Sometimes The Past Comes Back

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At WonderCon this past weekend, DC Comics announced that they are going to launch a series of one-shots that will pay tribute to the bygone eras of comics. Now, we aren’t talking about the famed Golden Age of Comics here. No, these one-shots are going to be set in the continuity of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.

On a side note, there is something rather depressing about the “bygone” days all having occurred in decades that you were alive in.

Since I was not at WonderCon, I will rely heavily on the linked article above from Comics Alliance to tell you the following information:

According to DC, the writer breakdown is as follows:

Batman
Len Wein (’70s), Mike W. Barr (’80s), and Alan Grant (’90s)

The Flash
Cary Bates (’70s), William Messner-Loebs (’80s) and Brian Augustyn (’90s)

Green Lantern
Dennis O’Neil (’70s), Len Wein (’80s), and Ron Marz (’90s)

The Justice League of America
Cary Bates (’70s), Gerry Conway (’80s), and Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis (’90s)

Superman
Martin Pasko (’70s), Marv Wolfman (’80s), and Louise Simonson (’90s)

Wonder Woman
Dennis O’Neil (’70s), Roy Thomas (’80s), and William Messner-Loebs (’90s)The $4.99, 46-page issues will be split between 26 pages of new content, plus 20 page of reprinted tales.

Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/04/01/dc-comics-retro-active-one-shots-wondercon/#ixzz1IZNpzeTi

Will these be any good? Who knows? But they will definitely not win DC any fans in the mainstream reader market. These are meant, without a doubt, to appeal to the fanboys and fangirls out there. But that isn’t always a bad thing.