tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post589258381123957734..comments2024-02-29T14:12:01.955-05:00Comments on Flashback Universe Blog: Ten Years of Failed Super TeamsJim Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-55786704150144412762012-11-18T00:48:13.753-05:002012-11-18T00:48:13.753-05:00Great article. i didn't realize team books wer...Great article. i didn't realize team books were failing at such a rate.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389340596277465449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-33685429731482511262012-11-17T23:34:27.142-05:002012-11-17T23:34:27.142-05:00@JimShelley
Well in regards to your "old guy...@JimShelley<br /><br />Well in regards to your "old guys" idea, hasn't that been done before? There was the New Invaders, Avengers/Invaders and Invaders Now series/mini-series before. Marvel has also been using Captain America's age as a running gag for decades now.<br /><br />IMO, the problem with team books is that they're no different from regular books. <br /><br />"A supervillain attempts another (doomed to fail) world domination/destruction plot and ONLY THIS team can stop them."<br /><br />Well thats STUPID. How is that any different from a generic superhero plot line? Teams like Avengers and JLA get a free pass cause they've been around for so long, but newer teams? Do we REALLY need the "New Avengers"? Do we REALLY need X-Force? Is Wolverine REALLY on <b>5</b>(?) different teams at the same time AND is the headmaster of a school? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-23308573243629437702012-11-15T10:16:46.057-05:002012-11-15T10:16:46.057-05:00@Just a guy called V - I wondered the same thing. ...@Just a guy called V - I wondered the same thing. Here's what I found:<br /><br />Recently, the team appeared in the pages of James Robinson's Justice League of America title. They were hired to defend a S.T.A.R. Labs facility, only to be brutally defeated by Doctor Impossible and his new gang of villains. In a conversation at the JLA Watchtower, the Guardian mentions that all of the Power Company members are currently hospitalized, and that Josiah would've died had Mon-El not forced open his rib cage in order to help treat his heart.Jim Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-32640745873692251922012-11-15T10:13:30.910-05:002012-11-15T10:13:30.910-05:00@Luke - I think you nailed the very problem. None ...@Luke - I think you nailed the very problem. None of those teams really had anything that kept a readership for more than 20 issues. The ONLY exception I can think of is Thunderbolts (which was definitely a more unique twist on the super team concept.)Jim Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-17779333347254644962012-11-15T10:11:34.421-05:002012-11-15T10:11:34.421-05:00@Matt - you know Matt, your comment about the over...@Matt - you know Matt, your comment about the over abundance of young and angsty superteams struck a thought with me. What if someone wrote a book about a bunch of old guys on a team. Not so old that the book degenerates in to Golden Girls yuks, but more along the lines of grizzled old guys who still have a couple more good fights in them having to come out of retirement for some reason. Usually when people have a team of old guys, it's not any different than young guys (Geoff John's JSA was guilty of this.) There is never a reflection of old, conservative view points that you would see in such a team (which is what would make it interesting and different.)Jim Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-16695443549948086242012-11-14T14:46:44.034-05:002012-11-14T14:46:44.034-05:00i'm glad that I'm not the only one that ha...i'm glad that I'm not the only one that had a soft spot in their heart for Power Company ;)<br />Just a guy called Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838342704324260525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-56022991316305706962012-11-14T14:45:43.941-05:002012-11-14T14:45:43.941-05:00furbud 27
I'm glad that i'm not the only o...furbud 27<br />I'm glad that i'm not the only one that had a small place in their heart for The Power Company. Have any of those characters been used anywhere else in DC continuity?Just a guy called Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838342704324260525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-44915123327719047782012-11-12T09:48:54.580-05:002012-11-12T09:48:54.580-05:00There's a number of books on that list that I ...There's a number of books on that list that I went "aw man, I loved that one!" but in review I realize that I dropped them somewhere along the line and never bothered to go back after they were canceled... some I didn't even KNOW were canceled, apparently thinking they were still out there somewhere plugging along after I stopped reading. It's not for a lack of going back and reading runs of titles that interest me, it's not for these being very long runs, but outside of Power Company I don't think I've read a single one of these start to finish.<br /><br />I dunno who and what that says things about.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775696545145284626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-21860389775142256962012-11-12T01:56:27.076-05:002012-11-12T01:56:27.076-05:00The problem with launcing teambooks?
Glut.
It&...The problem with launcing teambooks? <br /><br />Glut. <br /><br />It's a hold over from the days when X-Men was the number one selling title in all of superhero comics. <br /><br />In the case of Alpha Flight I think about 98% of its appeal was that it was a John Byrne joint spun off from their appearance in his run with Claremont on X-Men. Minus John Byrne they're just another superteam in a superhero universe with too many teams already. <br /><br />With the Outsiders minus Batman and Jim Aparo (or Alan Davis) whatya got really? At least having Batman as leader gave it some distinction and the aforementioned artists made it pretty to look at. None of the other Outsiders attempts even have that going for them.<br /><br />..and there again, a superteam in a universe with an overlflow of teams. What's to distinguish the Outsiders? They're young and angsty? Yeah, can't get that anywhere else can ya?<br /><br />If you're gonna do a teambook in a superhero universe filled with them you're gonna have to have something that really makes it stand out from the crowd and it can't just be stuff like "Oh this is the superhero team that is the black ops murder-death-kill squad that the Justice League is too sissy to be." Because guess what? There's a bunch of those to. MattComixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015552734150732758noreply@blogger.com