Today at the DC and Marvel Heroes Forum, I post a topic I feel will encourage lots of readers to voice their concerns regarding a recent controversial editorial decision made at DC Comics, publisher of the Batman comics. I am sure some of you heard the news that DC won't allow the currently running Batman comic book series Batwoman to feature a story where Kate Kane (the current Batwoman) marries her fiance, provoking the series' writers' decision to resign from writing in protest. Well, last night, I found out from the entertainment news show Innerspace that the entire reason DC editors refuse to let Kate Kane to have her wedding within the canon DC Universe continuity is to enforce o the continuity itself the storytelling standard that supeheroes are not meant to be happy, not even during an endless war against darkness. Moreover, current co-publisher at DC Comics Dan DiDio said this to defend the decision to prevent DC Universe super-ehreos from getting married, according to The Mary Sue:
"Heroes shouldn’t have happy personal lives. They are committed to being that person and committed to defending others at the sacrifice of their own personal interests.
That’s very important and something we reinforced. People in the Bat family their personal lives basically suck. Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, Barbara Gordon and Kathy Kane. It’s wonderful that they try to establish personal lives, but it’s equally important that they set them aside. That is our mandate, that is our edict and that is our stand."
I guess the question I want to ask you readers is if you feel that DC's in the wrong to prevent DC Universe heroes who are in love with their respective lovers from getting married and/or having any sense of hapines in their lives, or do you think editiors have their good points? As for me, this adds to the two-year disappointment I find myself suffering from because of the new 52 iniative's elimination of Clark Kent's mariage with Lois Lane from the main DC Universe's timeline, and it's already sad that poor Dick Grayson never got to marry either Starfire or Barbara Gordon, even though he truly loved them. Looks like DC's really stooped to the level Marvel Comics' chief creator oficer Joe Quesada was at about six years ago when he dictated that Peter Parker's marriage with Mary-Jane Watson in the main Marvelverse's timeline be erased permanently.
4:59 Pm Canada EST
Hello, everyone. Welcome to another post on The DC and Marvel Heroes Forum. Usually in the past, I would present only one topic per forum post for The DC and Marvel Heroes Forum, but after last time's post, I decided that from now on, if more than...
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Usually I present one topic per forum post for The DC and Marvel Heroes Forum, but with the Injustice: Gods Among Us craze going on, I feel like making an exception.
Topic 1
Imagine yourself a character in the DC Universe. If you can be any DCU super-hero (or super-heroine for female readers), who would it be? Lots to chosse from: whether it's Superman, Batman, Nightwing, Green Lantern, The Flash, Black Canary, Starfire, Aquaman, or whatsoever. You're welcome to talk about why.
Topic 2
Imagine yourself a character in the DC Universe. If you can be any DCU super-villain (or super-villainess for the female readers), who would it be? Lots to choose from: whether its' Lex Luhthor, Scarecrow, Bane, Black Manta, Poison Ivy, Giganta, Gorilla Grodd, Captain Cold, etc. You're welcome to talk about why.
Note that DC Universe does not cover all DC-owned super-hero content (Watchmen and V for Vendetta are examples of non-DCU DC Comics superhero works), in case some of you reading this post are new to the DCU experience.
As for those of you of Canadian residence, Happy Canada Day by the way!
11:38 PM Canada EST
I'm sure some of have read Justice League of America (Vol. 3) No. 4, (which came out last week), or a least heard about what happened. It indeed featured a death no one, not even me, expected to happen; the character who died in that issue (at least apparently) was Selina Kyle/Catwoman, but when or if she comes back from the dead later has yet to be determined. This brings me to present today's topic on The DC and Marvel Heroes Forum. For this, you are invited to share your comemntaries on what hero or heroine deaths in DC and/or Marvel comic book stories made you sad the most. I'm sure a lot of us have experieneced comic book death stories that amde us sad we think things like "why did he or she have to die?" and "I hope there's a way for the heroes to bring those dead heroes back from the dead later on in the series or this series is now forever ruined". Yes, over the years, numerous heroes and heroines from both sides (DC and Marvel) have kicked the bucket, only for some of them to manage to later return to life (like Jason Todd/Robin, Clark Kent/Superman, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Steve Rogers/Captain America, and Tony Stark/Iron Man), proving that in the realms of fiction (depending on what franchise of course), death isn't always a premanent thing, buts sometimes what appears to be a death in one story is later confirmed by a later one not to be a real one at all (ex: after Bruce Wayne's/Batman's apparent death in Final Crisis, later stories in canon DC Universe continuity established that Batman did not really die, but rather he was teleported to the past while what appeared to be a killed Batman was a clone). Anyway, sound off your comments.
5:54 PM Canada EST
Today on the DC and Marvel Heroes Forum, I post a topic where you, the readers are invited to share your memories of the Iron Man category of the Marvel Universe franchise as we take time to celebrate 50 years of Marvel's famous powered armored super-hero.
Here are some questions you may want to consider as you take part in the discussion: How you first got to know Iron Man? What are your favorite Iron Man adventures/battles? Any favorite characters from the Iron Man comics? Any favorite Iron Man armors from over the years? Would you say Iron Man's gotten more fresh in comics over the years or worse, even after the launch of the Marvel Now! initiative? Any favorite moments from filmed Iron Man media? Any collected merchandise so far?
5:27 PM Canada EST
