Justice League and Avengers...too familiar?
too popular, too familiar
more emphasis on Power Man, Absorbing Man, Sandman, Multiman (DC), Multiple-Man (Marvel), Warpath, The Question, Aztec, Azrael, Starman, Sage: Changing Man, Negative Man, Sasquatch (Marvel), Hercules, Colossus, Firestorm, Savage Dragon, Astro City, Sub-Mariner, Super-Skrull, Black Adam
anybody else feel the same way?
more emphasis on Power Man, Absorbing Man, Sandman, Multiman (DC), Multiple-Man (Marvel), Warpath, The Question, Aztec, Azrael, Starman, Sage: Changing Man, Negative Man, Sasquatch (Marvel), Hercules, Colossus, Firestorm, Savage Dragon, Astro City, Sub-Mariner, Super-Skrull, Black Adam
anybody else feel the same way?
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Multiple-Man (Marvel) - Formerly X-Factor. Still recent enough, he starred there for years.
Sage: Changing Man - I guess you meant Shade? Last I saw him, he was in the first few issue of Justice League Dark
Colossus - Was recently with X-Force
Firestorm - Was recently with Justice League of America
Savage Dragon - That's..... not Marvel or DC
Astro City - That's not a person
Sub-Mariner - New Avengers
Super-Skrull - Not exactly a "hero", but featured in Infinity.
Black Adam - Not exactly a "hero" either, and I think he's dead.
What I was saying is there should be more issues devoted to those individuals.
I realize Savage Dragon isn't Marvel or DC...that's the beauty of him.
Astro City was uniquely not Marvel nor DC as well...wish it would come back and even in Animated movies.
I was just winging it...I hate the familiar.
It'd be nice if others started hating it too.
M
Because then that would be evidence that we live in a world where people are able to pull away from the bandwagon and think for themselves.
Whether I was the only one to do so or not, it wouldn't change a thing. I really don't care who does or doesn't like the characters or what their reasonings are.
On another thread, you expressed your opinion Kent is the king of them all. He's a very familiar character; arguably 1st or 2nd. Do you like him just to ride the bandwagon? If you did find him bland, does that mean you think for yourself & aren't riding the bandwagon?
Hating the familiar won't change that.
M
:-/
Would Suicide Squad be in the works if people weren't taking chances on less familiar characters?
What the Marvel Netflix shows coming in 2015?
I'd say people are embracing less familiar characters now more then ever.
M
I like Superman but not Justice League
That's a shame.
I'm asking if anybody here thinks material devoted to JL and Avengers can take a hiatus in favor other things now.
Yes, even if it was "Death of Sasquatch"
From what I understand, Savage Dragon is still a thing, so is Astro City, but the creators don't produce new material often enough and Sub-Mariner, well, I think Namor was great, I have the full run (plus annuals!) but again, the numbers aren't there, or weren't the last time.
M
They would not have to focus on either Kent nor the League, but again more on less thought about Characters.
Same for DC; I haven't been interested in reading Batman since OYL. I haven't bought any DC since. Both are my anchors to their companies (MK is a guilty pleasure), if I'm not reading them, I don't read anything else from the company.
That wouldn't change if JLA & Avengers were downplayed.
I do believe putting the spotlights on Avengers & JLA are ways to bring less known characters to the foreground. Maybe someone didn't care or has ever heard about a character until he/she/it appeared in the team up book.
M
anybody else feel the same way?
In other words, I'm not going to avoid Batman just because it's Batman. Scott Snyder writes the book, I enjoy it, I buy it. Someone else starts writing it, I don't like it, I skip it.
There are some titles I'll get based on casual interest. For instance, I'll try anything with the following: Firestorm, Gambit, Venom, Ragman, The Phantom Strange, Deadman, Thor, etc. Some of those are popular characters, some aren't.
I have a passing interest in the Spectre. DC recently came out with 'Gotham After Midnight', I liked the concept, I liked the characters that would be involved, I REALLY liked the fact that it was a book set in Gotham that DIDN'T involve Batman. So I got it.
To be fair, we're all (well most of us) listeners to a podcast that covers most ALL comics, hosted by people with varying tastes. Not only are we all SO into comics that we actively listen to CGS, but we go a step further and participate in a forum with other like minded, SERIOUSLY involved fans. I'm certain there are no bandwagon fans here. We all buy the comics we buy because we love them.
But anyway, these two books are the two core books for both companies. Surely, these books should be consisting of the top heroes?
Everyone else have their own books or would be in one of the lesser JL/Avengers books (JLU, Secret Avengers etc...).