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Mark Waid is probably my favorite writer, I'm planning on starting his Flash run soon but I know its a pretty lengthy read.

In reading order. Might not be relevant But watchmen and All Star Superman were not Compacts. My favorite was the New Frontier. My least Favorite was The Authority

Sometimes the helmet is absent, like in the Gotham TV series, and in Stuart saves the universe since he’s in it for some reason, I suppose💀 Batman and Robin’s Mr Freeze looks horrible, but at least he’s got a complete look. Another instance is Injustice 2, where the armor is gone and replaced with random chunks of metal on his chest and his helmet looks like he’s an RDA soldier from Avatar. I know that he’s just a skin for Captain Cold, but the fact is, he has a jacket with armor on. I don’t see why they couldn’t just make a smaller suit of armor like the shrunken helmet to fit that size if they just reused Captain Cold's model. A lot of other character DLC skins have their complete looks as well.

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This is the title page of issue 4 in volume one of said comic. I love horror and this is starting to scratch that itch. Other screen shots are from issues #2-#4, and depict the villain(s) “The Rot”.

Took me 2 weeks. It’s 7.5 feet wide x 8.5 feet tall. It’s the biggest I’ve made ever. I did the dc stitch and c2c method. No there wasn’t any written pattern instructions, I followed an image / graph. (Just in case someone wanted to know). 40+ years of experience. I love a challenge. This was fun and exciting to make.

Peacemaker, Mr Terrific, Jimmy Olsen, Metamorpho, Clayface…etc are all characters that have so much story and narrative potential.

It’s kinda exciting that we actually get to see all these lesser known characters. The success of Lanterns, Clayface and Man of Tomorrow means more DC stories, characters and projects which I’m sure what most DC fans want at the end of the day.

These characters are so much bigger than one director, writer or producer.

Images are from Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #2 and Absolute Martian Manhunter # 12.

Camp seems to draw heavily on Morrison’s conception of Anti-Life being the culmination of an existential decaying nihilism. I’m thinking of rereading both of these comics and seeing if I can draw more connections.

It's honestly baffling how parts of the DC fandom (or at least the loudest part of it) behave. We're not even three movies into the DCU, yet some people are already declaring it a failure and are hating on James Gunn.

Yes, superhero movies aren't at the cultural peak they were during the 2010s, and DC's popularity has definitely taken a hit over the past decade. But that doesn't mean the genre is dead, or that the DCU is automatically doomed. I don't think Gunn is responsible for DC's decline, the actual reason is the DCEU.

A lot of people keep demanding Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League immediately, but that's exactly the mentality that hurt the DCEU in the first place. Man of Steel released in 2013. Three years later we got Batman v Superman, and just one year after that came Justice League. Think about that for a second: the universe reached its biggest crossover before any character other than Superman even had a solo movie in that continuity. There was almost no time for world-building, no proper introduction to most of the heroes, and very little investment in the universe before asking audiences to care about a team-up.

I know there were massive behind-the-scenes issues, and I also think Zack Snyder's Justice League is a significantly better film than the theatrical version. But one of the biggest reasons it works better is simply because it had four hours to flesh out its characters and story, making everything somewhat feel connected. Even then, it still isn't a perfect foundation for a cinematic universe.

Now compare that to the MCU. People forget that the Infinity Saga wasn't built overnight. The first MCU film wasn't Spider-Man, Wolverine, or the X-Men-it was Iron Man, a character who wasn't Marvel's biggest name at the time. The Avengers wasn't the second or third movie, but it was the sixth. Marvel took time to establish its heroes, build its world, and earn its crossover.

That's why I don't understand people demanding a Justice League movie a year after Superman. Haven't we already seen where rushing leads?

So far, the DCU has released five projects, and in my opinion four of them have ranged from good to excellent. That's a far better batting average than many franchises get at the start. Yet people are acting as if every announcement is proof that the universe is collapsing.

Criticism is completely fair. If someone doesn't like Supergirl, that's reasonable. Even hating is justified till one point. But writing off an entire universe before it's even properly begun feels incredibly premature.

People also forget that the MCU succeeded with many weird choices. Many of Marvel's most popular characters. Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four weren't available to Marvel Studios for years, yet the franchise thrived because audiences gave lesser-known characters a chance. James Gunn himself proved this with Guardians of the Galaxy, turning a relatively obscure comic team into one of Marvel's biggest successes.

Now he has access to DC's entire catalogue. Whether you like his style or not, shouldn't we at least give him enough time to actually build the universe before deciding it has failed?

The biggest lesson from the DCEU wasn't that audiences don't want DC. It was that you can't rush a cinematic universe. Consistency, patience, and strong world-building matter far more than racing toward the Justice League.

Give the DCU a few years. If it's still disappointing after that, criticize it all you want. But judging an entire universe before it's even had the chance to establish itself seems unfair.

(Images made myself)