Ditto for Batman: Child of Dreams, which walks all over anything Frank Miller's ever done to the character.
I need to read this..
I bought it in the original hardcover edition. Money very well spent, I think. I couldn't put it down for weeks after I'd bought it. Even now when I need a Batman fix, it's one of the first things I grab (either that or the Archives editions).
Funny that Marv Wolfman said that he hadn't taken a look at the story in several years because of all the politics he ran into with other editors who didn't realize quote "that times are changing".
Yet, isn't that what's happening now? Only 1986 is the standard instead of 1956 or 66?
Yeah Marv, times are changing and sales are sagging and even now you guys are still resorting to gore and death for the sake of a temporary sales spike.
You aren't the only one who's noticed that. Many folks at the DC MBs have been commenting on DC being stuck in a '90s rut. Sometimes this brings out the zombies who want DC to either stay in the "Dark Age" because that's only the style of comics they feel are acceptable reading or who want DC to get darker and bleaker because the mere existence of Krypto, Supergirl, and Hal Jordan somehow equates to a full-blown return of the Silver Age...which of course, the "Dark Age" fanatics hate on principle. But for the most part, even the guys at the DC site can't figure out why the company insists on staying in a rut. There's been a lot of complaints about it.
And if it's of any consolation, Identity Crisis is not the instant classic DC wants believe it is. Fan reaction was split almost 50/50, with a lot of anger being directed at it. Wizard even touched on it in a sidebar article last month.Wanna do something radical, bold and different? Make comics that both kids and adults can enjoy. Make stories where the good guys actually win.
You guys can kill, rape and maime and overanalyze the genre without blinking an eye. But fun, adventure, action, and creating dreams, that'd be work wouldn't it?
In traditional Internet parlance, I'd say your comment has left DC...