DC Rebooting Entire Comic Universe (again)

IMO, the entire US comic industry needs to take a cue from the Japanese manga industry. Make a great story, actually give a satisfying end, then, move on.

 

Wow, Jim Lee is co-publisher at DC now? Still remember how popular he was back in early 90s doing X-Men etc.

 

Do people still buy comic books? What's the whole point of this?

Will the studios also reboot everything?

 

Anybody here sick of Super-hero movies??? I'll keep my Superman II and you can have the other ones....

 

Does anyone remember a comic book, with some dude that could heal himself with nanites or bs? He had lighting bolts in his hair like Michael Irvin but on both sides.

He also had a red circle on his chest that was from an operation to give him his powers.

Any clue?

 

Sounds like an Image Comic from the mid 90s.

 

Impulse?

 

Him and Claremont combined helped turn X-Men mainstream.

 

Nah, that's not it.

 

you are obviously referring to freakazoid

 

It's actually Bloodshot.

 

I agree- most of the stories are contrived and aimed at/get interrupted by huge yearly mega-crossovers. Stuff like the Planet Hulk run in Hulk is what I like.

 

Some of the DC reboots are releasing today at your local comic shop, If you haven't picked up the Justice League #1, they did a second run, might want to check your local shop if in stocked...

Action Comics #1

Animal Man #1

Bat Girl #1

Batwing #1

Detective Comics #1

Green Arrow #1

Hawk and Dove #1

Men Of War #1

O.M.A.C #1

Static Shock #1

Storm Watcher #1

Swamp Thing #1

 

I buy indie comics a lot. There are always tons of new comics and graphic novels that need to be read before Hollywood ruins them on the screen.

 

They need to go totally digital, and deliver animated comics on mobile devices....

DD

 

i got JL#1 on the iPad yesterday. I've always been more of a Marvel guy but it was interesting and I would buy more.

I'm catching up on this "Flashpoint" stuff. It seems like "House of M".

 

I tried their [Marvel] Online thing. . . They need to work on the interface.
It does not have the same feel. They also have a very spotty collection.
I was wondering how it would work on a Kindle or something like that
They need to make the decision to DIGITIZE every comic they make going forward. [should have about 10 yrs ago!]

The main issues I had was the time of loading between pages. The inability
to see the whole page [or in some cases two pages] at once in a legible way.

BUT
I agree with you. I think they worry about them being shared and them
losing money. I think will forever need paper for the COLLECTORS

When I was a kid . . comics cost 75 centers
I think if they could get back to that with downloads
[which would KILL alot of cost imo]
I would think about starting a again . ..
getting my kid a subscription etc.

Rocket River

 

Is there a back-issue subscription service for DC like there is for Marvel? I can't find it if it exists.

RR- when did you try the Marvel service? It seems like they add more every day, like they have a full time person scanning them in. I'm with you- paper comics just cost too much. However, you can get cheap bundles at Half-Price books or flea markets.

 

BTW - I hate how DC seems to constantly paint itself into a corner with their characters
So they just turn around and REBOOT.
Their Ambiguity was always an issue for me too

No consistancy

Rocket River