Darkest Night questions
Jul. 16th, 2009 06:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captain_slinkyIn our Field Trip to The Comic Book Store last night, I bought the new DC Comics "Darkest Night" #1. I've been frantically catching-up on all the DC Comics stuff thanks to the Library, but there are questions...
First, Superboy is back and Pa Kent is dead again? When/how did this happen? This is EXTREMELY confusing for me because the last time anybody brought up Connor Kent at a convention, all the writers and Dan Didio himself just kept repeating the mantra "Connor is dead, there is no Superboy"! He died fighting Superboy Prime and that's that! All I can hope is that it's covered someplace n 52, which I am just about to start reading.
Second, I find it REALLY HARD to accept that The Rogues have a "Secret Graveyard" in Keystone City where they bury all the fallen rogues along with life-size statues of the fallen. Nobody ever noticed the large collection of statues being admired by grieving men of spandex?
And finally, I... I just don't know. It seems to be a pretty cheap (and late) attempt to cash in on the trend created by Marvel Zombies. It all seems really... I don't know. I like the way they're doing it with the rings and all, but... it seems kind of forced?
First, Superboy is back and Pa Kent is dead again? When/how did this happen? This is EXTREMELY confusing for me because the last time anybody brought up Connor Kent at a convention, all the writers and Dan Didio himself just kept repeating the mantra "Connor is dead, there is no Superboy"! He died fighting Superboy Prime and that's that! All I can hope is that it's covered someplace n 52, which I am just about to start reading.
Second, I find it REALLY HARD to accept that The Rogues have a "Secret Graveyard" in Keystone City where they bury all the fallen rogues along with life-size statues of the fallen. Nobody ever noticed the large collection of statues being admired by grieving men of spandex?
And finally, I... I just don't know. It seems to be a pretty cheap (and late) attempt to cash in on the trend created by Marvel Zombies. It all seems really... I don't know. I like the way they're doing it with the rings and all, but... it seems kind of forced?
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Date: 2009-07-16 03:43 pm (UTC)This way DC can tell all kinds of stories without worrying about continuity. Then in 10-20 years, they can reset everything again to just one reality. And sell lots and lots of 'Collector' issues.
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Date: 2009-07-16 05:09 pm (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_and_Pa_Kent#Post-Birthright
Yep.
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Date: 2009-07-16 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-16 05:53 pm (UTC)I only buy comics in TPB form, so I fall behind in storylines, thus the wiki reading.
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Date: 2009-07-16 05:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-16 07:18 pm (UTC)