#January2012

Post-52 Relaunch: DC’s Coulda/Woulda/Shoulda!

The DC relaunch has left most of us unscathed – the comics are generally pretty good, the continuity is a bit cleaner, and some casual fans have now hopped into the paneled-abyss with the rest of us. Considering the level of trepidation surrounding the reboot, I’d say it’s been a success thus far.

But that doesn’t mean that everything is as rad as it could be.

If you want to see how the Justice League should have been redesigned, hit the jump and check out the fine work of Codyssey.

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Comic Book Fans Pissed About Batman Reboot. Back In 1987.

Us comic book fans. We kvetch. We did a lot of it regarding the DC ‘New 52’, and we’re following in grand footsteps. Apparently there were people pissed about the Batman reboot. Back in 1987, over Batman: Year One, a story now considered one of the defining tales in the Bat-Man Mythos.

Hit the jump to check it out.

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Wolverine’s Take On Superman’s New Costume. Courtesy The Awesome Phil Noto.

Phil Noto continously drops awesome artwork for free.99 over on his Tumblr. He dropped this gem leading up to the DC ‘New 52’ yesterday, while cheering on DC’s effort. Recognizing you know, it could help the entire industry. If it succeeds.

Hit the jump to check it out.

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Here’s The Rundown Of All The DC ‘New 52’ Logos.

DC’s revealed all the logos for the titles coming into existence in a couple of weeks as part of their ‘New 52’. Some of them are the same, some of them are pretty dope, and then ones like Captain Atom are impressively awful.

Hit the jump to check them out.

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DC’s ‘New 52’ Getting Huge Initial Launch Orders. JLA #1 Past 200,000.

Initial orders and copies sold aren’t the same. Initial orders of enormous flagship titles aren’t indicative of how smaller titles of that publisher will sell, nor if the flagship will sustain the orders after the hype. Even with that in mind, I’m impressed at the initial orders for DC’s ‘New 52’ titles.

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