Comments on: Welcome to Earth-2

By: Josh P.

Josh P. — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:52:33 +0000

I’m all for the Earth-2 exclusive characters.

What I’m against, is confusing the streamlining of post-crisis JSA history (which finally made sense pre-Infinite Crisis) by crossing over with Earth-2 and having multiple everybodies again.

Earth-2 is one of the reasons the Hawks were a nightmare that needed to be fixed.

Come to think of it, I’m not really sure why Power Girl needs to be the Earth-2 Power Girl and couldn’t have been an ancient Kryptonian rocketed through space, ending up in Atlantis with Arion (sp?) who sent her into the future to protect her.

That one run on sentence summed up both her disparate origins and combined them.

By: DrStrangeCubicle

DrStrangeCubicle — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:15:43 +0000

I tend to agree with Josh. I *am* glad to see more of Earth-2 Huntress though (although wasn’t her costume different in 52?)

By: Josh P.

Josh P. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:53:52 +0000

I trust Johns.

I tend not to trust Ross.

His influence is hurting Justice Society of America. IMHO.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:30:29 +0000

Seeing how it’s an annual, this might not be Earth-2 back for good. I think JSA and Booster Gold are two of DC’s best series right now, so I’m going to trust Johns on this one….

By: The Ninja Charro

The Ninja Charro — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:32:33 +0000

Thanks for the information. I agree with Jacin B, why Mr Ross does not make paintings about modern characters? Or Marvel ?Or other pop culture characers? Because Hellboy, James Bond, Zorro, Cyborg, Buffy, El Santo (sorry, Im Mexican I can avoid, see El Santo drawn by Dave Stevens, awesome), Han Solo, Dick Tracy designs would be amazing eye candies.

By: Pat Wagner

Pat Wagner — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:27:38 +0000

This says to me along with the Legion appearances we have seen that there is going to be rollback to right around the first crisis, or shortly after. Marvel will be in the 70’s( from what we hear) and DC will be in the 80s.

By: Pat Wagner

Pat Wagner — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:25:05 +0000

I think this might be heaven. That will solve the continuity problem for sure.

By: Josh P.

Josh P. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:00:06 +0000

I just realized something.

All the Earth-2 characters in that promo are dead on “New” Earth (except Atom-Smasher & Northwind, who we don’t know where they are).

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:30:40 +0000

That’s not Cyclops - that’s Doctor Midnight - the Infinity Inc. version…in post-Crisis continuity she was killed in the old Eclipso series.

I LOVE seeing the Golden Age Robin and Huntress again, but…oh boy…I agree the JSA - long broken in post-Crisis continuity - has finally been fixed so why mess with it now? At least I trust the creators in this case to do right by the characters.

By: Jacin B.

Jacin B. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:43:05 +0000

So … this is just an excuse for Alex Ross not to have to paint modern versions of the characters?