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We Already Had Cannon Fodder Superheroes…
but after this week’s Countdown, we now have (SPOILERS!)… a cannon fodder PLANET!!!
Remember that Earth that 1 complained about awhile back in Declarative Rabbit? Well, as it turns out, I guess there was a reason that they created an Earth that lame (it was an Earth where all the sidekicks have taken over their mentor’s roles – oh, and General Zod is Superman!) – it was so they could later have them all killed!!!
Oh, DC, you scamps you.
18 Comments
Adam Jones
November 18, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Wait…
You still read Countdown?
acespot
November 18, 2007 at 11:29 pm
You’ve got to be shitting us…
Andrew Collins
November 18, 2007 at 11:35 pm
*Yawn* Wake me when Countdown’s over…
Kelson
November 18, 2007 at 11:56 pm
I’m surprised they didn’t settle the surviving Tamaraneans on yet another planet, then destroy it again. I mean, that’s practically become a tradition over the past decade!
Sean Whitmore
November 19, 2007 at 12:42 am
Awwww no, Super-Zod is dead?
Damn you, DC! Why must you keep killing off your rich history of characters?!? Everyone is someone’s favorite!
Mithel
November 19, 2007 at 12:48 am
No foolin’, chums.
Ryan H
November 19, 2007 at 1:22 am
Does this fall under the banner of the recent question about the companies creating super teams just to kill them off for effect? Only bigger. After all, if killing off 5-6 minor characters can generate sales, killing off a planet has to be better, right?
T.
November 19, 2007 at 4:43 am
Death Comics is becoming a parody of itself at this point. I feel like reading Countdown now just to laugh at it. I guess if they have me interested in buying it, even for a reason like that, they have to be doing something right. Okay, maybe not.
The Mutt
November 19, 2007 at 7:31 am
Coming from DC next year: 51.
joshschr
November 19, 2007 at 8:03 am
Do you mean they’re going to start killing whole weeks now, Mutt? [Insert "Death Comics has been killing time since..." joke here].
Master Mahan
November 19, 2007 at 9:15 am
But that universe had potential for futures stories! How could DC destroy such an interesting…
Okay, I couldn’t finish typing that with a straight face. Still, that’s not as dumb as giving a one-shot to a character not scheduled to last a month.
Dave
November 19, 2007 at 10:22 am
Still not clear on how this is supposed to tie into the Superman from Earth-15 that was listed on the Countdown: Arena website. I mean, that’s supposed to be Chris Kent, Chris Kent is Zod’s kid, and Zod’s pregnant wife was killed about 3 pages into the comic anyway.
Brian Cronin
November 19, 2007 at 11:09 am
Oh, is it, Dave?
THAT’S supposed to be Chris Kent’s world?
Interesting.
So does this mean that Chris Kent was never born?
Richard
November 19, 2007 at 11:37 am
Here’s an idea for a DC “mini” series: The 365 Fallen. An issue every day, each featuring one killing until the last issue, when all the dead characters get resurrected in last 5 pages. It’ll be a real blockbuster.
Mark
November 19, 2007 at 11:41 am
Richard, if you’d posted “The Fallen” as real, I wouldn’t have batted an eye. Only readers would get to vote for the lucky 36 to be resurrected.
Stephane Savoie
November 19, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Didn’t Champaign say somewhere that he’ld been misinformed, that this earth won’t be the Chris Kent one?
stealthwise
November 19, 2007 at 9:52 pm
stealthwise Mother’s voice: “If you can’t say anything nice…”
… um…
I still like All-Star Superman.
Sylar Wesker
November 20, 2007 at 11:26 am
SING WITH ME !
52 multiple Earths blocked by the Source Wall,
52 multiple Earths held dear
Take one down
Put it in Countdown
51 multiple Earths left by the Wall