Wonder Woman 14 (spoilers)

[xpaperxherox]

I liked #14 and the sisters story line was nicely done but the art to me was kind of choppy meaning good in some places and meh in others. With that said I dropped Wonder Woman from my pull list after getting this issue but not because I did not like it but because I have to make cuts some where. I have ballooned up to 25 titles and I know I can't keep this up. So I have to cut it back to 16 but I know whats going to happen, when #15 comes out at the comics shop I will be walking out with it in hand. I know that soon I am going to have to cut something I just can't seem to make my mind up as to what to cut.

Cutting sucks!


John

[slvn]

To be honest, I haven't been following the DCnu much, so all I know is second-hand accounts. But from what I hear, Donna Troy was 'benched' because DC editorial branded her a 'copy' regardless of her history. Choosing to err on the side of underestimating their new readers' understanding of 'character families' (and I think new readers would understand Donna Troy, Wally West, and the rest easily enough ... more than those making these decisions give them credit for) sadly has its consequences.

But unless what I've heard is wrong, the main problem is the lack of closure. There's no final story for any of these characters where they either heroically sacrifice themselves or just ride off into the sunset. There's not even a 'meta' series of panels like the Kanigher comic quoted where an editor appears personally to say 'No matter what happens, I'll always love you ... but I'm retiring you as of now'. They just stopped writing about these characters without giving any sort of ending, and then started telling stories about a different reality where those characters ... at least as we know them ... don't exist.

So of course, people are going to be in denial. As much as they'd like to see new stories about their favorite characters in something more official than fan fiction, it doesn't seem like that's going to happen. It's more likely to happen than Shakespeare coming back from the dead and writing new plays (plays that would be harshly scrutinized and endlessly compared to the classics, but I'm digressing), but it looks like one shouldn't bet a large amount of money on it.

For now, anyway, all the 'officially-sanctioned' stories about these characters have already been written. And people will have to re-read them to see those characters again. As Grant Morrison says in his Animal Man run, fictional characters' lives are relived every time someone reads them. They outlive their creators. They outlive their gods.

I think this is about right, and well said.

[Stanlos]

I really dislike that word in this context. The idea that you're a not a 'proper' grow-up superhero as long as you are a Titan, as if that team is just some school :S

Hey Stanlos - yeah what Outside 85 said.

Hi, guys! Apologies to you both if that phrasing was offensive. In responding it occurred to me that the way Outside_85 interpreted the remark is actually not far off the mark in the final analysis. For a while back there, I did think of the Titans as being the younger team or the developing superhumans with League membership being the next step. Now how in Gaea's name I maintained that view even after the Titans were all grown up and awesome and there were like a zillion other teams of younglings (Like Young Justice) I really do not know. But I definitely see the error of the reasoning and enjoy the Titans characters. Their ranks must be legion by now. Did Empress or any of the other promising YJ'ers ever join the Titans? And what of Argent, Prizm, and Risk? Are they still kicking about this retooled DCU?