The Last Straw

Seriously?

Like Marvel is better. The only character that hasn't truly come back to this point is Uncle Ben. I mean, damn, they even brought back Bucky! (And Captain Marvel, sort of)

I'm not wild about the return of Barry Allen either, in part because I thought his death in Crisis #8 (was it 8?) was some terrific storytelling and a quintissential heroic death. And beyond that, I have no idea what they plan to do with him. But I'm not going to write it off out of hand. It could be good. And it might not invalidate the Crisis story at all. Barry's "death" is no less heroic because he somehow managed to survive it, because he thought his act would kill him and he did it anyways. Barry's still the hero, and Final Crisis won't change that.

here's the other thing that baffles me: you say you won't invest in stories that go nowhere...but you will buy Elseworlds? Which are the very definition of stories that go nowhere!

I suggest you ease up a bit as see how this plays out. It might be excellent. "The Legion of Three Worlds" and "Blackest Night" are both shaping up nicely, so don't dump DC out of hand. they're like every publisher: capable of genius and crap, sometimes in the same issue.

You are preaching to the choir my friend. As for elseworlds, they are the 'definition' of stories that go nowhere, because thats what the readers EXPECT of them! They EXPECT to have their favorite characters in unorthodox circumstances, while at the same time, having them unaffected in the mainstream DCU, which I must add, is what is happening with the countdown, and Final Crisis nonsense.

Another choir member here, my brother.
IMHO, I think one reason DC (abd Marvel) have an enormous lack of originality is because most of the writers, editors, editors' assistants, etc., are liberals, and basically all we've heard from them for the past seven + years is how much they hate Dubya. I can't tell you how many times since 2000 I've read a book written by one of these liberal clowns and thought, "Okay, I get it. You hate the president. Go on to something else. I got tired of hearing the same diatribes from the same bunch of idiots and of waiting for something new and interesting to come from DC, so I've pretty much given up on Disposable Comics. They seem to only be interested in writing for the DC Deadheads these days, and no one else. Which is sad, because I spent over half my life reading DC stuff, but no more.

Steve Haag