When DC Killed Superman (Kind Of)

When I was a kid, DC Comics ran "The Death of Superman", in which Superman died.

Now, even as a kid I knew that DC wouldn't throw away Superman. He's too valuable to them. So, what were they going to do? I remember my dad bought the follow up comics, and I read them all. I love the arcs with the Cyborg Superman and Steel. It was really cool.

But it occurred to me that DC was defaulting to what they know best: shock titles.

They killed Superman, broke Batman's back, and would later kill Batman as well. They only want sales from killing their star characters, not from quality comics. Even as a kid I knew when a comic was stupid and when one was cool. It drives me crazy that they think they could default to something like death when they fail at writing compelling storylines.

Writers of comics, games, and TV shows, heed my warning: people know quality entertainment. By treating them as dollars instead of readers, you do them a disservice.

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Here's a video I did on the new Agent Carter miniseries.

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