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February 11, 2006
Wondercon 2006 Nuggets of DC Universe News
Wondercon is taking place right now in San Francisco, only a BART train ride away from my house. I'm not going as it is my wife's birthday--what kind of present would it be to say, let's go hang around Kevin Smith all day? (Although if you are there, you must attend Smith's session, as he is so goddamn funny in a room full of comic book geeks.) Nowadays you get all the news from cons anyway, so here are the highlights, which I'll update throughout the weekend...
WONDERCON '06: THE ARCHITECTS OF THE DC UNIVERSE PANEL
CBR: ARCHITECTS OF DCU PANEL
PULSE: MODERN ARCHITECTURE OF DCU
Lots of 52/Crisis news courtesy of Newsarama (most complete and source of all quotes here), Pulse, and Comic Book Resources. If you're a fan of Metal Men and Ambush Bug, then get ready, they are coming back in 52. A lot of characters are coming back. In that double page spread from Titans 32, Changeling remembered all the different incarnations of the Doom Patrol. You have to laugh thinking of John Byrne, who had hated Grant Morrison's version of Doom Patrol with a passion. Think you can just imagine it all away, John, just you like did to Krypto, Streaky, and the Weisinger Krypton? Johns, Waid, and Morrison are like the Ghostbusters, they are gonna take control:
When an audience member stated that Morrison's Doom Patrol run had been written out, or shunted from DCU continuity as he asked the question by an audience member if, given the post-Crisis streamlining of the DCU, creators would be able to tell "experimental stories" as easily, Johns cut the questioner off, saying, "Not any more!" Clearly implying that Morrison's Doom Patrol would somehow be a part of the DCU proper after Crisis.
A few months back, I wrote about Dr. Fate and the possibility of Kent Nelson returning (although I estimated the Corrigan\Spectre thing incorrectly):
When it was pointed out that, recently, Dr. Fate has been like the drummer in Spinal Tap, that is, a role that's not filled by one person for long, Johns said that a return to a more iconic, even perhaps a Kent Nelson Dr. Fate might be coming.
On the subject of magic, we have more of a clue on this whole new Tenth Age of magic business:
Morrison, when asked, said that he wouldn't be doing much with magic in his upcoming work, noting that Michael Moorecock had written the "Magic Bible" for the DCU and that the author's ideas for how magic works, and how magical characters interact in the DCU is very interesting. Wacker added that, with magic in the DCU, the idea now is not to use it as a plot device or a ghost in the machine, but rather to show, as with everything else, there's a cost associated to using magic.
This would be a positive change if there is a cost to using magic. Magic has always been a cheap device at both Marvel and DC. And to have Moorcock design a system for DC is a clear indication of good judgment. Didio for President.
Nuff Said for now.
