I want to thank everyone for their comments on the first edition of Revolutionary Reactions. A change you will see in my second column will be the addition of links to the source of the story I am discussing. Click on the heading of a section and it will take you to the source of the story.
The news is pretty slow this week, so the column is a short one.
CORY WALKER WILL BE WRITING/DRAWING NEW SERIES
As a long time fan of Image Comics’ Invincible, I am curious about Cory Walker’s new series. Cory did a great job on Invincible. Time will tell if he can help start another successful series. If I remember right, he left Invincible because of deadline problems.
BLACK LANTERNS ARE DEAD SUPERHEROES AND VILLAINS
Ethan Van Sciver received a list of dead superheroes and villains from one of his editors. He is giving each of them a new look. So the possibility exists for the appearance of zombie versions of many dead characters. The book will look great with Van Sciver drawing it. Kind of makes you wonder what a zombie version of Bizarro or Solomon Grundy would look like…
In the same article, Van Sciver talks about establishing a unique identity for Wally. It sounds like Barry Allen is staying alive. This makes sense. Geoff Johns was one of the main people behind bringing Hal Jordan back. How long until the protests start? I’m sure some fans will be rallying to keep Wally in the Flash costume. I will be curious to see how they divide up the Rogues Wally inherited from Barry.
Len Wein is writing next year’s Superman/Batman Annual (drawn by Chris Batista). This is good news for old time comic fans like myself. Len was the writer of many comics when I was growing up. He is best known among younger fans for 2 things. Creating Wolverine and being Grant Morrison’s favorite comic book writer.
The annual will feature the modern version of the Composite Superman. He looked like half Superman and half Batman. He possessed the powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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I enjoy Invincible, too. Here’s hoping to another great series.
Why are zombies so appealing? I don’t get the whole “zombie phenomenon,” so seeing a bunch of deadies comeback for the sake of bringing them back means very little to me. Now that it looks like the Black Lanterns are nothing more than an excuse by DC to do a zombie theme, I’m not interested.
I’ve been wondering what Wally and Barry will be doing for identities since Barry was confirmed to be back. You now have 2 speedsters, which is a little overkill in my book, but both can’t be the Flash. I’d personally like to see Barry find the new identity because returning Barry to the Flash identity seems like DC is regressing. To make a comparison in pro wrestling, I really enjoy TNA but for a while there, all Jeff Jarrett was doing was rebuilding WCW before the collapse. WCW collapsed for a reason… it sucked.
I have no comment on the last story.