DC has begun officially announcing their lists of titles that are coming with the upcoming reboot, so we at the Multiversity Offices have sprung into action to create a list of things we’d like to see with the upcoming reboot. While originally planned for release tomorrow afternoon, we’re releasing it early so that our wishes can get out into the ether before DC tells us none of them are going to come true (Sorry, Josh).
From the overly optimistic to the quietly pessimistic, take a look behind the cut for the wishes.
Matthew Meylikhov
Ok, so Superman is clearly different. There are rumors about him not being with Lois Lane anymore, and the costume is … well, it is what it is. I suppose this is an attempt to make Superman “more relevant,” and while the rumor is that Grant Morrison will be writing the character can we just have a Superman who is relevant but not inherently different? Superman is a fantastic character due to the core values and mythology that make him who he is over the 79 years he has existed. Superman is the hero we should all aspire to be. I’m fine with him being all “edgy” and “cool” to compete against Batmania, but can we not lose the most important part of him in between his rumpuses with Wonder Woman?
Walter Richardson
My wish for DC? Make it count. Don’t just start a bunch of new series without much substance behind them. Every single one should get people talking. Writers that have a noted good touch with certain characters should be given the chance to reinvent that character (in other words, give the keys of the Batmobile to Scott Snyder, please), and others should be given books that will make people interested. “What? They put ______ on _______? Holy crap!” should be the typical response. Otherwise, it’s just a bunch of standard superhero fare that will continue to be given minimal attention, and that’s the last thing that DC wants to do with a risky move like this.
David Harper
The only thing I want from DC is for them to stick to their guns with this. If they are committing to this, I don’t want a Crisis of Flashpointing Earths – Infinite! coming out in a year that retcons everything and puts everyone in their costumes that don’t have V-Necks. It is an audacious thing for them to do, but it will mean nothing and ultimately be a middle finger to fans (and prospective new fans) if they just go back to the way things were because this turns out to be a bust.
And if I had a second wish it would be John Rogers and Rafael Albuquerque on Blue Beetle again AND FOREVER! If Mr. Terrific has a title, Jaime Reyes should definitely have a title.
Josh Mocle
One Wish: An Animal Man ongoing with a competent creative team (Chris Roberson/Chris Burnham?).
Why? Because Animal Man has some of the most depth of any character in the DCU as well as one of the most intriguing backstories. To addo that, I’m fairly certain he still knows he’s a character in a comic book but just isn’t telling anyone. He’s an animal activist and vegetarian, too. Also, if DC revives a character that can talk to animals, they might as well go with the one that can talk to things other than fish and who, instead of moping about his dead kid for decades, forced the WRITER OF THE BOOK to write his whole dead family back to life. Take that, fishman!
Patrick Tobin
My one wish for the DCU reboot or sideboot or bootleg or whatever is that they piss off as many people as humanly possible, from hardcore fan junkies to casual hot-or-cold readers, because maybe then it can reach a critical mass and form a singularity of everyone ragging on DC for this, that, or the third and I can have that much easier a time ignoring both DC and their fans. Unrelated sidebar semi-wish: perhaps some kind of evil counterpart team for the Teen Titans?
Brandon Burpee
If there is one thing that I would like to see from DC post-reboot, it is for them to not blow off the multiverse and stick to the idea that the multiverse is finite (52). I’d really like to see this new DCU be one of the 52 Earths and have the current continuity remain as one as well. This gives them the ability to cater to all walks of fanhood. They wouldn’t need to necessarily have an ongoing based in the current continuity but they could allow it to grow in the background and age. Then in a few years we could look in on them and see how things are and maybe even provide a definitive ending to this continuity. Wouldn’t it be unique to see an actual end? Like all the Marvel: The End minis, but permanent and real.
I’m absolutely fine with the reboot. Kind of excited, actually. I just wouldn’t mind seeing an ending to the universe I grew up with. Just saying.
Gilbert Short
If there’s one thing I’m worried about with this new status quo, it’s the legacies DC is known for. And as a matter of fact, I’m most worried about Kyle Rayner. I’d like to see a Green Lantern Corps book with him and John Stewart, possibly with Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason at the helm once again. If there are two things those two know how to capture well, it’s the spirit of the Green Lantern Corps, and most importantly, Kyle’s place IN the Corps. As for John, I’d really love to see someone take a stab at him and not write him as an emotionless drone. We already have Bruce Wayne for that.
But while we’re on the subject of Bruce Wayne and legacies, I hope Damian doesn’t stand forgotten either.
Ryan Closs
If I could have one wish for the DCU after the reboot it’s that they’re not going to just tell superhero stories. Especially non-superhero stories in the shared universe of the DCU. I’d love a Swamp Thing horror book, Jonah Hex coming back, Ralph and Sue Dibney: Ghost Detectives, the return of Gotham Central or some other police procedural book, some kind of mystical book, some war book, maybe a political book with Checkmate involved. It would make the world a bigger, richer and show all sorts of different aspects. I’d love them to pattern it after Gotham Central where it’s all about the non-superpowered characters just trying to do their job but in a world where people like Superman and Batman exist.
