Superman Says No to the Wildstorm Merger

From Superman #8, in which scripter Dan Jurgens lets it be known to Misters Johns and Lee that architects of the nuDCU they may be, but it's really uncool to trash your Justice League book in THEIR Justice League book. In other words, Superman may be stuck in that god-awful JLA, it doesn't mean he has to be happy about participating in any damn Daemonites crossover event or whatever Jim "Wildstorm" Lee is imposing on the DCU.

Or am *I* reading too much between the lines of this one speech?

Comments

Mattkind said…
The Daemonites themselves aren't a Bad idea. ALiens who can posses anyone and are almost undetectable they've just been poorly written and used in the past
April 30, 2012 at 7:01 AM
Siskoid said…
It's not the premise behind it that I object to, it's the whole damn Image-style, overdesigned Wildstorm characters I care not a jot about coming in to play such an important and undeserved part in DC's entire line. It's pure hubris (and depending on business deals, quite possibly greed) from one of the publishers.
April 30, 2012 at 8:12 AM
snell said…
When so many great DC characters are sidelined in favor of failed and ill-fitting Wildstorm characters, it does make you wonder exactly what was in that contract DC signed when they bought out Jim Lee. At best, poor judgement. At worst, deal with the devil.
April 30, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Kent G. Hare said…
Yeah. They ought to face it. Wildstorm ultimately failed. So let's make it the superstructure of the DCnU? Right....
April 30, 2012 at 9:23 AM
notintheface said…
If that's the case, it's the worst Faustian bargain since "One More Day".
April 30, 2012 at 9:30 AM
notintheface said…
@kent - Kind of the same logic as "Liefeld's book tanked, so let's give him THREE MORE."
April 30, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Siskoid said…
That too smells of an Image stalwart getting a better deal than other creators because, you know, he's friends with the publisher.

The three books Liefeld got are three I won't mind seeing cancelled, but does that mean he'll get 9 more after that?
April 30, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Anonymous said…
I found the New 52 to be the perfect jumping off point, and I don't think I'm the only one. I'll be curious to know what sales are like in a year or two when the hype is spent.
April 30, 2012 at 10:53 AM
chiasaur11 said…
Daemonites?

Yeah, they were a good idea.

The first time, when they were Dire Wraiths.

(ROM BURN!)
April 30, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Siskoid said…
I know which of the two I'd rather leave in permanent Limbo.
April 30, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Wayne Allen Sallee said…
Having not read ANY WildStorm books, are the Daemonites (DEMON KNIGHTS, anyone?) just the same as the Skrulls in SECRET INVASION? I'm too old to remember the Dire Wraiths and how they operated.

I'm down to three nu52 books. In all fairness, one of the real reasons I dislike the entire line, aside from the WildStorm-extreme look, is the lack of editorial control eight months after this thing began. I'm not reading any of the Bat books, but I'd like to see how many screw-ups there will be in the Night of The Owls cross-overs.
April 30, 2012 at 3:55 PM
wriphe said…
@Anonymous: Like everyone else, DC doesn't report digital sales. But less than a year after the reboot, sales figures of print copies for most titles appear to be reverting to pre-FLASHPOINT levels. Subtract the hype, and it's the status quo. No new readers, just a lot of dissatisfied existing readers.

The bad news is that the books that are selling best (JLA, Batman, Green Lantern, Action Comics) are being driven by the same cult of personality (Johns, Lee, Morrison) that is responsible for this dreck right now. It sure looks like most fans who are buying DC Comics really love these creators' work, and that reinforcing effect of duplicating what is actually selling is only going to make this worse. It's 1994 all over again.
May 1, 2012 at 4:22 PM
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