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- Dec 16, 2017
Re: Bob and Justice League Detroit
Justice League Detroit was loathed by fans at the time because it replaced many of the core members of the League with second-stringers. In fact, the only members of the Original Seven to remain were Aquaman and Martian Manhunter (who left the team for the majority of the Bronze Age) with Zatanna and Elongated Man as the only holdovers from the B-List. Fans HATED the new characters, especially Gypsy and Vibe, the latter of whom was so despised that George Perez refused to draw him in full for JLAvengers. It wasn't until later that JLD earned the reputation as the scrappy, underdog incarnation of the League though no one was clamoring for its return.
As for Justice League International (of which Black Canary was a member), why doesn't it surprise me that Bob wants to see that on the silver screen? It is tonally similar to the current MCU, but dialed up to eleven with Blue Beetle[1]/Booster Gold's get rich quick schemes, J'onn J'onzz's Oreo obsession, and Guy Gardner being... Guy Gardner. Here is the thing, though, Zach Snyder's Justice League is nothing like Morrison's 90s run aside from the "gods among men" theme. If Bob bothered to read the opening arc pitting the League against the Hyperclan/White Martians, he would see that it had a Silver Age feel that was far from Snyder's grimdark sensibilities.
[1] Ted Kord
Justice League Detroit was loathed by fans at the time because it replaced many of the core members of the League with second-stringers. In fact, the only members of the Original Seven to remain were Aquaman and Martian Manhunter (who left the team for the majority of the Bronze Age) with Zatanna and Elongated Man as the only holdovers from the B-List. Fans HATED the new characters, especially Gypsy and Vibe, the latter of whom was so despised that George Perez refused to draw him in full for JLAvengers. It wasn't until later that JLD earned the reputation as the scrappy, underdog incarnation of the League though no one was clamoring for its return.
As for Justice League International (of which Black Canary was a member), why doesn't it surprise me that Bob wants to see that on the silver screen? It is tonally similar to the current MCU, but dialed up to eleven with Blue Beetle[1]/Booster Gold's get rich quick schemes, J'onn J'onzz's Oreo obsession, and Guy Gardner being... Guy Gardner. Here is the thing, though, Zach Snyder's Justice League is nothing like Morrison's 90s run aside from the "gods among men" theme. If Bob bothered to read the opening arc pitting the League against the Hyperclan/White Martians, he would see that it had a Silver Age feel that was far from Snyder's grimdark sensibilities.
[1] Ted Kord