Two DC August Solicits

[sailorlibra]

Two new August solicits for DC that interested me.





DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #4

Written by LEN WEIN

Art by JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ & DAVE GIBBONS and JOE KUBERT with SCOTT KOLINS

Cover by JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ & DAVE GIBBONS

1:25 Variant cover by JOE KUBERT

The DC Universe moves forward and evolves when a new generation of heroes inspired and mentored by the Silver Age's greatest come together to fight the good fight. Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Wonder Girl and Aqualad - the Teen Titans hit the scene! At the same time, heroic humans without powers reunite to remember Sgt. Rock in a story by Joe Kubert!

Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

On sale AUGUST 18 * 4 of 10 * 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US



THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #36

Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

Art and cover by JESUS SAIZ

When Adam Strange offered Lois Lane the chance to file a story from Rann, she jumped at it - but she wasn't expecting to become an interstellar war correspondent! It's another surprising single-issue epic from the Eisner-nominated team of Straczynski and Saiz!

On sale AUGUST 18 * 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

This issue will hopefully be excellent. There are not enough good Lois stories out there. Though I am a bit surprised to realize JMS is still on Brave and the Bold, along with Wonder Woman and Superman.

recommended tags - char: lois lane, char: adam strange, group: teen titans, publisher: dc comics, title: the brave and the bold

Comments

[thebigapricot]

It's about time they gave Lois a story of her own. It's been awhile. I keep hoping Gail Simone will do a Lois mini.

[ian_karkull]

That would be nice, seeing how my not so secret dream of a Greg Rucka penned Lois Lane ongoing has become even more unlikely.

[crinos]

Lois Lane, action reporter!

[ian_karkull]

What the hell is this Legacy crap?? Has DCs Silver Age fetishism grown to such bizarre proportions they're actually retelling the entire thing again? The Hell?! Whiny nerdrage isn't usually my thing but that's just.. bizarre.

Hell Yes! To Adam Strange & Lois Lane though. Those two should get along great.

[icon_uk]

Teen Titans - "Art by JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ & DAVE GIBBONS"

Whatever else it is, it's going to be VERY pretty!

[darkblade]

Why are we reliving the Silver Age? Don't we make fun of the silver age?

Can't we relive the gold or bronze ages?

[sailorlibra]

Why are we reliving the Silver Age? Don't we make fun of the silver age?

We, as in Scans Daily, do. We, as in the writers at DC, don't. (Though to be fair, this is only part four, so it's likely some bronze age lovin' might be happening also.)

[zordboy]

Because the Silver Age was all about Hal Jordan and Barry Allen being Awesome?

[thehefner]

Because the Silver Age was about hope and ideals and optimism. At heart, I think people want to relive those days to wash out the taste of the post-Miller, post-Moore grim 'n gritty days. Problem is, those are the stories today's writers were raised on, so they're still making the same mistakes and, in doing so, dragging the best parts of that nostalgia through the mud.

If the new nostalgia was all like THE NEW FRONTIER, we'd all love it as much as the writers and editors want us to.

[magus_69]

The more I think about it, the more I think that The New Frontier is really a Bronze Age story with Silver Age trappings. We have the super-powered alien menace, and plenty of appropriate sciencey stuff, but the idealism is tempered by a look at the world as it was. Diana's disillusionment with the U.S, Hal's severe PTSD, and especially John Henry's story would never have shown up in a Silver Age story.

[thehefner]

Now that is a rather excellent observation. Maybe that's more the era that this New Nostalgia is trying to evoke rather than the 60's.

[nezchan]

Can't we just have good stories and not bother recycling stuff that's already been done?

[darkblade]

I worded that badly. It's more like if we must relive the past can we relive the parts that don't suck.

[nezchan]

I feel like I've been soaking in someone else's nostalgia for a long time, really. All of Spielberg's animated series, Muppet Babies, Muriel's Wedding, Mama Mia, That 70's Show, Michael freakin' BOLTON!, and on and insufferably on, it's all been people dredging up the things they liked when they were kids and deciding to do them again. And while it can be pretty cool (again, Muppet Babies, Animaniacs, and so on), after a while I get nostalgia overload and just wanna see good stories without having to use stories that we've already been told.

[star_of_airdrie]

Completely agree - so much cognitive dissonance there. It's great up to a point and then it's overload. Maybe it's the whole - 'cool, you remember back then' which evolves to 'wow, you're OLD'. As much fun as it was to teach all the kids the dances from 'Saturday Night Fever' at a 70's party, it really dated me

(And speaking of disco, everyone like my Black Cat commission of Nightwing and Starfire? I forgot to post it at the time I had it done.)

[nezchan]

DISCO WING 4-EVA!!

[star_of_airdrie]

'Stayin' alive, Stayin' alive'

[nezchan]

Gotta love the Blackest Night theme song.

[cloud_wolf]

That one was yours? I thought it was lovely. :)

[star_of_airdrie]

Thank you - I am thrilled with how it turned out!

sorry having trouble posting the entire thing - Sunday morning brain I guess or divine intervention for sleeping in rather than churching, so it's in icon form. I love the gargoyle.

love your icon - is that the gardening one right before Krypto goes a'diggin?

[saralakali]

It is Bronze Age. Some Silver too, but Bronze is from around 1970 until COIE (when Barry Allen died). Nearly all these returning characters survived through the Bronze Age and into the Modern Age. Some characters like Firestorm weren't created until the Bronze Age.

And Golden Age stuff is mocked and ridiculed just as much as Silver Age around here.

[arbre_rieur]

"Can't we relive the gold or bronze ages?"

This series covers both of those as well. It spans the Golden Age to the present day.

[cuntfucius]

So so excited for both of these!

The DC Legacies thing doesn't bother me because it's going to cover everything from then to present day -- and it has nothing to do with bringing certain characters back. It's just about showcasing how the superhero world has evolved and changed.

Also, pretty art.

Mmm eff yeah Lois.

To me, the most rage worthy thing would be to bring the Big Seven back for the JLA :*D I HAVE SUCH EDGY OPINIONS, I KNOW, but it is true. Not showcasing this legacy stuff.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

The second one looks super-special-awesome. :D

[pyrotwilight]

Some awesome Lois and Adam Strange to wash our minds out of the badness that was the Batgirl, Zatanna and Wonderwoman story.

[queendork56]

I am so fucking there for Adam Strange and Lois Lane teaming up to kick ass... in space!

[star_of_airdrie]

so excited for this too!!!

[mad]

Babs is hanging with the Titans? On the one hand, yeah, wouldn't that have been cool...on the other, the fact that Babs didn't have much contact with superheroes who weren't Batman and Robin prior to becoming Oracle has, IMO, informed her character quite a bit.

[star_of_airdrie]

But at the time, wasn't she in Congress and at least 25 (per the Constitution, a member of the House of Representatives has to be 25 years of Age) and not exactly in the whole teen scene. Dick was a college guy with a crush on Babs and the whole secret identity thing was still somewhat secret, or do I have my eras wrong - it was during the 'Batman Family' run but don't they intersect with the Teen Titans run?

[mad]

No, I think you're right.

[celestialchild]

Wow they're letting Lois Lane have some spotlight? Without Superman? I'm genuinely excited for this one! Please don't screw this up DC...

[schala_kid]

Lois Lane and Adam Strange! Fuck yeah! I will so kill for a Lois Lane: Investigative Reporter comic where she does war coverage (like this) or exposes dangerous criminals. Perry, Jimmy, and Clark (not Superman) and some people from the DP would be her supporting cast.

And why is Batgirl and that one character whose name I forgot hanging with the Titans?

[star_of_airdrie]

still trying to make sense of the Babs thing - as I said above, I think she was in Congress at the time by day and at least. She was vigilante-ing it up as Batgirl by night. Dick was following her around puppy dog-style day and night under both identities... or I could be wrong, that was the Batman Family story line and maybe (as I have been finding) it has nothing to do with anything... but I have never seen her in the original Teen Titans comics I have.

But what the heck, we can change everything, we are (duh, duh, duh) DC! The laws of physics, common decency, story continuity and sensibility (and shall I continue?) need not apply!

[nevermore999]

The Congress thing has been retconned since the 90's, really with Batgirl Y1.

[milleniumrex]

And according to Marc Andreyko, Dick and Babs are the same age now. We'll see if that sticks, or if that was just a one-off mistake in the annual.

[jaybee3]

I think Andreyko has said over at the CBR boards or some place that the Babs/Dick being the same age thing was a mistake on his part.

[hero_of_lallor]

Because Robotman, Barbara and the Titans are of the same 'generation' in broad terms. Alex Ross does the same thing in Justice if you remember.

[jaybee3]

The Adam Strange/Lois story sounds awesome.

[exknowswhy]

JMS continues to do a great job on B and the B.