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[Dalek]

http://www.newsarama.com/27666-didio-teases-rebirth-for-dc-comics.html

DC Co-Publishers Dan Didio and Jim Lee have tweeted out an ominious image with the word "Rebirth" over a set of blue curtains, with the DC Comics trademark below. Take a look:

Given sales attrition of their line since 2011's "New 52" relaunch and the wholesale embracing of frequent title and line relaunches by market leader and DC's closest rival Marvel Comics, speculaton will immediately turn to some sort of large-scale relaunch on DC's part this year.

https://twitter.com/dandidio1/status/690640882182283265/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Mod Edit:

DC talks Rebirth

"Rebirth" starts in "DC Universe Rebirth," an 80-page one-shot scheduled for release on May 25, written by Johns and illustrated by artists Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis, Gary Frank and Phil Jimenez.

With "Rebirth," the mainline DC Universe titles will be renumbered with new #1s -- except for "Action Comics" and "Detective Comics," the two longest-running series in DC's lineup, which will return to their original numbering at #957 and #934, respectively. All DCU books will return to a $2.99 price point (currently their lineup is split between $3.99 and $2.99 single issues), and select core titles (details to come on exactly which) will shift to a twice-monthly schedule.

The full lineup of DC Rebirth books:

June:

Rebirth Specials:

AQUAMAN REBIRTH #1
BATMAN REBIRTH #1
THE FLASH REBIRTH #1
GREEN ARROW REBIRTH #1
GREEN LANTERNS REBIRTH #1
SUPERMAN REBIRTH #1
TITANS REBIRTH #1
WONDER WOMAN REBIRTH #1

New #1 Issues (Shipping twice monthly):

AQUAMAN #1
BATMAN #1
THE FLASH #1
GREEN ARROW #1
GREEN LANTERNS #1
SUPERMAN #1
WONDER WOMAN #1

New Issues (Shipping twice monthly):

ACTION COMICS #957
DETECTIVE COMICS #934

July

Rebirth Specials:

BATGIRL & THE BIRDS OF PREY REBIRTH #1
HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS REBIRTH #1
THE HELLBLAZER REBIRTH #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE REBIRTH #1
NIGHTWING REBIRTH #1
RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS REBIRTH #1

New #1 Issues (Shipping twice monthly):

HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
NIGHTWING #1

New #1 Issues (Shipping monthly):

BATGIRL #1
BATGIRL & THE BIRDS OF PREY #1
THE HELLBLAZER #1
RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS #1
THE SUPER-MAN #1
TITANS #1

Fall

Rebirth Specials:

BATMAN BEYOND REBIRTH #1
BLUE BEETLE REBIRTH #1
CYBORG REBIRTH #1
DEATHSTROKE REBIRTH #1
EARTH 2 REBIRTH #1
SUICIDE SQUAD REBIRTH #1
SUPERGIRL REBIRTH #1
TEEN TITANS REBIRTH #1
TRINITY REBIRTH #1

New #1 Issues (Shipping twice monthly):

CYBORG #1
DEATHSTROKE #1
HARLEY QUINN #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #1
SUICIDE SQUAD #1

New #1 Issues (Shipping monthly):

BATMAN BEYOND #1
BLUE BEETLE #1
EARTH 2 #1
GOTHAM ACADEMY: NEXT SEMESTER #1
SUPERGIRL #1
SUPERWOMAN #1
SUPER SONS #1
TEEN TITANS #1
TRINITY #1

 

[mclem]

That design puts me in mind of a smile. Something Joker-y? Anyone else with a distinctly toothy mouth?

 

[MHWilliams]

Hopefully, they aren't rebooting again. Kills any new readership they've gained.

 

[MartyStu]

Hopefully, they aren't rebooting again. Kills any new readership they've gained.

They aren't.

They are renumbering though, and that is still pretty harmful to retention.

I just need them to get rid of Lobdell.

 

[torre_avenue]

I know it is Bleeding Cool, so take it with a mountain of salt, but they're saying it'll be a relaunch with new issue #1s, aimed at being more accessible for the DCCU audience.

And the new line even more dominated with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn/Suicide Squad-related titles.

Anything tying in with a film and/or TV show like Flash, Green Arrow will be okay, anything that’s not is less so. I haven’t heard about Green Lantern...

 

[Malvingt2]

N52=failure if relaunching

 

[MHWilliams]

They aren't.

They are renumbering though, and that is still pretty harmful to retention.

I just need them to get rid of Loebdel.

Yeah, line-wide re-numbering with a creative team shake up is bound to kill readership just as well.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Whatever it is, I doubt the amount of titles will stay at 52

 

[Ceallach]

Have they fired Dan DiDio and Geoff Johns yet?

Then it'll be more trash and silver age circle jerking.

 

[Mudcrab]

The All New, All Different DCYou Nu52

Have they fired Dan DiDio and Geoff Johns yet?

Then it'll be more trash and silver age circle jerking.

I'm afraid I have bad news

 

[Dalek]

They aren't.

They are renumbering though, and that is still pretty harmful to retention.

I just need them to get rid of Lobdell.

Jurgens too please.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

 

[Dalek]

The DC Explosion? Wow.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

The DC Explosion? Wow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Implosion

 

[Septimus Prime]

Rebirth, huh? So what they're saying is someone is Dead No More, then?

 

[Slayven]

N52=failure if relaunching

If it isn't a failure it is rpetty much a dud.

NU52 started with "Remember the 90s?"

 

[shoreu]

#letskillBarryAllen

 

[Ceallach]

If it isn't a failure it is rpetty much a dud.

NU52 started with "Remember the 90s?"

Hardly. All of the 90s characters have been treated like shit. One of the reasons I only pull bat books from DC.

 

[guek]

I know it is Bleeding Cool, so take it with a mountain of salt, but they're saying it'll be a relaunch with new issue #1s, aimed at being more accessible for the DCCU audience.

This would be a depressing turn of events. I guess the gamble could work out though if the DCCU is as popular as the MCU.

 

[Ceallach]

This would be a depressing turn of events. I guess the gamble could work out though if the DCCU is as popular as the MCU.

BvS looks like a fucking dumpster fire.

 

[GravityInsanity]

Does this mean Superboy Prime has a chance of returning? It's been too damn long now.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

This would be a depressing turn of events. I guess the gamble could work out though if the DCCU is as popular as the MCU.

Making the comics more like the movies/TV shows has failed 99% of the time and shown over and over that there's virtually no correlation between the people who watch the movies/TV shows and read the comic books. You would think DC, who has a team of market researchers, would know this.

*The one exception is the Adam West Batman show, which brought in a ton of new comic readers when they made the comic like the show. Temporarily at least, because sales plummeted when the show's popularity declined.

 

[Slayven]

Hardly. All of the 90s characters have been treated like shit. One of the reasons I only pull bat books from DC.

Not the characters, all the 90s writers and artists they brought in

 

[Dalek]

Not the characters, all the 90s writers and artists they brought in

Brett Booth-the poor man's Liefeld shitting up The Flash for the past few years.

 

[besada]

I'm okay with wiping nu52 from the face of the Earth and starting again.

 

[guek]

BvS looks like a fucking dumpster fire.

I'm not the most optimistic guy when it comes to BvS but luckily it's not the only DCCU movie in the pipeline. Suicide Squad looks great and Wonder Woman could possibly follow suit. It's not like all the early MCU films were as good as Iron Man.

 

[Hagi]

If it isn't a failure it is rpetty much a dud.

NU52 started with "Remember the 90s?"

"Geoff Johns Desert Island Discs" seems more fitting to me.

 

[Elginer]

I know it is Bleeding Cool, so take it with a mountain of salt, but they're saying it'll be a relaunch with new issue #1s, aimed at being more accessible for the DCCU audience.

Doesn't this happen every 4 years or so. Fuck am so sick of this.

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

Hardly. All of the 90s characters have been treated like shit. One of the reasons I only pull bat books from DC.

Nineties tone applied to silver age characters, then.

 

[Slayven]

Guys can we keep the movie talk to a minium and just keep shitting on Johns and Didio?

I'm okay with wiping nu52 from the face of the Earth and starting again.

You are a cold cold man

Nineties tone applied to silver age characters, then.

Yeah that is what I was going for.

 

[Memento Mori]

Doesn't this happen every 4 years or so. Fuck am so sick of this.

To be fair DC haven't renumbered all their books since 2011, Marvel does it like once a month.

 

[guek]

To be fair DC haven't renumbered all their books since 2011, Marvel does it like once a month.

As someone who exclusively reads TPBs instead of issues, I've never seen the problem with this

 

[hal9001]

Jonathan Hickman will take over Batman.

Do it.

 

[shoreu]

I know it is Bleeding Cool, so take it with a mountain of salt, but they're saying it'll be a relaunch with new issue #1s, aimed at being more accessible for the DCCU audience.

This would be a depressing turn of events. I guess the gamble could work out though if the DCCU is as popular as the MCU.

They tried this with Green arrow and it failed so i hope they don't do it again.

 

[Sou Da]

I know it is Bleeding Cool, so take it with a mountain of salt, but they're saying it'll be a relaunch with new issue #1s, aimed at being more accessible for the DCCU audience.

I don't want to see Jim Lee try to translate even more complex costumes to comics. Seriously, he's one of three artists they have that can competently draw that fucking Superman armor he made.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Doesn't this happen every 4 years or so. Fuck am so sick of this.

You're thinking of Marvel and it's twice a year.

 

[Elginer]

To be fair DC haven't renumbered all their books since 2011, Marvel does it like once a month.

Please, don't remind me /facepalm.

 

[Hagi]

Jonathan Hickman will take over Batman.

Do it.

You'll get Scott Lobdell and like it

 

[shoreu]

I'm okay with wiping nu52 from the face of the Earth and starting again.

No!!!!

 

[jackdoe]

Hopefully, the changes aren't the result of an event like the original New 52 or the All-New, All-Different Marvel.

 

[Hagi]

If the Shazam film is actually getting made then we might finally get a good solo book so there's that at least.

 

[Sou Da]

You'll get Scott Lobdell and like it

How is the slaughterh- Teen Titans titles these days?

 

[NumberTwo]

I have my own issues with the Nu52 but I hope this isn't a complete reboot. With DC headquarters recently having moved to the West Coast to be closer to the people creating their cinematic universe, this very well may be.

At the very least, I hope we get more compelling Superman/Green Lantern books out of it.

 

[wamberz1]

I know it is Bleeding Cool, so take it with a mountain of salt, but they're saying it'll be a relaunch with new issue #1s, aimed at being more accessible for the DCCU audience.

pls no

 

[kirblar]

DC resetting again? Must be Wednesday.

 

[adj_noun]

Found Waldo.

 

[Hagi]

How is the slaughterh- Teen Titans titles these days?

No bueno.

Justice League and Justice League 3000 are the only good team books they have that I can think of though. We might actually get a decent creative team for Suicide Squad but I doubt it.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Even if they relaunch with #1s, it's not like they're going to be like "HEY THE OLD DC UNIVERSE IS BACK!" They're not going to go "Hey, we know people starting connecting with Barbara as a fun character, but OH WELL we're going to shove her back into that wheelchair and remind you again that she was potentially raped!" Like of course not.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

For me DC died with 52. I loved and lived it before the event. Then DC shit on everything and deleted or ruined every character and book I cared about.

Shits made me bitter.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I think we can all agree that the most important question is "what about Cyborg?"