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by **Herald** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:01 pm

Mike Mercury wrote:For me, this book underscores the idea that the main thing wrong with DC before September was its writers, and books like this it feels like those DC writers have nothing interesting to bring to the new line.

So we DO agree on something! :-D

I've been saying this for ages!

by **Dragavon** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:05 pm

Simone is usually better than this. Either she's doesn't have a handle on the characters or Sciver's writing is so bad that she can only salvage it to a certain degree.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:06 pm

I'm with Chap on this topic.

by **Victorian Squid** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:15 pm

Oh yeah, I've been saying DC needed new blood in the writing department for a long time too, and have never been a fan of Johns or anything although some of the early stuff was more readable than the more-recent stuff to me. And in their poll, I made it clear which books I liked and why, these were almost invariably writers new to the DCU or its fringes, I, Vampire, Animal Man, etc. With the exception that I liked the first issue of OMAC very much as well, quite a surprise to me at the time. But other than that, most of the new books by writers you'd typically associate with DC before September ended up in the "not for me" pile.

Not everyone has my taste though. And most of the new line sold so well at the start that it's impossible yet to determine which readers will stay with longer-term, but I think DC has reacted extremely quickly to the few books that were just plain-old duds. Which I think Firestorm is an example of. But it's Gail Simone, of course, her fans may buy Firestorm anyway.

by **DavidIDean** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:33 pm

I can't believe some of you liked this book. The further I get from the book, the more I hate it. This needs to be cancelled before a trade can be made from the story arc.

by **avengingtitan** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:50 pm

Herald wrote:
Fixed.

Jason is Firestorm, Ryan Choi is Atom, Cassie is Batgirl, and Jamie is Blue Beetle. Deal with it. :twisted:

by **oogy** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:09 pm

DavidIDean wrote:I can't believe some of you liked this book. The further I get from the book, the more I hate it. This needs to be cancelled before a trade can be made from the story arc.

I totally agree. The more I think about this book the worse it gets & I'm a big fan Gail. This book was ass, but not nearly as bad as Red Lanterns was.

Also, great avatar!