DC to REBOOT???

[Venardhi]

Superman is really the only one that stands out as a bad design. Replacing the simple shapes of the classic boots with generic 90s JIMLEE! roboboots just doesn't work for such a 'primitive' design. The trunks can be lost in a lot of ways, but not giving him something else to round out the design is weak tea. The yellow also needs to be echoed somewhere else, either in a thicker belt or in a rim on the cape or something like that.

If Perez can't make it work, it doesn't work. (Though this is -far- from his best work)

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Xombi is another current title missing from the re-launch. I missed that one when I listed the titles earlier.

 

[Mr Light]

Something just occurred to me. If the DCU is being rebooted.... does this mean the return of Darkseid and the New Gods?

 

[Icemizer]

^ I'm all for that. New Suicide Squad coming. Perhaps one of my favorite titles of all time and hoping it can recapture the magic. I doubt it, but will check it out.

 

[JoeZhang]

Superman is really the only one that stands out as a bad design.

Really? You think Deathstroke with knifes coming out of his back and Midnighter with a chin spike is an improvement?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Not missing the yellow on Supes' costume one bit. The boots are arguable, and if they don't work doubtless will be streamlined some over time.

Once they start changing things, the taboo collapses. Batman has had so many different outfits since Frank Miller started in on him that it's not funny. From here on out the same will likely be true of Superman - the cape and the shield are all that really matter.

 

[JoeZhang]

And yet it would be pretty cool to see Bendix use a Frenchman on vacation to invoke Code Perfect and have Jenny Sparks execute the Joker U.S. prison-style. Because that is what logically would happen, and what totally will never happen.

That's the whole problem - it's like doing a Nightmare on Elm Street movie as a pg, where Freddie has giant tickle fingers - what's the point?

The rationale behind the Midnighter, Apollo et al. was to give us analogues of Superman, Batman etc who could appear in stories that went beyond what could be done within those character. If you stick them in the same Universe as the characters they are knock-offs of and they are subject to all the same limits, what on earth is the point?

I think the Authority was always a concept that was finite - because they either changed the world or they looked like Idiots. Once they did actually change the world, they was nothing really interesting to say with them.

Talking about killing the Joker, did you ever read the Daniel Way Nighthawk series, which ended with the Joker rip-off saying "Well I'm ready to go back to my Cell now!" and Nighthawk beating him to death instead.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Bleeding Cool reports that Warners is going to launch a major TV advertising campaign for the DC relaunch.

 

[Admiral_Young]

There are a lot of bad redesigns. Superman is the least of them. Really don't have a problem with his costume. We should get more confirmation for the Superman family books and maybe Rags Morales Action Comics#1 art work.

 

[Captain Craig]

Bleeding Cool reports that Warners is going to launch a major TV advertising campaign for the DC relaunch.

TV advertising for comics, that's a first in my 25yrs of reading. I assume the push will emphasis the digital download over the print book but hopefully will mention both.


Re: Zatanna
I bought the first 12 issues and while the shifting art team didn't bother me it could've been more consistent. My reason for dropping it was I felt the story arcs were being drawn out and that last one with the puppet guy was the proverbial straw.

 

[TemporalFlux]

This is all going to go in conjunction with the DC Nation series and programming block on Cartoon Network this fall. They're supposed to have that 30 minute DC Nation show once a week that does nothing but talk about recent news in DC movies, games, cartoons and comics.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

The Hero Complex has confirmation that Grant Morrison and Rags Morales will be the creative team on Action Comics. They also have the cover image here.

 

[davejames]

Superman is really the only one that stands out as a bad design. Replacing the simple shapes of the classic boots with generic 90s JIMLEE! roboboots just doesn't work for such a 'primitive' design. The trunks can be lost in a lot of ways, but not giving him something else to round out the design is weak tea. The yellow also needs to be echoed somewhere else, either in a thicker belt or in a rim on the cape or something like that.

If Perez can't make it work, it doesn't work. (Though this is -far- from his best work)

Yeah I was really warming up to the new costume after seeing Jim Lee's awesome artwork (and when the belt still appeared to be yellow), but now that I'm seeing a red belt and those hideous boots... ugh.

I mean, really, how the hell is that supposed to be modern?? Looks more like something that was designed in the 80s or early 90s.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Here are DC's full descriptions of Action Comics #1, Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1, Superboy #1 and Supergirl #1. The poster who predicted earlier that George Perez would be writing but not illustrating his Superman title turned out to be absolutely correct.

 

[JoeZhang]

Interesting,

This September, New York Times bestselling writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN) joins with sensational artist Rags Morales to bring you tales of The Man of Tomorrow unlike any you’ve ever read before in ACTION COMICS #1. This momentous first issue will set in motion the history of the DC Universe as Superman defends a world that doesn’t trust their first Super Hero.

So I guess the JSA don't exist?

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

The full 52:

Action Comics #1 – Grant Morrison and Rags Morales
All-Star Western #1 – Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and Moritat
Animal Man #1 – Jeff Lemire, Travel Foreman and Dan Green
Aquaman #1 – Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis
Batgirl #1 – Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes
Batman #1 – Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
Batman and Robin #1 – Peter J. Tomasi and Pat Gleason
Batman: The Dark Knight #1 – David Finch and Jay Fabok
Batwing #1 – Judd Winick and Ben Oliver
Batwoman #1 – JH Williams III, Haden Blackman and Amy Reeder
Birds of Prey #1 – Duane Swierczynski and Jesus Saiz
Blackhawks #1 – Mike Costa and Ken Lashley
Blue Beetle #1 – Paul Bedard and Ig Guera.
Captain Atom #1 – JT Krul and Freddie Williams II
Catwoman #1 – Judd Winick and Guillem March
DC Universe Presents #1 – Paul Jenkins and Bernard Chang (first creative team in an anthology title)
Deathstroke #1 – Kyle Higgins, Joe Bennett and Art Thibert
Demon Knights #1 – Paul Cornell, Diogenes Neves and Oclair Albert
Detective Comics #1 – Tony Daniel
The Flash #1 – Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato
Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #1 – Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli
The Fury of Firestorm #1 – Ethan Van Sciver, Gail Simone and Yildiray Cinar
Green Arrow #1 – JT Krul and Dan Jurgens
Green Lantern #1 – Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke
Green Lantern Corps #1 – Peter J. Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin
Green Lantern: The New Guardians #1 – Tony Bedard and Tyler Kirkham
Green Lantern: Red Lanterns #1 – Peter Milligan and Ed Benes
Grifter #1 – Nathan Edmondson, CAFU and BIT
Hawk and Dove #1 – Sterling Gates and Rob Liefeld
I, Vampire #1 – Josh Fialkov and Andrea Sorrentino
Justice League #1 – Geoff Johns and Jim Lee
Justice League Dark #1 – Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin
Justice League International #1 – Dan Jurgens and Aaron Lopresti
Legion Lost #1 – Fabien Nicieza and Pete Woods
Legion of Super-Heroes #1 – Paul Levitz and Francis Portela
Mister Terrific #1 – Eric Wallace and Roger Robinson
Nightwing #1 – Kyle Higgins and Eddy Barrows
OMAC #1 – Dan Didio, Keith Giffen and Scott Koblish
Red Hood and the Outlaws #1 – Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort
Resurrection Man #1 – Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Fernando Dagnino
The Savage Hawkman #1 – Tony Daniel and Philip Tan
Sgt. Rock and the Men of War #1 – Ivan Brandon and Tom Derenick
Static Shock #1 – John Rozum and Scott McDaniel
Stormwatch #1 – Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepulveda
Suicide Squad #1 – Adam Glass and Marco Rudy
Superboy #1 – Scott Lobdell, R.B. Silva and Rob Lean
Supergirl #1 – Michael Green, Mike Johnson and Mahmud Asrar
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1 – George Perez and Jesus Morino
Swamp Thing #1 – Scott Snyder and Yannick Paquette
Teen Titans #1 – Scott Lobdell, Brett Booth and Norm Rapmund
Voodoo #1 – Ron Marz and Sami Basri
Wonder Woman #1 – Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang

 

[Misfit Toy]

Interesting,

This September, New York Times bestselling writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN) joins with sensational artist Rags Morales to bring you tales of The Man of Tomorrow unlike any you’ve ever read before in ACTION COMICS #1. This momentous first issue will set in motion the history of the DC Universe as Superman defends a world that doesn’t trust their first Super Hero.

So I guess the JSA don't exist?

I wonder if we're back to the JSA existing on a different Earth...

 

[Hound of UIster]

Blackhawks #1 – Mike Costa and Ken Lashley - At least somebody at the big 2 decided to give Costa a shot. His work on GI Joe Cobra is fantastic.

Demon Knights #1 – Paul Cornell, Diogenes Neves and Oclair Albert
Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #1 – Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli
Green Lantern: Red Lanterns #1 – Peter Milligan and Ed Benes
Justice League Dark #1 – Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin
Swamp Thing #1 – Scott Snyder and Yannick Paquette
Wonder Woman #1 – Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang

The magic, supernatural and horror corner of DC stand to benefit the most from the reboot, they seem to get the best talent from DC.

 

[JoeZhang]

Interesting,

This September, New York Times bestselling writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN) joins with sensational artist Rags Morales to bring you tales of The Man of Tomorrow unlike any you’ve ever read before in ACTION COMICS #1. This momentous first issue will set in motion the history of the DC Universe as Superman defends a world that doesn’t trust their first Super Hero.

So I guess the JSA don't exist?

I wonder if we're back to the JSA existing on a different Earth...

I'll be amazed if there are specific alternative earths going forward as that seems to go against the broad direction of this revamp.

 

[scnj]

I'll be checking out:

Batman #1 – Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
Catwoman #1 – Judd Winick and Guillem March
Detective Comics #1 – Tony Daniel
Justice League Dark #1 – Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin
Suicide Squad #1 – Adam Glass and Marco Rudy
Swamp Thing #1 – Scott Snyder and Yannick Paquette