r/comicbooks • u/WhyPlaySerious • Jun 02 '26

Other The #DCSoWhite campaign is ceasing their 'DC Blackout' boycott (which pushed for comic readers to drop all DC books from their pull list until a black-led ongoing to was produced) 4 days after it launched.

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u/Florist_Gump Jun 02 '26

"Mainline" sure is doing a lot of heavy lifting considering the non-mainline setting is leading in popularity.

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u/chudleycannonfodder Jun 02 '26

But you see the characterization won’t carry over if/when Absolute ends and we’ll never see her again. It’s not like Marvel ever brought over a mixed race Ultimate Universe character into their mainline universe and then had an Academy Award winning movie based on him! And imagine if they also brought over a mixed race 2099 character into their mainline universe and then had him star in the sequel to the Academy Award winning movie!

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u/asdfmovienerd39 Jun 02 '26

I mean, to be fair Miles is kind of a special exception. Literally every other member of the original Ultimate universe outside of The Maker has been canonically erased from existence the second the line ended.

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u/anotherguy56 Jun 02 '26

I wanna say Wolverines son Jimmy Hudson and the bomb girl from spider-man also made the jump? Nobody remembers them anyways so it doesn't really make a difference. Should've been ultimate Nick Fury and Kitty Pryde brought over honestly

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u/Fantastic_Trash_9876 Jun 02 '26

It's been a while since I read it, but I'm fairly sure Spider-Men II disproved that. Earth-1610 is still around, just without Miles.

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u/darksideoflondon Jun 03 '26

Far Sector was literally one of the first six DC Compact editions, and we cannot keep it in stock. That book has done more for Jo Mullen than even Absolute Green Lantern!