@nathaniel_christopher said:
Describe a major event, because the current story arc is just a continuation of the first one, in the same way that the recent "I Am Bane" arc for Batman was a continuation from the previous one. I wouldn't really say there's anything major about it or that there was even anything major about the first arc for that matter. Since it's then a team book you need the threats the character's are facing to be of a certain scale, something that they themselves probably can't handle on their own. Which is naturally going to leave the typical events going on in the books of major characters such as Nightwing seem smaller in comparison.
Tec has at the moment basically one city wide attack after the next thats something I find pretty major. You need of course bigger threads for a team, but maybe having this team with all minor charcters, is just not such a good idea in te first place.
Batgirl wasn't involved in anything big since convergence, and her two series aren't exactly doing good at the moment.
I guess, but that just seems like typical team book stuff to me. The JLA is a team that protects the world, so they deal with largescale, world ending threats. The Team is supposed to protect Gotham City, so they deal with threats to the entire city. It'd be silly to see all these characters just chasing after Riddler or Mr. Freeze every other story. This isn't the first team with a bunch of minor characters, either in comics or DC, and I really can't think of a better solution as to what to do with all of these characters. You can't possibly give all of them a solo. So, what else can you really do here?
Agreed, Batgirl isn't doing great, but she's still been given 2 series. Both with her name in them. That's more than most other members of the Bat Family got. Then, just like Nightwing, she's currently got a film concept on the table. That's obviously going to come with a greater push down the line. So, there seem to be some plans being worked on, if nothing else. I'm basically saying that while Barbara isn't being treated like Nightwing is, there's also a difference between the treatment she receives and the treatment that Tim Drake receives.
* implying that Azrael, Clayface, Tim Drake, Cass, Steph, Batwoman, and Batwing are minor characters * LOL...some of these character have been around since the 90's some far longer than that, some have headllined solo-books with good sales numbers for several years in a row...even Batwing and Batwoman who are the "smaller characters" out of the bunch, have already had solo-runs and starred on animated films.
How long a character has existed really doesn't mean squat to be honest. Vibe's been around since the 90s and has been on the Justice League, but he's a minor character in the grand scheme of things and probably always will be. Even having your own solo series doesn't necessarily make you a major character. Black Lightning's had one and he's never been a major character. Don't even try to act as if Batwing is a major character. He isn't and appearing in an animated film doesn't change that. It's like I was basically saying about the difference between the treatment of Barbara and Tim. There's an obvious gap between the status that Batman has in the Bat Family and the status that Nightwing has. There's then an obvious difference between Nightwing's status and say Jason Todd's status. There's another obvious difference between Jason Todd and Batwing. We might have to create strict rules for what we mean when we say major, but I think if we can simply agree on Nightwing being a major character that we can easily root out the characters who are minor. There's also something to be said for being famous in terms of the title you hold and being famous in terms of the actual name. Bruce Wayne and Batman are names that are equally famous in my opinion. Same with Superman and Clark Kent. Clayface is fairly famous as a name, but who can really name the individual Clayfaces? In this case, the concept of a villain named Clayface, with mud/shapeshifting abilities is more famous than the actual identity of Clayface apart from that.
Going to comment on your comment regarding how replacing Terry with Tim ruined Batman Beyond: I agree 100%. That was a terrible choice in direction that no one asked for or wanted. Really it's just part of the desire to bridge the Batman Beyond concept to the main universe that I was talking about yesterday.
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