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[QUOTE=Nick Miller;1458316]i don't think its sad at all
Those are DC's best concepts[/QUOTE]
I don't think they are, or at least, they aren't to me. They are DC's most enduring concepts, but they tend to be middle-of-the-road books, for the most part. Every now and then you might get something like Brubaker's [i]Catwoman[/i], but the bulk of [i]Catwoman[/i] issues throughout the years are mostly cookie-cutter comics. I'd rather see something different that takes chances. When you look at books that change the medium or at least bring something new to it, they don't tend to sell well at the time, but they become favorites over time, generally long after they've been cancelled. The average issues of average books tend to be forgotten, even if they sold spectacularly as monthly issues.
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[QUOTE=GlennSimpson;1459547]Yes, but...[/QUOTE]
...anyway.
It is telling, DC has ZERO characters and concepts created after the 60s that can [B]currently[/B] carry a book past #50.
As to what is in store for the 12 issues and how DC wants to "celebrate" them, maybe a banner across the top saying -
- [U]"In the past 50 years, we haven't created a single new character or concept that can now go past [B]#50! [/B]"[/U] - and as acknowledgment use the old 60s vintage checkerboard cover-dress across the top of all 12 listed.
[QUOTE=Thomas Crown;1457824]...all the books that will reach 50 issues...
- Superman
- Action Comics
- Batman
- Detective Comics
- Justice League
- Catwoman
- Batgirl
- Green Lantern
- Wonder Woman
- The Flash
- Aquaman
- Green Arrow[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://www.printmag.com/wp-content/uploads/DC-COMICS-GO-GO-CHECKS-AD0001.jpg[/IMG]
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We're not there yet! Let's not jinx it. 6 months to go!
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[QUOTE=Güicho;1459657]Anyone have a list of the [B]40 dead?[/B][/QUOTE]
Animal Man
Batwing
Hawk and Dove
Justice League International
Men of War
OMAC
Static Shock
Stormwatch
Swamp Thing
Batman and Robin
Batwoman
Deathstroke
Demon Knights
Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.
Grifter
Legion Lost
Mister Terrific
Red Lanterns
Resurrection Man
Suicide Squad
Superboy
Birds of Prey
Blue Beetle
Captain Atom
DC Universe Presents
Green Lantern Corps
Legion of Super-Heroes
Nightwing
Red Hood and the Outlaws
Supergirl
All-Star Western
Batman: The Dark Knight
Blackhawks
Fury of Firestorm
Green Lantern: New Guardians
I, Vampire
Justice League Dark
Savage Hawkman
Teen Titans
Voodoo
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Are we still only talking about the New52? Because it keeps sounding like it's being suggested that DC is unable to sustain any properties past 50 issues since the '60's -- as if every new title during the '70's, '80's, and '90's couldn't last until #50 -- which simply isn't true.
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[QUOTE]DC Universe Presents, Mister Terrific[/QUOTE]
Ah, i don't even remember those ones lol.
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[QUOTE=Air Wave;1459742]Animal Man
Batwing
Hawk and Dove
Justice League International
Men of War
OMAC
Static Shock
Stormwatch
Swamp Thing
Batman and Robin
Batwoman
Deathstroke
Demon Knights
Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.
Grifter
Legion Lost
Mister Terrific
Red Lanterns
Resurrection Man
Suicide Squad
Superboy
Birds of Prey
Blue Beetle
Captain Atom
DC Universe Presents
Green Lantern Corps
Legion of Super-Heroes
Nightwing
Red Hood and the Outlaws
Supergirl
All-Star Western
Batman: The Dark Knight
Blackhawks
Fury of Firestorm
Green Lantern: New Guardians
I, Vampire
Justice League Dark
Savage Hawkman
Teen Titans
Voodoo[/QUOTE]
You know...
They [I]could[/I] just bring them all back for one month and number them all #50.
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The only thing I can say is that I seriously hope that we get a new creative team for Green Arrow before this happens.
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[QUOTE=Lee Stone;1459788]You know...
They [I]could[/I] just bring them all back for one month and number them all #50.[/QUOTE]
That would actually be pretty cool. Pick up things as if the stories had continued on, just unchronicled -- I'd def check out most of them.
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[QUOTE=Güicho;1459688]...anyway.
It is telling, DC has ZERO characters and concepts created after the 60s that can [B]currently[/B] carry a book past #50.
[/QUOTE]
Actually, we don't know that they can or can't. Only that they currently aren't.
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[QUOTE=Ishmael;1459796]That would actually be pretty cool. Pick up things as if the stories had continued on, just unchronicled -- I'd def check out most of them.[/QUOTE]
If we're going to do a shout-out to old series, then yeah, I'd say #52 would be the place to do it.
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[QUOTE=Ishmael;1459780]Are we still only talking about the New52? Because it keeps sounding like it's being suggested that DC is unable to sustain any properties past 50 issues since the '60's -- as if every new title during the '70's, '80's, and '90's couldn't last until #50 -- which simply isn't true.[/QUOTE]Personally, I don't think that DC is unable to sustain any properties past 50 issues, but the way the market is today, I question if enough [B][U]buyers[/U][/B] are willing to give books that don't have the bigger guns in them enough of a chance.
Besides, we're living in an age where the Marvel-mentality seems to dominate: renumber a series when it starts reaching double-digit issue numbers at every chance you get. People who weren't following DC prior to September 2011 may not realize a major comic book company can do things [I]differently[/I] than Marvel.
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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;1460113]Personally, I don't think that DC is unable to sustain any properties past 50 issues, but the way the market is today, I question if enough [B][U]buyers[/U][/B] are willing to give books that don't have the bigger guns in them enough of a chance.
Besides, we're living in an age where the Marvel-mentality seems to dominate: renumber a series when it starts reaching double-digit issue numbers at every chance you get. People who weren't following DC prior to September 2011 may not realize a major comic book company can do things [I]differently[/I] than Marvel.[/QUOTE]
Well, DC hasn't done much of that. Teen Titans was renumbered under the same title. Suicide Squad was renumbered as "New Suicide Squad". There was a significant amount of time between the two Deathstroke series..
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[QUOTE=GlennSimpson;1460122]Well, DC hasn't done much of that. Teen Titans was renumbered under the same title. Suicide Squad was renumbered as "New Suicide Squad". There was a significant amount of time between the two Deathstroke series..[/QUOTE]I wasn't saying DC had been doing that: I was saying [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]Marvel[/COLOR][/B] tends to do that early-and-often.
DC has [I]sometimes[/I] done things like that, but not with the frequency Marvel has.
(And don't forget [I][COLOR="#FF0000"]Red Hood & the Outlaws[/COLOR][/I] > [I][COLOR="#FF0000"]Red Hood and Arsenal[/COLOR][/I] with [I][COLOR="#800080"]Starfire[/COLOR][/I] getting her own separate title.)
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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;1460144]I wasn't saying DC had been doing that: I was saying [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]Marvel[/COLOR][/B] tends to do that early-and-often.
DC has [I]sometimes[/I] done things like that, but not with the frequency Marvel has.
(And don't forget [I][COLOR="#FF0000"]Red Hood & the Outlaws[/COLOR][/I] > [I][COLOR="#FF0000"]Red Hood and Arsenal[/COLOR][/I] with [I][COLOR="#800080"]Starfire[/COLOR][/I] getting her own separate title.)[/QUOTE]
I was responding to this:
"People who weren't following DC prior to September 2011 may not realize a major comic book company can do things differently than Marvel."
I'd say even people who are only following DC since September 2011 would also see a difference.