It occurred to me just now that Watchmen, Kingdom Come, and DC: The New Frontier form a neat trilogy or circle on the development of the super-hero over the last three decades, from deconstruction to reconstruction to new wholeness.
Am I all wet or am I on to something?
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4 comments:
hope you're on to something. If not, give me some of whatever you're on? ;)
:D
That's true! ^^
What about the Identity Crisis/Infinite Crisis/Final Crisis cycle? XDDDD
What do they represent? :O
Dan Didio's midlife crisis?
Crisis on Dan Didio's Midlife!!!
Seriously, I think they're the same thing in microcosm. Identity Crisis (which I thought was a basically good story marred by base sexism) threw the heroes off their pedestal and Infinite Crisis (which I'm probably alone in that I really enjoyed it) had them work their way back up.
Final Crisis (which I'm looking forward to mainly 'cause Grant Morrison's name is on it) could go off in a completely different direction, though; too soon to tell.
You're not alone! I luffed Infinite Crisis :D
I didn't rly like Identity Crisis tho. I thought the story was there, but Meltzer didn't understand the chars and there was a lot of writer's fiat going on, esp with Deathstroke >_>
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