DC's Multiverse Policy

[40footwolf]

It's completely bonkers.

Wasn't the whole reason they made 52 earths to give the writers of the DC Universe a bigger playground? To make stories and not have to worry about whether it was canon? Didn't they do this to re-open the possibility of new, exciting twists on these characters outside of their own series?

If that's the case, WHY IS GRANT MORRISON THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT?

You can't just make a whole box of toys and then give them all to one kid. And you certainly shouldn't say that nobody else can play with them, especially when the kid says that he's tired of them and doesn't want to use them right now.

Does anybody notice this thing happening at DC, and Marvel too for that matter, where only big writers are allowed to touch things that matter, even if they're things that have been dormant for a long time? Why is Grant Morrison the only writer who can have ideas? Why can't you let some of the new or young writers in on the fun? Sterling Gates and Andrew Kreisberg are the only two names I can think of and they're not exactly on "Flash" or "Superman" level material.

But that's straying from the original point: Constricting the use of the multiverse is completely antithetical to the entire point of the multiverse. Stop doing it.

[Thok]

To be fair, I think the comment was more of a "we're not going to force other writers to do stuff with the Multiverse right now."

They have allowed some other writers to do Multiverse (Jurgens got a chance to revisit the Tangent Universe, and Johns has used Earth 2 and Kingdom Come in his JSA work.) But they aren't forcing other writers to come up with a new Elseworld each month for a comic.

[CBikle]

Countdown and its tie-ins kind of ruined things...

[40footwolf]

Countdown and its tie-ins kind of ruined things...
But wouldn't the penance for that to not be to drop the stories almost entirely, but to start DOING THEM WELL?

[KYLeo71]

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a monthly book based on the multiverse. In a way, it would be like Booster Gold instead of where he's in a different time period all the time, the hero of the book (or team depending on the setup) would shift from Earth to Earth. It would kinda be like Sliders, but with superheroes. I'd buy it.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

But wouldn't the penance for that to not be to drop the stories almost entirely, but to start DOING THEM WELL?

I don't think the writers are game - after Countdown it's not like fans a re clamouring to see more of the earths, because we assume they'd be done like they were in countdown.
Give it time and once the stink's left, they'll start playing with them more.

[Calybos]

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a monthly book based on the multiverse. In a way, it would be like Booster Gold instead of where he's in a different time period all the time, the hero of the book (or team depending on the setup) would shift from Earth to Earth. It would kinda be like Sliders, but with superheroes. I'd buy it.

I'd be all over that. Alternate realities are great fun.

[Seraku]

WHY IS GRANT MORRISON THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT?they want him to get "first crack", because of his work on it in FC, mainly to "set the tone" and blach blah blah

You can't just make a whole box of toys and then give them all to one kid. And you certainly shouldn't say that nobody else can play with them, especially when the kid says that he's tired of them and doesn't want to use them right now. it's more like the eldest kid is taking a reeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally long time in the bathroom and all the siblings have to wait till he's done and can get HIS toys first before the others can play.

I'm sure once he does his one-shots the editors will allow everyone else to do their stuff.




Sterling Gates and Andrew Kreisberg are the only two names I can think of and they're not exactly on "Flash" or "Superman" level material. Kreisberg was going to write Superman but he's busy with Fringe.

[celticguy]

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a monthly book based on the multiverse. In a way, it would be like Booster Gold instead of where he's in a different time period all the time, the hero of the book (or team depending on the setup) would shift from Earth to Earth. It would kinda be like Sliders, but with superheroes. I'd buy it.

could be a good use of Wally West since he could move between them pretty easily.

[Mat001]

Morrison, Johns, Rucka and Waid were asked if they were willing to do "Countdown To Final Crisis" which would explore the Multiverse. They said no to another weekly series, so that's why they weren't involved. Johns had specific plans for Earth-22 and Earth-2, which is why we see them right off the bat in his JSA run. Waid visited his own stories during his work on The Brave & The Bold. Rucka concentrated on New Earth, which left Morrison who had plans via "Final Crisis". To fill the void in the worlds not shown in "52", DC used the Elseworlds line as a filler. Now that Morrison is free to come up with his ideas for a truly unique Multiverse, DC has granted him first dibs. If you look at what was shown in "Superman Beyond" and the final issue of the main series, along with a few sketches in the Secret Files issue, you can see that he has his trademark wacky ideas.