After months of rumors, speculation and curiosity, DC’s reboot of their entire comic book line rolls out this week.
Starting Wednesday and over the course of September, fifty-two new number one issues will hit shelves.
“It’s always nerve-racking, even when you have one new book coming out. Now everybody has all their first issues coming out in one month,” Geoff Johns tells USA Today. “It’s like a big jam session between all these great creators.”
So far, fan interest in the reboot has been solid. USA Today reports the rebooted issue of Justice League has pre-orders of 200,000 copies, making it the most successful comic of 2011. Six other titles have pre-orders of 100,000 or more, including Action Comics and Detective Comics.
“The big thing is the number of people who are saying they’re gonna buy all 52. It’s not something we were shooting for, but boy, do we love it,” says DC co-publisher Dan DiDio.
And the physical copy order doesn’t take into account that DC is making the move into digital comics released on the same day as their print editions. The impact of that move on sales remains to be seen but it’s something many will have their eyes on within the industry.
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