The New 52
It seems like DC are trying to pick the comic market back up again by bringing new stories, new origins, new costumes and simplified stories to the well known characters... wonder if this is going to work out for them or be a bit of a fail.Full story:
DC Comics hopes revamped heroes and digital will save the day | Hero Complex – movies, comics, fanboy fare – latimes.com Just another shameless plug for Midtown Comics (not that I'm in any way affiliated or get anything for telling you about it), but:
Edit: Notice the price has gone up from $94 to $135.56 (my pre-order price is still $94 though)!!! You'll have to decide if it's still worth it or not - I've estimated an extra $40-$60 for delivery... I wish with all these numbers ones that they concentrated on a bloody good story and art, not seven titles per character and lots of them *****. data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 I'm just hoping the new Grifter series is any good. He used to be great in WildC.A.T.S, but that was back when it was Image property, before Wildstorm took control. I think I may have all the Wildstorm issues too (bought a bulk lot of a complete WildC.A.T.S run - including the mini-series - a few years ago, but never actually went through them all to see what I had!)... The art is going around twitter with #52Splash as the hashtag.
Some sites have put a collection of art together, such as this:
More DC relaunch art hits Twitter | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment I thought I would create a specific thread for the new DC relaunch that started yesterday and continues over the next four weeks:
DC Relaunch: The Complete List
DC Comics Relaunch: List of Titles! (Updated: OFFICIAL LIST OF All 52 TITLES!) « Ghost Radio ....four Batman titles, not including the Robin/Catwoman/Red Hood lot? Sheeesh.... *ahem* Well yes, there is that thread, but I wanted one of my own to show how important I am.
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Threads merged. And don't try and make it sound like you don't have that huge man-bat-crush that we all know you do.... data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7