{"id":5999,"date":"2011-09-01T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T20:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=5999"},"modified":"2011-09-01T16:39:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T20:39:03","slug":"my-life-as-a-geek-issue-6-the-new-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/my-life-as-a-geek-issue-6-the-new-52\/","title":{"rendered":"My Life As A Geek Issue #6: The New 52!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Geeks, today is cool day for Geek World Order. We’ve partnered up with our buddy Ryan MacDonald of the Spread the Nerd<\/a> movement to have some more original content on the site. So from time to time you’ll see his blogs re-posted here to help reach as much of the geek community as possible. Also he may be writing some blogs that will only be seen here. Today we bring you his latest as he gives some opinion on the DC New 52 Relaunch. So read on and leave some feedback on his opinions.<\/p>\n

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Issue #6: The New\u00a052!<\/h3>\n

by Ryan MacDonald<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Since the Flashpoint event started at DC we\u2019ve been hearing about The New 52. \u00a0Comic Con was completely buzzing with news and information revealing tidbits here and there of art and story in regards to the new books. \u00a0I\u2019ve been hesitant when it came to these new books. \u00a0I will admit I wasn\u2019t and am still not 100% on board. \u00a0I just read Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1 back to back and the transition was smooth. \u00a0I\u2019ll give them credit for that. \u00a0It didn\u2019t feel like a cop out, it didn\u2019t feel forced. \u00a0It was a well planned progression into a new era for the same heroes and it was executed well enough. \u00a0What I don\u2019t like is that we\u2019ve lost Power Girl, among other heroes, in lieu of titles that hold no narrative for the heroes that belong to DC but instead tell stories of war and the old west. \u00a0Which is just fine, I like a good war story, and I love a western good or bad.<\/p>\n

I like that we were lead into the new DCU in some areas by ongoing stories, like in the case of the Green Lantern. \u00a0We were taken down this road through the three ongoing Green Lantern titles (Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, and Emerald Warriors) and when the War of the Green Lanterns ended the status was no longer quo. \u00a0If you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on, the short version is that Hal Jordan killed Krona. \u00a0The guardians revoked his status as a lantern and sent him hurtling back to earth. \u00a0Stripped of his yellow ring, as it found a new more worthy host, Sinestro was standing by to receive Hal\u2019s ring and become the new Green Lantern of Sector 2814. \u00a0The last thing we see is Hal standing on the side of the road in the desert and the words Green Lantern Returns in GREEN LANTERN #1!<\/p>\n

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For me it solidified a reason to have a new #1, a reason to start fresh. \u00a0It didn\u2019t make it feel arbitrary at all, like I felt it was when I first heard the announcement.<\/p>\n

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When it all first started pouring out, I admit I met it with a slack jaw and keystrokes so swift they could melt plastic. \u00a0My nerd rage fuse was primed, lit, and ready to blow. \u00a0I mean, 14 Batman books, 6 Green Lantern books, Static Shock, wars and westerns, and not one single sign of Power Girl. \u00a0I\u2019m a little sore about not having her around, I honestly did love her ongoing story, it wasn\u2019t ever heavy handed and was rather light-hearted and genuinely fun to read. \u00a0There were a lot of things to be met with anger at first, the Teen Titans look ridiculous to begin with. \u00a0Every iteration of Robin has wings, Superboy looks like a frat boy, I don\u2019t even know what the thing on all 4s is, this is hard to accept. \u00a0DC has a lot that\u2019s hard to swallow across the board, Deadman looks like he borrowed and modified Nightwing\u2019s disco suit. \u00a0Barbara Gordon is Batgirl again, even though she\u2019s been in a wheelchair since The Killing Joke. \u00a0All in two weeks we had a LOT of stuff thrown at us that didn\u2019t quite sit right.<\/p>\n

\"TheStill, I\u2019m not signed up for anything except Green Lantern and Batman & Robin. \u00a0As I stated earlier, I read Justice League #1 and the first time through I finished it confused about who it was written for. \u00a0It felt like the first episode of yet another Justice League animated series, and at the same time it felt like the transcribed playtime of a bunch of kids playing super heroes. \u00a0Batman was pitch perfect. \u00a0Green Lantern, who, despite the Green Lantern story line, is Hal Jordan, is grating. \u00a0Like they re-wrote the character to better match Ryan Reynolds. \u00a0There was even a little dispute, started by Batman about what city belongs to who, and it seemed\u2026I don\u2019t know\u2026out of place. \u00a0I couldn\u2019t tell if this book was for long time fans, kids, adults, new readers, or what.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t get me wrong, it was action-packed and fast paced, I do wish it had been a bit longer and showcased the other heroes more than just Green Lantern and Batman. \u00a0There was a bit featuring Cyborg, but he wasn\u2019t Cyborg yet. \u00a0Just Vic. \u00a0Superman makes an appearance in the last 2 pages and then we\u2019re left with a cliffhanger.<\/p>\n

But, let me pose this, if you read or have read Flashpoint #5 pay attention towards the end, there\u2019s a visage of a hooded woman with markings all over and glowing eyes. \u00a0She speaks of there being three time streams, obviously these are the DC of old, Flashpoint, and DCnU. \u00a0Clever as it is to include this, it offers an obvious opportunity to revert back to the old DCU. \u00a0Anyway, I mention this glow-eyed woman for a reason, in the crowd at Vic\u2019s football game in Justice League #1 it was pointed out to me, and his Twitter followers, by Jon Kovalic (Dork Tower<\/a>) that the very same woman is sitting in the stands watching. \u00a0I suppose over the next few months (or years) this will be revealed to us.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m not going to nay-say the new universe, I\u2019m willing to give it a shot and let it fan out before I pass my judgement on the whole thing. \u00a0I\u2019m going to read Justice League, Batman, Batman & Robin, Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman up through January of 2012 and give my words on the DCnU then. \u00a0We\u2019ve been given a Batgirl preview and we learned that The Killing Joke happened and she was crippled, but we still don\u2019t know how she\u2019s up and moving around, did she recover? Anyway, right now, I\u2019m hopeful. \u00a0I don\u2019t fear what\u2019s to come, I\u2019m not mad about it anymore, I don\u2019t feel it\u2019s arbitrary. \u00a0I get it now, and I welcome the change.<\/p>\n

Bring it on DC. \u00a0Just, don\u2019t turn everything around for a milestone issue that would\u2019ve been. *coughfantasticfourcough*. \u00a0Oh yeah, and don\u2019t forget to spread the nerd.<\/p>\n

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