if you ran DC Comics?

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:56 am

week one
Ragman, tales of Gotham
Signal Man
Weird War Tales
Black Canary/Starman Monthly
Dr.Thirteen, Ghost Breaker
Phantom Stranger / Madam Xanadu Mysteries
Freedom Fighters
Fawcett City Chronicles
Secret Six
Onyx

Week II
Ultra the Multi Alien
Jonah Hex
House of Mystery
House of Secrets
Doom Patrol
Joker's Daughter
Seven Soldiers of Victory
Elongated Man Mysteries
Atomic Skull Comics
Captain Comet / Adam Strange

Week III
Captain Carrot & the Zoo Crew
Haunted Tank
the Oddman
Legion of Substitute Heroes
Shade the Changing Man
Starman
Mr. Polka Dot
Brave and Bold TV Tales
Crusaders Monthly
Mr Terrific (Terry Sloane)

Week IV
Tales of Tuatara
Prez/Brother Power the Geek
Mad Mod Monthly
Suicide Squad
Metal Men/Metamorpho
Aztek
Alpha Centurion
Katana vs Gotham City
Riddler/Cluemaster/GA Genius

Post by **dANdeLION** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:24 pm

Week V
File for bankruptcy.

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:44 pm

again I iwll conced and make it a one month thing.

and again - would you buy any of those issues?

Post by **dANdeLION** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:40 pm

The word is 'concede', and I do not usually buy titles. I usually buy based on the writer/artist team. That being said, i doubt I'd ever buy an Oddman or Shade book under any circumstances.

Post by **Horrim Carabal** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:21 am

sgt.null wrote:Starman Monthly

Loved the Stern/Lyle version. Hated Robinson's crap.

sgt.null wrote: Doom Patrol

Loved Morrison's. Hated just about everyone else's.

sgt.null wrote:Captain Carrot & the Zoo Crew

Awesome.

sgt.null wrote: Shade the Changing Man

Loved Milligan's.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:26 am

well you won't like my Starman then.

Post by **Horrim Carabal** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:10 am

sgt.null wrote:well you won't like my Starman then.

Sorry, but I'm no Robinson fan.

In my opinion The Golden Age was good, but most of his stuff is self-indulgent crap.

It already hasn't aged well.

If you haven't read the first 12 issues of the Stern/Lyle Starman, you should track them down. Timeless, great. Less "sophisticated" than Robinson's take, but also less pretentious and overbearing.

In 25 years I predict a surprise in which one is considered classic.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:02 pm

I love robinson's Starman and Golden Age. his JLA has not been good, but I loved the first issue of Starman/Congorilla.

have read the Stern Starman as well - I liked but did not love them. also loved Ditko's Starman.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:23 pm

I can't even read DC any longer. It's utter insanity. Honestly, it was much easier before Crisis on Infinite Earths. Since then, it's all been put back together; shattered; Parallax and Eclipso are God, then powerless; the whole GL saga of dozens of titles... I have not the slightest idea what's going on in DC these days.

Post by **Horrim Carabal** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:04 am

Fist and Faith wrote:I can't even read DC any longer. It's utter insanity. Honestly, it was much easier before Crisis on Infinite Earths. Since then, it's all been put back together; shattered; Parallax and Eclipso are God, then powerless; the whole GL saga of dozens of titles... I have not the slightest idea what's going on in DC these days.

Yeah. Basically DC has become Marvel.

Ever try to read a full account of Wolverine's history?

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:24 am

Oh lord, no!!! I hope I don't come off as someone who's foolish enough to try to do something like that!

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:36 am

both companies are too full of HUGE event after HUGE event.

i buy a few series (Secret Six, Doom Patrol, Freedom Fighters, Fables)

and the rest are miniseries from Marvel and DC.

Post by **JazFusion** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:22 am

ALL BATMAN ALL THE TIME

BITCHES LOVE BATMAN

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:03 am

well maybe Batman doesn't need ten series a month?

Post by **Hashi Lebwohl** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:35 pm

What? No All-Star Squadron?

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:43 pm

I used to buy ASS, back in the old days when Roy Thomas wrote it. He did a fantastic job of pulling all kinds of old stories and characters together. I didn't know there was a new series.

Post by **Hashi Lebwohl** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:37 am

I have no idea if there is a new series on it or not. I was collecting that one--among many others--back in the mid 80s through early 90s.

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:50 am

there is not currently an All Star Squadron.

there are Justice Society of America, Freedom Fighters, and JSA All-Stars cuurently being published.

Post by **OisinAnderson** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:48 pm

I can't even read DC any longer. It's utter insanity. Honestly, it was much easier before Crisis on Infinite Earths. Since then, it's all been put back together; shattered; Parallax and Eclipso are God, then powerless; the whole GL saga of dozens of titles... I have not the slightest idea what's going on in DC these days

Exactly. I used to be a DC/Vertigo girl, but things got WAAY too confusing. I still do like Fables, and I still have all my old Swamp Thing, Sandman, Preacher, 1000 Bullets, and Books of Magic. But it's been harder to get into these days.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:19 pm

Fist and Faith wrote:I can't even read DC any longer. It's utter insanity. Honestly, it was much easier before Crisis on Infinite Earths. Since then, it's all been put back together; shattered; Parallax and Eclipso are God, then powerless; the whole GL saga of dozens of titles... I have not the slightest idea what's going on in DC these days.

I think DC is about to do something like that in the next few months, too.

By Lucas Siegel, Newsarama Editor
posted: 31 May 2011 04:32 pm ET

In a second interview with USA Today, DC revealed a few more pieces of info, including:

- Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's Justice League will begin its first year with an "updated secret origin reflecting DC's new initiative, giving the group a reason for coming together that it lacked when the league first appeared in 1960."

The team will ultimately boast 14 members, with the iconic core of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Aquaman.

Cyborg will also be part of the team, with Johns calling him, "the modern-day, 21st-century superhero".

"He represents all of us in a lot of ways. If we have a cellphone and we're texting on it, we are a cyborg — that's what a cyborg is, using technology as an extension of ourselves."

"The approach is very much about who they are behind the masks and how they interact together and how these personalities mix," Johns told USA Today of the title. "With the world's greatest superheroes, how does that team actually work? Do they all get along? Being able to pull together and see how that relationship is forged and continues to grow has to be at the heart of that book."

- Diversity will be a key theme, with what's called "recent emphasis" on diverse characters such as the lesbian Batwoman and the Hispanic Blue Beetle (along with the African-American Cyborg) continuing.

Says DiDio: "It's not just about straight superhero characters and stories. We're going to use war comics, we have stories set in mystery and horror, we've got Westerns."

- Three-quarters of the current title's creative teams will be "shuffled around", though series that are successful and writer/artist combinations that work well together "won't be tweaked too much."

Original story: A fully revamped DC Universe for a "more modern and diverse 21st century", over 50 new #1 issues, a Geoff Johns-Jim Lee Justice League, and the first of the major comic book publishers to fully embrace "same-day" digital distribution...

That is the breaking news from DC Entertainment Tuesday afternoon, finally and officially breaking their silence about their post-Flashpoint plans for their flagship line of comic book titles.

The center of intense rumor and speculation for months now, DC confirmed today that the fictional shared universe of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern and more will undergo a revamp of their oft-rewritten 76 year-plus history of shared continuity.

Geoff Johns promised USA Today "a focus on the interpersonal relationships within DC's trademark superteam." "What's the human aspect behind all these costumes?" he tells the publication. "That's what I wanted to explore."

The revamp will reportedly involve "introducing readers to stories that are grounded in each character's specific legend but also reflect today's real-world themes and events."

Jim Lee reportedly "spearheaded" the redesign of more than 50 costumes to make characters "more identifiable and accessible to comic fans new and old."

"We looked at what was going on in the marketplace and felt we really want to inject new life in our characters and line," added co-publisher Dan DiDio. "This was a chance to start, not at the beginning, but at a point where our characters are younger and the stories are being told for today's audience."

Along with the revamp, and sure to cause uproar among those who buy comic books as collectibles, all DC Universe titles will also be renumbered with new #1 issues, including the industry's two longest-running titles - Action Comics, the birthplace of Superman - and Detective Comics, the home of Batman and namesake of the publisher - the former of which recently published its 900th issue, with the latter in the 880s.

The first officially announced title and creative team of the new era was revealed as well. DC Entertainment co-publisher Jim Lee and Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns will be teaming as artist and writer, respectively, on Justice League #1, launching August 31st and starring Batman, Superman,Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and Aquaman.

Finally, DC also announced they plan to make all of their titles available for sale in digital format on the same day as their publlished counterparts, starting with Justice League #1. While the decision could probably be described as inevitable, the announcement will still likely be poorly received among some segments of "Direct Market" comic book retailers, whose stores account for the current backbone of monthly comic book sales.

DC has previously taken steps to ease the eventual move to fully same-day digital distribution, announcng in March a partnership with digital distributor comiXology allowing individual retailers to sell digital editions of DC comics through their websites, for a share of the online retail price.

The publisher also sent a letter directly to direct market retailers addressing their announcement. In it, SVP, Sales, DC Entertainment Bob Wayne told retailers, "DC Comics will support this initiative with an innovative mix of publicity, promotional efforts and retailer incentives designed to maximize your opportunity to increase your DC sales. We will discuss additional details of these incentives when we get closer to solicitation later in June."

"We're allowing people who have never bought a comic book in their lives to download them on portable media devices and take a look," Lee said. "Having the ability to give people access to these comics with one button click means we're going to get a lot of new readers."

Lee told USA Today what makes this plan so ambitious is that it's not just about changes in characters or costumes but setting the stage for how comic books will be consumed in the future.

"We're trying to set the table for the DC Universe's future success and health."

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