History ComicBook / TheMovement

** Gail Simone had worked on the ''Gen13'' reboot following Wildstorm's "Worldstorm" reboot. She's since reintroduced Rainmaker specifically to the DCU while Fairchild and Grunge both appeared in ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}''.

'''The Movement''' is a series from Creator/DCComics which started in May 2013 as part of the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, with scripts by Creator/GailSimone and art by Freddie E Williams II.

'''The Movement''' is a series from DCComics which started in May 2013 as part of the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, with scripts by Creator/GailSimone and art by Freddie E Williams II.

** A character named Ms. Smythe in #5 is mentioned to have a deceased husband. This may be a nod to the Mr. Smythe from ''SecretSix'', who attempted to run a prison to house Artemis and her Amazon sisters before he was killed by Deadshot.

'''The Movement''' is a series from DCComics which started in May 2013 as part of the {{New 52}}, with scripts by Creator/GailSimone and art by Freddie E Williams II.

'''The Movement''' is an ongoing series from DCComics which started in May 2013 as part of the {{New 52}}, with scripts by Creator/GailSimone and art by Freddie E Williams II.

Because of low sales, the series was cancelled at issue 12. [WordOfGod Gail Simone]] has said that DC Comics has shown nothing but support for the book and knew it was a risky book to sell.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The police and the mayor of Coral City label the Movement as Terroists. The disenfranchised call them heroes. [[GreyAndGrayMorality It's still unclear which they are]].

It has been announced that issue #12 will be the final issue. The series has not been able to find a big enough audience and thus, sales have been too low to keep it going. [[WordOfGod Gail Simone]] has said that DC Comics has shown nothing but support for the book and knew it was a risky book to sell.

* GeniusCripple: Discussed when one of the captured cops asks Vengeance Moth if she's the one who set up the headquarters to be off the power grid with an internet connection, which she denies. Also possibly a MythologyGag to Gail's earlier work on ''BirdsOfPrey'', which featured the wheelchair-bound super hacker Oracle and the fact that people made comparisons when Vengeance Moth was first introduced.

* HeCleansUpNicely: In issue #9, Virtue forces the [[ThePigPen filth-loving]] Mouse to take a bath and wear nice clothes. Who knew that the street rat could look good in a suit?

* {{Crossover}}: In issue 9, Batgirl comes to Coral City to track down Katharsis, her former adversary.

* {{Crossover}}: In issue 9, Batgirl comes to Coral City to track Katharsis, her former adversary.

* DemonicPossession: Christopher, AKA Burden. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's ambiguous]] whether or not he's genuinely possessed or simply has metahuman powers. Burden thinks the former, but the rest of the team thinks the latter. [[spoiler:The end of issue #7 reveals that he's in fact possessed]].

** Mouse has feelings for Tremor and in issue 6, he tries to write a love letter to her.

* WhamEpisode: Issue 6 has Burden having his demon finally exorcised ([[spoiler:though not really]]), Tremor and Katharsis making amends after their fight, and [[spoiler: them finding Mouse beaten up and left hanging by a lamppost by the Graveyard Faction]].

** Gail Simone had worked on the ''Gen13'' reboot following Wildstorm's "Worldstorm" reboot. She's since reintroduced Rainmaker specifically to the DCU while Fairchild and Grunge both appeared in ''{{Superboy}}''.

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: The Movement ([[WalkingShirtlessScene except Mouse]]) mostly wear modest outfits. All but two of the Graveyard Faction wear sexy, revealing outfits.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The police and the mayor of Coral City label the Movement as Terroists. The disenfranchised call them heroes. [[GreyAndGrayMorality it's still unclear which they are]].

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The police and the mayor of Coral City label the Movement as Terroists. The disenfranchised call them heroes.

* BigBad: Jack Cannon wants to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create a city with no poor people by exterminating them]].

* BigBad: Jack Cannon is the only one with no redeeming qualities. He wants to create a city with no poor people by exterminating them.

* SuddenDownerEnding: Issue 6 has Burden having his demon finally exorcised ([[spoiler:though not really]]), Tremor and Katharsis making amends after their fight, and [[spoiler: them finding Mouse beaten up and left hanging by a lamppost by the Graveyard Faction]].