DC's March 2009 Solicitations

Frankly, DC is holding less and less interest for me lately, as they continue to squander opportunity after opportunity and make poor decisions for their characters. Let's take a look at all the stuff I won't be buying from them come March...

- For all that Marvel gets a lot of flak for cashing in on everything with 8 billiob pointless tie-ins, does anyone think these "is Batman dead?" miniseries and one-shot are actually going to be relevant? They're all going to consist of some Gotham character having to fight a bad guy, all while musing that Batman's not around to help. Next...

- I actually would like to get some of these JLI trades at some point; I've never read them but obviously I've heard about this run.

- I have a feeling I won't be sticking with Secret Six till issue 7, but that's not DC or Simone's fault, exactly - the book's just not really working for me. It just sort of lacks the soark of the old series, somehow.

- I actually am vaguely curious whether this Solomon Grundy series will tie into 7 Soldiers at all, but probably not.

- Is Jim Starlin on an ongoing 8 issue mini series plan? I have a sort of weak spot for the guy, actually, from my man-c rush on the Infinity Gauntlet that started in middle school and never went away. So I would actually like to read some of his recent minis.

- Ah, a collection of that Brainiac story by Johnsw. The one where they made Brainiac "scarier than ever" by making him big and strong. Wow, scary.

- I am not terribly interested in the whole New Krypton story, for reasons which once again are largely personal. I get that they're examining Superman's character by comparing him to other Kryptonians, but to me, he's supposed to be the LAST Kryptonian. Now, this is a bit more hardline than I usually am, I admit. I'm not normally a stickler for continuity. But to me, it's a central part of his character that can't be dismissed without damaging his character. And it can't be undone, short of mass slaughter of all these Kryptonians, which adds a unnecessary level of tragedy to the guy. I dislike this concept, although to be fair, I haven't read it. Someday I'm sure I will, but after that abysmal Brainiac story, I think it's safe to say that Johns and I have very different views of what a Superman story should be, and I've never read anything by James Robinson that was even readable, let alone good. I genuinely do not see what the fuss is about him.

- Greg Rucka's another writer I'm not crazy about, although at least he has written decent stuff. Still, not interested in the New Krypton thing.

- I wonder if Battle for the Cowl was actually something Morrison wanted, or if they're completely hijacking his plot?

- I actually am very curious what's up with the Green Lantern books right now, what with the buildup to Blackest Night. At least Johns' fanfiction writing there is cool. Also, I have no emotional connection the GL's, so I don't mind him messing with the concept.

- Wow, there's really not even much worth commenting on.

Over to Vertigo...

- I'm curious aout Milligan's Hellblazer run; I always like him.

- I still say Northlanders is boring and formulaic.

- Unknown Soldier has been skating right on the edge of interesting for two issues; hopefully it will tip one way or the other. Preferably to "interesting".

- Young Liars is awesome.

Wildstorm...

- A Top 10 special...I may buy that. No Gene Ha means i'm slightly less interested, but we'll see.