but he always tried to dig at the mythic core of a character's appeal
And in titles where there is a mythic core of a character's appeal, you still see this in most of the writing. When you don't, you get complaints like mine in the whitefont.
Where you *do* see a lot of post-Crisis oh-HELL futzing is in those characters who *didn't* have much of a mythic core, and the futzing's an attempt to find one. Huntress, post-Crisis, is a good example. It took forever and a retcon or twelve to get her good.
Where you *do* see a lot of post-Crisis oh-HELL futzing is in those characters who *didn't* have much of a mythic core, and the futzing's an attempt to find one. Huntress, post-Crisis, is a good example. It took forever and a retcon or twelve to get her good.
Yeah, that's a good point. It makes me think about the silver age stalwarts like Barry Allen or Hal Jordan and why it was easier to move them off-stage. They were typical of that late fifties/early sixties crop of DC heroes that were all fairly bland Men of Science (Barry, Atom) or Action Men With Powers (Hal, Adam Strange). Their core myth had less oomph than the visual iconography of their costumes.
Green Arrow's character snapped into focus when he was given all those Erroll Flynn swashbuckling/iconoclast/cranky/hippy qualities (pretty much during the O'Neil/Adams run when it was GL/GA and a new social issue every week). That's when his character found it's mythic root and differentiated itself from the Batman story which it had resembled up to that point.
It makes me think about the silver age stalwarts like Barry Allen or Hal Jordan and why it was easier to move them off-stage.
Moving Hal Jordan off-stage as easy is a notion that makes me giggle.
Have you *SEEN* the Green Lantern Wars?
Also, Hal hasn't been gone. He's just been... different. But he's still part of the 'verse.
Moving Hal Jordan off-stage as easy is a notion that makes me giggle.
Well, I just meant in comparison to getting rid of Bruce Wayne as Batman or Clark Kent as Superman. Green Lantern as a myth can survive the loss of his original character in a way that Superman or Batman couldn't. Though obviously they thought enough of Hal's history to make it a Big Deal. Same with Barry Allen - his death was a Big Deal, but the idea of The Flash is still resonant without him. Or actually more resonant after his death. Which is probably also true for Hal's Spectre-ization. It deepened the mythos.
re: all the whitefonted spoiler text --
that fucking bites. Since it's all about me, I was digging a female Robin with my name. But also, if they kill her, it's just Jason Todd redux. Lame.
Green Lantern as a myth can survive the loss of his original character in a way that Superman or Batman couldn't.
Bruce wasn't Batman after Bane snapped him like a wee little twigman. And it's precisely because of the myth that Jean-Paul took over -- Bruce asked him to, because there needed to be a Batman. Like the BuffyBot at the beginning of S6.
As to the whitefont,
Fables is, indeed, good stuff. It may just be a mismatch of creator and material.
Also, my day today has gone from the sublime to the opposite way too fast. And amych's .rar still no workey.
Green Lantern as a myth can survive the loss of his original character in a way that Superman or Batman couldn't.
Hal's not the Original GL.
Just the best-known and brightest.
Alan Scott would SO kick your ass for forgetting him.
Bruce wasn't Batman after Bane snapped him like a wee little twigman. And it's precisely because of the myth that Jean-Paul took over -- Bruce asked him to, because there needed to be a Batman.
Bruce also wasn't Batman after defeating Bane. He went off to get his head on straight, and Dick took over.
Uhm... er... uh...
I never said it *worked*.
