Quark, Maaldor, and the Warlock of Ys … Easter Eggs for long time fans. Knowledge of the DCU, dropping in such other-dimensional beings like Lady Outside of the optimism of the book, and as a great bonus, Gates clearly has a comprehensive Long time Supergirl readers shouldn't be surprised that Sterling Gates has a handle on a young hero, striving to do what's right, and learning their place in the world. Maybe Demon Knights? After all, the purest and most noble ofĬharacters, The Shining Knight, amidst others that are beautiful shades of The new Ameythyst? The Teen Titans? The Justice League? World it is harder to be good but you have to … because, to quote theĬompetition, with great power comes great responsibility. Heroes because it is the right thing to do. Throughout this new universe, I kept looking for a least oneīook that might have a different viewpoint, a book where characters were being It felt as if the whole DCU was cut from the same grimmerĪnd a palette of one color becomes boring pretty quickly. That Kevin Maguire is kicked off of because the book needs to be darker than Wonder Woman is a warrior only, never an ambassador forĮnough to sustain a title and so it is canceled, replaced by JLA3000, a book Superboy is a brainwashed weapon,Ī bank robber who carries the DNA of a maniacal genocidal alternate future sonĪnd kill men to create the next generation, trading male children into slaveryįor weapons. Her father has once again been turned into a super-villain. Supergirl isĪ disaffected teen running from her new world. In countless books, in continuity or out, he has become a killer. Loner who doesn’t want to mentor his family, someone who floats over everybody. Super-hero who is happy being a hero, happy to be helping people. Out, the more unrecognizable things are becoming.

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Issues I have with the current New 52 DC Universe, this feeling that it is an I have talked for a while on this blog about some of the

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