continuity then American comic industry would have died a long time ago. This is reinforced by how these more convoluted series are the ones that tend to sell the best

[Bard The 5th LW]

The only comic, Marvel or DC, that I read at all is Deadpool, so I'm pretty much unaffected. However, if this means I can ignore the shit that has transpired beforehand, then maybe I'll start reading Batman or something.

[MuMu]

Honestly, if you want to read comics, just read independent stories, one-shots and mini/maxiseries. No monthlies or big events(Well, except maybe Cosmic Marvel) that try to pretend they have a continuity and destroying it at the same time.

Also, Vertigo.

[Osterbaum]

Originally Posted by Fifth

Hahahahahaha no you totally still will. It's a "soft reboot" so they're totally keeping random bits and pieces of the various characters' legacies and backstories while getting rid of randomly selected other things and alternately grafting on entirely new bits of backstory that nobody will know anything about because they'll just have been invented.

In that case: Fuck DC.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Osterbaum

In that case: Fuck DC.

And now we've gone full circle.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I read some comics once. Some blue guy punched some red guys. It was pretty funny. They should just do that more.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Jagos

Robin doesn't count because they got a new one.

Also because none of them have stayed dead, either. Jason Todd is now a shitty supervillain as the Red Hood and Stephanie Brown is Batgirl.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

Also because none of them have stayed dead, either. Jason Todd is now a shitty supervillain as the Red Hood and Stephanie Brown is Batgirl.

And Dick Grayson was Batman! And it was awesome. That's the jumping off point that got me back into Batman comics. It gave me a new place to start off at without having to dump all continuity. I only ever read Morrison's run on Batman because I was so interested in seeing what he had done with the characters prior to "Batman & Robin."

So that's how I look at jumping off points, do something that introduces new aspects without throwing all the old ones away.