Comments on: Everybody’s Somebody’s Baby – Day One

By: Rob Schmidt

Rob Schmidt — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:45:46 +0000

I wouldn’t pick DP7 as the best series ever, but I might put it in my top 10. It was consistently strong from beginning to end. I hope my own comic-book effort will have the same real-life feel.

By: C. Adams

C. Adams — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:35:26 +0000

Didn’t Kickers Inc have some good art by undervalued Ron Frenz?

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:12:04 +0000

>Ellis is as of now doing Newuniversal.

Or at least is supposed to…

By: ks

ks — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:51:58 +0000

D.P.7 was a great title. It is a favorite of my childhood. I truly felt while reading it that anything could happen to these characters and I knew that I would be devastated. That’s more than I can say about some of the BIG characters from Marvel or DC. Gruenwald and Ryan were really the first creative team that I wanted to follow onto their next project, which is what I did with Quasar. Excellent choice, I would put this in my Top 10.

By: Stephane Savoie

Stephane Savoie — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:11:55 +0000

Oh wait… Justice was intriguing, if out of place in the NU. I remember Giffen’s artwork rattling my brain as a youth. Peter David’s reboot wasn’t as strong, although intriguing. He later ported Tensen over to 2099 as the “Net Prophet”, as I recall.
Honestly, while Kickers Inc seems weak, I recall enjoying it at age 12. Nightmask was the boring one.

By: Stephane Savoie

Stephane Savoie — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:08:57 +0000

Start Brand was kinda interesting, but you had to wonder where it was going. The strength of it was Ken’s loser-status, but how long could it have been interesting. Byrne demolished it, and the time travel made no end…. but Byrne’s time travel rarely does.
DP7 was definitely the star of of New Universe. No matter the metaplot, it remained strong. One of Grunwald’s more consistantly strong works, I think.
And didn’t he give Quasar the Star Brand power, eventually?

By: entzauberung

entzauberung — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:31:29 +0000

Ellis is as of now doing Newuniversal.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:51:47 +0000

DP7 was clearly the best one of the bunch. Star Brand was all right, though I did like Psi-Force. Spitfire I never read, was it any good? And Nightmask had lots of potential, it’s be interesting to see it done today by Morrison and Quitely or Ellis…

By: Doug Atkinson

Doug Atkinson — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:05:42 +0000

I still have the personal response postcard Mark Gruenwald sent out to everyone who wrote a letter about an issue of D.P.7 toward the end (I forget if it was the last issue or just near the end of the run). Very cool of him.

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:48:00 +0000

“Yes, Merc was just bad. But was there ever a lamer book than Kickers Inc.?”

Yep, but it’s a tossup: NFL Superpro or U.S.1.

By: fourthworlder

fourthworlder — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:38:19 +0000

The only New U title I liked from the start was Starbrand. Initially DP7 felt like an X-rip-off. But then the DP7 characters developed some real life and it became not just my favorite New U book but one of my most eagerly-awaited books each month.

Yes, Merc was just bad. But was there ever a lamer book than Kickers Inc.?

By: chris w.

chris w. — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:59:21 +0000

Right on! I stuck with the New U up until the bitter end. DP7 was one of their most consistent titles, if not the best of all.

By: Bully

Bully — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:16:03 +0000

Is it true that one of the DP7 characters…the guy sitting down on fire on the cover of #32…was visually based on Michael J. Fox?

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:51:38 +0000

Yeah, DP7 was great. I also liked Star Brand and Nightmask. The other titles I think were pretty forgettable.

By: Black Manta

Black Manta — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:06:14 +0000

I feel Psi-Force was much better, but only after Fabian Nician? took over.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:54:59 +0000

Some people’s babies are ugly.

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:00:06 +0000

Agreed: DP7 was clearly the best of the New Universe. Star Brand had a heckofa potential and a great start, but it petered out quickly. MERC was just… no.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:20:19 +0000

D.P. 7 was definitely my favorite of the New Universe runs. I always thought it was a shame the way Marvel abused the New Universe, before totally trashing it and shoving it under a rug. There were so many great characters in this series.

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:45:51 +0000

Right link, wrong words. It’s the Runs list, not the Characters.