Monday, December 20, 2010

JMS's Revamp, Reboot and Abandon!

Another two series, Superman and Wonder Woman are placed on the pyre of J. Michael Straczynski's revamp, reboots and abandons. Here are his victims so far...

1. Rising Stars - Abandon: left unfinished over a movie rights dispute.


2. Amazing Spider-Man - Revamp: Changed Spider-Man fundamentally only to have it wiped clean editorially. What a waste of time for fans.

3. Squadron Supreme/Supreme Power - Reboot and Abandon: left unfinished mid-story arc/mid-fight scene.
Fans were NOT HAPPY.

4. Doctor Strange - Reboot: This went no where. A dead end storyline.

5.
Thor- Reboot and Abandon: Did a one issue tie up with many threads left hanging before he stopped writing it.

6. The Twelve-
Abandon: fans left hanging on the 8th issue.

7. Superman -
Abandon: quit mid-story arc.

8. Wonder Woman -
Reboot and Abandon: quit mid-story arc.

JMS
strikes me as a kid with a big toy box, every toy he pulls out is his favorite until he pulls out the next one.
I cringe every time he is signed up to write for a monthly book. So graphic novels like Superman Earth One should be where JMS plays.

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