|
News: Solving the Crossover Conundrum |
Solving the Crossover Conundrum
Dateline: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
By: KURT AMACKER
...If INFINITE CRISIS requires eight months, then readers logically expect crossover in other titles during the same time (or they should, in a consistent shared universe). If that time were reduced to a single month, then the writers would only have to worry about the events leading up to and following the event. So, you read BATMAN until the big INFINITE CRISIS trade hits the shops. Then, you read about what the Dark Knight’s up to during that event. That’s where he is during the larger story of the shared universe, and he doesn’t have time to head to Apokalips with Superman. Then, the next issue of his regular series picks up after the special event.
INFINITE CRISIS #2 (Perez Cover) (Dec 2005)
I know what some of you are thinking – characters’ extra titles don’t always reflect the current universe’s continuity and not every issue of BATMAN, nor every issue of LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT has to reflect INFINITE CRISIS or whatever. In fact, some of these extraneous series just ignore the event altogether. Thus, readers can still enjoy a title without buying into the crossover. For instance, while INFINITE CRISIS rages, Batman’s still dealing with Jason Todd and the Red Hood business in his own title. You can read one without the other. However, while the Jason Todd story may ultimately tie into the larger event, you can’t tell me that during INFINITE CRISIS, Bruce Wayne has a lot of down time to fight Gotham’s underworld. Even the Dark Knight has to sleep....
[ Read more Solving the Crossover Conundrum ]
