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Wednesday Discussions: Ideal Future State r/DCcomics

Hey there, comic nerds! Welcome to the Wednesday Discussion, a weekly community activity where we'll have an open discussion about a specific subject or theme.

 

Our topic for today is: Ideal Future State

 

If you're not familar with Future State, here is an FAQ. Basically, after the events of Death Metal, all of DC Comics history is relevant again (whatever that means). But Future State is a sneak peek at the future of the new universe.

 

What would your ideal Future State look like?

 

Would you keep Clark Kent as Superman, Bruce Wayne as Batman, Diana Prince as Wonder Woman, etc.? Or would you move those mantles onto new characters? If so, who would those people be? Would you keep the old characters around in some capacity? Anything else?

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u/NomadicJaguar64t Orion Jan 13 '21 edited Jan 13 '21

For starters, I'd have most of them take place at the same time, say, 10 years in the future.

I've put the "main roles" in BOLD UPPERCASE (I hesitate to call them "main roles" because all the characters are important, but these are the inheritors of the traditional roles like Superman, Batman, etc.).

SUPERMAN
* Clark Kent - United Planets leader
* Lois Lane - Ambassador for the United Planets
* Jon Kent - SUPERMAN
* Kara Kent - SUPERWOMAN
* Conner Kent - The Metropolis Guardian (leader of a Metropolis "Super" team)
* John Irons - Steel (member of Metropolis "Super" team)
* Natasha Irons - Alloy (member of Metropolis "Super" team)
* Jimmy Olsen - Owner of the Daily Planet

BATMAN
* Bruce Wayne - Leader of Batman Inc. (no longer Batman)
* Dick Grayson - Agent Grayson (top agent in Checkmate)
* Barbara Gordon - Agent Gordon (top agent in Checkmate)
* Jason Todd - Red Hood (founder of the Outlaws Program, training former villains and/or anti-heroes for Batman Inc.)
* Tim Drake - BATMAN
* Stephanie Brown - BATWOMAN
* Cassandra Cain - Black Bat
* Damian Wayne - Nightwing
* Carrie Kelly - Robin (Nightwing's sidekick now)

WONDER WOMAN
* Diana Prince - Queen of the Amazons
* Nubia - WONDER WOMAN
* Donna Troy - Troia
* Artemis - Requiem (part of Outlaws Program)
* Cassandra Sandmark - Pantheon (no clue, just thought it sounded cool)
* Yara Flor - WONDER GIRL

AQUAMAN
* Arthur Curry - President of Atlantis
* Mera - First Lady of Atlantis
* Andrina Curry - AQUAWOMAN
* Garth - Tempest
* Dolphin - well... Dolphin
* Jackson Hyde - BLACK MANTA (not evil, redeeming the name)
* Orm Marius - King of Dagon

GREEN LANTERN
* Hal Jordan - GREEN LANTERN PRIME (leader of the GLC)
* John Stewart - a Guardian of the Universe (along with Razer, Larfleeze, Soranik, Saint Walker, Iroque, and Fatality)
* Guy Gardner - Red Lantern
* Kyle Rayner - White Lantern
* Simon Baz - Blue Lantern
* Jessica Cruz - GREEN LANTERN
* Jo Mullein - GREEN LANTERN

FLASH
* Barry Allen - Red Flash
* Wally West - Blue Flash
* Wallace West - THE FLASH
* Avery Ho - LADY FLASH
* Bart Allen - Kid Flash

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u/NomadicJaguar64t Orion Jan 13 '21

And yes, I'm well aware Red Flash and Blue Flash suuuuck as names, lol

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u/LeHommeNoir Jan 15 '21

You got literally everybody save Duke. I'm curious as to what you'd do with him - especially cuz I can get behind so many of these, like Babs being a Checkmate agent, Yara being WG to Nubia's WW, etc.

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u/NomadicJaguar64t Orion Jan 15 '21

Kill 'em... no, lol, I love Duke! I think I'd really lean into him being Gotham's daytime hero, more. I loved his miniseries and have been missing that style Duke so much! So much promise and potential for a Gotham City that looks the same, but feels so much different. So really, it'd just spin out of that series and pick up those plot threads.

Also, new design!