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December 16, 2004
Identity Crisis
Eric Burns over at websnark there is a post about identity crisis, which is a kind of funny since i just read the main 7 issue arc last night.
"The "shocking twist ending" was straight out of the last ten minutes of a melodramatic TV movie, right down to the "smiling, calm, insane discussion." Hack work at best, in my not so humble opinion, and utterly out of place in the world of DC Comics."
I couldn't agree more, it felt like such a waste, i'm not even that big of a DC fan, but man after you finish ID you feel a little cheated. I personaly didn't mind the first issue, interesting, cool little story could have done a lot with it, then you finish the last issue and just look at it going, "what the hell is this, this is the ending?" total crap.
Eric also goes on to talk about the loss of comics for younger ages, actually more of the core characters no longer being written for kids anymore. And to an extent he's right, if you pick up superman or Spiderman anymore little is applicable or appropriate for younger readers, but I know at least marvel has made some attempts with the Marvel Age line to keep at least some main favorite characters approachable for kids.
I don't know, you can have a huge discussion on the pros and cons of writing to an aging comic populace or trying to write for new younger readers, either way it seems marvel is making some attempt at both, i'm sure dc is too in some way, i just don't keep up with their books enough to know.
Posted by Tim at December 16, 2004 7:29 PM