Time for a new Who's Who

[LordEd1976]

Anyone think its about time that DC did a new Who's Who? The last time DC published one was around 1992, about the same time as the Death of Superman. Since then, hundreds of characters have either debuted or had major changes done to the them. And thanks to Infinite Crisis and 52, more change is on the way.

The following list are some of the people, teams, and places who have debuted since the last Who's Who or have had signifigant things occur in their lives that should be touched upon;

Aegis Armor, Agent Midnight, Harold Allnut, Amazing Man (Will Everett III), Amygdala, Fel Andar, Aquagirl (new), Aquaman, Aquaman (Arthur Curry), Ares, Argent, Argus, Arion, Arrowette, Arsenal, Asmodel, Atom-Smasher, Atom (Adam Cray), Atom (new guy), Atomic Knights, Axis Amerika, Aztek, Bane, Batgirl (Cassandra Cain), Batwoman, Black Adam, Black Alice, Black Condor (Ryan Kendall), Black Fire, Black Flash, Black Manta, Black Mask, Black Spider (LaMonica), Black Spider (Needham), Black Zero, Blockbuster (Roland Desmond), Bloodpack, Bludhaven, Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes), Body Doubles, Booster Gold, Sasha Bordeaux, Breach, Brother Blood, Brother I, Brutale, Bulleteer, Bumblebee, Bushido, Cadre, David Cain, Calculator, Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness), Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer), Captain Marvel, Catman, Catwoman (Selena), Catwoman (Holly), Chain Lightning, Charaxes, Charybdis, Cameron Chase, Checkmate, Cheetah (Ballestros), Joe Chill, Chillblaine, Chronos (Gabriel Walker), Cicada, Cinnamon II, Coast City, Cobalt Blue, Contessa, Crime Syndicate, Crimson Avenger (new), Cyborg (Vic Stone), Cyborg Superman, Damage, Daniel, Daimien Darhk, Dark Lord, Dark Nemesis, Darkseid, Darkstars, Deathstroke, Sue Dibny, Director Bones, Dr. Fate (Hector Hall), Dr. Light (Arthur Light), Dr. Mid-Nite (Pieter Criss), Doomsday, Doom Patrol, Double Dare, Dweller in the Depths, Echo IV, Eclipso (Jean Loring), Elite, Elongated Man, Eradicator, Extant, Vesper Fairchild, Fate, Fire, Firebrand (Sanchez), Firebrand (new), Flash (Bart Allen), Flash (John Fox), Flash (Jay Garrick), Flash (Wally West), Folded Man, Freedom Beast, Freedom Fighters, Fury (Lyta Trevor), Eddie Fyers, General (Wade Eiling), General Zod, Gentleman Ghost, Geomancer, Giganta, Girder, Gog, Golden Eagle, Golden Wasp, Gotham City, Grace, Grayven, Great Ten, Green Arrow, (Connor Hawke), Green Arrow (Oliver Queen), Green Lantern (Guy Gardener), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Green Lantern (John Stewart), Green Lantern Corps,Guardians of the Universe, Gunfire, Gypsy, Halo, Hangmen, Harley Quinn, Hawk & Dove, Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders), Hawkman, Hellhound, Herald, Hippolyta, Hitman, Hourman (robot), Hourman (Rex Tyler), Hourman (Rick Tyler), Human Bomb (Roy Lincoln), Human Bomb (New), Humpty-Dumpty, Ma Hunkel, Maxine Hunkel, Hush, Ice, Icemaiden, Imperiex, Imperiex Probes, Indigo, Injustice Gang, Injustice Society, Invisible Jet, Ion, Natasha Irons, Isis, Jade, Jakeem Thunder, JLA, JSA, Kahndaq, Ian Karkull, Keystone City, Kid Devil, King Shark, Stan Kitch, Klarion, Knockout, Kobra, Labrats, Lady Shiva, Lois Lane, Sam Lane, Lois Lane-Kent, Lana Lang, L.E.G.I.O.N., Legion of Doom, Legion of Super-Heroes, Liberty Belle, Linear Men, Lionheart, Lobo, Lockdown, Looker, Loose Cannon, Maxwell Lord, Alex Luthor, Lex Luthor, Magenta, Maggedon, Manhattan Guardian, Manhunter (Chase Lawler), Manhunter (Kate Spencer), Manhunter (Kirk DePaul), Major Disaster, Major Force, Manchester Black, Massacre, Maxima, Max Mercury, Maya, Mera, Metropolis, Millenium Giants, Mist (Nash), Mister Terrible, Mister Terrific (Micheal Holt), Mister Zsasz, Mongal, Mongul (father), Mongul (son), Alex Montez, Monitors, Renee Montoya, Murmur, Nabu, Nemesis (Soseh Mykros), Neron, Neutron, Nightmaster, Nightwing, Northwind, Obsidian, O'Dare Family, Oddman, Jimmy Olsen, OMACs, Onomonatopeia, Onyx, Opal City, Oracle, Orca, Orpheus, Outsiders, Parademon, Parallax (aka Yellow Fear Monster), Linda Park-West, Penguin, Plastic Man, Plunder, Power Company, Power Girl, Primal Force, Psycho-Pirate, Quintessence, QWisp, Ragdoll (Secret Six), Ravager (Grant Wilson), Ravager (Rose Wilson), Raven, Manitou Raven, Dawn Raven, Red Hood, Red Panzer, Rival, Robin (Tim Drake), Frank Rock, Rocket Reds, Pete Ross, Roulette, Ruin, Sand, Savitar, Scandal, Scarab, Scorch, Secret Six (Luthor team), Julian September, Shadowpact, Shining Knight (new), Silver Monkey, Silver Swan (Vanessa), Sin-Eater, Society, Solaris, Solivar, Johnny Sorrow, Spectre (Cripius Allen), Spectre (Jim Corrigan), Speed Saunders, Speedy (Mia Dearborn), Spellbinder, (Billings), Spellbinder (Moffit), Spirit King, Spoiler, Stalker, Stanley and his Monster, Star City, Stargirl, Starman (Jack Knight), Starman (Will Payton), Starman (Mikaal Tomas), Star Racer, Steel (John Henry Irons), Steelworks, Stinger, Adam Strange, Alanna Strange, Strange Visitor, S.T.R.I.P.E., Superboy-Prime, Superboy (Connor Kent), Supergirl (Cir-El), Supergirl (Linda Danvers), Supergirl (Kara), Supergirl (Matrix), Super-Mallon, Superman, Superman Earth-2, Supermen of America, Supernova, Sylph, Takion, Talia, Tar Pit, Tarantula (Flores), Tartarus, Team Hazard, Technocrat, Teen Titans, Tempest (Garth), Thunder (Anissa Pierce), Johnny Thunderbolt, Titans East, Titans Tower, Tomorrow Woman, Torpedoman, Torque, Toyman (Hiro Okamura), Toyman (Schott), Traci 13, Trickster (Axel Walker), Trigger Twins, Triumph, Donna Troy, Ultramarines, Uncle Sam, Vanishing Point, Vapor, Vigilante (Patricia Trayce), Villainy Inc., Virtuoso, Amanda Waller, Watchtower, White Martians, White Rabbit, Windshear, Wonder Girl (Cassie), Wonder Twins, Wonder Woman, Word, Worlogog, Yaz, Young Justice, Zauriel, Zoom.

I'm probably missing a ton of people but I think this gets my point across. So how about DC? How about a new Who's Who?

[Babylon23]

I'd love to see a new Who's Who. I'm a sucker for these kinds of character handbooks.

I'd also hope that DC could put together a better package than Marvel current efforts, which have been a bit lacklustre.

[BeastieRunner]

I'd say they're a little overdue :p

[Jack Zodiac]

I'd rather see them do a few hardcover encyclopedia style handbooks instead of another Who's Who series.

[Buried Alien]

I'd rather see them do a few hardcover encyclopedia style handbooks instead of another Who's Who series.

Depends on how it's done. For all its pretty packaging, the ENCYCLOPEDIA's entries were anemic information-wise compared to WHO'S WHO.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Ontir]

I'd like to see a 3rd Who's Who? in the same format as the 2nd, with the hole punches, so they can be taken apart, and grouped in whatever way you want. I found that particularly helpful, when putting together some samples, several years ago. I had all the characters that I wanted to use, in one folder, despite where they may have been grouped previously.

Whatever the format, it is LOOOOONG past due for a new edition.

[Gozwald73]

I agree with the file sheet idea - the Encyclos look good on your coffee table but the content was terrible!

The 2ED files though - wow they were amazing. I think I read every single sheet. The full page shots, the little face shots on the reverse, the versatility of having separate sheets - it was all fantastic. I'm actually surprised something like this has not been done as a web-based resource. It would be a lot easier to keep current in that form.

[Toreador]

I would love another WHO'S WHO. Maybe they could do a CD-ROM version as well with a limited ability to update it over the net.

[amirab]

I would love another WHO'S WHO. Maybe they could do a CD-ROM version as well with a limited ability to update it over the net.
I think a CD-ROM version would be great. A WHO'S WHO would help me out a lot, because I am sort of new to comics, and I would love to find out who everybody is.

[Agentum]

Put it on the web.
I'm not that keen on reading books with technical information really.

If they do a book i prefer few hardcover books over single issues like the old Who's who was, Marvel today is puting out to many books, i don't whant to have to buy 20 books for something like this.

[The Scribe]

Comic companies need to publish a "Who's who" trade every three to five years.

I've been buying Marvel handbook comics, even though some characters have been left out.

They need to publish these types of books in trades.

[curefreak]

i think its pretty irrelevant to put out a whos who when you have sites like wikipedia out.

[The Scribe]

i think its pretty irrelevant to put out a whos who when you have sites like wikipedia out.

Well, Marvel and DC have their own sites that have information on characters, but it's nice to have the comic or trade.

I'd rather have the comics in my hands with out having to log on all the time.

[Apathy Boy]

Guidebooks have devolved quite a bit since the days of WHO'S WHO and the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Marvel and DC's recent attempts at this type of book have been pretty miserable: low in content, high on recycled material. For whatever reason - maybe because we're in the Internet era or because of cost reasons - that's what comic companies think readers want. So I'm not really eager to see WHO'S WHO return. (I did like the DC Encyclopedia, though. You can't beat the sheer quantity of characters who were included. And while most of the entries were skimpy, I appreciated the fact that they were written specifically for the book and not just lifted out of pre-existing material.)

I'd love to see SECRET ORIGINS return, though.

[Lonewalker]

DC really needs to do a new Who's Who. Dammit. >=s

[Soundrave]

i think its pretty irrelevant to put out a whos who when you have sites like wikipedia out.

Wikipedia is a horrible, horrible source full of amateurish writing and inaccurate information. Give me a new Who's Who!

[Soundrave]

Guidebooks have devolved quite a bit since the days of WHO'S WHO and the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Marvel and DC's recent attempts at this type of book have been pretty miserable: low in content, high on recycled material. For whatever reason - maybe because we're in the Internet era or because of cost reasons - that's what comic companies think readers want. So I'm not really eager to see WHO'S WHO return. (I did like the DC Encyclopedia, though. You can't beat the sheer quantity of characters who were included. And while most of the entries were skimpy, I appreciated the fact that they were written specifically for the book and not just lifted out of pre-existing material.)

I'd love to see SECRET ORIGINS return, though.


The new Marvel Handbooks are very well done, with more content than the original series. The only "recycled" material they use is art, which isn't the case all of the time as new art is commissioned on occasion.

[Hellstormer]

I'd like to see a 3rd Who's Who? in the same format as the 2nd, with the hole punches, so they can be taken apart, and grouped in whatever way you want. I found that particularly helpful, when putting together some samples, several years ago. I had all the characters that I wanted to use, in one folder, despite where they may have been grouped previously.

Whatever the format, it is LOOOOONG past due for a new edition.
I second that notion, I think marvel should do the same, they've done it before also.