Bleedingcool: JM DeMatteis To Co-Write Phantom Stranger

[Talisman]

As long as its going odd Didio's plot, there's a problem. All the scripting in the world won't be able to shake the feeling that the book is just giving us random events that have nothing to do with each other.

I see that he's trying to tie them together to create a overall arc, but he's not doing it very well. It's not horrible, but not quite what it could be.

Bringing DeMatteis on as co-writer is just what this book needs. His writing technique and sensibilities can only make this book better. Now, if he were being brought on as co-plotter/head writer, this might be a contender for my favorite Dark book. I also wouldn't hate if they made Lady Luck a mystical type character, maybe in the same vein as Madame Xanadu...

[chastmastr]

Posted 10/14/2012 on another Phantom Stranger thread:

If J.M. DeMatteis were writing this, I'm sure it would be unbelievably fantastic. I strongly recommend his Spectre series, in which he deals with the whole penitence, redemption, problem-of-evil etc. stuff very well indeed (DeMatteis isn't a Christian, but I find his work absolutely excellent when he deals with spiritual matters). I assumed that "Hal Jordan as the Spectre" would be awful but that series was incredible.