Negative Space: DC Comics
- Alan Moore’s Twilight of the Superheroes
- Some time circa 1987, after Watchmen and before his falling out with DC, Alan Moore submitted a proposal for a series that was never published. Plunging the DC Universe into Ragnarok, the Twilight of the Gods, it was never brought to fruition.
- Alan Moore’s Twilight: Background
- The social structure of the world of “Twilight of the Superheroes” has crumbled, leaving superheroes as royalty.
- Alan Moore’s Twilight: Heroes
- Subtitled “Drunks, Hookers, and Panhandlers”, you can get a feel for what Moore thinks about the heroes of the future in Twilight of the Superheroes.
- Alan Moore’s Twilight: Houses
- In “Twilight of the Superheroes” there are eight major houses of superheroes across the United States, from the House of Steel in New York to the House of Thunder in Los Angeles.
- Alan Moore’s Twilight: Is It Real?
- Michael R. Grabois asked on Compuserve whether or not the Twilight of the Superheroes document was real, and received this comments. Also, some comments have arrived because of this web page, and I’ve archived them as well.
- Alan Moore’s Twilight: Ramble
- Moore discusses the ups and downs of mass crossovers and describes the perfect mass crossover: Twilight of the Superheroes.
- Alan Moore’s Twilight: The Plot
- The Twilight of the Superheroes story itself involves heavy use of John Constantine and has a lot of bloodshed.
- Alan Moore’s Twilight: The Story
- The core of “Twilight of the Superheroes” takes place decades in the future, involving the heroes of the future attempting to warn the past what is happening.
- DC Copyright Summary
- DC Comics has registered the copyright on Alan Moore’s Twilight of the Superheroes.
- DC wanted Marketing Power
- It is not the dictatorial power that Marvel wields which interests DC so much as it is the marketing power.
- Why They Went Exclusive
- Mark Thompson’s in-depth analysis of the 1995 exclusivity fever in comics publishing.
More Information
- Detective Comics vs Bruns
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Ken Quattro, “the comics detective” posts scans of the court transcript of Detective Comics vs. Bruns Publications. That is, DC vs. Fox. Includes testimony by Will Eisner.
