The new Vigilante sounds less and less interesting.
I've only read a few issues and an overall synopsis, but the Adrian Chase incarnation was amazing. He was always on his own, nothing ever went his way, and his life as an early anti-hero drastically wore him down psychologically. I was honestly hoping for even just a rehash; you could rip his arc off wholesale, and it'd still be more original than most of the new characters out there today. New Vigilante sounds like just another cookie-cutter non-character stalking around Gotham.
do we really need a cosmic mini by Jim Starlin going on all the time?
I almost fell asleep during the first issue of whichever one he's writing now.
Would you prefer Beechen write the next Adam Strange story then? Personally, I thought Mystery in Space was great and that while Rann/Thanagar Holy War is a pretty mediocre story, it's still a hell of a lot better than Countdown to Adventure.
Anyway, the whole 'Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman trinity go bye-bye' thing is pretty over-used by Didio at this point. First there was 52/OYL, then there's Trinity and now they're actually going to leave for an entire year. Yeah Didio, I think we get it already.
do we really need a cosmic mini by Jim Starlin going on all the time?
I almost fell asleep during the first issue of whichever one he's writing now.
Would you prefer Beechen write the next Adam Strange story then? Personally, I thought Mystery in Space was great and that while Rann/Thanagar Holy War is a pretty mediocre story, it's still a hell of a lot better than Countdown to Adventure.
Countdown to Adventure wasn't bad. The worst part of Beechen's writing is stilted dialogue, and that's because he mostly writes for children's cartoons
The worst part about Starlin's writing is that there's so much of it and none of it is interesting
I hate that Starlin is writing characters I'd ordinarily be interested, if they were written by anyone with talent; Captain Comet, Prince Gavyn, Hawkman, etc.
The sad thing about Beechen is that he has written entertaining stuff; his small press comic Hench was pretty interesting, and his run on the Justice League Unlimited title was a lot of fun. I feel like he, like a lot of mid-list DC writers, are basically given a list of plot points to hit and then forced to string them together into a story.
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I've only read a few issues and an overall synopsis, but the Adrian Chase incarnation was amazing. He was always on his own, nothing ever went his way, and his life as an early anti-hero drastically wore him down psychologically. I was honestly hoping for even just a rehash; you could rip his arc off wholesale, and it'd still be more original than most of the new characters out there today. New Vigilante sounds like just another cookie-cutter non-character stalking around Gotham.
Would you prefer Beechen write the next Adam Strange story then? Personally, I thought Mystery in Space was great and that while Rann/Thanagar Holy War is a pretty mediocre story, it's still a hell of a lot better than Countdown to Adventure.
Anyway, the whole 'Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman trinity go bye-bye' thing is pretty over-used by Didio at this point. First there was 52/OYL, then there's Trinity and now they're actually going to leave for an entire year. Yeah Didio, I think we get it already.
Countdown to Adventure wasn't bad. The worst part of Beechen's writing is stilted dialogue, and that's because he mostly writes for children's cartoons
The worst part about Starlin's writing is that there's so much of it and none of it is interesting
The sad thing about Beechen is that he has written entertaining stuff; his small press comic Hench was pretty interesting, and his run on the Justice League Unlimited title was a lot of fun. I feel like he, like a lot of mid-list DC writers, are basically given a list of plot points to hit and then forced to string them together into a story.
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