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There's No Stopping Them Now...Again (DC's renumbering)
John C:
For those who are somehow even behind me on the comic news curve (though I guess you folks in the Midwest might have an excuse), DC is apparently...uhm...
OK, first, and nearest-and-dearest to our hearts, I imagine, they're going digital:
http://skattertech.com/2011/06/dc-comics-announces-day-and-date-digital-distribution/
In simple English, starting in September, all DC books will be available digitally on the day of release. This gives them parity with pirate versions except for the price, so I'm very interested to see how this affects (a) sales and (b) piracy. I'm also interested in their distribution platform, of course. Oh, and let's watch what happens to Diamond with a serious chunk of sales completely bypassing them.
But wait, as they say on commercials, that's not all!
Turns out that September will also see an end to the DCU for a full reboot.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-06-01-dc-comics-why-the-change_n.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-05-31-dc-comics-reinvents_n.htm
I see a surprising number of blatant missed opportunities, here, but I guess I'll see how it pans out. However, c'mon, you're rebooting the entire thing and the best idea you had was to just use the same characters in pretty much the same situations? And for such minimal changes, I really hate the Jim Lee designs. Like, a lot.
Anyway, looks like strange things are afoot. Or maybe just an ankle.
jfglade:
The thing that struck me as oddest was seeing Aquaman referenced as one of the "A listers," and I've been an Aquaman fan since the mid-fifties. It looks like Dido and company are hoping if they say something loudly enough, someone might believe it. Well, perhaps when all of the re-reinventing is over, we'll finally have an Aquaman I recognize again.
Yoc:
I haven't read any Marvel Ultimate but is this just a DC Ultimate reboot?
Sounds like just another lame year long 'event' with a twist. I doubt it will discourage the pirates much who pride themselves on not only scanning them the day they come out but doing a 'superior' scan to anyone else. If the DC scans were somehow free maybe then they'd stop.
OtherEric:
My reaction? "Oh, good. It's been nearly a year and a half since the last Legion of Super-Heroes #1, we're due." :P
Seriously: This will be the SIXTH first issue of LSH. And that's not counting annuals, spin-offs, when Superboy changed titles, the book based on the animated series, or the one time when the main book was simply started (at #1) as "The Legion". I personally think that, unlike all the other books, they should add up all the Legion numberings and have it be the only one with a high number.
philcom55:
They probably think this will make a convenient 'jumping on' point for new readers. Fortunately it also makes a good 'jumping off' point for older ones!
- Phil Rushton
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