Comments on: 31 Days of Seven Soldiers, Day 13 - Zatanna #3 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/14/31-days-of-seven-soldiers-day-13-zatanna-3/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:34:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: RAB http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/14/31-days-of-seven-soldiers-day-13-zatanna-3/comment-page-1/#comment-21396 RAB Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:00:14 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/14/31-days-of-seven-soldiers-day-13-zatanna-3/#comment-21396 <i>"...could Gloriana Tenebrae be the old comics guard, stifling creative thought and lopping it off whenever it gets too high?"</i> Gloriana may be the old guard in relation to Misty -- being her step-mother and all -- but as becomes clear later (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER) the Sheeda are from the far future, the children of the modern day rather than forebears. So flip that around: what if they represent the arrival of the young turks: rummaging through the treasures of the past, cannibalizing whatever is useful to them, and in the process destroying what they leave behind? Might <i>that</i> not be an interesting metaphor for the fanboys-turned-writers-and-editors who pillage the past of Marvel and DC for characters and properties and ideas to reuse for their own purposes, and (some would say) tarnishing the old stories in the process? I daresay many fans would describe what Marvel and DC are doing now as "eating their own history"... "...could Gloriana Tenebrae be the old comics guard, stifling creative thought and lopping it off whenever it gets too high?"

Gloriana may be the old guard in relation to Misty -- being her step-mother and all -- but as becomes clear later (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER) the Sheeda are from the far future, the children of the modern day rather than forebears. So flip that around: what if they represent the arrival of the young turks: rummaging through the treasures of the past, cannibalizing whatever is useful to them, and in the process destroying what they leave behind? Might that not be an interesting metaphor for the fanboys-turned-writers-and-editors who pillage the past of Marvel and DC for characters and properties and ideas to reuse for their own purposes, and (some would say) tarnishing the old stories in the process? I daresay many fans would describe what Marvel and DC are doing now as "eating their own history"...

]]> By: Jon H http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/14/31-days-of-seven-soldiers-day-13-zatanna-3/comment-page-1/#comment-20888 Jon H Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:07:52 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/14/31-days-of-seven-soldiers-day-13-zatanna-3/#comment-20888 The butt is missing, yet it draws the eye like a magnet. Mix-a-Lot wouldn't approve, I can say that. The butt is missing, yet it draws the eye like a magnet.

Mix-a-Lot wouldn't approve, I can say that.

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