How would they react?

[Legato]

This topic came to me after watching Last Action Hero whare the hero in the movie was in the real world and he found out that he was a fictional character and his whole life was nothing but a lie.

If the following DC characters were transported to the real world and they found out that their whole life was not real but something the DC Comic writers created and they are fictional characters. How would the following characters react to this?

Batman
Superman
Wonder Woman
Oracle(Barbara Gordon)
Nightwing
Flash(Wally West)
Robin(Tim Drake)
Aquaman
Green Lantern(Hal Jordan)

[HartyPotter]

they'd all think that they were in an alternate universe and try to get back to their "fictional" one.

[PrimalScream]

This topic came to me after watching Last Action Hero whare the hero in the movie was in the real world and he found out that he was a fictional character and his whole life was nothing but a lie.

If the following DC characters were transported to the real world and they found out that their whole life was not real but something the DC Comic writers created and they are fictional characters. How would the following characters react to this?

Batman
Superman
Wonder Woman
Oracle(Barbara Gordon)
Nightwing
Flash(Wally West)
Robin(Tim Drake)
Aquaman
Green Lantern(Hal Jordan)

batman-wouldnt except it.
superman-would probably lose it
wonderwoman-would probly except it with a touch of salt.
oracle-i think she would b ok wi it
nightwing-i doubt he would b alright wi his life being fictional but wud adjust to it
flash-probably the same as supes
robin-wouldnt except it at first but would break down in tears
aquaman-his kingdom is fictional?he would go insane
greenlantern-if it was hal i think he wud b ok

[Jason H]

I won't even entertain the Idea. I absolutely hate when the "Fourth Wall" is broken. To me comics are about suspending your disbelief. When someone shatters the illusion they lose all credibility with me. I know it's not real, you don't have to point it out. That's the reason I have no interest in Grant Morrison's Animal Man run.

[Gilda Dent]

I won't even entertain the Idea. I absolutely hate when the "Fourth Wall" is broken. To me comics are about suspending your disbelief. When someone shatters the illusion they lose all credibility with me. I know it's not real, you don't have to point it out. That's the reason I have no interest in Grant Morrison's Animal Man run.

Then I'd suggest that you avoid Alan Moore's Supreme. It would probably make you head explode. There are, at times, some three different levels of reality, possibly four depending upon how you read it.

This type of story has, by the way, been done. Pre-Crisis, "our" earth was one of the many to which the heroes could travel, Earth Prime.

Also, I think they would just interpret it as another parallel reality, or time stream.

Easy explanation: The comic characters and their universe is real. Comic creators on our planet don't create it and write the stories, they only think they do. What's actually happening is that they're recieving story images and ideas from that alternate universe and only think they're creating them.

Alternately, by creating these characters, they are made real, and do exist in their fictional universe. We can influence their actions and development by writing stories, but sometimes they take on a life of their own. IE, some of the stories are the product of free will, and inspire the writers/artists in our universe, while others are the product of writers imagination and control their actions. I could go on all day wit this.

[Jason H]

I remember Earth Prime well. I understand the different levels comic book reality, I just don't like being reminded that what I'm reading isn't real. It shatters the whole illusion for me. I liked Supreme when He was an a$$hole Superman clone. When Alan Moore took over, I lost interest really quickly.

[Patriot07]

If it takes breaking the fourth wall for you to remember it isn't real, you don't need comics for escapism.

[Jason H]

If it takes breaking the fourth wall for you to remember it isn't real, you don't need comics for escapism.

As I posted earlier in this thread:

I know it's not real, you don't have to point it out.

[Gilda Dent]

It's like with anything else. I like it when it's well done, but not when it's poorly done. Alan Moore's Supreme, Grant Morrison's Animal Man, and even Byrne's She-Hulk are all, IMO, examples of it being done well, each differently.

Animal Man #5 is maybe my favorite individual comic story ever.

Regarding the OP: It would also depend upon whether they operated on DCU rules or our universe rules. Would Flash still have light speed ability? Would Batman still be able to beat up a dozen thugs single handed? Operating on real world physics would effectively make them regular people which would be devastating psychologically.

[hugh45]

It's like with anything else. I like it when it's well done, but not when it's poorly done. Alan Moore's Supreme, Grant Morrison's Animal Man, and even Byrne's She-Hulk are all, IMO, examples of it being done well, each differently.

Animal Man #5 is maybe my favorite individual comic story ever.

Regarding the OP: It would also depend upon whether they operated on DCU rules or our universe rules. Would Flash still have light speed ability? Would Batman still be able to beat up a dozen thugs single handed? Operating on real world physics would effectively make them regular people which would be devastating psychologically.

Actually something like this was done in an early Flash issue.I don't
remember the issue number,because I read it when I was a kid.