DC to REBOOT???

[Misfit Toy]

Presumably Tim Drake will continue as Red Robin? I don't think that's been mentioned yet...

 

[MNM]

If the Steph Batgirl book ends because of this reboot thing I shall be mightily annoyed.

It's a foregone conclusion, I'm afraid. Batgirl's getting a relaunch, and it's Barbara Gordon's title. Which is sad, because IMO Batgirl is one of DC's best books at the moment.

Alas I expected it would be. It is a great book. If it was being cancelled for sales that would be one thing, but to just accomodate a near line wide reboot as they have a love on with the Silverage? upsets me.

Ah well, my protest shall be that DC get no money from me in terms of their new Batgirl book. I'll buy another X-Men book instead.

 

[Snaploud]

Nightwing #1 cover by Eddy Barrows.

Dick Grayson looks angrier than usual. I guess he's not happy about being demoted again.

Presumably Tim Drake will continue as Red Robin? I don't think that's been mentioned yet...

That's the news I'm waiting for, as well... Drake has done well as Red Robin.

 

[Thestral]

I reckon that's Poison Ivy at the back, and Katana up front. No clue on the woman in the bustier though.

No indication yet of Helena's ongoing existence in the new world order. I suspect Zinda Blake is even less likely to survive, but we'll see.

Has Ivy gone good? Or at least antihero-ish? That makes sense though, as does Katana who I'd forgotten about.

I hope Helena at least survives. I mostly blame Amy Acker's DCAU version for that though.

Also, am I the only one that prefers the gray bodysuit from early JSA to the fishnets on Canary?

Even the sweatband?

Edit: Thinking of the wrong costume. I quite like the leotard/fishnets/bolero look. Not with the heels though.

Oh, there's nothing wrong with her current look of course. It's just a matter of preference probably since that's the one I saw first and found it stylish and professional.

 

[Captain Craig]

The Bat books are the few monthly books I was still buying monthly when the bulk of my other reading had shifted some years ago to TPB's.
This reboot, renumber is just a nail in that coffin.
No monthly interest in Dick back as Nightwing, Babs as Batgirl and the Birds line up does nothing for me. By default I may as well scrap all Bat titles to TPB's as I deem curious 9 months from now. What about Azrael? I assume that mantle is going into limbo again?

Not reading as regular so this Traci Thirteen is going to require a wiki read by me later.

This really is a jumping off point for me in most regards for DC. I may pick a few single issues up out of curiosity but seems DC is finally losing my monthly dollars for good in 2011. The next Marvel reboot is likely to be the same as I'm down to just a few there as well.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Presumably Tim Drake will continue as Red Robin? I don't think that's been mentioned yet...

There is the possibility that he is the sacrificial lamb that spurs on the reboot in the Batbooks and becomes what Jason Todd was before his resurrection: a stuffed exhibit in the Batcave. Not much of a loss since he is the whitebread amongst the Robins.

 

[Myasishchev]

This really is a jumping off point for me in most regards for DC. I may pick a few single issues up out of curiosity but seems DC is finally losing my monthly dollars for good in 2011. The next Marvel reboot is likely to be the same as I'm down to just a few there as well.

Marvel reboot? The vague rumblings of a big thing happening next summer? Or something more specific?

The only Marvel thing I'm interested in is Joe Casey on Vengeance. Good, bad? It's Joe Casey. And he's too beautiful for this world.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Batman Inc is on hiatus.

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/

“Batman, Incorporated will continue through to Issue #10 and August’s shocking season finale that changes the Batman status quo yet again. The series will take a brief hiatus while I work on a major new project to be announced shortly. Batman, Incorporated returns next year with me, Chris Burnham and Batman: Leviathan, the epic 12 part conclusion to my 6 year Batman saga. Don’t miss it!”

 

[Admiral_Young]

I'm content with the Batbook reveals today. Damian is sticking around, that's really all I care about quite frankly lol. I'd love a Robin ongoing.

I wonder if the major new project is going to me the long awaited "Multiversity" with Geoff Johns that was supposed to debut this summer?

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Another title announced: Batwing by Judd Winick and Ben Oliver, featuring the Batman of Africa.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

As I understand it, they are taking away his Batmen of many nations? Or is that incorrect?

Nope - see above.

Edit to add: which you just have!

 

[Myasishchev]

And then I deleted it because my fears were entirely demolished and I merely wound up looking foolish, but I was too late!

Some might say I was already too late.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I'm glad Man of Bats is getting a ongoing. I found him fascinating even in the short two or three pages of issue six he was in.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

And then I deleted it because my fears were entirely demolished and I merely wound up looking foolish, but I was too late!

We can delete posts entirely? I had no idea.

 

[Professor Zoom]

I have a question: how many books does DC normally put out in a month?
The reboot is talking about 52 new books. That seems like a lot... Clearly, not all are going to survive. Will this great explosion be followed by an implosion?

I like to think they're expecting some drops off, but, I wonder if there is a "normal" number of comics they want to produce each month and these 52 are the pool they want to choose from.

Or do they hope to continue doing that man? But, I have no idea how many they normally produce.

 

[Myasishchev]

I have a question: how many books does DC normally put out in a month?
The reboot is talking about 52 new books. That seems like a lot... Clearly, not all are going to survive. Will this great explosion be followed by an implosion?

Brian Hibbs, a retailer, wrote that he was taking this seriously as a possibility. The day-and-date digital push certainly isn't going to help matters. I'd hate to be running a comic shop in August through the end of the year.

We can delete posts entirely? I had no idea.

Yeppers. I occasionally find it wise. Sometimes it backfires.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

I have a question: how many books does DC normally put out in a month?
The reboot is talking about 52 new books. That seems like a lot... Clearly, not all are going to survive. Will this great explosion be followed by an implosion?

I like to think they're expecting some drops off, but, I wonder if there is a "normal" number of comics they want to produce each month and these 52 are the pool they want to choose from.

Or do they hope to continue doing that man? But, I have no idea how many they normally produce.

The DCU usually has 30-35 ongoing titles with limited series and one-shots pushing the total up to about 50-55 (that's excluding Vertigo, Wildstorm, the Kids line, etc).

Edit to add: actually I pegged those numbers too low. I had a look at their recent publishing history and they typically have 40-42 ongoing DCU titles, plus about a dozen Kids ongoing titles, half a dozen Wildstorm ongoing titles (WS now being folded into the DCU), and just under a dozen Vertigo ongoing titles.

 

[Snaploud]

So, am I to understand that there will still be multiple Batmen but that Dick Grayson is getting a demotion anyway? Ouch.

 

[Professor Zoom]

I have a question: how many books does DC normally put out in a month?
The reboot is talking about 52 new books. That seems like a lot... Clearly, not all are going to survive. Will this great explosion be followed by an implosion?

Brian Hibbs, a retailer, wrote that he was taking this seriously as a possibility. The day-and-date digital push certainly isn't going to help matters. I'd hate to be running a comic shop in August through the end of the year.

It maybe in DC's business plan, they know maybe planning on losing X number of titles. They are just putting out a lot, see what sticks, perhaps.

I have a question: how many books does DC normally put out in a month?
The reboot is talking about 52 new books. That seems like a lot... Clearly, not all are going to survive. Will this great explosion be followed by an implosion?

I like to think they're expecting some drops off, but, I wonder if there is a "normal" number of comics they want to produce each month and these 52 are the pool they want to choose from.

Or do they hope to continue doing that man? But, I have no idea how many they normally produce.

The DCU usually has 30-35 ongoing titles with limited series and one-shots pushing the total up to about 50-55 (that's excluding Vertigo, Wildstorm, the Kids line, etc).

Edit to add: actually I pegged those numbers too low. I had a look at their recent publishing history and they typically have 40-42 ongoing DCU titles, plus about a dozen Kids ongoing titles, half a dozen Wildstorm ongoing titles (WS now being folded into the DCU), and just under a dozen Vertigo ongoing titles.

So, it's just adding about 10 new DCU titles... that doesn't seem like many, but, who knows.

 

[Captain Craig]

Presumably Tim Drake will continue as Red Robin? I don't think that's been mentioned yet...

There is the possibility that he is the sacrificial lamb that spurs on the reboot in the Batbooks and becomes what Jason Todd was before his resurrection: a stuffed exhibit in the Batcave. Not much of a loss since he is the whitebread amongst the Robins.

I whole heartedly disagree in the strictest most possible way. Tim was the catylayst for a great many positive things in the Bat books in the early to mid 90's. His continued presence has only served the 'family' well. If anything Todd can die again.