And one thing that might get you on board - there's a possibility that with a whole line dedicated to the grimdark they'll feel less of a need to have it in all their other lines, meaning lighter, more uplifting stories might appear more easily elsewhere now. I think one line focused on grimdark stories is okay since there's other lines offering other things. And of course there's still the main titles on top of it too. Man and Superman was uplifting earlier this year, Year One doesn't seem like it'll go grimdark judging by the first issue (I mean it's Miller so I can't rule it out, but so far so good), and neither are aimed at kids (and I'd argue some of the Kids and Teens stuff feels more like it could be aimed as more family friendly than entirely at kids ). A modern take on something like Lois Lane becoming the hero of Krypton or a Justice League whose founders were Supergirl, John Stewart, Jessie Quick, Misterr Miracle, Big Barda, and Hawkman instead of the classic Big 7 could be Elseworlds that were interesting and had heroic conflict without being dark dystopian versions of the DCU. I don't object to darker Elseworlds as much as I object to the line being dedicated to just those. Since infinite Crisis they've been promising us to cut back on the girimdark stuff, but launch things like this. Another local store sold its entire supply of copies. Chris Viveiros of Boston holds his copy of the comic book in the background. For me I just want something a little more uplifting that isn't aimed entirely at kids. Lori Horne of Boston grabs several copies of tthe 'Death of Superman' comic book from the shelves of Comicopia in Boston during the first hours of sales Wednesday, Nov.
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