Storylines that would be interesting, but probably won't happen

[Nintendite]

What Storylines do you think would be cool (or at least interesting) if they happened, but probably won't happen?


I gotta a few:


Death of Jay Garrick and/or Allen Scott and to a slightly lesser degree Ted Grant (the old statesmen of the DCU who everyone, even the trinity, look up to. If one of them, especially Jay or Allen, were to die, the funeral would attract just about every character in the DCU... hell, a few people might come back from the dead to be there. I don't see any of them dying anytime soon, and I hope they don't. I'm just saying it'd be a interesting story, especially to see what could kill any of them)


Batman Beyond ( in a Batman/Superman issue, but probably not going to happen anytime soon... like ever)


Batman or Superman get their secret id's exposed (if you thought it was a big ordeal when Peter Parker pulled off the mask over in Marvel.... of course, the Spectre would no doubt make everyone forget, like he did Wally's)


add your own, and thoughts about any of the above.

[david r]

Since DC Comics is in a "Secrets from the Past/Mindwipe" kick right now, I think it would be fascinating to bring back the Multiverse. What is the BIGGEST SECRET in the DC Universe? Why, it's what happened in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Earth 2 and 3 and all those others were erased. All those heroes erased. There is something wrong with that. The knowledge that the modern heroes allowed this to happen will come back to haunt them.

The old universes return, the ones erased during COiE. Not only are all those heroes piping angry at being cast into limbo, DC can show the differences between Silver Age heroes and Modern Age heroes and how meaner and ruthless the new heroes have become. It would be world against world. Age vs. age. Golden Age vs. Modern Age.

[Adamantium_Avatar]

Isn't the multiverse still there somewhere though??

I had thought this was part of what 52 was about... Unless I have had another one of my waking dreams, lol

[bannermanonemillion]

Wonder Woman's birth father appears.

I've got an idea but I dunno if I wanna share it online in case I get a magical job at DC and get the chance to write it....

How would you bring Diana's father into the DCU?

[MAK15]

Howzabout the secret six getting a contract to take down certain members of the Justice League?

Catman vs. Batman
Deadshot vs. Arsenal
Knockout vs. Wonderwoman
Scandal vs. Vixen
Ragdoll vs. Black Canary

...the secret six would prolly have to steal some kryptonite to subdue Superman. and might have to sabotage Hal's test plane. and pour some water on Black Lightning.
but the Secret six would prolly figure out who put out the hits, find out they dont like them, and turn on them with the league.

[shanejayell]

Open lesbianism in Wonder Woman. Never happen of course.

[StrikeForce Albert]

I would love it if Batman "tamed" Grundy and let him live in the mansion and help out around the house

it would be cool in the Silver Age type goofiness I love, though JLA puts a damper on that

[SMMM]

Open lesbianism in Wonder Woman. Never happen of course.

She's too iconic. Leave the lesbianism to the D-List stars *cough*Scandal*cough*Grace*cough*

[rwe1138]

Death of Jay Garrick...

Actually, I have a feeling that's going to happen sooner or later. Johns already foreshadowed it in an issue of JSA.

[Aaron Kashtan]

The wedding of Dick and Kory, for real this time.

The wedding of Brainy and Nura.

A story that finally straightens out Donna Troy's continuity and makes her an interesting character again.

The explanation of how Anthro got out of having to marry two different women.

[Aaron Kashtan]

Wonder Woman's birth father appears.

I've got an idea but I dunno if I wanna share it online in case I get a magical job at DC and get the chance to write it....

How would you bring Diana's father into the DCU?

Maybe he was the caveman who tried to eat Lois Lane's microphone in an issue of Crisis on Infinite Earths.

[Dark Ben]

Maybe he was the caveman who tried to eat Lois Lane's microphone in an issue of Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Wasn't it a neandertalian ?

[Kid Kyoto]

Open lesbianism in Wonder Woman. Never happen of course.

Or a canon story where WW loses her virginity.

[Sijo]

Superman forgets who he is.

It works like this: something -probably a psionic villan- erases Supes' memory. He forgets he's Superman , OR Clark Kent. He'll probably be found soon and brought home, but that doesn't help: he doesn't even remember Lois. His mind is scanned by J'onn or somebody and it is explained that he cannot recover his memories- they're not blocked, they're just not there anymore. He'll have to re-learn who he is and what he can do by himself.

He'll have to deal with several facts: That he's an extraterrestrial; that he has a wife he doesn't remember; that he can't continue to work at the Daily Planet (he's forgotten how to work as a reporter); that he has godlike powers; that he's supposed to be a moral role for humanity; and that he has powerful enemies that want to kill him. This will invigorate the character again, in my opinion:
-He'll no longer be invincible, as he doesn't remember his full power or the tactics he used in the past.
-He'll question the morality of his self-imposed limits, like many of us do. I don't think he would want to rule the world, but he would definitely try to eliminate all nuclear weapons, or murderous enemies like Luthor.
-His marriage to Lois would effectively be over without their actually getting divorced. Lois would have to win him over again (and wouldn't it be fun if her smugness turned him OFF this time? ;) ) Lana Lang would realize that now she has the chance to regain him, and much as it would hurt others in her life, she would find it hard to resist. (When was the last time we had some true romantic drama on Superman?)
-Best of all, this plotline comes with an "off" button- to return him to normal, extreme but not impossible means could be taken. Like the Flash time-traveling him to the near-past (before the mental attack) and J'onn downloading his memories from his earlier self. But, what if the new Superman doesn't want to go back to his old self? What if he has a new life now, and fears it would be like amnesia all over again? Not to mention, even if he were restored, he would still have to deal with the results of his actions- killing Luthor, loving Lana, etc...

I honestly think this could work, and would refresh the franchise for a while. But I doubt DC would go for it...

[filthysize]

Superman forgets who he is.

It works like this: something -probably a psionic villan- erases Supes' memory. He forgets he's Superman , OR Clark Kent. He'll probably be found soon and brought home, but that doesn't help: he doesn't even remember Lois. His mind is scanned by J'onn or somebody and it is explained that he cannot recover his memories- they're not blocked, they're just not there anymore. He'll have to re-learn who he is and what he can do by himself.

He'll have to deal with several facts: That he's an extraterrestrial; that he has a wife he doesn't remember; that he can't continue to work at the Daily Planet (he's forgotten how to work as a reporter); that he has godlike powers; that he's supposed to be a moral role for humanity; and that he has powerful enemies that want to kill him. This will invigorate the character again, in my opinion:
-He'll no longer be invincible, as he doesn't remember his full power or the tactics he used in the past.
-He'll question the morality of his self-imposed limits, like many of us do. I don't think he would want to rule the world, but he would definitely try to eliminate all nuclear weapons, or murderous enemies like Luthor.
-His marriage to Lois would effectively be over without their actually getting divorced. Lois would have to win him over again (and wouldn't it be fun if her smugness turned him OFF this time? ;) ) Lana Lang would realize that now she has the chance to regain him, and much as it would hurt others in her life, she would find it hard to resist. (When was the last time we had some true romantic drama on Superman?)
-Best of all, this plotline comes with an "off" button- to return him to normal, extreme but not impossible means could be taken. Like the Flash time-traveling him to the near-past (before the mental attack) and J'onn downloading his memories from his earlier self. But, what if the new Superman doesn't want to go back to his old self? What if he has a new life now, and fears it would be like amnesia all over again? Not to mention, even if he were restored, he would still have to deal with the results of his actions- killing Luthor, loving Lana, etc...

I honestly think this could work, and would refresh the franchise for a while. But I doubt DC would go for it...



They could go for it.

If 12 issues later the Guardians found his memories floating in space and give it back to him.

Or, whatever, Superboy Prime punches something again.

[Magneto Rocks]

Batman or Superman get their secret id's exposed

Wouldn't that just seem/be a copy of Marvel?


(if you thought it was a big ordeal when Peter Parker pulled off the mask over in Marvel....

Then you wouldn't be surprised that a Superman/Batman ID exposure couldn't equal the Spidey one in terms of big deal? Because while they're the only two super heroes who could equal it in terms of major impact, the shock would be significently lessened by the fact that it;s now been done with Spidey.

[The Mirrorball Man]

Or a canon story where WW loses her virginity.

What do you mean? Is she really supposed to be a virgin?

[bannermanonemillion]

Open lesbianism in Wonder Woman. Never happen of course.

Sounds daring on the one hand but on the other....

She'll get pigeon-holed as "that lesbian superhero," you'd have folks dropping the books no matter who's writing it or what the storyline is while others (I'm lookin' at you horny adolsecent guys) will pick it up cuz "oooh, girl/girl action!."

Then, some writer might decide use her as a mouthpiece to represent every lesbian on Earth.

You might have straight women drop the book and the character because she no longer represents all women (IMO, she shouldn't have to in the first place).

Before you decide to make her a lesbian, establish her personality first and foremost.

As long as fans feel the next writer will come along, remove whatever supporting cast WW has except Wonder Girl, change her locale, and totally alter the feel of the book willy nilly (until the next writer after them shows up and does the exact same thing), we'll never be sure how exactly to describe who she is.

Is she a hard-nosed warrior seen in Kingdom Come?
The skilled diplomat in Rucka's recent run?*
The avatar (AKA errand girl) of the Olympians?
The gentle, compassionate soul who uses violence as a nuclear option?
The figurehead spokesperson for all women everywhere?
All of the above?

Beats me. And I think it beats more than a few fans.

You want Diana to come out of the closet? It's a free country, and I won't stop you. Just make sure we know who she is first.

*yes, feel free to say that five times fast

[filthysize]

Then you wouldn't be surprised that a Superman/Batman ID exposure couldn't equal the Spidey one in terms of big deal? Because while they're the only two super heroes who could equal it in terms of major impact, the shock would be significently lessened by the fact that it;s now been done with Spidey.


I'm just happy with the image of Superman appearing in front of a lot of people and TV cameras, and then goes, "I'll show you my true face!" and then putting his glasses on.

[davids]

Wonder Woman's birth father appears.

I've got an idea but I dunno if I wanna share it online in case I get a magical job at DC and get the chance to write it....

How would you bring Diana's father into the DCU?

Acording to WW's past history. Hippoylata was a cave woman who was with child when her mate in a fit of anger killed her about 30 thousand years ago.

Her mate had lost a hand in a hunting acident and with the loss of a hand he lost his place in the cave. His mate tried to comfort him and because of her pity he killed her by acident when she was struck and her head hit a rock. mother and child died that day. The two intertwined souls were in the well of souls and were used by the Gods to bring life to clay. Thousands of years later when the Amazon queen made a statue of Clay and the Gods used the soul of that dead baby [Diana] that was still tied with her mother's to bring the staue to life.

As for The caveman who did the killing, he ran off in shock and shame.

Now this is were you can discover Wonder Woman's pop. That same caveman discovered a rock that fell out of the sky. He slept next to it because it was warm, in the morning he discovered his missing hand grew back and later discovered he was imortal. By now you know Diana's father is non other then Vandal Savage....one of the DCU baddest villians!:evilsmile

[Froggy]

Superman forgets who he is.

It works like this: something -probably a psionic villan- erases Supes' memory. He forgets he's Superman , OR Clark Kent. He'll probably be found soon and brought home, but that doesn't help: he doesn't even remember Lois. His mind is scanned by J'onn or somebody and it is explained that he cannot recover his memories- they're not blocked, they're just not there anymore. He'll have to re-learn who he is and what he can do by himself.

He'll have to deal with several facts: That he's an extraterrestrial; that he has a wife he doesn't remember; that he can't continue to work at the Daily Planet (he's forgotten how to work as a reporter); that he has godlike powers; that he's supposed to be a moral role for humanity; and that he has powerful enemies that want to kill him. This will invigorate the character again, in my opinion:
-He'll no longer be invincible, as he doesn't remember his full power or the tactics he used in the past.
-He'll question the morality of his self-imposed limits, like many of us do. I don't think he would want to rule the world, but he would definitely try to eliminate all nuclear weapons, or murderous enemies like Luthor.
-His marriage to Lois would effectively be over without their actually getting divorced. Lois would have to win him over again (and wouldn't it be fun if her smugness turned him OFF this time? ;) ) Lana Lang would realize that now she has the chance to regain him, and much as it would hurt others in her life, she would find it hard to resist. (When was the last time we had some true romantic drama on Superman?)
-Best of all, this plotline comes with an "off" button- to return him to normal, extreme but not impossible means could be taken. Like the Flash time-traveling him to the near-past (before the mental attack) and J'onn downloading his memories from his earlier self. But, what if the new Superman doesn't want to go back to his old self? What if he has a new life now, and fears it would be like amnesia all over again? Not to mention, even if he were restored, he would still have to deal with the results of his actions- killing Luthor, loving Lana, etc...

I honestly think this could work, and would refresh the franchise for a while. But I doubt DC would go for it...
That'd be cool

[Erebus]

The multiverse comes back.

Oh wait...

[DubipR]

My proposal for World's Finest Couple, the true story between Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent.

[DDM]

Bizarro transforms the Earth into Bizarro World, but, for an unknown reason, Batman & Superman remained unchanged. The two heroes figure out a way to get Bizarro to turn the Earth back. In the meantime, Batman & Superman must pretend to be transformed in Bizarros...

[gianluca790]

Krypto becomes a father.:D

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Acording to WW's past history. Hippoylata was a cave woman who was with child when her mate in a fit of anger killed her about 30 thousand years ago.

Her mate had lost a hand in a hunting acident and with the loss of a hand he lost his place in the cave. His mate tried to comfort him and because of her pity he killed her by acident when she was struck and her head hit a rock. mother and child died that day. The two intertwined souls were in the well of souls and were used by the Gods to bring life to clay. Thousands of years later when the Amazon queen made a statue of Clay and the Gods used the soul of that dead baby [Diana] that was still tied with her mother's to bring the staue to life.

As for The caveman who did the killing, he ran off in shock and shame.

Now this is were you can discover Wonder Woman's pop. That same caveman discovered a rock that fell out of the sky. He slept next to it because it was warm, in the morning he discovered his missing hand grew back and later discovered he was imortal. By now you know Diana's father is non other then Vandal Savage....one of the DCU baddest villians!:evilsmile


I like it.
only prob is, IIRC, the caveman and cavewoman weren´t modern humans (homo sapiens sapiens) but neanderthals

[marshal99]

Superman forgets who he is.

It works like this: something -probably a psionic villan- erases Supes' memory. He forgets he's Superman , OR Clark Kent. He'll probably be found soon and brought home, but that doesn't help: he doesn't even remember Lois. His mind is scanned by J'onn or somebody and it is explained that he cannot recover his memories- they're not blocked, they're just not there anymore. He'll have to re-learn who he is and what he can do by himself.

He'll have to deal with several facts: That he's an extraterrestrial; that he has a wife he doesn't remember; that he can't continue to work at the Daily Planet (he's forgotten how to work as a reporter); that he has godlike powers; that he's supposed to be a moral role for humanity; and that he has powerful enemies that want to kill him. This will invigorate the character again, in my opinion:
-He'll no longer be invincible, as he doesn't remember his full power or the tactics he used in the past.
-He'll question the morality of his self-imposed limits, like many of us do. I don't think he would want to rule the world, but he would definitely try to eliminate all nuclear weapons, or murderous enemies like Luthor.
-His marriage to Lois would effectively be over without their actually getting divorced. Lois would have to win him over again (and wouldn't it be fun if her smugness turned him OFF this time? ;) ) Lana Lang would realize that now she has the chance to regain him, and much as it would hurt others in her life, she would find it hard to resist. (When was the last time we had some true romantic drama on Superman?)
-Best of all, this plotline comes with an "off" button- to return him to normal, extreme but not impossible means could be taken. Like the Flash time-traveling him to the near-past (before the mental attack) and J'onn downloading his memories from his earlier self. But, what if the new Superman doesn't want to go back to his old self? What if he has a new life now, and fears it would be like amnesia all over again? Not to mention, even if he were restored, he would still have to deal with the results of his actions- killing Luthor, loving Lana, etc...

I honestly think this could work, and would refresh the franchise for a while. But I doubt DC would go for it...

Funnily , the earth 2 superman actually lost his memory for a year when it was erased by the wizard. He had forgotten he was superman but he still remember he's clark Kent. During that one year absence by superman , he became clark kent the reporter and that was what made Lois fell in love with him , as Clark Kent.

[geordiesteve]

Lex Luthor does something else other than focus all of his time, money, resources and effort on trying to kill Superman. Just imagine the possibilities.

Let's pretend he got a lobotomy somehow, he was in a serious crash or accident, had brain damage, and doesn't remember that part of his life, of course with the possibility of it one day returning, but to be honest, I'd prefer if it he didn't. He's become a Bizarro-one trick pony for me. Kill Superman. Hate Superman. Must kill the Superman. Urrrrrrr.

I read Up Up and Away and thought, well, it's a good story, but I've seen this a thousand times before. Lex vs Superman. What if Lex did something else? Has his only purpose in life become the destruction of Superman? If so, count me out.

[Nintendite]

Superman forgets who he is.

It works like this: something -probably a psionic villan- erases Supes' memory. He forgets he's Superman , OR Clark Kent. He'll probably be found soon and brought home, but that doesn't help: he doesn't even remember Lois. His mind is scanned by J'onn or somebody and it is explained that he cannot recover his memories- they're not blocked, they're just not there anymore. He'll have to re-learn who he is and what he can do by himself.

He'll have to deal with several facts: That he's an extraterrestrial; that he has a wife he doesn't remember; that he can't continue to work at the Daily Planet (he's forgotten how to work as a reporter); that he has godlike powers; that he's supposed to be a moral role for humanity; and that he has powerful enemies that want to kill him. This will invigorate the character again, in my opinion:
-He'll no longer be invincible, as he doesn't remember his full power or the tactics he used in the past.
-He'll question the morality of his self-imposed limits, like many of us do. I don't think he would want to rule the world, but he would definitely try to eliminate all nuclear weapons, or murderous enemies like Luthor.
-His marriage to Lois would effectively be over without their actually getting divorced. Lois would have to win him over again (and wouldn't it be fun if her smugness turned him OFF this time? ;) ) Lana Lang would realize that now she has the chance to regain him, and much as it would hurt others in her life, she would find it hard to resist. (When was the last time we had some true romantic drama on Superman?)
-Best of all, this plotline comes with an "off" button- to return him to normal, extreme but not impossible means could be taken. Like the Flash time-traveling him to the near-past (before the mental attack) and J'onn downloading his memories from his earlier self. But, what if the new Superman doesn't want to go back to his old self? What if he has a new life now, and fears it would be like amnesia all over again? Not to mention, even if he were restored, he would still have to deal with the results of his actions- killing Luthor, loving Lana, etc...

I honestly think this could work, and would refresh the franchise for a while. But I doubt DC would go for it...

I think that idea is genius. A shame it would never happen. It'd also be interesting to see how all the other characters react. Like I wonder what Batman and Wonder Woman would do (I'd imagine they'd probably be the first to try and reteach him about his superherodom and such), and I'm guessing with Superman not at full strength that Supergirl would have to pick up the slack.

[Aaron Kashtan]

Krypto becomes a father.:D

http://home.insightbb.com/~fourcolorheros1/supreme/supreme4.jpg

[Kid Kyoto]

What do you mean? Is she really supposed to be a virgin?

isn't she?

Sounds like we need a new thread.

[Beatnikman]

It would be kewler than kewl if Superman actually started to need to wear glasses. His heat vision would be all fuzzy, and it would be more like "warming vision."

And then every time he had to change into Superman, he'd have to put in some super-contacts, that somehow Emil Hamilton designed to be able to withstand heat vision passing through them, but still be gentle enough to not become bothersome, even after several days in space. The contacts could have little translucent S-shields on them. I mean, the marketing alone would make the idea worthwhile.

I'm such a frickin' genius.

[NotSuper]

My idea involves The Flashes and Superboy-Prime. What if Bart Allen (and Bart Allen alone) had mistreated and even tortured Superboy-Prime after he was imprisoned by The Flashes? If you recall, Superboy-Prime came back from his containment changed and had a phobia towards The Flashes (particularly Bart). Before that, he was just misguided and reacted to a "threat" in the worst possible way. The implication here is that the torture warped his already fragile mind and motivated him to remake the universe by himself. How would the other Flashes and Bart's peers look at him after this? Would he be punished in some way?

Of course, the reason this won't happen is because it would piss off Bart's fans. Frankly, even *I* might be opposed to it (even though I suggested it). I'm usually against turning heroes into villains (like Superboy-Prime), and while Bart wouldn't be a "villain," he would be cruel and sadistic. But again, it might rub some fans the wrong way. I just think it would be a good, relevant story.