DC Comics released a first look at its March comics, the first batch after the end of the multiverse-spanning Dark Nights: Death Metal and the pause-everything company wide reset Future State, and from our first glimpse of the solicitations, the big changes coming in Future State look like they might be sticking around.
With the sheer volume of change that DC underwent in the last year – new distributors, new release days, personnel changes, cancellations and FanDomes included – there was a lot of speculation about the future of the comics line. This first batch of solicitations provide an interesting answer to that speculation. It looks like, post-Future State, DC’s changing everything. By keeping some things the same.
Here are our biggest takeaways…
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Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 features a big twist where Wonder Woman powers up for the final battle with The Batman Who Laughs by reactivating...
With the sheer volume of change that DC underwent in the last year – new distributors, new release days, personnel changes, cancellations and FanDomes included – there was a lot of speculation about the future of the comics line. This first batch of solicitations provide an interesting answer to that speculation. It looks like, post-Future State, DC’s changing everything. By keeping some things the same.
Here are our biggest takeaways…
It All Counts
Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 features a big twist where Wonder Woman powers up for the final battle with The Batman Who Laughs by reactivating...
- 12/22/2020
- by Jim Dandy
- Den of Geek
Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by DC Comics
I know every comic book publisher loves a ‘special’ issue, an ‘anniversary’ issue, or a ‘reached a big number’ issue, but at first glance a 144 page monster book for issue 1027 of Detective Comics seems a bit of a stretch. Longevity, sure, but we just had a whole raft of anniversary specials did we not? Then you realise. Detective Comics #27, back in 1939, was not only the very first appearance of Batman, but became the title that led to National Periodicals eventually becoming DC Comics. They liked the series so much they named a company after it. So, in comic book terms, Detective Comics #27 is probably the second most important published, beaten out only by Action Comics #1. DC, for probably both genuinely wanting to honour Detective Comics legacy and to squeeze that Batman cash cow just a little bit more, have thrown...
I know every comic book publisher loves a ‘special’ issue, an ‘anniversary’ issue, or a ‘reached a big number’ issue, but at first glance a 144 page monster book for issue 1027 of Detective Comics seems a bit of a stretch. Longevity, sure, but we just had a whole raft of anniversary specials did we not? Then you realise. Detective Comics #27, back in 1939, was not only the very first appearance of Batman, but became the title that led to National Periodicals eventually becoming DC Comics. They liked the series so much they named a company after it. So, in comic book terms, Detective Comics #27 is probably the second most important published, beaten out only by Action Comics #1. DC, for probably both genuinely wanting to honour Detective Comics legacy and to squeeze that Batman cash cow just a little bit more, have thrown...
- 9/16/2020
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by DC Comics
DC character 80th anniversaries are the gift that keep on giving for everyone. For fans like me, these Specials have been fantastic. For creators, a chance to do a stand-alone tale from a specific era, or for a creator with a long history with that character a chance to go home again. Obviously for DC, those balance sheets should look decent too. Green Lantern’s 80th is slightly different, in that there have been many Green Lantern’s down the years. The most famous, Hal Jordan, didn’t appear until the dawn of the Silver Age in the 1950’s, so DC are cheating a little here, as it’s really the 80th anniversary of the original Green Lantern himself, Alan Scott. My favourite Justice Society of America member, as it happens, but probably not a guy to carry a 100 page book by himself.
DC character 80th anniversaries are the gift that keep on giving for everyone. For fans like me, these Specials have been fantastic. For creators, a chance to do a stand-alone tale from a specific era, or for a creator with a long history with that character a chance to go home again. Obviously for DC, those balance sheets should look decent too. Green Lantern’s 80th is slightly different, in that there have been many Green Lantern’s down the years. The most famous, Hal Jordan, didn’t appear until the dawn of the Silver Age in the 1950’s, so DC are cheating a little here, as it’s really the 80th anniversary of the original Green Lantern himself, Alan Scott. My favourite Justice Society of America member, as it happens, but probably not a guy to carry a 100 page book by himself.
- 6/26/2020
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
With a new "Green Lantern" live-action TV series in development, take a look at DC Comics' "Green Lantern 80th Anniversary Super-Spectacular", available June 23, 2020, written by Jeff Lemire, James Tynion IV, Peter J. Tomasi, Geoff Johns, Robert Venditti, Mariko Tamaki, Ron Marz, Dennis O'Neil, Sina Grace and Charlotte Fullerton, with illustrations by Ivan Reis, Fernando Pasarin, Rafa Sandoval, Mike Grell and Darryl Banks, plus covers by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Liam Sharp, Neal Adams, David Finch, Ivan Reis, Matt Taylor, Doug Mahnke, Philip Tan, Nicola Scott and Oclair Albert:
"...'Green Lantern' is the name of several superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.
"They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers.
"The characters are typically depicted as members of the 'Green Lantern Corps', an interstellar law enforcement agency.
"The first Green Lantern 'Alan Scott', was created in 1940 by Martin Nodell during...
"...'Green Lantern' is the name of several superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.
"They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers.
"The characters are typically depicted as members of the 'Green Lantern Corps', an interstellar law enforcement agency.
"The first Green Lantern 'Alan Scott', was created in 1940 by Martin Nodell during...
- 6/22/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Jim Lee, Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics is the very definition of a comics lifer. And as a lifer with an audience and a platform, he’s stepping up to help comic shops that are closed because of Covid-19 stay-at-home orders around the world.
Lee decided as these stay-at-home orders started to roll in that he would draw one sketch a day for 60 days; auction the sketches on eBay; let the auction winners pick the subject of the next sketch; and donate the proceeds to the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) foundation. And we are excited to reveal Lee’s next sketch subject: Grifter and Zealot
Grifter and Zealot are original creations of Lee’s, part of his super team WildC.A.T.S. when he created his own superhero universe for Wildstorm.
The Binc foundation is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to helping bookstores and bookstore employees in need. They are...
Lee decided as these stay-at-home orders started to roll in that he would draw one sketch a day for 60 days; auction the sketches on eBay; let the auction winners pick the subject of the next sketch; and donate the proceeds to the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) foundation. And we are excited to reveal Lee’s next sketch subject: Grifter and Zealot
Grifter and Zealot are original creations of Lee’s, part of his super team WildC.A.T.S. when he created his own superhero universe for Wildstorm.
The Binc foundation is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to helping bookstores and bookstore employees in need. They are...
- 4/15/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Jim Dandy Feb 11, 2019
Superboy fills in some gaps in his recent history in this exclusive preview of Superman #8.
I love comics as a medium. I think that's fairly self-evident from the best comics lists - there's a pretty broad range of subject matter covered, and I've been a pretty adamant proponent of comics as one of the best mediums for nonfiction and biography in the past. Of course, I also really enjoy superhero books, and if there's one thing that keeps me coming back to them, it's probably the rich catalogue of bizarre space stuff that has been built into Marvel and DC's metanarratives. This issue of Superman speaks to me. Hard.
I think that it's the right choice, in a universe where cops wear special green magic wishing rings, to spend as much time as possible playing out there where the weird stuff happens. I also feel like it's the correct choice,...
Superboy fills in some gaps in his recent history in this exclusive preview of Superman #8.
I love comics as a medium. I think that's fairly self-evident from the best comics lists - there's a pretty broad range of subject matter covered, and I've been a pretty adamant proponent of comics as one of the best mediums for nonfiction and biography in the past. Of course, I also really enjoy superhero books, and if there's one thing that keeps me coming back to them, it's probably the rich catalogue of bizarre space stuff that has been built into Marvel and DC's metanarratives. This issue of Superman speaks to me. Hard.
I think that it's the right choice, in a universe where cops wear special green magic wishing rings, to spend as much time as possible playing out there where the weird stuff happens. I also feel like it's the correct choice,...
- 2/11/2019
- Den of Geek
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