If You Could Write Any DC Comic...

[Gail Simone]

...any way ya wanted, which would you pick?

Gail

[hellokittykat]

Wonder Woman in heartbeat.
And, not that I would ever want take them from you but...Birds of Prey.:o

I'd also love to bring back Clan Destine and write that.

[Matt Linton]

BLUE BEETLE - Have Ted Kord sent back in time and trapped in the 1940s. Rather than being a B-list science guy, he'd be a true science hero.

[Karen El]

Supergirl!

I'm sure if she had a hot meal once in a while and some warm clothes she wouldn't be so grumpy.

[Arawn]

Ion - (even though I hate the idea of Ion) I think Kyle needs to go back to being the Peter Parker of the DCU. His run as a GL was at it's best when his personal life was imploding. I also miss Radu and the gay kid...who I must not miss as much as I thought cause I am drawing a blank as to his name.

[Sharpandpointies]

Batgirl (III) - can anyone say 'RETCON'?

And I would listen to the fans. *gasp*

[Graham Vingoe]

absolutely 100% definitely would LOVE to do a Zatanna series.

Ditto the Ray Palmer Atom- No offense, Gail but I have yet to have anyone convince me that Ray Palmer needed to be replaced with a new version

And, as I said on the equivalent thread for Marvel I like the challenge of writing a character you have no liking for, so I'd make myself write Superman

[EspanolBot]

Batgirl (III) - can anyone say 'RETCON'?

And I would listen to the fans. *gasp*
Same here.

Failling that, Catwoman.

[the4thpip]

Legion, probably.

[cactusmaac]

Superman, and I'd do it right.

[Shade]

Arsenal- dig deeper into what we DON'T know about his real parents, show what makes him "Arsenal" vs. Red Arrow or whatever, with both of those storylines having ties to other DCU characters

[OzBat!]

I'd bring back the Archie Legion, cause I really miss XS and Koko and a bunch of others.

Wally West, The Flash. I'm sorry, I loved the Flash tv series, but these guys are not writing any Flash I'm interested in reading.

I want to see what Ray Terrill, The Ray, is up to too, and if I have to write it then dagnabbit, I will!

Other than that, no pressing desires!

[blackcanary_416]

Justice League would be at the top since I would be writing Canary. Not only that there is so many characters on the team now that have interesting backgrounds and I would love to do a deep African jungle story with Vixen and Black Lighting.

I would show Wonder Woman doing some more espionage activities and have Hawkgirl and Superman battle Brainiac or Darkseid.

With the JLA one really can take a story any where they want.

Oh and how I would love to do some kind of "Cowboy Beebop" space themed story with Batman, Black Canary, Green Lantern and Red Tornado.

[SteelChrysanthemum]

Wow, so many answers...

1. Suicide Squad. Find some way of spinning it off where they are appearing in Checkmate. Probably would need a mostly new lineup since so many have gone on to other projects. With the DC trend toward super espionage, we have checkmate as official supers. Secret Six is mostly grey area villains pursuing their own agenda. There is a place for a group that works simply for money. This is my first and favorite choice.

2. Cassie Cain Batgirl. Just because of what's been done with the character, and the chance to fix it.

3. LSH. My favorite comic when I was a kid. Would be great fun to work on it.

[TCJohnson]

The Blue and Gold with Ted Kord and Jon Michael Carter.

[Crowley]

Wally West, The Flash. I'm sorry, I loved the Flash tv series, but these guys are not writing any Flash I'm interested in reading.


I second this.

[shrike]

Birds of Prey WITH Black Canary. No slight to you, love what you've done, but you asked! As much as I'd love BC to fly solo, I love her partnered with Babs.

JLA. Picking and choosing your own group..? Yay!

Atom (although I couldnt do it as well as many, and like another poster, it'd be the Ray Palmer version).

Wonder Woman (I'd bring her back to her Perez mythological roots, it keeps her different from the rest of the pack).

Flash (once again, I wouldn't do as well as many, and I'm not a big FLASH fan, but DC is stupid not to jump on Barry- Flash's old police job due to all the CSI-stuff out there now).

[Cayman]

The Phantom Stranger or Dr. Fate.

[Dedagda]

I'm really digging in concept the revitalization of the classic DC titles Mystery in Space and Tales of the Unexpected.

Give me Strange Adventures. I'd pick up a cue from 52 using dissimilar DC characters like Starfire, Animal Man, and Adam Strange and place them in darker edgier world like Top Cow's Wanted or Marvel's early Supreme Power.

TV is seeing a resurgence in darker serialized Sci-Fi shows like Battlestar Galactica, Lost and Heroes. DC needs to run with that concept.

[Super Sonic]

The Adventures of Beast Boy!!!!!

[Lester C.]

The Adventures of Beast Boy!!!!!
I don't think slash fiction starring you and Garth counts?:eek:

As for me I wouldn't presume to write a professional comic book, but I'd love to take a very long time to write a Xero novel.

[Typo Lad]

Hnh. Tough question.

I'd have to say Nightwing.

[titanfan]

I would love to write a few arcs of JLA or do a mini-series.

As for a regular title...hmm...Hawk & Dove, Outsiders, D.E.O., and assuming I could suddenly find the talent to do whatever I wanted, Superbuddies.

[David Wharton]

I'm sure if she had a hot meal once in a while and some warm clothes she wouldn't be so grumpy.

Things you never thought you would hear a Goth say part one :p

Nightwing back in Bludhaven, back to his optimistic best, with a very solid bunch of villains to oppose him.

[Lester C.]

Hnh. Tough question.

I'd have to say Nightwing.
I love your blog man, but I think Nightwing might be too much for anybody. I've never seen more rabid fans outside of an old ECW arena.

[Typo Lad]

Thank you for the compliment Lester.

Nightwing has rabid fans because Dick Grayson was the kid they wanted to be when they were kids and now they all want him to be the adult they secretly wish they could be.

[TomStillwell]

Teen Titans. No question.

I love my old school Titans like Cyborg but they need to go. It needs to be a team of teens again without adult mentors.

[Matt Linton]

And they should call it something cool like "New Warriors" or "Runaways".

[Nate Grey]

Batgirl.
tencharacterlimit.

[Super Sonic]

tencharacterlimit.

........who?

[PatrickG]

Existing?

SUPERGIRL.

Closely followed by SUPERMAN, NIGHTWING, JSA and LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES.

But I could touch on a lot of what I want to do with Supergirl. Epic powers. Epic feats. Sci-Fi. Alien vistas. Personal character drama. Wisecracks. High adventure.

Part of what's excited me about Kara Zor-El's return has been that I don't think she's ever been played to her full potential. Talented people have worked on the character in droves but I don't think ANYONE'S absolute finest work has been when they were doing a Supergirl comic.

I think I could write some great yarns with a lot of characters. But Supergirl is THE ONE character at DC that I think I could write better than anyone who's written the character to date, while honoring the good ideas of the fine people who have come before.

I mean, there are characters I could reinvent and possibly improve upon. But I don't think Supergirl needs to be reinvented or moved away from the Kara Zor-El model so much as she needs to be realized in new ways. I could work wonders without a costume change or an overt personality change or a new person in the mask or a stunt.

I say this as a huge fan of Joe Kelly. I could never write Deadpool like him. I may never write a Superman story as good as his best even if I'm prolific and very lucky. I think he's doing a fine job on SUPERGIRL so far.

But I think I could top him. And I'm probably the ONE person online who's been on comic book message boards for around a decade now and NEVER claimed he could outdo a pro on a book that they're currently writing.

But if I didn't have editors banging down my door after writing so much as a SINGLE FILL-IN on SUPERGIRL, I'd be content to call it quits on writing for comics. I've talked to editors and been solicited to submit for at least five companies -- although not in some time. I've hung around the DC Booth in San Diego for several years in search of editors. Trolled around online for leads with Marvel and DC and Image editors. Living on a shoestring budget, I've still managed to spend thousands of dollars travelling to shows and trying to get editors' attention.

Probably more than any other title, an editor offering me ONE ISSUE of SUPERGIRL would be the surest way to say, "Put up or shut up."

[Nate Grey]

........who?

lol I couldn't just say Batgirl and hit save, there's a ten character limit.

[Kevinroc]

The Flash. If DC is insistent on Bart having the role, he should be written much less reluctantly and much more impulsively. He should be excited to have the chance to live up to his legacy and act rather impulsively. Kind of take the Captain Marvel concept (the child in the body of the man) except Bart can't turn back into a little kid.

He's Bart Allen, 24/7. His body grew up way too fast but his mind is still the same as it always was. "Leap first and ask questions later."

[Matt Linton]

The Flash. If DC is insistent on Bart having the role, he should be written much less reluctantly and much more impulsively. He should be excited to have the chance to live up to his legacy and act rather impulsively. Kind of take the Captain Marvel concept (the child in the body of the man) except Bart can't turn back into a little kid.

He's Bart Allen, 24/7. His body grew up way too fast but his mind is still the same as it always was. "Leap first and ask questions later."

You're hired!

[PatrickG]

Re: Bart.

At the very least he should be reluctant in a Rodimus Prime kinda way and not in a "scared young man" kinda way.

I mean... Rodimus Prime. Constantly haunted by the feeling that the other guys were better. Bart could experience this is ways that Wally never did. And yet, he could do it without faltering. It could be this messianic kindof thing as opposed to this... well... unheroic, whiny kinda thing. I know Bart is a hero and he SHOULD pull through.

But if he's gonna angst, it should be the kind of turmoil you see in a quick prayer followed by decisive action.

I think the one trap a lot of GOOD super-hero writers fall into is that they become convinced they need to BUILD UP to the heroism, that they can spend years showcasing a character's turmoil and weakness and insecurity. The problem is, the PATH to being a hero isn't a gradual road that we can follow. It's a snap decision. Try to follow the path of someone who "isn't a hero yet" or who "fell off the wagon" and you'll never hit the goal. You gotta hit the ground running, IMO. It's the only sure way to tell stories of what it means to be a hero -- to show people living it.

A story about someone wrestling with the concept of heroism isn't a story about a hero. It's a story about someone wrestling with an idea.

Which isn't to say that heroes don't or shouldn't wrestle with the idea of heroism. But they do it in the downtime between heroic acts or maybe even WHILE DOING heroic acts. They don't spend six months on vacation thinking about it.

[MacQuarrie]

...any way ya wanted, which would you pick?

Gail
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[Cayman]

I'd love to write Supergirl too. I think up Supergirl stories all the time, and I find her book disappointing.

[bfrank]

Classic Legion, before all the pointless 5 year gaps and reboots (not that I'm not enjoying the current book)....

[shrike]

I'm probably the ONE person online who's been on comic book message boards for around a decade now and NEVER claimed he could outdo a pro on a book that they're currently writing.



You really should start reading Judd Winnick's stuff then. I'm sure you'd change your tune.

[Hush Little Batman]

A team-up book starring the JLU versions of Green Lantern (John Stewart) and Hawkgirl (Shayera Hol). I have no idea what I'd call it though.

If not that, then definitely Wonder Woman.

[Briareos]

I'd have this idea for a Sinestro Miniseries. It wouldn't star "Sinestro" instead it'd be about this other character I came up with that would get a ring like his.

[PatrickG]

You really should start reading Judd Winnick's stuff then. I'm sure you'd change your tune.


... Well, he does SOME things better than I could do. As Dan Didio has noted, Judd is really eager to break things.

Y'Know, turn characters on their head. Have good guys go bad. Kill characters.


And it's good to have somebody around doing that. I don't think I could outdo him on that. I wouldn't want to. And I'm glad he's out there doing that even if there are books and characters I'd rather he didn't try that approach with.

[PatrickG]

I'd have this idea for a Sinestro Miniseries. It wouldn't star "Sinestro" instead it'd be about this other character I came up with that would get a ring like his.

My burning Sinestro question is whether his battery could recharge the ring of Bizarro Yellow Lantern. I've spent inordinate hours pondering that.

Y'See, Bizarro No. 1 created a duplicate of Green Lantern Pre-Crisis with his Bizarro Duplicator Ray. Who was Bizarro Yellow Lantern. And he had a yellow GL ring but the charge ran out after 24 hours and he could never recharge it. Pretty sure his ring had a green impurity.

But there's no guarantee it would have worked. And if it had, it would have ruined BYL. Because BYL was considered the greatest of the Bizarro Justice League for having NO powers. Even Bizarro Batman had a claim as the world's worst detective and a fighter. BYL was just a non-powered coward and that made him his people's greatest super-hero.

I'm also curious how BYL would relate to Parallax.

And once again, I find myself thinking how there NEEDS to be a Blue Lantern.

I wasted much of my childhood waiting and hoping that a Blue Lantern would appear, if only for the strange host of light/color gimmicks that would result between BL, Hal and Sinestro.

[steeler80]

Sarge Steel.

I've got a whole mini-series in mind (I've even wrote the first 2 scripts out as a writing exercise). Just give me the chance DC.:)

[NickG]

1.) The Flash, either bringing back Wally West, or making Bart Allen less of a downer, seriously I know a writers job is tough but, these last couple issues of The Flash have been painful, plus I also heard that the current series actually isn't a series at all, it's a miniseries? What the heck.

2.) Superman: I'd write it to where he isn't such a goody goody, and maybe have him get a little darker, have a little more flaws other then the whole, belief in everybody being good stuff.

3.) Detective Comics: I like the series but, this is gonna sound stupid, it shouldn't be all about Batman, Detective Comics has been about things other then Batman least in the past, otherwise the thing would be called Batman, or if your gonna have Batman in it, have him be MORE of a detective, the last issue or two ago that Dini wrote of him and the Riddler trying to figure out a crime, that was decent, I want more of that detective prowess shown.

4.) Legends of the Dark Knight: I remember reading this story a long time ago called Masks, and for my age the story seemed kinda trippy mind altering it was both reality warping and dark, I want that feel again. I think it'd be fun trying to recreate it. Giving a more psychological edge to the Dark Knight, yes his parents were killed in a mugging attempt but I'd want to delve deeper into his psyche as well as some villians minds' as well. Kinda close to Morrisons' Arkham Asylum maybe.

[PatrickG]

I liked Masks.

Did you see it in trade or in the monthly?

There were two different endings to that one...

[David Atkins]

I'm also curious how BYL would relate to Parallax.

Green Courage Bugs from Outer Space! :eek:

EDIT: Or would it be 'from Underground' ?

I would want to write Superman, JLA, or Green Lantern. Superman, because he's probably my all-time favorite character just because. JLA because I strongly dislike what is currently being done with it; the JLA should feature established heroes and icons, not a bunch of b-listers (Arsenal, Black Lightning) in need of some spotlight. Green Lantern because very little has been printed that was actually worth reading in that title since before that mess called 'Rebirth' came into being.

[NickG]

I liked Masks.

Did you see it in trade or in the monthly?

There were two different endings to that one...

I think I just randomly picked up issue #40 when it originally came out in '89, and then years later I picked up issue 39. I think I read #40 when I was 7 or 8 which is a really bizarre thing to read at that age, lol.

[NickG]

Green Lantern because very little has been printed that was actually worth reading in that title since before that mess called 'Rebirth' came into being.

I take it you haven't been reading Geoff Johns run of GL, cause it's been pretty freaking good. Apparently a lot of the GLs weren't killed during Hal's rampage but, boy were they pissed, plus, Jack T. Chance is back *somebody throws lettuce*what I like the character.


EDIT: Sorry about the double post

[David Atkins]

It's possible that Rebirth left a foul enough taste in my mouth that I've not given the current run a fair chance. I have thumbed through the issues at the comic shop, but can't bring myself to actually read (much less buy) them.

I've been loving the new Ion book, though (and Kyle's first run as Ion was even crappier than Rebirth!).

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

Suicide Squad.

Amanda Waller has to be in charge, Bronze Tiger has to be the field leader, Vixen is his back-up and the rest of the cast is a rotating group of supervillain cannon fodder. Almost the entire cast of villains would be from cancelled series or enemies of minor heroes. It'd be a perfect chance to reintroduce them, see if they're worth keeping around and revamping, or slaughtering them with glee.

Oh, and I'd have to wrestle away Deadshot from Gail. In my mind, the Suicide Squad is not the Suicide Squad without Deadshot onboard. He doesn't necessarily have to be in EVERY issue... but I'd prefer it.

Incidentally, I wonder how high up the ranks Deadshot would be in terms of number of villains killed by him. For a "villain" himself, he sure has killed a bunch of his peers. That's one of the reasons I loved that the Society knew that many of their number wouldn't want a pissed off Deadshot going for them. Respect!

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

Double Post.

Still Suicide Squad, though! :)

[NickG]

It's possible that Rebirth left a foul enough taste in my mouth that I've not given the current run a fair chance. I have thumbed through the issues at the comic shop, but can't bring myself to actually read (much less buy) them.

I've been loving the new Ion book, though (and Kyle's first run as Ion was even crappier than Rebirth!).

It's good, I don't know if G. Johns is writing GL still but his Revenge of the Green Lanterns story arc on it was pretty good. I am still kinda surprised you didn't like Rebirth though, especially that scene in the end where Guy Gardner assembles all of the GLs together and they shove some Lantern energy all the way up those space spiders' collective arses, lol. Marz's Ion I was so so about, it got gradually better and better after the first issue though, also there was some reference in Ion to 52 I think, or maybe that was the recent GL, I can't remember.

[amboy00]

This is silly, but I never really enjoyed Nightwing as a superhero. It would have been much more compelling, at least for me, to see him as a Dick Grayson character fighting crime instead.

[Magneto_X]

1) The Huntress

Explore her life when she's not a vigilante, give her a supporting cast at the school(s) she works at, give her a love interest (a normal guy), explore her Italian-American heritage, how her life was like as a mafia "princess", give her a rogues gallery of colourful but under-used villians who are street level (re: Deadshot, Hellhound I, the Scarecrow, the Penguin, the mafia etc), make it more noir (ala Bendis' Daredevil/ Phifer's Catwoman) and have a subtle Catholic tone to the series (ala Kevin Smith Daredevil).

Prometheus will show up but she'll need *serious* help each time he appears.

2) Batgirl/Kasumi

I have an idea in mind to retcon Cass back into her normal self and if I can't have her back as Batgirl I'll have her take on the identity of Kasumi permanently.

3) Martain Manhunter

Make him closer to Grant Morrison's version and have him use his detetcive skills and intelliegence more instead of rrelying on his uber-powers.

Bring back the White Martians.

3) Nightwing

Find a way to get his Dixon rogues gallery back (Blockbuster II, the Shrike IV etc) and add others to make his rogues genuinely badass.

4) Power of Shazam!/Captain Marvel Jr.

Revamp the series to be relevant again (ala Judd Winnick) only have the protogonist be Billy. Make him a teenger. About 13 or 14 years old. Revamp his entire rogues (ala Morrison's JLA). Make Sivana closer to the version from First Thunder.

It'll kind of like DC's answer to Ultimate Spiderman.

5) Legion of Super-Heroes

Revamp it again, making it a blend of Levitz & Waid's current runs. Only the tone will mirror Levitz so it doesn't get to depressing.

6) Wonder Woman

Similar to Rucka's run I'll have her deal with magic and monsters. Steve Trevor will be more like Indiana Jones who is able to help her on missions, instead of being kidnap bait most of the time. I'll also bring back Artemis.

7) Untitled Charlton Heroes Group

All the Charlton heroes (the Question, Peacemaker II (from Justice League International), Blue Beetle II [Ted Kord], Judomaster, Sarge Steel, Captain Atom and Nightshade) together again, only for an ongoing.

Similar in concept to L.A.W only good.


There are dozens of others

[JaeYu1]

1) Superman

2) Justice League

3) New Gods

[EspanolBot]

Oh, I've got an idea which I've had for a while: The Cass Cain Chronicles.

It basically takes place in the time between her unintentionally murdering that crimeboss when she's eight up until the point where she becomes Batgirl during No Man's Land.

The story could show her meeting the likes of Richard Dragon and the like in as she's wondering the Earth.

[Indigo Al]

I'd love to take over Shadowpact, Wonder Woman, or revive Arak Son of Thunder. Or start a new book with the New Gods.

[JKCarrier]

I've always wanted to take a crack at the Metal Men. Distinctive (and funny!) personalities, versatile powers, and nothing to tie them down to any particular locale -- you can pretty much go anywhere and do anything with them. They're separated from humanity just enough to provide an interesting perspective on the human condition as they go around the globe (or the galaxy!) having crazy super-science adventures.

[Sharpandpointies]

Oh, I've got an idea which I've had for a while: The Cass Cain Chronicles.

It basically takes place in the time between her unintentionally murdering that crimeboss when she's eight up until the point where she becomes Batgirl during No Man's Land.

The story could show her meeting the likes of Richard Dragon and the like in as she's wondering the Earth.

Good one. Would tie in with my 'Daughter of Cain' idea. Post end of Batgirl series, about Cass settling down in some other city, far from Gotham (preferably in the East, or Europe), and dealing with organized crime and other problems in that city and regions nearby. Regular supporting characters in 'her' city and nearby ones.

We could run them at the same time.... ^_^

[OzBat!]

I like the way DC are bringing back stuff like Sgt Rock and Jonah Hex. After reading the "Haunted Tank" showcase, I wanna see an updated version! And the Creature Commandos!

[TomStillwell]

Oz, did you see what Busiek did with Haunted Tank in the pages of the cancelled but fantastic Power Company series?

[OzBat!]

Nope, I didn't follow that series at all. Anything interesting?

[TomStillwell]

He did a revamp of Haunted Tank in the later issues.

I'm pretty sure it was part of a reader write-in contest where the winner had whatever character they chose added to the story.

Busiek had to work with Haunted Tank out of left field and it worked pretty well.

I miss that book.

[shrike]

He did a revamp of Haunted Tank in the later issues.

I'm pretty sure it was part of a reader write-in contest where the winner had whatever character they chose added to the story.

Busiek had to work with Haunted Tank out of left field and it worked pretty well.

I miss that book.

Well, not soooo out of left field. He added HT as one of the options as a character to introduce in Power Company. HT iirc won by a landslide.

Firestorm, one of the other options, was actually put IN the cast, however. The Haunted Tank was just a short arc.

[OzBat!]

Was it the original WWII M-3 Stuart tank with Lt. Jeb Stuart, or updated versions? And which issues, so's I can hunt 'em down? Did I mention I really liked that showcase? :D

[shrike]

Was it the original WWII M-3 Stuart tank with Lt. Jeb Stuart, or updated versions? And which issues, so's I can hunt 'em down? Did I mention I really liked that showcase? :D

Issues 16-18. Yes, you'll have your Jeb fix. I'm not giving spoilers though.

[The Xenos]

Now, assuming I could somehow come up with a good story for my favorite characters...

definately Nightwing and Birds of Prey. How can I not want to write about two of my favorite books. (And I ger-ron-tee I'd be better than whatever Jones did on Nightwing. Pinky swear.) Though actually, I'm sorely lacking on reading his history with the Titans.

That new Atom sounds fun as a bio major myself. (Or maybe I just want to put Gail out of a job.)

Robin, either Tim now or flashing back to Dick's early years.

Batgirl Cassandra Cain... because someone who actually read her origin and her series has to.

Actually, am I nuts for somewhat wanting a separate continuity Batman & Robin series that gets maybe almost as zany if not as zany as the old Adam West show? Think of it as the anti All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder in Sin City by Frank Miller. Though I sure the hell enjoy that book too.

[The Xenos]

bah, double post

[d newton]

Batgirl (III) - can anyone say 'RETCON'? And I would listen to the fans.
Haven't we beaten this horse to death yet? :D

[Paul McEnery]

Constantine.

I'd make him grow up by bringing in a son by one of his former lovers. And the son is a magician. With a fresher take on magic.

[Sharpandpointies]

Haven't we beaten this horse to death yet? :D

One - given the fact that several people above have evidenced the same desire, apparantly not.

Two - here's the title of the thread: If You Could Write Any DC Comic...

The title of the thread is not: If You Could Write Any DC Comic, Except the Ones d newton Thinks Are a Dead Horse...

*raspberry*

[Calamas]

It changes.

A writer’s primary job is not to fix continuity or misused characters, though those goals may enter into the mix. And it’s not to take your favorite characters and write YOUR version of them at the expense of everything that has transpired since that version was the norm. Your job is to take the character as is and move her (in terms of character, look, situation, powers, whatever) in the direction you think is appropriate, interesting, and exciting. Or, in the case of a relaunch, distill the elements that once made the character great and have been lost or forgotten; and build from there.

For me it is titles, not characters, as the essence of these characters have evolved (for better or worse) as time rolled on. And beyond that, it's the talent that came before. I would have loved to have followed the great runs of the past, simply because there was so much already in place with which to work. So: Robinson’s Starman, Ostrander’s Spectre, Grell’s Warlord, Denny O’Neil’s Question, Gerry Jones’ The Shadow, and Mark Evanier’s Blackhawks.

Today? I would have loved to have followed Stuart Moore’s pre-OYL Firestorm. And just about anything by Gail, Busiek, Waid, and, particularly, Chris Gage, who I believe to be the next big superstar.

[Nate Grey]

One - given the fact that several people above have evidenced the same desire, apparantly not.

Two - here's the title of the thread: If You Could Write Any DC Comic...

The title of the thread is not: If You Could Write Any DC Comic, Except the Ones d newton Thinks Are a Dead Horse...

*raspberry*

Bravo. Also noticed he hasn't actually contributed to the thread with what HE'D like to write if DC gave him the chance. Hmm...

I'm no gift to the world of fiction...but just give me 12 issues with Cass. All I'm saying.

[Sharpandpointies]

Bravo. Also noticed he hasn't actually contributed to the thread with what HE'D like to write if DC gave him the chance. Hmm...

I'm no gift to the world of fiction...but just give me 12 issues with Cass. All I'm saying.

Bravo right back to you. :) I'd love to see what you and the others would do....

[shrike]

Bravo. Also noticed he hasn't actually contributed to the thread with what HE'D like to write if DC gave him the chance. Hmm...

I'm no gift to the world of fiction...but just give me 12 issues with Cass. All I'm saying.

Oh my GOD I have the best idea for you!

Okay, like... Cass finally realizes she is the product of two great assassins. Are you following me? And then... she like, GETS IT... that, maybe, just MAYBE... she is, herself, an assassin, and embraces that?

She could do something really cool... OH! Head of the LEAGUE OF ASSASSINS!! Because, you know, she IS an assassin now! And she could start killing! Yeah!! Maybe kill her father as a testament to that!

And then AFTER that... put her on an EVIL team of villains that oppose the TEEN TITANS! You'd have conflict with Robin, who she was friends with. YES! I.. I...




Nah. No one would EVER buy into that kind of hack work. Sorry I even brought it up. *sigh*

[Nate Grey]

Bravo right back to you. :) I'd love to see what you and the others would do....

Thanks. The point is, though, if you've noticed...that so many want to TRY. We all have different ideas of what could be done with Cass, but the point is we WANT to do something with Cass other than what has happened to her. Its called passion, and I wish DC would notice that so many fans have this passion for Cass and do something with it to make THEMSELVES money. DC likes money, right?

I know its a never gonna happen in a million years scenario that Gail posted, I get that and those who responded get that. But if she's one of the first things that comes to mind? Says something.

[Nate Grey]

Oh my GOD I have the best idea for you!

Okay, like... Cass finally realizes she is the product of two great assassins. Are you following me? And then... she like, GETS IT... that, maybe, just MAYBE... she is, herself, an assassin, and embraces that?

She could do something really cool... OH! Head of the LEAGUE OF ASSASSINS!! Because, you know, she IS an assassin now! And she could start killing! Yeah!! Maybe kill her father as a testament to that!

And then AFTER that... put her on an EVIL team of villains that oppose the TEEN TITANS! You'd have conflict with Robin, who she was friends with. YES! I.. I...




Nah. No one would EVER buy into that kind of hack work. Sorry I even brought it up. *sigh*

I got an idea for you, too. How about you recognize this is a thread for what we'd do with a DC character if given the chance and accept whatever answer people gives? You like Cass the way she is? That's great, if you're ever given the fantastical never gonna happen position of fixing/writing a DC character, I'm bet money it won't be her. But if *I'm* ever given the fantastical never gonna happen position of fixing/writing a DC character, it WOULD be her. Deal?

[shrike]

I got an idea for you, too. How about you recognize this is a thread for what we'd do with a DC character if given the chance and accept whatever answer people gives? You like Cass the way she is? That's great, if you're ever given the fantastical never gonna happen position of fixing/writing a DC character, I'm bet money it won't be her. But if *I'm* ever given the fantastical never gonna happen position of fixing/writing a DC character, it WOULD be her. Deal?


Actually I was agreeing with your stance, Nate. I was basically stating that those responsible for Cass' current state in the DCU is cheap.

Jesus, dear, take some Zoloft.

[Nate Grey]

Actually I was agreeing with your stance, Nate. I was basically stating that those responsible for Cass' current state in the DCU is cheap.

Jesus, dear, take some Zoloft.

Apologies, then.

[Tobias March]

I would love to do a Spectre book. The Orlando years were great, had a real bite to them. I would like to see an ongoing Spectre book set in contemporary times that retained a parallel attitude towards society that it had in the 70's.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I'd love to do a Green Arrow book that is more urban and street feeling. You could mix in super villains. But I'd make the series a more Mike Grell geared vehicle than what we see in GA now with Judd Winick and the thousand old DC ideas he borrows from better stories.

Oliver Queen needs saving quite frankly.

[MacQuarrie]

I'd love to do a Green Arrow book that is more urban and street feeling. You could mix in super villains. But I'd make the series a more Mike Grell geared vehicle than what we see in GA now with Judd Winick and the thousand old DC ideas he borrows from better stories.

Oliver Queen needs saving quite frankly.
Yes he does.

I think first off he should be a lot more libertarian than liberal. He's liberal in that he stands up for the poor, weak and oppressed, much like Robin Hood. Also like Robin Hood, though, he would not look to teh government for solutions, considering the state to be the soursce of the problem more often than not. He's a "Classic" liberal, not one of the current variety.

Think about it, this is a guy who picks up a bow and arrows and hits the streets to personally solve society's problems; he's not a guy to spend a lot of time looking for programs or agencies to fix things. He needs to be outside the system, and he needs to be "speaking truth to power" as the saying goes.

This is something that was never really understood by writers who followed after Denny O'Neil or in JLA. The "Ollie and Hal" or "Ollie and Hawkman" disputes did not fall along partisan political lines, they fall along the "do what's right and hang the consequences" vs "follow the rules" philosophies. Ollie is first and foremost a rebel and a nonconformist. He would never sign off on bullshit just because it happens to come from his party. In fact, I doubt he would have a political party. He's a pig-headed independent, as likely to endorse a conservative as a socialist, strictly on the basis of the candidate's integrity and effectiveness. He's all over the map politically, depending on the issue at hand.

That and he should know how to hold a freakin' bow.

[amirab]

Outsiders, just because.

[shrike]

Outsiders, just because.

Me too!

I'd shake the line up though:

*Bluejay
*Silver Sorceress

Both are Outsiders in that they've lost their world, their home, everything... I'd resurrect Silver Sorceress as well, obviously.

*Metamorpho

Come on the guy's a freak.

*Halo

Needs a home, another 'lost soul'.

... and to round it out, either a returned to life Lee Travis as the Crimson Avenger or a marksman who actually turns out to be the original Speedy (Speedy oddly vanished post- COIE with no explanation).

[Beacon]

Batman (Do I even need to explain this one?)

Robin or Nightwing (I’ll pick one just as soon as I figure out who has it worse; the kid currently being raised by Batman or the grown man who has all the emotional baggage that comes from being the first kid Batman raised).

Justice League (Though most of the characters I’d like to use are dead, evil, LOST IN SPAAACE, or something now)

Green Lantern Corps (I love the concept but Hal is boring, Kyle is only a little better, and many of the others can’t carry a book by themselves despite being great characters but if you have them all in one place in can work)

Suicide Squad (though I’d just rather have Gail write it instead) HINT, HINT, HINT!

Adam Strange (Straight up space opera about a man lost in space with only a spacesuit, jetpack, and ray gun who’s trying to find his way home. At this point he’d even settle for Earth. Seriously, this is a guy who grew up on Earth and now wants to distance himself from all that by reinventing himself as a superhero with a beautiful wife, adorable child, and two spaceship garage on another planet. Clearly he has some issues.)

Firestorm (I may not be nuts about the current series [I only stayed as long as I did for the CrissCross art] but the one thing they did do right was to make him just some guy with more power than he knows what to do with)

Question (Because he’s the freaking Question)

Outsiders (I’d probably scrap half of the current team but keep the “unconventional hero” concept by bringing in characters like Animal Man [the environmentalist/family man who doesn’t have much time for the team but still doesn’t mind telling them how to live], the washed-out has been hero who’s just trying to get a new start [probably Elongated Man but it isn’t like there’s any shortage of this archetype in the current DC administration], the ex-villain [Boomerang Jr? Major Disaster? Cluemaster?], or the crazy person who won’t go away [Ambush Bug is too obvious. Maybe the Heckler or Triumph]. There’d be all these volatile personalities in one place but this time, instead of being the incompetent he’s been in recent years, Dick would reestablish himself as the best leader in the DCU by somehow making it work.)

Teen Titans (THEY MUST BE SIDEKICKS or at least teens with major parental or legacy issues. Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire are too old to be Titans. However it isn’t like there’s any shortage of candidates; Robin, Wonder Girl, Supergirl [hopefully WG can get her to eat something], Speedy [though I’d rather have Arrowette], Stargirl, CM3 [though he’d be secretly kind of out of place just because he's older than his "adult" counterpart], Lagoon Boy [okay, that was kind of desperate but I just realized most of the suggestions so far have been female or Superman types and he’s neither], ect).

The Flash (The blue collar hero aspect is something that’s surprisingly rare in comics. It’d be weird to play up that aspect in, say, Superman even though he was raised by Midwestern farmers because, in spite of his upbringing, it isn’t usually presented as a major part of the Superman mythos. However it’s a HUGE part of the Flash’s.)

The Ray (Godlike powers. Out of touch with normal people. A strange upbringing. It’s almost like writing an alien only he’s, y’know, human)

Green Arrow (There’s something fascinating about the hypocrisy of Ollie. It isn’t the boring “Teach Peace, Practice War” hypocrisy of Wonder Woman. No, this is something else. This is a man who strives to be a great – albeit preachy – hero while simultaneously making a mess of his personal life by being an irredeemable dick to his loved ones)

Marvel Family (They’re kids who pretend to be adult superheroes. If you can’t get a story out of that then you aren’t trying.)

[Magneto_X]

Adam Strange (Straight up space opera about a man lost in space with only a spacesuit, jetpack, and ray gun who’s trying to find his way home. At this point he’d even settle for Earth. Seriously, this is a guy who grew up on Earth and now wants to distance himself from all that by reinventing himself as a superhero with a beautiful wife, adorable child, and two spaceship garage on another planet. Clearly he has some issues.)

I want to write him, as well. Diggle's mini-series made me a huge fan.


Teen Titans (THEY MUST BE SIDEKICKS or at least teens with major parental or legacy issues. Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire are too old to be Titans. However it isn’t like there’s any shortage of candidates; Robin, Wonder Girl, Supergirl [hopefully WG can get her to eat something], Speedy [though I’d rather have Arrowette], Stargirl, CM3 [though he’d be secretly kind of out of place just because he's older than his "adult" counterpart], Lagoon Boy [okay, that was kind of desperate but I just realized most of the suggestions so far have been female or Superman types and he’s neither], ect).

Always thought Natasha Irons (Steel II/ Starlight) would fit right in with the Teen Titans.

I'd have the original, and adult, TT's in a seperate Titans ongoing (re: Nightwing, Arsenal, Donna Troy, Wally West, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire).

The Flash (The blue collar hero aspect is something that’s surprisingly rare in comics. It’d be weird to play up that aspect in, say, Superman even though he was raised by Midwestern farmers because, in spite of his upbringing, it isn’t usually presented as a major part of the Superman mythos. However it’s a HUGE part of the Flash’s.)


Agreed. I always liked when Wally hung around the "Flash family".

[Red Jack]

Legion of Superheroes.

Forever People.

Nightwing.

League of Assassins

Outsiders

[Froggy]

id want to write teen titans...........................................a nd bring in SON OF VULCAN

(miguel needs to be there! come on people)

Id like to see what ray terrill has been up to


and maybe Action Comics with firestorm as well


o yea CAPTAIN ATOM SERIES, enjoyable thoughtful stories :)
tthats about it..........im enjoying a lot of dc stuf fnowadays

[Beacon]

Always thought Natasha Irons (Steel II/ Starlight) would fit right in with the Teen Titans.

Good one.

I just thought of Black Alice too (funny considering whose forum this is). She'd be great.

I'd have the original, and adult, TT's in a seperate Titans ongoing (re: Nightwing, Arsenal, Donna Troy, Wally West, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire).

Nah, I’d just have the adults graduate to other teams* and/or move on to something else. A team of washed out twenty-somethings trying to relive their glory days as teen heroes is just kind of sad and the ex-sidekicks mentoring current sidekicks idea, while well-intentioned on the part of both the characters and the creators, strays too much from what I think the Titans should be. The Teen Titans are where young heroes go to get AWAY from their mentors so the supervision thing seems counterproductive. There’s only so much that Robin is going to say when bitching about Batman if he thinks it might somehow get back to Bats.

*Different teams. Nightwing and Arsenal fit fine with the Outsiders but the second they threw in Starfire it started feeling like a Titan retirement home. She should be off in space doing her own thing. Maybe Donna, Beast Boy, and Cyborg could graduate to the JLA. Raven and Tempest could start a new magic-user team. Heck, Raven has the makings of a great Vertigo character though it’d mean isolating her from former teammates.

[Magneto_X]

Good one.

I just thought of Black Alice too (funny considering whose forum this is). She'd be great.

Nah, Black Alice is to powerful for them. She needs to be on a team that handles bigger threats like the JLA, Shadowpact or JSA.

Raven and Tempest could start a new magic-user team. Heck, Raven has the makings of a great Vertigo character though it’d mean isolating her from former teammates.

Maybe Raven, Tempest and Black Alice could join Shadowpact with Spectre, Dr.Fate, Zantanna, Etrigan/Jason Blood & Zauriel.

[TheLyle]

...any way ya wanted, which would you pick?


A few years ago, I'd say the Legion, though I don't know if I have any clue about what I'd do with Marc Waid's stunning re-imagination of the concept... maybe a revival of Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes? :D

My only other attempt at DC fanfic was something where I tried to duplicate what Steve Seagle did with Primal Force. He claims the series came about after he had a proposal rejected because another idea for one of the characters was being considered, that got him to decide he would put together a series that included characters so obscure he was certain no one could possibly have them in another proposal.

So, I asked myself what I'd do with a similar goal. I ended up with Tiffany Cross (minor character introduced during the Legion's 20th century storyline), a rebooted Kristen Wells (anyone else remember Superwoman fondly? Yeah, just me.) Princess Emerald (unfortunately, I think Amethyst has been written into a corner for now) the ghost of Kara Zor-El from Christmas with the Superheroes (this was before Peter David's Supergirl series hit #50) and some guy who hoped to fill the legacy of the Acro-Bat of the Justice Experience (y'know, Cameron Chase's dad). Just to keep up that weirdness, I named that team The Unexpected.

Overall, I think I'd love anything that tries to bring back the magic to the DC Universe. When I was a kid my favorite heroes were the magic ones and I've felt like that dynamic has been missing from the DCU for a while.

ETA: I forgot to mention about that Sinister House of Secret Love revival I've been saying is overdue. It'd be the same horror/romance hybrid, except updated with more modern storytelling styles, including continuing storylines.

[Beacon]

Nah, Black Alice is to powerful for them. She needs to be on a team that handles bigger threats like the JLA, Shadowpact or JSA.

She’s too young for the JLA. She’s out of place among other magic users because she renders all the rest redundant. The only reason I’d want to see her with the JSA is that she could give Jay and Alan a heart attack; after all, they had problems with Jakeem Thunder’s attitude and he’s mild compared to her.

No, I think she’s perfect for the Titans. Sure she isn’t a sidekick (though I guess she’s a “legacy” character in a twisted way) but she works as the kid that the adult superheroes don’t want their teenage protégées associating with. Yes, she’s ungodly powerful but she also brings a lot of variety to the table on a team where half of the people I’m thinking of (Supergirl, Wonder Girl, CM3) have the “Superman power template”. Besides, have you really thought about what her powers do? She STEALS the powers of other magic users. That isn’t just an annoyance, it’s dangerous. What if Alice steals, say, Zatanna’s powers at a time when Zatanna NEEDS them and she almost gets killed? That’s just going to reinforce her position as the kid the adult heroes don’t want their kids spending time with. Of course someone like Robin would realize that she needs a friend (and the strategist in him realizes that she’s more dangerous if left to herself than surrounded by people that understand her).

Maybe Raven, Tempest and Black Alice could join Shadowpact with Spectre, Dr.Fate, Zantanna, Etrigan/Jason Blood & Zauriel.

I can’t say I have much use for most of Shadowpact (Willingham is great on Vertigo stuff but his superhero stuff is terrible) and most of those other people have been assimilated into Vertigo but the interactions between Raven, essentially the devil’s daughter, and Zauriel, former guardian angel, might be fun to play with. It’d be great to get a hold Zatanna and/or Jason Blood to round out the lineup. In a perfect world we’d get Tim Hunter too because it isn’t like the Vertigo people are using him anymore and the novelty of Tim in a superhero team has a lot of potential; I mean we know he comes from that world but so far he’s mostly explored the darker corners.

[StrikeForce Albert]

Animal Man vs. The 4th Wall

[Bouncing Boy]

Legion of Super-Heroes. Guess which member would return...go on, guess...I'm waiting.

[Corrina]

I have found my enthusiasm for wanting to write DC comics waning as my enthusiasm for what's happening to the characters waning. And while Canary is a favorite, I don't have any desire to write BoP at the moment, since I'm having so much fun reading it.

Probably Sandman Mystery Theatre, with Wesley Dodds and Dian Belmont in Europe in the late 1930s. Adventure! Romance! Nazis!

What's not to love?

[Zeb Oswalt]

...any way ya wanted, which would you pick?

Gail

1. A Huntress Mini. Take her into a mix of gritty Detective novels and Super heros. Use the whole Mofia ties. Have the Question show up some times. Fight just street hoods and some street thug tipe villans. Some super villains, but mostly in the Gritty crime nor style. But, make it fit into days world. And build on the whole Modiste Blase or Nacey Drew mystery stuff. Maybe make new villains we don't know and how does she figure out who they are? How does she balance being a Vigilante that's just starting to fall in bat man's line of acceptance. By the way some one that's done half the stuff bats has kind of has a narrow view of who he accepts. odd though. Still how does she balance that and teach school? Put her in a Long Bow Hunter situation. May even have her use Napalm once in a while. Oh and Sarcasime she should be sarcastic.

2. Super Man for no other reason than to write Super Man. But, with all going on mine would be when they get over the whole world with no super man thing and bring him back to super powered Super Man. Make some of it about Clark. So we don't forget that it's Super Man The Man part being the most important. And give him the Asimov type sci-fi stuff he belongs in. de powering him is a waste of time. Stories need to be about who he is as Clark. And hmm, some of what I wanted to do was done. So maybe take it further. Like how he realties to those around him. How does the world politics affect him? He could just go in gung ho, but that would salve little. He can't and won't force people to change. How does he feel that as powerful as he is some times mere mortals behind a podeam can cause so much havoc? Maybe it's time he and Lois finely had a kid. How does the "darker" world around him affect him? When WW is runing around snapping necks and Bats is as always. And the world no longer realizes he's a role model and instead looks to people, who in all right should be villains as heroes. How does that affects him inside?

3. Cosmic Boy Mini I love that character. Might be fun to write him.

4. Outsiders. Like the group. As it is. Maybe have an issue ware it turns out Yolandas Cousan while he was Eclipso brought her back. Give her a new name have her apear in the group. And play up her powers go into how cat Powers work. The slight difrations from a cat and a huiman. Plasy up the genitcs of it. More Scince in it. And give em street level probs to big ones. Maybe a bit of some Animea ideas.

5. Mr. Terrific Mini A Genus dealing with crime.

6. Maybe a Red Mask in Detective Comics.

7. Bat Man might be fun to do an issue or too.Play up how he's this world Scherlock.

8. I..Vampire. Lastate on Acid.With a touch of Halsing.

9. Power Girl as is.

10. Vixen Maybe play up her animal Powers.

[Red Jack]

Legion of Super-Heroes. Guess which member would return...go on, guess...I'm waiting.


--TYROC!--

[90'sCartoonMan]

I'm on board with the Flash people, as I think that's the current title with the most wasted potential.

I don't like the idea of Bart becoming Flash after spending so little time as Kid Flash, but if that's the case, there's a lot you can do with it. I'd make sure this Bart feels like the same Bart who was Impulse and Kid Flash, quickly aged to where he is. I'd slowly build up Bart's supporting cast, but I'd mainly deal with him trying to juggle the legacies of Jay, Barry, and Wally. Show him fighting some of their villains, homages to old wacky Silver Age-type situations Barry found himself in.

Once Bart's identity was secure, I'd have his powers get out of control and throw him into different timelines, things like a world where he never stopped being Impulse, a world where Barry is Kid Flash to Jay's Flash, etc. That would all depend on how DC handles the multiverse thing, though.

[stealthwise]

I'm struggling to think of which DC books (non-Vertigo) I'm actually still buying at the moment.

....Detective Comics? I don't think I'd want to write Batman though, as it seems that there's very few fresh angles for the character, or at least ones that editorial would want to explore.

If I can choose from Vertigo, I'd go with either Swamp Thing or Hellblazer, with most likely the latter. Constantine works great as a gritty urban magician who observes social inequities and deals with both huge, apocalyptic threats and more subtle, minor dangers with the same aggravatingly amiable aplomb and arrogant smirk that he has for two decades (minus a few missteps along the way... Azzarello, for example).

[Mach5RR]

This is the tough one, as there is a whole laundry list of DC characters I'd love to tell stories with.

Top of the list would be Green Lantern (Hal Jordan flavor). Not that I think I could do better than Geoff Johns (I can't), and I wouldn't be fit to carry Darwyn Cooke's pencil case (Come on, New Frontier -defined- what Jordan should be), I just wan't to tell stories about him.

Wonder Woman - damned if I know why, but someone said something to me once, and I've had this whole WW arc running through my head with it being discoverd that Hephaestus has been posing as an MIT college professor for several years now, and a search for Circe's daughter whom would be revealed to be a future WW.

Power Girl - My favorite DC femme, based on pure attitude (No, chest size has nothing to do with it. Savant from the Wildstorm is an uneasy alltime favorite - something about a girl with brains and a willingness to use it). Kara, in my eyes, is the ultimate weirdness magnet and comes across almost like a psychotic x-games participant.

Scott Edwards

[TomStillwell]

I just remembered a honey of a DC character that's been in comic limbo for close to two decades. As far as I know he's been untouched all this time and prime for new stories.

The Butcher.

[geordiesteve]

me, I'd go for.......

The Spectre - love the Ostrander series, closest thing to being Vertigo without being on their books. Always felt it should be, maybe even move it over there.

Power Girl - something with her in, I mean, she is one of the most powerful females in the DCU, so I'd give her a mini to start off. She's not Wonder Woman, but she is someone who should be seen as a major player. Closest mention we got to that was in JLA 2 I think it was, when they were picking people they said she was ready.

Supergirl - I admit, first 8 issues were just ugh, then I read 9 I think it was when she went out on a 'date' with Captain Boomerang and it was interesting, close to what I'd want, her as a real person, learning what that means, whilst keeping a toe firmly in superworld and smash-bang action, but also focus on living in shadow of Big S and what it means to be a part of that unusual family.

Bloodwynd - as a Vertigo book. Magic, dead people and spirits, not exactly Constantine, but a sister book perhaps. I love the character, never saw him as someone who belonged on the JLA. I don't think he's been used much at all since his time on the JLA.

Superman - but not as he is now. I'd want to do a big change, which would be seen an elseworld type story by most not main continuity, but I know it would never happen. Still, if I COULD, that is what I would do.

PS - what the hell's a zoloft? Is that some kind of sedative? Some people on here are incredibly sarcastic.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Yes he does.

I think first off he should be a lot more libertarian than liberal. He's liberal in that he stands up for the poor, weak and oppressed, much like Robin Hood. Also like Robin Hood, though, he would not look to teh government for solutions, considering the state to be the soursce of the problem more often than not. He's a "Classic" liberal, not one of the current variety.

Think about it, this is a guy who picks up a bow and arrows and hits the streets to personally solve society's problems; he's not a guy to spend a lot of time looking for programs or agencies to fix things. He needs to be outside the system, and he needs to be "speaking truth to power" as the saying goes.

This is something that was never really understood by writers who followed after Denny O'Neil or in JLA. The "Ollie and Hal" or "Ollie and Hawkman" disputes did not fall along partisan political lines, they fall along the "do what's right and hang the consequences" vs "follow the rules" philosophies. Ollie is first and foremost a rebel and a nonconformist. He would never sign off on bullshit just because it happens to come from his party. In fact, I doubt he would have a political party. He's a pig-headed independent, as likely to endorse a conservative as a socialist, strictly on the basis of the candidate's integrity and effectiveness. He's all over the map politically, depending on the issue at hand.

That and he should know how to hold a freakin' bow.


Absolutely. I have a classic JLA issue where he sends them a tape saying he's quitting the team because he feels their too concentrated on global issues to care about the smaller ones. In fact I believe Dinah gets hurt which leads to the decision.

The last time I really gave a crap about Oliver Queen was when they did " Crossroads " after Grell left. In it he examined if he had ever really belonged as a hero or in the JLA. After that he was killed for Conner Hawke and his return hasn't seen anything good except cheap sales stunts which haven't worked. ( the HIV storyline, the Mayor Ollie storyline....ect ect)

[heystacy]

It would be so cool to have a DC editor ask if I would write a title for them, no?

So many characters to choose from. I always wanted to write Batman, like he was in the animated series. That was a great version of the bat characters.

[stealthwise]

After reading about what's going on in the latest Flash issues, I'd love to take a crack at the character.

He's not a hard guy to write, no matter who's in the costume. Fast guy, saves people. Get into his head and there's tons of potential.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

After reading about what's going on in the latest Flash issues, I'd love to take a crack at the character.

He's not a hard guy to write, no matter who's in the costume. Fast guy, saves people. Get into his head and there's tons of potential.

I'd bring Barry Allen back. Keep Bart as Kid Flash personally. Thats my 2 cents regarding the Flash mythology.

[stealthwise]

I'd bring Barry Allen back. Keep Bart as Kid Flash personally. Thats my 2 cents regarding the Flash mythology.

My point though is that it doesn't matter who's in the costume, as long as you deal with their character accordingly. The Flash is one of the few proven "legacy" characters who works well no matter who's in the costume. You can lay down all the rules you want regarding speed force and vibrating, etc, but the stories should always focus on the guy behind the suit.

I bet that I could write a good story with Gorilla Grodd in the outfit, although that's a pretty easy example, superintelligent apes make every story great.

[Red Jack]

I just remembered a honey of a DC character that's been in comic limbo for close to two decades. As far as I know he's been untouched all this time and prime for new stories.

The Butcher.


Dude. I hought I was the only person who bought that.

[TomStillwell]

He must have been more popular than that because DC teamed him up with The Question and Green Arrow for a Brave and Bold mini-series shortly after his series ended.

I can't recall him being used again since.

Can't you imagine a Cat-Man mini with The Butcher as his rival? Two guys, brutal fighters both, each with an elusive noble trait and spiritual grounding.

The fight scenes alone would script themselves. You'd need a real kinetic artist to do it just honors.

Lordy, do you know how badly I want to write for DC and play with all their toys? Nothing at Marvel twangs my guitar quite so much.

[Red Jack]

He must have been more popular than that because DC teamed him up with The Question and Green Arrow for a Brave and Bold mini-series shortly after his series ended.

I can't recall him being used again since.

Can't you imagine a Cat-Man mini with The Butcher as his rival? Two guys, brutal fighters both, each with an elusive noble trait and spiritual grounding.

The fight scenes alone would script themselves. You'd need a real kinetic artist to do it just honors.

Lordy, do you know how badly I want to write for DC and play with all their toys? Nothing at Marvel twangs my guitar quite so much.

DC has better characters. No question.

There are only three stories in the MU I'd REALLY want to tell.

One X-related.

One Spider related.

One backstage MU.

edit:

GAH! Now I TOTALLY have the Outsiders I want to do in my head. Crap. Like that's ever going to happen.

[Deeranged]

I would love to do a Duela Dent mini series and fianlly to unlock her mystery of her father and possibly her mother as well, I would love to tackle a BAtwoman ongoing and also love to a wonder woman arc of six issues

[SteelChrysanthemum]

He must have been more popular than that because DC teamed him up with The Question and Green Arrow for a Brave and Bold mini-series shortly after his series ended.

I can't recall him being used again since.

Can't you imagine a Cat-Man mini with The Butcher as his rival? Two guys, brutal fighters both, each with an elusive noble trait and spiritual grounding.Whoa, wait a minute. John Butcher? It's been years, but I vaguely recall that limited series. I may still have it somewhere...

[Captain_Video]

The Global Guardians.

In this exciting series we would see how even superheroes must deal with the red tape and bureacracy of the united nations, set against an international backdrop, with romance and intrigue, can our heroes fight the multi-govermental red tape in type to stop the crime wave that is devaluing the euro more and more every second ?

Dr Mist, sauve and charismatic leader, imagine an African version of Ricardo Montalban.

Little Mermaid...sadly dead, but remembered in the form of a statue in the "Living Room of Justice"

Jack O'Lantern, Irish comedy relief, the only problem is, the team has no time for jokes, he will probably be dead by the end of issue four.

Owlwoman, imagine storm, but an Owl, also she will now have a laser gun.

Rising Sun, he is a big believer in doing things by the book, which brings him into conflict with his team mates, but he is a really skilled warrior, or so he claims.

Wild Huntsman, the wolverine of the team, but German, he will often go on trips to live in the woods away from the "misbegotten mamas boys" for no real reason other than to keep up his mystique.

Godiva, she is English and DC has hardly any good English female characters, I aint going to lie, she will get to do most of the cool stuff, she will probably fall in love with Wild Huntsman, our most popular character.

Olympian, questioning his sexuality.

Seraph, what happens if someone pesters god too much for miracles ?

Thunderlord, trying to wake up the comatose Tuatara, with his booming voice.

Can they co-exist ? Can they beat the U.N Sanctions ? Will they last 12 issues ?

[TomStillwell]

Whoa, wait a minute. John Butcher? It's been years, but I vaguely recall that limited series. I may still have it somewhere...

The very same.

[jesterpress]

Werewolf by Night.....

I guess I'm single minded

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[saintsaucey]

Don't kick me but I'd love to do hush from the villians poerspective. not all twleve issues just like four or five. I wanted Tim Drake to be the new blue beetle right before the new series was launched. he seems like just the right fit for the character hes got batmans training plus he's smart as a wip but then i like the direction the new series is going so. Jason Todd Year One :D

[Beacon]

Werewolf by Night.....

...was a Marvel comic

[Magneto_X]

I'd bring Barry Allen back. Keep Bart as Kid Flash personally. Thats my 2 cents regarding the Flash mythology.

I'd bring back Wally and get the rest of the Speed Force together again. Make Bart go back to either Kid Flash or Impulse.

[Zeb Oswalt]

Oh and maybe an else ware book ware Huntress that idiotically to reg county Huntress teamed up with Earth 2 Huntress I.E. the one who is Bruce Wayne & Cat Woman's daughter. Maybe make it a 12 issue Max Serise. In the theam of Modisty Blase, Cagney & Lacey, Ms. Tree & a touch of the Shadow. A Nor book in pressent day written for todays world. Grim and gritty and dark,. But, with some warped humor.

[Lanowar]

Perhaps do somthing with The Question he was awesome in JLU and 52 have him trying to solve the various loose ties from various DC stories interacting with the entire DCU as he solves various cases and revists some stories that were never fully concluded.

[Azrael52]

I'd love to do a Brave and Bold type book. That would be the epitome of fun.

[Shonzi]

Superman's best friend, Jimmy Olsen. or something with snapper carr like young justice 2, with a bunch of pre-teen superheros.