Question. what special book did DC do to remember 9/11.

[General Grievous]

i remember Michael J can'tspell his name done a special Black issue of spiderman which dealt with the events of the terrorist attacks in new york,
i love that issue,

Did Dc have any special superman/JLA stories?

I understand 9/11 was bigger than comics but i thought the spiderman black issue was done very well, also it gave him a break from getting his ass kicked by morlun anyways.

[marshal99]

DC did not have a story that is set inside their comics but they did came out a trade paperback with a lot of writers and artists.

http://www.amazon.com/9-11-September-2001-Stories-Remember/dp/1563898780/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/002-6296770-1010438
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563898780.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[titanfan]

Thank goodness they didn't have a story set within continuity. I don't think I could have taken if DC ever had a scene where Darkseid and the Joker are crying over Ground Zero like Dr. Doom and Magneto were.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I noticed that Superman isn´t crying.

[Nintendite]

I remember the two TPBs that were essentially charity comics that had very few actual DC stories (thank goodness, because as well as the Spiderman "Black Issue" was done with the exception of the crying villains, I don't think it would work as well in the DCU). But there was one that I remember: Krypto bringing a big-honking dog bowl to search-and-rescue dogs.


I also seem to remember a Superman issue that had Uncle Sam coming to Superman to talk to him about American perseverance and such, but the fact it was taking place immediately after OWAW somewhat removes it from the "9-11 tribute" category.

[dancj]

They have covered it somewhat in Ex Machina - which I highly recommend

[David Atkins]

I noticed that Superman isn´t crying.

Don't be fooled. He's got his back to you. ;)

[Jack]

Well, just beforehand, DC had just had a big crossover event called Our Worlds at War, in which huge amounts of damage had been done to various cities in the DCU... and so by coincidence their characters had already been through very similar experiences, and all they did was extend the grieving periods by some degree.

Superman, for example, had just started wearing a variant of his normal costume with a black S-shield, and they decided to have him keep that for longer than originally planned in honour of the real world tragedy, as well as the fictional one.

Something like that.

[Apathy Boy]

They have covered it somewhat in Ex Machina - which I highly recommendOn a similar note, Vertigo's awesome HUMAN TARGET ongoing series started off with a two-part 9/11 story, and the not-so-awesome graphic novel CAN'T GET NO was also about 9/11.

[General Grievous]

i thought the black issue of spiderman was done very well,

except for the fact the dr doom was crying,

[Raker616]

I thought that issue of spidey was very well done and would've liked DC to have done something similar.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Real world tragedies like 9/11 don't really mesh very well in the larger than life and metophical DCU mythology like it did in the more grounded and highly New York City-centric Marvel Universe. And, let's be honest, an event like 9/11 could have never taken place on the scale that it did in the DCU as the heroes are vastly more powerful than most of the Marvel characters.

[carabas]

It didn't mesh well with the highly New York City-centric Marvel Universe either. Worse things happen there on an almost monthly basis, and Doc Doom never got weapy about it before.

[Petertime]

There were some really great stories in that book.
One about an artist dealing with having to draw superhero comics after seeing the the trade towers fall (He tries find meaning in his job)
and an excellent Astrocity story about a boy thanking a firefighter (Really well done, and IIRC without directly relating to 9/11)

Finally worth nothing, is on the inside over of this book they show the cover that inspired this cover.... I want to say it was a 60s comic....but imagine A little boy saying wow! and his dog, where superman and Krypto are....and DC's various heros on the billboard...

Well worth the read,
and worth the price if the money is still going to charity

[PastePotPete]

To me, Marvel's attempt where Dr. Doom was crying was really an insulting commercial thing.

The DC book was much better and more tasteful.

I would agree with previous posters who said that a tragic event like this should usually be left in the real world, at least for a while, before trying to incorporate it into the fictional world of the DCU. There are exceptions for every rule, and some writers who are truly great with this type of subject matter, but as an editor I'd think twice before doing a 9-11 story set inside the DCU.

[Nintendite]

I always read the "Magneto and Doom crying" as the idea that the victims of the attack were from all different nations, ethnic backgrounds and religions. I kinda read the "Magneto and Doom crying" things as just a way of showing that, since the Marvel WTC probably had Mutants in it, and Latverians. Does that mean I liked the fact they were showing those two crying? No. But I'm just saying that's the way I read it.

Anyway, that was a bit off-topic.