I’m letting some Doctor Fate ideas roll around in the back of my skull again, so here, via the front of my skull, are answers to some of your Doctor Fate questions:<\/p>\n
Scott<\/strong>: Any chance of a crossover with Fate, Superman, and Steel?<\/em><\/p>\n I’ll take just about any excuse to write Superman, but there aren’t any plans for such a crossover in the immediate future. There is *one* particular crossover that I’d love to do sometime within the first year of the book, but I’ll keep that under my hat for now.<\/p>\n Bob Kennedy<\/strong>: Since he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Vegas and all, is Kent any sort of stage magician\/entertainer?<\/em><\/p>\n No, that’s Sargon’s shtick. I’ve been intentionally coy about revealing Kent Nelson’s profession because it bears so heavily on the nature of his character. You’ll get the answer in the first issue.<\/p>\n Mario Di Giacomo<\/strong>: 1: Is there a specific reason why Fate switches the helmet from half to full (and vice versa)?<\/em><\/p>\n Yes.<\/p>\n 2: Given that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hanging around Vegas, any chance he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll run into a showgirl with a pet ostrich? <\/em><\/p>\n Nothing is impossible.<\/p>\n 3: I love the idea of a new system of magic for Fate. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been stuck with the ankh imagery ever since Walt came up with it in First Issue Special, all those years ago, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to move forward. Any hints for the peanut gallery on what it will be like?<\/em><\/p>\n There are some hints in the ZAURIEL story, in one of the more outrageous statements Zauriel makes to Hyathis about the nature of the universe, but I’m not prepared to say more than that just yet.<\/p>\n Is the release of the first issue delayed?<\/em><\/p>\n I honestly don’t know.<\/p>\n Will there be room for satire\/social commentary? <\/em><\/p>\n A certain amount of social commentary flows naturally from the characters themselves, but it’s not the main focus of the book.<\/p>\n Will Kent Nelson the Younger have friends? (These mystic types always seem to be loners, except for a faithful manservant, a true love trapped in another dimension, and\/or the disembodied spirit of a predecessor.) <\/em><\/p>\n My intent is to build a very strong, very extensive supporting cast for this series. So far, I can state categorically that the book is manservant-, trapped-lover-, and disembodied-predecessor-free.<\/p>\n Will one of the early spells involve getting away with card-counting? <\/em><\/p>\n Not exactly, but you’re very, very warm.<\/p>\n Tim<\/strong>: What I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m wondering is how strongly do you think DC will support this book? <\/em><\/p>\n DC has gone to the trouble of promoting the book with the five one-shot lead-ins, and I think they would like to do more. We’ll see.<\/p>\n Outside of Vertigo, magical characters haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had a lot of success at carrying books lately ,,, the Doctor Fate legacy is somewhat complex \u00e2\u20ac\u201d we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been through a lot of them, and a new character picking up an established mantle is often a recipe for quick cancellation. Satisfying longtime readers while attracting new ones is a bloody hard act! <\/em><\/p>\n True.<\/p>\n Of course, the only thing harder to sell than a new character picking up an established mantle is a new character who *doesn’t* pick up an established mantle. Absent some element of familiarity, most readers would almost certainly shun the book, and most retailers would be more than happy to ignore its existence. That’s just the nature of the industry right now. So I’ll take my chances with the mantle.<\/p>\n More answers to more questions later this weekend, I hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m letting some Doctor Fate ideas roll around in the back of my skull again, so here, via the front of my skull, are answers to some of your Doctor Fate questions: Scott: Any chance of a crossover with Fate, Superman, and Steel? 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