Tuesday, February 14, 2012

New 52 Third Wave Pitch: Brian Clevinger Edition

Here's the deal: Way back in August and September, when the New 52 rumor mill was in full swing, one of the tidbits floating around was that Brian Clevinger (Atomic Robo, 8bit Theater) had been asked to write one of the relaunch titles but declined. As a fan of his work, this was sad news to me. Atomic Robo has proven that he is able to mix crazy ideas with humor, science, science fiction, and strong character work. Regardless of whether he declined DC's offer or not, there are already several books he would have been perfect on. (For example, Firestorm, Captain Atom, and the already canceled Mister Terrific) However, there are still a few characters that have yet to make an appearance in the DCnU that would benefit from Clevinger's writing ability. That's what I am focusing on today, exploring a couple of DC properties that I want to see in the hands of the Atomic Robo scribe.


Doom Patrol


Pitch:

DC's freakest band of misfits, marked by tragedy and labeled as outcasts, are the only team willing and able to tackle the world's weirdest problems. Super-science and surreal adventure abound as the Doom Patrol battles threats that are huge, strange, and sometimes evil.

Main Characters:

Chief Niles Caulder: Morally ambiguous super-genius.

Cliff Steele, Robotman: Human brain stuck in a robot's body.

Larry Trainor, Negative Man: Can project his consciousness out of his body for 60 seconds at at time, taking the form of a anti-matter shadow.

Rita Farr, Elasti-girl: Former actress with size-changing powers.

Kay Challis, Crazy Jane: Multiple personalities, each with their own set of super- powers.

Dorthy Spinner: Ape faced girl with the ability to bring imaginary creations to life.

Base of Operations:

Danny the Street: The sentient street that can travel anywhere...literally.

Potential Villains:

The Animal-Mineral-Vegetable Man: Can turn into what his name implies.

The Brotherhood of Evil: A super-villain team led by a brain in a jar and a French Gorilla.



The Atom


Pitch:
From the pages of the best selling comic book of 2011 comes a series starring their newest member. Ryan Choi—better known as The Atom—has to balance being a superhero, a professor, and and a Justice Leaguer—all while trying to maintain a social life. But when the the universe is falling apart or a villain with futuristic technology is running loose, Ryan is the guy they call.

Main Characters:

Dr. Ryan Choi: Ray Palmer's handpicked successor as the Atom and professor of Physics at Ivy University.

Dr. “Panda” Potter: Choi's best friend and fellow professor at Ivy University.

“The Lighter Than Air Society”: A group of older (and sometimes absentminded) scientists that help Choi on his adventures.
  • Dr. Helmund Kettering
  • Dr. Thomas Dinawa
  • Dr. Martin Campbell


Chief of Police Liza Warner




Aztek


Pitch:

Vanity City has many secrets. It may soon be the ground zero of the future apocalypse. It may be home to dozens of loose cannon, blood thirsty metahumans. Worst of all, it may turn every possible good intention into evil. Can Aztek, created and funded by the mysterious Q Society, act as the cities protector without succumbing to darker urges? Vanity City has many secrets but will Aztek live long enough to find them out?

Main Characters:

Curt Falconer/Uno, Aztek I: Trained from a very young age to stave of the prophesied apocalypse, the first Aztek used his fourth dimnesional power source to save Superman and help stop the mad god Mageddon. The release of energy catapulted him into the near future. What has only been moments for him has been nearly three years for the rest of the world.

Dos, Aztek II: Trained as Uno's replacement, she was activated in his absence. When Uno arrives in the present, Vanity City is taking its toll on Dos' psyche. Can the first Aztek save his replacement from his greatest rival—the city itself?

Potential Villains:

The Lizard King: The Q Society's first attempt at sending a hero to Vanity City.



Metamorpho


Pitch:

Rex Mason is too old for this crap. That idiot with too much money, Simon Stagg, hired him to retrieve some hoodoo thingy-ma-bob called the Orb of Ra from an Egyptian temple and look at what it got him. Freaking superpowers, that's what. But nooooo, it ain't no useful Superman-type powers! It's shifting-changing-so-he-can't-ever-look- normal powers. Rex Mason needs a stiff drink, but his body would just break it down into its base elements anyway.

Main Characters:

Rex Mason, Metamorpho: The man of elements, he can literally shift his body into anything.

Emily Sung, Element Woman: A government agent that followed in Rex Mason's footsteps and then became his crime-fighting partner.

Sapphire Stagg: Rex's girlfriend and daughter of his employer—Simon Stagg.

Potential Villains:

Simon Stagg: Billionaire industrialist, corporate robber-baron, father of Sapphire and Rex Mason's former employer.

Java: Stagg's gigantic body guard.

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