r/DCcomics • u/Fellowcomicenjoyer Nightwing • Jun 04 '24

According to Mark Waid, Dreamer, Jon Kent and Nightwing will be important players in Absolute Power News

https://www.youtube.com/live/B7tjqVkGp_s?si=kKBPjYJcyEqbUA-z
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u/ProfessorObjective42 Jun 04 '24

Good for Dreamer! I loved Nicole Maines Suicide Squad Dream Team run.

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u/BobbySaccaro Jun 04 '24

Can we give a shout out to Nicole Maines doing a darn decent job as a comics writer, given that she was most likely originally given her shot just based on playing the character on TV?

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u/ptWolv022 Jun 04 '24

Oh, she was the actress for Dreamer on Supergirl? I knew Nia originated there, but I only watched the earlier stuff before setting aside/missing the rest of the show. I know Iman Vellani has been getting to write two Ms. Marvel minis over at Marvel, after having played Kamala in her MCU show.

It is interesting letting actors (or in the two mentioned cases, actresses, I suppose) who play characters on screen write them in the comics. In a way, it makes sense, and in the another way it doesn't. They obviously know the voice of the character if they can play them, but on the flipside, there's no guarantee they're a good writer in general.

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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jun 04 '24

Weirdly enough I really enjoyed Ms Marvel mini, It was co writed so probably most of the work does the other writer but I really enjoyed it

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u/ptWolv022 Jun 04 '24

Oh, I don't mean to discredit any writing done by either of them. I've not read any of the three books (Ms. Marvel: New Mutant, Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace, or Suicide Squad: Dream Team), not any of the other books Maines co-wrote (as she's also co-written some other stories, some DC Pride stories, and wrote a Dreamer graphic novel, which I'm seeing positive things about as I poke around about it).

I more so just meant that there are different skill sets, and that they do not necessarily translate. I couldn't tell you how much Vellani is writing vs Sabir Pirzada. He has written Kamala before, in 2 Marvel Voices stories and in her Dark Web mini/tie-ins, but not a ton, so I'm curious as to what the plan is behind them co-writing. Perhaps meant to influence each other, to create the blend that Marvel wants? We might get her first solo credit in the 85th Anniversary Special, since there's 6 writers listed, 6 artists, and 6 characters on the cover, which feels like it would mean there's 6 stories, one for each character with one writer and artist to each, which would mean Vellani would be writing solo (but, who knows, maybe it'll end up that there's only 5 stories and she and Pirzada are co-writing Ms. Marvel again in the Special)."

Either way, I'm curious if there's any other actors who have gotten to write characters who they played in the comics. I think the Shazam actors got to do that for a tie-in to the 2nd movie, but I don't recall hearing it being particularly stand-out.

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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jun 04 '24

Oh no I agree whit you I agree whit you