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The is-she-or-isn't-she troubles that Terra 2 has experienced are down to what the editors did with the character after Zero Hour.

Originally, as Wolfman wrote her, he was adamant that she was not the original Terra, and her origins indicated that; she had been injected with the original Terra's DNA (to give her the powers) and mentally brainwashed by Lord Chaos into believing she was exactly the same sort of person as the original Terra (she was programmed to believe she was Geo-Force's daughter).

When it came to the test (and with medical assistance from the Team Titans mysterious Leader) Terra 2 was able to reject her programming and become the person Terra 1 should have been and pretened to be; a cute girl with a smart mouth.

Wolfman did all this because he did not want to bring the original Terra back (he had sworn he never would.)

After Zero Hour and her timeline was erased, the editor of that time forced Wolfman to write the Time Trapper/Empty grave story. Shortly after that, Wolfman stopped writing Titans.

After her inolvement in the Technis Imperiative incident (which involved every Titan then alive, wether active or reserves, as well as the JLA as it then existed) Terra 2 was briefly part of a Beast Boy-led Titans LA. It was meant to be a new second Titans book, and was written by one Geoff Johns (part of the same special where Tara got her DNA test). He was sure, and his editor was sure, they would be green lighted for a miniseries about Titans LA, and Terra's origins were to be clarified as part of that. But the mini never saw the light of day.

Aside from the DOJ and Titans Tomrorow stories Charlie mentions; Tara was also present for the Titans-JSA-Superboy Prime fight during Infinite Crisis.

Tara was wearing her Titans Tomorrow costume when Black Adam killed her.

As you can see, Tara's been having the same problems as Donna Troy in terms of confused origins, for years. When the Terra mini was originally planned, it was supposed to be written by Geoff and answer the question of is she or isn't she once and for all. Didio put the kibbosh on that, had Tara axed, and gave the mini to Gray and Palmiotti instead, to feature a new Terra of their design (though the story of the first two Terras will be acknowledged, apparently, and the new Terra will be "connected" to the previous two in some way.)

Terra 2's official entry at Titans tower: www.titanstower.com/source/whoswho/terra.html#t2

Further down the same page, Wolfman's commentary on Terra 2 vs Terra 1:
www.titanstower.com/source/whoswho/terra.html#who

Well not a clone but someone else genetically transformed into Terra, but essentially yes.

QFT on Didio hating the 90s. So long as he's in charge (however many years that is) things will be sparse indeed.

Yes, Charlie, I know you think that. I only posted here because you asked me to. But enough. You go ahead and enjoy their prouduct. I will enjoy saving my money.

I bash DiDio without defending Marvel. And regardless of all the good art and emotional moments in IdC, the over all plot... sucked.



Lesbian Batwoman was quality and not a cheap stunt? Okay, so yeah, you admit that there are missteps, but again, this isn't about DC vs Marvel to me. Everything good that DC has done in the past few years has been IN SPITE of DiDio, not because of him. Infinite Crisis was good because Johns knows the DCU characters better than almost anyone else in the business. 52 worked because it had four usually-good writers on it.

But DiDio now has people like Adam Beechen, who can sometimes write a good story if there's no continuity involved.. and DiDio signs him as an exclusive despite the fact that he's disliked by nearly 100% of Cass Cain's fanbase. Morrison's JLA arc World War 3 is now second fiddle name-wise to a crappy editorial-mandated quartet of issues just seven years later. And DiDio says that the reason is that nobody in the DCU called the battle against Maggedon that? Despite the literally everyone on Earth hearing Babs say "THIS IS WORLD WAR THREE!"??

I love DC comics and their characters, and I've been enjoying some of the OYL stuff, most the Waid and Johns books. But again, the stuff I enjoy the most is the stuff that DiDio isn't pulling the strings on.

Him being EIC and all... What doesn't he have his hands on? Or is that the point?

Oh come on, John! OF course I could see the flaws (what story is without them) but I love it none the less! I think the MAIN problem, in my eyes, with IC is that they tried to put too much into a seven issue mini. Bart was back as the Flash in one panel and that was it for an issue, until like... Two issues later he's back or something. That was the general thing that troubled me.

Also, if Green Kryptonite from Earth 1 isn't going to kill Superboy Prime, would Red Sun radiation from Earth 1 do the job?

Weird.

Well, it's over folks. For those of you who read the entire thing, what did you think? All in all, was it a satisfying read? Did 52 make sense at the end.

Is Brandon as happy as I am that what we had wanted a year ago, has finally come to pass... kind of.

my bad. Sorry, Charlie.

It's been a few months since 52 ended. Talking to Charlie made me remeber something really interesting.

In the last issue, Rip Hunter needs to get Suspendium to trap Mr Mind. Here's a snippet to jog the memory:


Well, suspendium sounds like something new? Not so! Check this panel from DC's Shazam #1 (1972):


Now that's continuity!

It had some shaky parts to it in the middle. But the way it all tied together so tightly at the end, and never missed a shipping date makes it a legendary publishing in my books. And the last ship date? 5/2 perfect!

The biggest beef I had with 52? The somehwat botched "One Year Later" tags. They messed up the Infinite Crisis spin off series, and other series never got a fully appreciable explanation of what happened (Aquaman, Nightwing to name two).

Yeah the WW3 tie-ins were bad, but I don't blame the writers, I blame the editors. Keith Champagne and John Ostrander were basically given a mess and told to "clean it up".

The Aquaman segment especially seemed hurried and somewhat non-sensical.

I mean, I could have written that Batgirl section so much better. I sat there, reading, and I thought, I'm going to become a comic book writer, because at this moment in time, I'm better than Writer X. And then the Aquaman segment? It was so fake! No emotional reaction at all! It could have been so awesome! But nooooo...!