So DC is at it again. Once in the eighties they noticed it was time for renewal and they did it by releasing a twelve-issue series called "Crisis on the Infinite Earths" that somehow redefined all DC characters updating their origins in an attempt to make them more accesible to new readers. Did it work? Yes. Superman, Batman and eventually all the other heroes in the DC universe got better and became a little darker in the process leaving behind a lot of unnecessary campiness. Twenty years later these heroes got great stories and were more believable, however, DC felt it was time to revamp again not only those characters and their origins, but to do something bigger in scope. That's why all DC books come back to number 1 in September 2011. It's 52 titles all number ones and to make things more interesting significant changes have also accompanied this overwhelming effort: for example, Clark Kent and Lois Lane are no longer married, Batgirl can walk again and the heroes of the Dakota universe (such as Static) and the Wildstorm universe (Jim Lee's property) have now been part of DC´s reality since forever. There are tons of questions to ask especially regarding how they exactly are going to explain and yet perhaps that's the fun of it. Only time will tell if this new path DC is taking is for better or worse. If you ask me something good has come out of this: at last both Batman and Superman are no longer wearing those silly and impractical underpants of theirs.
So DC is at it again. Once in the eighties they noticed it was time for renewal and they did it by releasing a twelve-issue series called "Crisis on the Infinite Earths" that somehow redefined all DC characters updating their origins in an attempt to make them more accesible to new readers. Did it work? Yes. Superman, Batman and eventually all the other heroes in the DC universe got better and became a little darker in the process leaving behind a lot of unnecessary campiness. Twenty years later these heroes got great stories and were more believable, however, DC felt it was time to revamp again not only those characters and their origins, but to do something bigger in scope. That's why all DC books come back to number 1 in September 2011. It's 52 titles all number ones and to make things more interesting significant changes have also accompanied this overwhelming effort: for example, Clark Kent and Lois Lane are no longer married, Batgirl can walk again and the heroes of the Dakota universe (such as Static) and the Wildstorm universe (Jim Lee's property) have now been part of DC´s reality since forever. There are tons of questions to ask especially regarding how they exactly are going to explain and yet perhaps that's the fun of it. Only time will tell if this new path DC is taking is for better or worse. If you ask me something good has come out of this: at last both Batman and Superman are no longer wearing those silly and impractical underpants of theirs.
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