Infinite Crisis

Derrold · May 2012

Well, as i said in another post i'm new to the DC universe but keen to get in to it so i gave infinite crisis a bash....my face the whole way through :s it confused the crap out of me! so many characters! Good art though and probably a good story in there, just not ideal for new readers! Kept seeing marvel characters and having to go no thats not she hulk, its some other green lady! the most confusing was Deathstoke....Slade Wilson.. reminds me of a certain someone, anyone know who came first and why they are both so similar?!

DoctorDoom · May 2012

From wikipedia:

Created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool made his first appearance in the pages of New Mutants #98 published in February 1991. Rob Liefeld, a fan of the Teen Titans comics, showed his new character to then writer Fabian Nicieza. Upon seeing the costume and noting his characteristics (killer with super agility), Nicieza contacted Liefeld, saying "this is Deathstroke from Teen Titans." Nicieza gave Deadpool the real name of "Wade Wilson" as an in-joke to being "related" to "Slade Wilson", Deathstroke.

Justin_TheBuck · May 2012

deathstorke showed in 1980.
deadpool in 1991.

As for why they are similar I do not know but it's comics every takes other folks ideas.

Derrold · May 2012

well that makes inventing a new character so much easier!
Introducing: Toni Sterk AKA Steel lady! (Patent pending)

KyleMoyer · May 2012

From wikipedia:

Created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool made his first appearance in the pages of New Mutants #98 published in February 1991. Rob Liefeld, a fan of the Teen Titans comics, showed his new character to then writer Fabian Nicieza. Upon seeing the costume and noting his characteristics (killer with super agility), Nicieza contacted Liefeld, saying "this is Deathstroke from Teen Titans." Nicieza gave Deadpool the real name of "Wade Wilson" as an in-joke to being "related" to "Slade Wilson", Deathstroke.

So you could argue that the similarity in names is Nicieza making fun of Liefeld? Now, that's funny.

Tonebone · May 2012

Well, as i said in another post i'm new to the DC universe but keen to get in to it so i gave infinite crisis a bash....my face the whole way through :s it confused the crap out of me! so many characters! Good art though and probably a good story in there, just not ideal for new readers! Kept seeing marvel characters and having to go no thats not she hulk, its some other green lady! the most confusing was Deathstoke....Slade Wilson.. reminds me of a certain someone, anyone know who came first and why they are both so similar?!

Wow... Some punctuation and capital letters would do wonders for my understanding of the first 4/5ths of what you wrote...

As for Dtathstroke/Deadpool... Deathstroke always reminded me more of Taskmaster... another character (I presume) was designed by Perez.

Derrold · May 2012

Wow... Some punctuation and capital letters would do wonders for my understanding of the first 4/5ths of what you wrote...

...

:D

Krescan · May 2012

feel your pain on understanding infinite crisis, i found the trade at a half price books and was pretty excited to check it out (mostly a marvel guy) and by the end i was just.....huh?

dubbat138 · May 2012

feel your pain on understanding infinite crisis, i found the trade at a half price books and was pretty excited to check it out (mostly a marvel guy) and by the end i was just.....huh?

I enjoyed Infinite Crisis,but totally understand how it could be confusing to anyone that hasn't read a bunch of DC stuff.

Tonebone · May 2012

Wow... Some punctuation and capital letters would do wonders for my understanding of the first 4/5ths of what you wrote...
...

:D

All I was saying is that I couldn't understand what the hell you were trying to say in the first couple of sentence fragments, which could have been crystal clear if you had just proofread your post and put in a couple of periods and capital letters. I am not a grammar Nazi, or a troll, and I resent being called such. The whole point of typing something on a forum is so that someone else can read and understand it... otherwise, why bother? I responded politely and sincerely to the part of your post I could understand, and you insulted me.

Try this forum:

www.bleedingcool.com

You might like it there.

SolitaireRose · May 2012

deathstorke showed in 1980.
deadpool in 1991.

As for why they are similar I do not know but it's comics every takes other folks ideas.

If you read Deadpool's early appearances by Liefeld, he is a straight up Deathstroke knockoff. It wasn't until Joe Kelly revamped the character that he became the character we know now.

DoctorDoom · May 2012

deathstorke showed in 1980.

I'm sorry @Justin_TheBuck, but I had to...

Derrold · May 2012

I'm not writing an academic essay so you'll have to excuse me I I forget a few capital letters. If you can't read something that is so obviously legible to everyone else then don't bother and don't bother commenting on it.

Tonebone · May 2012

I'm not writing an academic essay so you'll have to excuse me I I forget a few capital letters. If you can't read something that is so obviously legible to everyone else then don't bother and don't bother commenting on it.

Much better.

Derrold · May 2012

Thanks autocorrect accepts your approval

RickM · May 2012

Infinite Crisis was a piece of garbage, even for those of us who were reading plenty of the company's comics at the time.

Pick up the far superior Identity Crisis, or even go to the first big event, Crisis on Infinite Earths.

dubbat138 · May 2012

Infinite Crisis was a piece of garbage, even for those of us who were reading plenty of the company's comics at the time.

Pick up the far superior Identity Crisis, or even go to the first big event, Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Before Infinite Crisis the only DC stuff I had read in about 5 years was Identity crisis. I loved Infinite Crisis and it got me back into the DC universe. Which is something that Identity crisis didn't do.

SolitaireRose · May 2012

Infinite Crisis was a piece of garbage, even for those of us who were reading plenty of the company's comics at the time.

Pick up the far superior Identity Crisis, or even go to the first big event, Crisis on Infinite Earths.

I have to disagree. I know that a lot of people like Identity Crisis, but the "mystery" wasn't one as they used the oldest cliche in mystery writing(attempted victim, who is the second attack is the killer), it brought a level of darkness to characters not built for it, and turned heroes into distasteful bastards just to fit the story, not as an outgrowth of character.

It was just tone deaf.

SolitaireRose · May 2012

PS the "rejected answer" was a mistake. I was trying to quote and hit the wrong button. I apologize...still getting used to the new forums.

DoctorDoom · May 2012

Infinite Crisis was a piece of garbage, even for those of us who were reading plenty of the company's comics at the time.

Pick up the far superior Identity Crisis, or even go to the first big event, Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Before Infinite Crisis the only DC stuff I had read in about 5 years was Identity crisis. I loved Infinite Crisis and it got me back into the DC universe. Which is something that Identity crisis didn't do.

Infinite Crisis brought me back to reading the DCU.

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