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Post by Action Ace on Sept 13, 2015 19:03:09 GMT -5
The full solicitations won't be up until Monday, but a few items have been made public. Robin War will see a crossover among many Bat Family titles. Also mentioned is a new Harley Quinn title to get more sales out of DC's second most popular character at the moment. 5 titles have been cancelled and I'm a little surprised by Justice League United being one of them. I wonder if it was a "writer leaving and we can't find someone new so let's just do something else" cancellation. I didn't read the other four so feel free to blame me for their fate.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2015 19:09:01 GMT -5
All 5 are bottom feeders on the sales list, despite some being quality books, so no surprises there. Short leashes are the norm in the austerity regime of the new DC it seems.
The 5
Lobo
Omega Men
JLU
Gotham by Midnight
and the self-fulfilling prophecy title: Doomed.
I liked what I saw of Gotham by Midnight but kind of knew as soon as Templesmith was gone it was going to die. I've heard good things about Omega Men (especially from our own Fanboy Stranger) and was considering checking out the first trade, so we will see how it shakes out as collections now.
-M
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 13, 2015 19:45:52 GMT -5
From the July 2015 Sales Charts
#175 Lobo (cancelled)
#174 Prez (ending at issue #6 instead of #12)
#150 All-Star Section 8 (miniseries)
#147 Omega Men (cancelled)
#146 Doomed (cancelled)
#139 Gotham by Midnight (cancelled)
#138 Bat-Mite (mini series)
#129 Midnighter (IT LIVES!)
#122 Bizarro (mini series)
#120 Justice League 3001 (that this one got a second series and keeps going is a surprise to me)
#118 Catwoman (retooled)
#116 Gotham Academy (I think DC will try every trick in the book to keep this one going)
#115 Secret Six
#114 Dr. Fate
#113 Sinestro
#112 Justice League United (cancelled)
#104 Green Arrow
#103 Martian Manhunter (this one and Dr. Fate are through just 2 issues and already out of the Top 100)
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Post by Golddragon71 on Sept 14, 2015 0:51:23 GMT -5
Hopefully Lobo's Final Issue will have the REAL Main Man Return and Kick that pretty Boy pretender's @$$!!!!   |
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 14, 2015 18:47:54 GMT -5
And now a bit of Breaking News as the solicitations hit... Cancelled titles up to eightJoining the cancellations is Green Lantern: The Lost Army, which is now retroactively a six issue mini series with the fate of the characters left to a future storyline. The other two are digital first comics Batman'66 and Sensation Comics. I'm very sad to see Batman'66 go, but it will have a mini series with The Man From UNCLE for the next six months. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2015 18:51:28 GMT -5
And now a bit of Breaking News as the solicitations hit... Cancelled titles up to eightJoining the cancellations is Green Lantern: The Lost Army, which is now retroactively a six issue mini series with the fate of the characters left to a future storyline. The other two are digital first comics Batman'66 and Sensation Comics. I'm very sad to see Batman'66 go, but it will have a mini series with The Man From UNCLE for the next six months. Holy meat and potatoes Batman, what deviltry is this? Back to all grim all gritty DC for the foreseeable future I guess. Makes it easier for their artists, you only need one facial expression. -M |
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 14, 2015 19:08:33 GMT -5
DC COMICS Solicitations for December 2015my order should look like this Batman '66 Batman "66 Meets The Man From UNCLE Robin War Grayson Detective Comics We Are Robin Robin: Son of Batman Teen Titans Justice League Justice League of America Cyborg Justice League United Aquaman Dr. Fate Earth 2: Society Flash Justice League 3001 Martian Manhunter Wonder Woman Superman: American Alien Action Comics Batman/ Superman Superman/ Wonder Woman Superman/ Wonder Woman Annual Superman Superman Annual Batman Batgirl Green Lantern Sinestro Sensation Comics Astro City Showcase Presents Batman Volume 6 32 comics and a trade
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2015 19:27:55 GMT -5
I did not see this coming! ... It is any good? |
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 14, 2015 19:30:12 GMT -5
I did not see this coming! ... It is any good? Jeff Parker is writing it, so I'd list the odds at "better than average." |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2015 19:32:56 GMT -5
I did not see this coming! ... It is any good? Jeff Parker is writing it, so I'd list the odds at "better than average." I'm going to check it out through Online and thanks for telling me this info. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 14, 2015 21:04:05 GMT -5
I was massively disappointed at the solicits... no more Sensation Comics... Batgirl sounds like it's going to continue to turn badly... and a stupid Robin crossover that is sucking in Gotham Academy and Teen Titans? Blah. I'll stick with Gotham Academy since my daughter likes it, but the rest are probably toast.
Glad to see they're done with the Brother Eye nonsense in Batman Beyond, but I really don't think I can care about Tim Drake in the future. I think the only think I'm actually excited about is Dick and Kori finally interacting in New 52 land.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2015 9:07:57 GMT -5
I was massively disappointed at the solicits... no more Sensation Comics... Batgirl sounds like it's going to continue to turn badly... and a stupid Robin crossover that is sucking in Gotham Academy and Teen Titans? Blah. I'll stick with Gotham Academy since my daughter likes it, but the rest are probably toast. I'm kinda sad to see Sensation Comics to be let go ... I'm very disappointed in this! |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Sept 15, 2015 15:11:42 GMT -5
On the plus side (for me), none of the titles axed were ones I was getting. But since they can retroactively make ongoing series into minis, how about making Bat-Mite and Bizarro into ongoing series?
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 15, 2015 18:38:53 GMT -5
A poster commented elsewhere that a DC Spokesman will come out next year and say that the New 52 titles were always designed to go just 52 issues.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 15, 2015 21:40:32 GMT -5
I think you're probably kidding, but this wouldn't surprise me in the least. To be honest, I'd be a little surprised if they didn't do something to mark the 52nd issue of the ones that make it.
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