Diggle Leaves Action Comics - what is going on at DC?

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:29 pm

What is going on over there?

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/andy-di ... -exit.html

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:17 pm

And Joshua Falkov who was announced as the replacement for Johns on Green Lantern is leaving too!!

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:20 pm

Who's chief editor over there now?

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:38 pm

Stocky Boy wrote:Who's chief editor over there now?

Someone who should be fired?

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:28 am

It's Bob Harras, formerly Marvel EiC.
Falkov has stated that he is leaving the book because the editorial was not in line with what he wanted to write so he'd rather leave to let them tell the story they wanted to tell.
Basically, it seems DC just wants puppet writers who will do as they are told and nothing more.

jedispyder · Post by **jedispyder** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:05 am

There have been a shitload of problems going on with DC's editorial staff and its writers. Look at what happened to Gail Simone, she refused to do what editorial wanted her to do and they kicked her off.

I thought Falkov was working Green Lantern Corps, not Green Lantern proper? His take was he wanted to turn it into a detective type book with a core mystery to solve, which actually would have made me think about picking the book up again.

jedispyder · Post by **jedispyder** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:04 am

The reason Fialkov left the GL titles is supposedly editorial wanted him to kill off John Stewart. With all the shit they've put Stewart though last few years (killing Mogo, killing his fellow Lantern to save secrets, almost dying at the hands of the Alpha Lanterns, etc), killing him would piss off a lot of fans.

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:54 pm

And reading Newsarama just now, it seems Nick Spencer was offered the Supergirl title in 2010 but had it taken away when DC didn’t like his story ideas.

I don’t know what is prompting DC to become these awful 1980s type micro managers but it’s already begun hurting them and will likely drive away more readers than it attracts. Does anyone think this has anything to do with DC trying to present a polished & PG-13 image of themselves before Man of Steel opens in June in yet another attempt to attract new readers through film or something else entirely?