“Faces of Evil” comes to DC in January
ARLINGTON, Texas – The economic downturn will force comic book companies to focus even more on great stories, story editor Ian Sattler said at the DC Nation panel at Wizard World Texas last weekend.
“It’s something we take into consideration, that we’re aware of,” he said. “It motivates us to tell the best stories possible in 2009, so that if you’re spending your money on comics that it’s worth it for you.”
DC Comics is kicking off 2009 with an event focused on the bad guys of their fictional universe.
Sattler promoted DC Comics’ “Faces of Evil” as a tour of the DC Universe from the villains’ perspective, shipping in January.
Writer Sean McKeever said classic “Teen Titans” villain Brother Blood would return as part of the event, which will also feature Deathstroke and Catwoman. University of Oklahoma graduate Sterling Gates will write the “Prometheus” one-shot as part of this event.
“DC Comics is doing a company-wide event … really trying to pump up the villains of the DC Universe,” Gates said in a recent e-mail. “Prometheus (is) kind of this ‘anti-Batman’ character – his criminal parents were gunned down by policemen when he was a kid, so he swore to take down all law-enforcement agencies, starting with the Justice League.”
But DC isn’t leaving its heroes behind. Artist Ethan Van Sciver was also on hand at the panel, promoting his upcoming revival of the Flash in “Flash: Rebirth” with writer Geoff Johns. He previously worked with Johns on “Green Lantern: Rebirth.” Asked what he might tackle next, he suggested Aquaman.
“The original Aquaman, the one where he first appeared,” he said. “With the orange shirt, maybe with green gloves. Keep it as classic as possible. Like ‘Super Friends’ Aquaman, but cool.”
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by Matthew Price
Assistant Features Editor
From Friday’s The Oklahoman
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Aquaman’s probably my favorite DC character, and yet, not because of the comics.
Growing up with the Super friends show, and the Aquaman show (now on DVD… and it doesn’t hold up), and the action figure… I loved him.
And in comics, he’s been great in Kingdom Come and Justice, but otherwise, what I’ve read of Aquaman doesn’t do the character justice. I’d LOVE to see a cool version of the classic. It can be done. There’s no reason why he isn’t one of the big 6. He should be 6.