So how poorly is this one going to end?
Recently DC took the path away from the New 52/DC You storytelling. “Rebirth” was a return to what made the DC Universe work and why many of us became fans of DC Comics. You could nitpick an individual writer or two which is nothing new in fiction overall but for the most part it was the DC Universe we all remember, even if this is version 3.2 at this point. Or was version 3.2. With Dan DiDio back in full control it looks like he’s steering back to his dark and gritty nonsense in a version 3.3 DC Universe, bringing in Brian Michael Bendis to ruin the advancements Rebirth made to Superman, , Tom King psychologically destroying Mister Miracle and now Batman, the killing of sidekicks and legacy characters (and whatever DiDio and his crew can get away with doing to Nightwing) he and DiDio hate in Heroes In Crisis, and they still haven’t finished Doomsday Clock, the event that from what I’ve heard ends the Rebirth period. Just when things were getting good I have to break out the “Death Of DC” category yet again.
In the interest of keeping an open mind, Tom Taylor’s teased “DCeased” story could be an alternate universe tale, something set in one of the “unused” 52 universes because Dan is obsessed with the number. Oddly because the only time a comic called 52 came out was the only time that number was lucky for DC Comics. The New 52, trying to keep the comics to 52 main DC Universe titles a month…all failed to ignite fans. And now we have a new strain of Eventitis unless it is an alternate universe. However, it’s still the returning trend of torturing DC heroes and I’m getting tired of seeing my favorite superhero comic universe getting trashed like this. Will anything quell DiDio and friends’ quest for blood? Or Taylor’s since his big claim to fame right now is continuing the story from the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us and giving us a nightmare form of DC Universe. I don’t know if the game makers are planning to continue that universe so it might even be set there if NetherRealm Studios is not going to make a third game. I really haven’t cared enough to check, but even then DCeased is another symptom of both Eventitis and a hatred for what make the DC Universe great the way it was.
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