Green Arrow would be honestly perfect. Especially if they kept him deep counterculture (which is the classic depiction)
Doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s still her book and what happens in it revolves around her.
There isn’t anything unique about Swamp Thing. At least the Swamp Thing that the movie, cartoon and other stuff based itself on. Swamp Thing is based on a much older horror character The Heap. Comparing Green Arrow with Animal Man? Nigga what? I don’t recall any Green Arrow stories that advocate animal rights, stories that focus on Green Arrow being a good husband and father for his family, him going to Limbo and needs meet with forgotten comic characters, or having to deal having his daughter being hunted down by agents of the Rot for being the avatar of the force that sustains all animal life. Have you anything involving Animal Man because the two ain’t comparable in the slightest. Green Arrow ain’t bland neither.
Connections with major characters does mean little. Having that connection does not guarantee success. I like how you conveniently left out the examples I provided that illustrate my point.
In short, Animal Man is not lame. Never has and never will be.
Honestly, I find the cosmic stuff a little iffy sometimes, after (and because of) Sandman the Vertigo stuff, which I inevitably think of with that got helplessly self-important.
I honestly don’t follow current storylines that well, but instead of ‘cosmic shit’, an inside/outside counterculture advocate is a more topical and interesting concept… and easier to fit into a non-standalone storyline
Haven’t read Sandman or anything but wouldn’t that fall in line with the supernatural? Cosmic usually alludes to space related stuff
You haven’t read Sandman? As much as I hate on it, you really really should. IMO, taken as a whole, it’s better than Watchmen.
I meant supernatural stuff yeah, my mind associates it with the extreme often mystical power levels (like Dr. Strange, Spectre, Sandman, etc), but that’s probably me just having an idiosyncratic definition again.
I usually read comics held in high regard at libraries. I haven’t found one that carried any Sandman books oddly enough. The Midtown comics always have the absolute editions of Sandman on their discount shelf. I would buy them if those books weren’t so huge.
Basically the entire vertigo line is based on how that comic went, so the Animal Man stuff and such is essentially derived from the look and tone of Sandman.
Shocked your library doesn’t have it though, maybe its too old now ><
The first Animal Man book was one of the first titles to be apart of the Vertigo line. I think Peter Milligan was writing it at the time it made the translation.
My library has a bunch of old comics. I read Watchman, V For Vendetta, the Killing Joke, Batman: Year One, Whatever Happened to the man of Tomorrow and many other stories there. Also a few oddies like a CSI manga (that actually exists). No clue why wouldn’t they have any Sandman books.
Turns out I was very very wrong with the timeline lol. Swamp thing looks like it was the first with that vibe, but that was well before vertigo started.
I’d still think that the mysticism inherent with Animal Man (if I"m reading the descriptions right) wouldn’t really mesh well with the general theming of Injustice.
You really on’t like Sandman?
I’m… conflicted about it lol.
It’s amazing and had a huge impact when I first read it. It’s also very very very full of its own shit.
Still probably the best thing DC has released, like ever (including Watchmen, altho I said that above)
Swamp thing and animal man would be nice additions, I especially like their recent iterations I’m the new 52. Hakwman is a obvious choice as well, and outside Jordan as the GL I’d love to see sin make a appearance as well.
If I had a choice of 1 lesser known character It would be between cass batgirl and orion.
Regretfully I havn’t read as much of sandman as I have wanted (access to comics in my area sucks, thank goodness for the marvel digital service, its how I finally got to read annihilation)
Oddly enough my favourite genres are the cosmic genre (which I think is any space based comic) and the mystic/mythic genre (which would include anything magic or mythology based, including even things like immortal ironfist). The comparison between the two make sense though, they both have to establish a greater universe, greater natural forces, forces that may not be entirely earth based, new creatures/races, and tend to have a greater power level on average.
I would love any of the kirby designed dc characters (aside from the obvious darkseid) Barda and Miracle are two others that would work. Actually someone from Ditko’s work or any other Charleston comics could work too. Question, Captain Atom, Creeper, Blue Beetle, anyone.
We don’t know the general theme of the game yet. Other than “Out greatest heroes become our greatest threat” we got nothing. How it got to that point no one knows. For all we know, Eclipso is using his/her divine powers to turn everyone into douches
I’m still confused by that, at first i’m thinking the heroes will all be mind controlled/jerks, but from the description of the win poses (superman rushing to help someone in need etc.) im not sure. Maybe it’s just a seperation of regular gameplay having the characters act normally and leaving the jerkness to story mode. So far my leading theory is mind control. Maybe starro, despero,braniac or as you said eclipso. There are a lot of characters that are capable of brainwashing actually now that I think about it.
My theory is that it ties into the ‘the world isn’t entirely sure about this superhero thing’, which was supposed to be a theme of ‘new 52’. Correct me if I’m wrong though, I haven’t actually read any of the comics, just about them.
That was mostly at the beginning,they are moving to the point with them they were before the new 52, except with less disastrous events working against them. It was mostly a necessary evil,as none of the characters would had done anything yet to establish trust. Except Aquaman, his public image sucks.
That’s one of the things I’m not feeling about the new 52. The heroes being trusted, admired and appropriated by the general public and law enforcement were one of unique things about it compared to Marvel.
I just wanna point out that Hawk so completely missed my point on the Green Arrow issue that it’s almost comical. I was saying that he has a very bland look that doesn’t draw attention and that DC would much more likely to focus on getting Green Arrow more attention and shows which we see in real life with them trying to get him a TV show.
The comparison came from them both being blonde white dudes and if DC was gonna market one they would much more likely market Green Arrow or even Aquaman because they are both more known. I never said they had similar backstories or interests so what are you talking about? He’s a good character, but he has a ceiling.
Either way this thread is focused back on the game so I’ll drop it but yes to me and others Animalman is lame and those topics you mentioned(animal rights,etc) bore the hell out of me.