Carter Hall
Jan 5th, 2013, 05:42:43 PM
Normally "golden age" refers to comics from the 1940s, but for the purposes of this, it basically refers to the previous generation of superheroes: people like Carter Hall who used to wear costumes but are now too old and crusty, and who were responsible for causing this whole superpower prohibition scenario we're currently in.
Quite a lot of our versions of characters already have established ties to golden age heroes in our backstory. Carter Hall and Alan Scott are golden age heroes, while Oliver Queen, Dinah Hall, Kendra Saunders, Ted Kord, Barry Allen, Ray Palmer, and others are either related to, descended from, or inspired by such heroes. Looking to the comics, there's potential for pretty much everyone else to be inspired by or influenced by a golden age hero in some way.
While having fully fledged story arcs in that era would probably be silly, we've probably all seen Watchmen, and know how interesting glimpses of ye olden days can make a story. A thread showing the "end" of the golden age - and possibly the deaths of Carter's wife and Dinah's parents - could contribute a lot to our overall story. Since Kendra Saunders is the reincarnation of Hawkwoman, some flashbacks/memories of her interactions with other golden agers could be a cool storytelling device. I had an idea for a Green Arrow thread that shows both iterations of the character at work, comparing and contrasting their respective crime fighting styles.
Stuff like this will almost certainly happen: but it would be interesting to know what kind of interest there is for the purposes of planning, scheming, and general knowing-of-stuff-ness.
Edit:
Ye olde people we already have -
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) -- Jace
Hawkman (Carter Hall) -- Jace
Hawkwoman (Shiera Sanders-Hall) -- Dee
The Atom (Al Pratt) -- Dee
The Flash (Jay Garrick) -- Jace
The Green Arrow (Lawrence Lance) -- Jace
The Green Lantern (Alan Scott) -- Mitch
The Spectre (Jim Corrigan) -- Mitch
The Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton) -- Jace
Quite a lot of our versions of characters already have established ties to golden age heroes in our backstory. Carter Hall and Alan Scott are golden age heroes, while Oliver Queen, Dinah Hall, Kendra Saunders, Ted Kord, Barry Allen, Ray Palmer, and others are either related to, descended from, or inspired by such heroes. Looking to the comics, there's potential for pretty much everyone else to be inspired by or influenced by a golden age hero in some way.
While having fully fledged story arcs in that era would probably be silly, we've probably all seen Watchmen, and know how interesting glimpses of ye olden days can make a story. A thread showing the "end" of the golden age - and possibly the deaths of Carter's wife and Dinah's parents - could contribute a lot to our overall story. Since Kendra Saunders is the reincarnation of Hawkwoman, some flashbacks/memories of her interactions with other golden agers could be a cool storytelling device. I had an idea for a Green Arrow thread that shows both iterations of the character at work, comparing and contrasting their respective crime fighting styles.
Stuff like this will almost certainly happen: but it would be interesting to know what kind of interest there is for the purposes of planning, scheming, and general knowing-of-stuff-ness.
Edit:
Ye olde people we already have -
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) -- Jace
Hawkman (Carter Hall) -- Jace
Hawkwoman (Shiera Sanders-Hall) -- Dee
The Atom (Al Pratt) -- Dee
The Flash (Jay Garrick) -- Jace
The Green Arrow (Lawrence Lance) -- Jace
The Green Lantern (Alan Scott) -- Mitch
The Spectre (Jim Corrigan) -- Mitch
The Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton) -- Jace