Bleedingcool: DC Comics Brings On The Bad Guys Next Year.

[Prisoner 6655321]

Blah, this sounds boring.

[doordoor123]

On the one hand I like the idea, heroes facing different villains then they're used, sounds good to me. Especially if it's just contained to a one-shot.

On the other... This is going to interrupt some stories. I'm going to feel pretty annoyed if say issue #19 of WW (or whatever) finishes on one hell of a cliff hanger and then the next issue is this one-shot thing, and I have to wait another month to find out what happens. I think then I'd much rather just continue with the story arc I've been reading.

I think it is more of an exercise for the writers. If I were a writer, my stuff was getting bland and I needed to mix something up, I think it would be cool for DC to help me mix things up a bit.
Some of the writers who are "okay" have a chance to up their game by making it more complicated with a different character that they already know.
It doesn't need to be a spontaneous one-shot. I think it is more like weaving a character into the already established story -- making it more complicated.
Then again, I'm sure writers are going to do this wrongfully and not make the villain important to what is going on. It really depends on what villains writers get. If a writer can't get his or her hands on a character he or she doesn't really want to use, I could see just a one-shot.
Facing any villain should have consequences. If it doesn't then the writer is a terrible writer. See Marvel for example. It happens all of the time at Marvel. Person vs Person, but everything is okay in the end. People die, but who cares because were all happy NOW.

[MajorHoy]

On the one hand I like the idea, heroes facing different villains then they're used, sounds good to me. Especially if it's just contained to a one-shot.

But since the Nu 52 has changed a lot of the characters' pasts, even villains that appeared thousands of time before Flashpoint are frequently "new" villains, not someone the New 52 version of the heroes have ever faced before.

[Den]

Weird that the article talks about DC's 'next big thing' but uses art from Marvel as a visual.

[JessieMidnight]

Good news to me, but I'd like some more information about this before I get to excited. It's still early, and things could change, but this if done right could be really cool, although we see villains in just about every issue so I'm interested in how they'd change that up, and make an event or whatever out of it. I love seeing more of the villains though.

[B. Kuwanger]

Weird that it basically says nothing. But I guess we almost know what to look out for!

[batGRRRl4ever]

The most interesting thing about this is the idea of a "mix and match" approach, where heroes go up against villains new - or unfamiliar - to them. So.... Nightwing vs Black Manta, Blue Beetle vs Sinestro, Aquaman vs Riddler, Superman vs Hush, Animal Man vs Professor Pyg?

That I'd be fairly interested in.

I'd be interested in seeing Knightfall and her henchmen, who are into torture & murder of who they consider unjust from Batgirl's book, go up against Red Hood & the Outlaws.

[Nomads1]

Hmmm, what I found most interesting was the switching of villains introducing them in the Nu52 as nemesis of other heroes. Imagine:
Meinhiem and Intergang as villians for Nightwing.
Goldface as a Flash opponent.
Rainbow Rider vs Green Lantern.
The Masters of Disaster as adversaries for the Teen Titans
The Fearsome Five or the Hybrid against the Justice League

An so on...

Peace

[golgi]

Can't wait to hear more about this. If done right, it could be awesome.

[RoughNTumble]

The last gimmick month, zero issue month, led to overall poor quality stories with few exceptions. I'm skipping this to boycott the way the comics fanbase buys in to this sort of thing and rewards it with sales. Leave the writers alone, let them craft a special run. Let them get together with other writers on their own to do crossovers if they feel it's necessary for the story they're writing i.e. sinestro corps war.

[vicvega]

The last gimmick month, zero issue month, led to overall poor quality stories with few exceptions. I'm skipping this to boycott the way the comics fanbase buys in to this sort of thing and rewards it with sales. Leave the writers alone, let them craft a special run. Let them get together with other writers on their own to do crossovers if they feel it's necessary for the story they're writing i.e. sinestro corps war.

Lately, with the nu 52, that's how its been. If the writers want to do a crossover, the usually do it the way they want to i.e. omac/frankenstein
and in some cases, like with Scott Snyder's Batman events, he has explicitly stated that the writers have the option to be a part of his crossovers or not. So it ends up being their choice. This isn't the early 2000's anymore; People have more freedom for this kind of stuff.
and Finally, one man/woman's boycott won't do crap. If you want to do it right, you've got to organize a larger group of people. Things don't change with small scale protest. Take it from someone who's participated in many real protests. Also, I recommend you read the book Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky. It's a great primer for this sort of thing. I on the other hand enjoy villains so I will enjoy this.

[fedup23]

Oy. This better be worth it. If this turns out to just be a month where the heroes fight against their respective villains like with the Night of the Owls tie-ins, I'm going to be mad. However, I also don't want all my DC books starting big, epic stories just for the sake of sales or whatever. If this is just a publicity gimmick, and it sounds like that's exactly what it is, then I am really, really not looking forward to it.

What the hell do you think any of these events after event after event are? ... publicity gimmicks for the sake of sales!

[Xarcon]

What the hell do you think any of these events after event after event are? ... publicity gimmicks for the sake of sales!

Chill out, man. I was talking about the substance of the event. Not all events are strictly hollow, mindless money grabs. Some of them are well-written, entertaining money grabs. I just mean that I want there to be some thought and purpose behind it. The Night of the Owls tie-ins largely served no real purpose beyond the gimmick aspect. I don't want a repeat of that.