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[...] isn’t the first “we won’t publish this!” item that has come back into print with DC’s new leadership. However, since this one had legal impediments to its reprinting, I [...]

By: Tim Rifenburg

Tim Rifenburg — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:02:59 +0000

I like the fact they are reprinting things that are timely to what they are publishing. (characters / Writers / artists The pricepoint is ok (definitely cheaper than a 128 /144 page trade). The only ones that grab me are the JLA book and the one reprinting stories starring characters from Brightest Day. At least they are trying to be timely with reprints and tie them into the stuff they are publishing. (Something DC hasn’t always been good about.)

By: Thad

Thad — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:42:03 +0000

I was a junior in high school in ’99, and the aftermath of Columbine was damned uncomfortable. You had to watch what you said, what you did, and what you wore, and we’d get periodic threats which the administration consistently handled poorly. (On one occasion they herded us all into the football stands while bomb-sniffing dogs went through the halls. If somebody HAD been there with a gun, we would have been sitting ducks.)

I also remember Nicieza did a school shooting story in Thunderbolts right after that, and I thought it was quite tasteless and exploitative.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:34:25 +0000

I disagree. If I remember it correctly, it was offensive in suggesting that some of the victims in this fictional example wanted to be killed. That would have been incredibly controversial at the time. I’m not sure what I would have done if responsible for editing it — I support artists engaging with the issues of their time, but I also understand why DC didn’t want the flak it would receive, especially when complicated by the author being British.

That’s a very interesting point about Ellis being focused on for both of these projects. In days past, DC wouldn’t have promoted someone exclusive with the competition. (A decision many wondered about, since it seemed to be leaving money on the table.)

By: Ray Cornwall

Ray Cornwall — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:41:37 +0000

Looking at it now, yeah, it wasn’t an offensive story. But if anyone remembers just how awful Columbine was that day, it’s hard to fault the DC regime at the time pulling the plug on the story. It wasn’t a controversial story in itself; it just was tangential to the worst school shooting in American history, that’s all, and that was enough for a major corporation to pull the story. Glad to see it’s finally coming to light now.

Perhaps this is DC’s way of courting Ellis. His work-for-hire contract with Marvel is coming to an end soon…

By: Rob Ullman

Rob Ullman — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:16:32 +0000

Never read that Hellblazer story until just now. Wow, what a bunch of noise over nothing. Just a really lame, ham-fisted example of Vertigo at its worst.