tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post405569833075207274..comments2024-02-12T15:32:07.208-05:00Comments on The Comic Book Catacombs: 1980's Flashback: All-Star SquadronChuck Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-70831263941344051562009-09-30T21:25:50.842-04:002009-09-30T21:25:50.842-04:00Cash, I would have to give Thomas a free pass on t...Cash, I would have to give Thomas a free pass on the latter issues of All-Star Squadron since his hands were effectively tied by the upper management/editorial decision to launch Crisis in the first place, and the resulting consolidation of the multiple Earths concept pretty much stripped away alot of the charm that had long been inherent in that corner of the DCU.<br /><br />Roy tried hard to recapture the magic by force-feeding retroactive "placeholders" into existence for the missing big three (Supes, Bats, and Wondy), but Iron Munro, Flying Fox and Fury were very pale substitutes. <br /><br />They would have been better off just focusing on the remaining big guns of the JSA and doing exactly what they did - eliminate Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.<br /><br />Its not like the DCU didn't have dozens upon dozens of other golden agers.Chuck Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-80370112867449823672009-09-29T17:59:56.010-04:002009-09-29T17:59:56.010-04:00Great post. I am a Justice Society nut and it all ...Great post. I am a Justice Society nut and it all started out when I was a kid reading All Star Squadron. Now I'm all grown up with a complete run of that book and I still love to go back to it time and time again.Zachary Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622085931330902943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-83155244142243225782009-09-29T12:25:03.706-04:002009-09-29T12:25:03.706-04:00I loved the first couple of years of the All-Star ...I loved the first couple of years of the All-Star Squadron and hold it up as an example to do retcons correctly. Thomas didn't casually re-write comicbook history as much as he tried to include as much of it as possible, thinking there are hidden stories in those gaps and coincidences. Near the end, he got bogged down in the minutiae of the continuity and history at the expense of the stories. But, for awhile there he showed that continuity was a tool for telling stories, not an impediment and the stories had meaning because of the context. Nowadays, writers cannot even be bothered to honor the continuity set forth just a couple of years ago.cash_gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071052539938367439noreply@blogger.com