Free Comic Book Day 2020

Welcome to the second day of my brief misery tour.

DC Comics' contribution to Free Comic Book Day has finally been revealed.

And I don't think I am too happy about it.

Here is the link to Newsarama's coverage:
https://www.newsarama.com/48911-dc-s-fcbd-release-generation-zero-links-wally-west-and-doctor-manhattan-and-new-timeline.html

The article delineates some of the particulars and where this story is coming from but here is a blurb of the book being done by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Brett Booth.

In order to save his children and the multiverse itself, Wally West makes the ultimate sacrifice, taking his place in the Moebius Chair. Unbeknownst to him, the chair is packing a little extra power, having been imbued with the godlike powers of Dr. Manhattan! Now armed with infinite knowledge – and the powers of a god – Wally West can see the past, present and future of the DC Universe all at once...Including what needs to be changed.

There is so much about this that makes me bristle.

Yet another event that is centered around the Batman Who Laughs, so prominent on the cover.

Another event that seems to further distort any memory of Wally West being a grounded superspeedster. Hey, if making him a delusional murdered in Heroes In Crisis wasn't enough, let's merge him with Metron and Dr. Manhattan.

The weird aftertaste of Doomsday Clock has barely left my mouth and already we have another Dr. Manhattan sighting and another scrape at the Watchmen cash cow?

But perhaps the most off-putting of this announcement was that Lobdell was writing it.

Because putting a guy whose cipherous skills peaked in the extreme 90s in charge of yet another potential universe rewriting doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me. That isn't looking forward. That's looking back.

Anyways, at least there will be a Blade Runner book out for FCBD.

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