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DC Relaunching Entire Comics Line

DC Relaunching Entire Comics Line

June 1, 2011 By Mike Hickerson 7 Comments

Collectors may want to start saving their money. Come September, you may need it to pick up all the number one issues DC will be publishing.

The new issues will feature some familiar faces including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman. It’s all part of DC’s plan to reinvent itself and take a larger stake in comic book sales with a company wide relaunch.

Starting with a new Justice League from Geoff Johns and Jim Lee on August 31, DC will release 52 number one issues in the month of September.

The relaunch will introduce stories that are grounded in each character’s specific legend but also reflect today’s real-world themes and events. Lee spearheaded the costumes’ redesign to make characters more identifiable and accessible to comic fans new and old.

“We really want to inject new life in our characters and line,” says Dan DiDio, co-publisher of DC with Lee. “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.”

In an even more important move in the competitive comics industry, DC is making all of the re-numbered titles available digitally via apps and a DC website the same day they arrive in comic shops. It marks the first time that a major comics publisher has done so with its popular superhero titles.

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Comments

  1. Sean From Edwards says

    June 1, 2011 at 7:58 am

    So it’s the DC version of the whole Ultimates universe that Marvel tried, or are they still doing that?

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  2. Christopher says

    June 1, 2011 at 8:49 am

    “We’ve run out of new ideas, so lets do old ones but this time…wait for it,… he will wear a BLUE cape!”

    Reply
  3. Skiznot says

    June 1, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    This actually seems like a good idea to me. Last time I checked Batman, he was on his 5th Robin and two of them were dead and the first Robin would sub as Batman. It’s a good way to cut away the chaos and free up the writers some. Rebooting the whole universe might open the way for things to branch a different way.

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  4. Callixto says

    June 1, 2011 at 8:10 pm

    lets face it after they killed bruce wayne and made him come back through time (seriously the worst batman story ever!) they kinda hit rock bottom on batman and now batman inc? Me thinks our beloved Batman needs this relaunch very badly. =D

    Reply
  5. Tim From Iowa says

    June 1, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    I’m just waiting for the first rocket surgeon to try and sell the new Action Comics #1 on eBay for (in my best Dr Evil impersonation) ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!

    Reply
  6. Zach says

    June 5, 2011 at 8:43 am

    @ Callixto: I couldn’t agree more. I’ve tried to get into the whole Dick Grayson Batman idea but just can’t come to terms with it (in his first issue as Batman he is smiling for the cameras while fighting WTF???. I just hope this reboot/relaunch/house cleaning gets back to cool Batman lurking in the shadows and scaring bad guys (Isn’t that the whole point of Batman?). Also, I really liked Dick Grayson as Nightwing and Tim Drake as Robin (my Personal Favorite Robin). This two Batmen crap is getting old and Morrison trying to force the Batman Inc. series on us is just dumb. I can’t even begin to express all the things wrong with Batman INC.

    Reply
  7. Ben Ragunton says

    June 12, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    Does this mean that there will be some big multi-verse shattering event which will re-boot the everything AGAIN???

    Reply

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