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it may just be me, but as the DC Universe becomes more realistic, grittier, more aware of the darkness that lurks in human souls, is the consequence of all that gritty realism - viz, death, getting progressively less of a threat? Not in the sense that people don't die, but in the sense that they don't stay dead.
These examples are random, and there are no doubt many many others that buyck this trend, but consider for a moment how long Elast-girl managed to go between death and resurrection. Even though this was admittedly a bit freakish, she was a good 30 years in the ground before Byrne dug her up and touched here. Closer to home, Jason Todd and Hal Jordan, both yanked back to life this year (assuming Red Hood is Jason T. - has that been resolved?). Donna Troy carked it maybe two years ago and they seem to be trying to tell us that her return is somehow a major event. Firestorm pulled off the remarkable feat of dying and returning to life in between two issues of his own ongoing comic. Blue Beetle and Sue Dibney are simultaneously dead and not-dead, starring as they do in an ongoing series, and discussion is already ongoing about how Blue Beetle will be brought back. Northstar, to jump the rails, seems to be back already, but that might have been a dream sequence. Who reads Marc Millar?
Is it me, or is this getting silly? |
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