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ONLY READ if you are a DC geek or have a fondness for the Zoo Crew. Otherwise, it'll bore you to death!The Zoo Crew is a group of anthropomorphic super heroes living on Earth-C in the DC Universe. In their history they had interactions with heroes from Earth 1. Including Superman, Changeling, Starro...
They had their own title, a fantastic book. Created by Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw!
Leading up to Final Crisis and during it, we were treated to their re-instertion into the DCU proper. They were given a new mini by Bill Morrison and Scott. They were changed into "real" animals and brought onto Earth 1.
Then poof. DC lost sight of them and they were never seen from again. Besides being re-introduced in the New 52, lacking their original charm and turned into grim and gritty space faring animal folk. I am glad they at least tried (thanks Giffen!), but DC just seems to have no room for them.
In an interview with Scott Shaw!, we found out what COULD have happened if he had been paid the proper respect and given the reigns to what could ultimately be a huge money maker for DC.
HERE: www.aintitcool.com/node/51575
(He also revealed we almost got DC Direct figures!! WAUGH!!)
So here are a couple of scenes that we could have seen happen if DC didn't have it's own collective head up its ass.
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A Superpet and Zoo Crew team up would be really awesome!
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who's the angel lady and the snake guy above killer croc?
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That would be Silver Swan, enemy of Wonder Woman and KOBRA.
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yeah one of my reasons I am washing my hands of DC and warner bros
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I can see why lots of people felt jilted.
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they keep messing up and wonder why marvel is making more money
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I'm someone who loves cartoon animal characters, superheroes included, but I think the reason that DC doesn't want to bring back the Zoo Crew is because one, cartoon animal superheroes are out of style in the 2000's, and two, DC only wants "dark and gritty" stuff for the New 52, with the Zoo Crew being "too silly"
They could work as an animated cartoon series (albeit as a parody of superhero shows or such), but in the comic book world they would be found as being a dated concept, though I do know that the concept of more "realistic" animal superheroes does exist, they're few and rare, but they're out there.
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I think you are exactly right, however I would say it doesn't necessarily mean that DC is. As far as them being outdated, for comics that's true, but no one seems to be trying it. I mean Cartoon Network, Disney and others put their toons into comics, DC might as well give it a shot. They never market it right. It could be written cleverly enough for adult fans who will pick it up because they're fans, but the money would be made if they marketed it to kids, toys an all. 
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I looked up the zoo crew on dc wiki I may be 21 years old but I do like the old classic dc comics before they went overkill but I like the new 52 it is their way of staring a new universe
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It would have been interesting if the characters had been allowed to continue in Threshold.
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I am working on a comic book/Tv show idea called teen titans league so I might add the zoo crew in the story as a tv show or comic book the titans read
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I think that would be incredible! They are too awesome to be left out!
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and with my idea with captain carrot in teen titans league is that he will come from a doomed planet kind of like superman and sent to earth as a baby Rabbit
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thanks with my project with teen titans league I want to change a frew origin storys to make it more new to the readers and update the costumes for my teen titans league idea
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thanks and I do think they are awesome as well with my project teen titans league I wanted to do my own universe away from the DC one just like with the all star line and the dcau stuff
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That interview made me very very very sad
I have to lay down now
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Oh man, I know. Did you hit the "Watchmen replaced Zoo Crew figures" part?! ARGH!
I just can't wrap my head around DC's "reboot everything" mentality, leaving NO room for the fun and humor that's come before. Except the dollar signs in their eyes as the attempt to streamline into a DC TV/Cinematic world.
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The ending of that mini-series made me sad. DC's attempts to revive the Zoo Crew and Ambush Bug really were "You Can't Go Home Again" moments.
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That could not have been said any more clearly. I was really hoping DC was going to leave the universe as is after Final Crisis and the NEW52 might be some "Ultimate" line. That I could have lived with. Another "Elseworld", after all that seemed to be the entire purpose for reopening the multiverse. gRr.
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DC had it's own collective head up it's ass? No wonder why the heroes stopped wearing underwear outside of their costumes... hey what is "the underwear" part of the costume called anyway?
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ha!
Trunks? Underoos? Who knows, but I miss em.
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I know the MAD episode 100 sketch "MAD of Steel" touched upon the subject on Superman not wearing underwear anymore... and Superman was voiced by Weird Al himself.
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Ha! Look at those humans trying to be animals! Am I right?
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A super squid sounds like something with awesome potential. Imagine the supersquid piledriving eight robots at the same time.
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I know, you can probably see that. His name is TOPO, Aquaman's aquatic chum!
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Cephalopods are usualy villains or monstes in fiction. It's unfair that it's usualy only mammals that get the hero roles. But squids can be heroes too, just because they have no spine doesn't mean they are spineless.
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Agreed completely, the Octopus is my totem animal, so it's weird that The Worm is my main hero. I haven't even posted all the designs for my man The Octopus!
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I do, I do. Even if DC went the Animated Series route I think the Zoo Crew could be so popular. Though, I am glad they aren't. Leaves more room for my Domestic-6 Universe!
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You have mighty fine taste my friend!
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Looks marvelous! May not be a massive DC fan (more of a Marvel "true believer"), but I love animal heroes, so this is relevant and entertaining!
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Thank you very much! I love them and know them inside and out about the same. Though DC certainly had a lot more original animal heroes. Not counting the Spider-Ham universe characters.
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Animal heroes are always, at least more often than not, awesome.
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