There are many pleasurable elements to the announcement that DC will start publishing Brave and the Bold again (as predicted by Seven Hells, by the way). But none as funny as this:"It’s always going to be a tightrope walk between characters that we know will absolutely, positively goose the sales, and characters that may not be as hot, sales-wise at that moment, but regardless, are pretty interesting. We can’t do Adam Strange and Metamorpho, for example. No one’s going to buy that."
particularly since it was preceded several paragraphs before by:
"The fun of it, of course, is finding the plot devices that would allow you to have, say, Batman and Green Lantern in issue #1, and then Green Lantern and, hypothetically speaking, Supergirl in issue #2, and Supergirl and Hawkman in issue #3, or whatever..."
Heh. Being petty can be fun...
Is that a joke?
ReplyDeleteAre you not familiar with the original Brave & the Bold?
Not sure if you're aware of this but that cover you picked is prophetic. Bruce Wayne will die in Infinite Crisis and ONE YEAR LATER... will start with Dick Grayson in the Batman costume.
ReplyDeleteI guess Hawkman hypothetically needs a girl to goose his sales. Just like a Thanagarian to hide behind a skirt.
ReplyDeleteThe above statement is not guaranteed, but I'm calling it. Read over recent DC interviews re: Infinite Crisis and the Bat-titles again with a critical eye.
ReplyDelete(Basically I'm saying it's a guess.)
Man, if the Phantom Stranger doesn't turn up here by issue 12, I'm going to be p'ed off big time.
ReplyDeleteReread Infinite Crisis and the Bat-titles again knowing what you know about how smart Batman is and his relationship with Robin since you've been reading the Absorbascon.
ReplyDeleteAll becomes clear and the future unfolds...
Hey! I liked the mini-series.
ReplyDeleteOk, so I was half-right. Check out today's Lying in the Gutters on CBR (July 25, 2005).
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