DC Universe official streaming service details

[Robanker]

Used the app to reread Geoff Johns' GL run and the GL Corps run that ran alongside it. Forgot just how much fun those were up until Brightest Day.

[Frontier]

Used the app to reread Geoff Johns' GL run and the GL Corps run that ran alongside it. Forgot just how much fun those were up until Brightest Day.

Johns and Tomasi were really on their game and in-sync back then .

[Lee Stone]

More books read:

Future Quest #5
Doom Patrol (2016) #2
Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #1
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133

And I watched the latest episode of Doom Patrol.

[Lee Stone]

More reading:

Future Quest #6
Shade the Changing Girl #2
Doom Patrol (2016) #3
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134

[Lee Stone]

More reading:

Mother Panic (2016) #1
Batman #401
Detective Comics #568
Man of Steel (1986) #4

[Lee Stone]

Golden Age comics featuring the JSA and its members available on DCUniverse currently:

Action Comics #1-105
All-American Comics #16
All-Star Comics #3-38, 50, 51, 54-57
Batman #1-46, 59
Comic Cavalcade #1-13

Detective Comics #27, 28, 30, 32, 34-110, 112-132, 200
Flash Comics #1
Green Lantern #10
More Fun Comics #73, 75-78
New York World's Fair #2

Sensation Comics #1-48
Superman #1, 34-43, 76
Wonder Woman #1-15
World's Finest Comics #1-3, 7-32, 71-75

[smallo]

Golden Age comics featuring the JSA and its members available on DCUniverse currently:

Action Comics #1-105
All-American Comics #16
All-Star Comics #3-38, 50, 51, 54-57
Batman #1-46, 59
Comic Cavalcade #1-13

Detective Comics #27, 28, 30, 32, 34-110, 112-132, 200
Flash Comics #1
Green Lantern #10
More Fun Comics #73, 75-78
New York World's Fair #2

Sensation Comics #1-48
Superman #1, 34-43, 76
Wonder Woman #1-15
World's Finest Comics #1-3, 7-32, 71-75

Online sources are somewhat unclear...is plan to eventually have complete golden age library on service?

[Frontier]

I wonder if part of the reason DC is cutting back on trades is because they now have so much on DC Universe?

[Lee Stone]

Online sources are somewhat unclear...is plan to eventually have complete golden age library on service?

Plan is to have a near complete library on service.
Basically every DC Universe comic that goes to Comixology will go there.
With the exception that new comics will wait a year before coming to the service.

This does not include Vertigo or comics that are only available in collections.
However, DC Comics is allowing DC Universe to carry a few Vertigo titles to support the Doom Patrol and Swamp Thing shows.

They currently have all of the comics older than one year available on Comixology on DC Universe app.
New comics will be added as follows:

New release comics come to the app one year after publication. April 2018 comics were all added this week to reach the one-year point.
Next week, they'll be releasing the first week of May 2018 comics.

Old/classic comics get added to the app the Tuesday after they get added to Comixology. DC Comics adds new digital comics of their back catalog to Comixology every Thursday. Usually about a dozen or so comics.
They've been working through their back catalog at a steady pace for the past eight years.

But right now...
Every non-Vertigo comic on Comixology that's from April 2018 or before is on the app.
With the Doom Patrol (1987) series and Swamp Thing (1982) series as temporary per the deal between DC Comics and DC Universe.

As for the Golden Age stuff, DC's working through everything pretty evenly, but what gets digitized first is usually something of higher priority to them and is usually influenced by any current storylines or events.
They do try to keep things spread out, though, and offer something from different eras.

This last Thursday, DC Comics added these to Comixology:
America vs. the Justice Society (1985) #1
Deadman (1985) #1, 2
Detective Comics (1937) #366
Hourman (1999) #1
Justice League of America (1960) Annual #1
Lois Lane (1986) #1
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane (1958) #1
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (1981) #1-3

They will be added to DC Universe on Tuesday.

The books DC Comics digitzed the week before were added this week, on Tuesday, and they included the last issues of the 1966 Teen Titans series and the last issues of the 1958 Challengers of the Unknown series.
They only did the last storyline of Challengers, which co-starred Deadman and Swamp Thing, but they now have 49 issues of the Teen Titans series, which ran for 53 issues.
Issues 25-28 haven't been digitized for Comixology, yet.
Interestingly, they do have two more issues of Teen Titans on DC Universe than on Comixology, as 23 and 24 are on DC Universe but not on Comixology.

[Lee Stone]

I'm going to post this here to archive it.

This is an index I put together for the DC Universe forum to list all available Golden Age stories including the reprints of stories not available in their original comics.
It's sorted by character.

Justice Society of America

Originals:
All-Star Comics #3-38, 50, 51, 54-57

Reprints:
All-Star Comics #40 - "The Plight of a Nation" - Justice League of America (1960) #110
All- Star Comics #41 - "The Case of the Patriotic Crimes" - Justice League of America (1960) #113

Note: All-Star Comics #44 was reprinted in Justice League of America (1960) #115, but the digital version is missing that story.

Atom

Originals:
No issues available

Reprints:
Flash Comics #98 - "Terror Rides the Rails" - Justice League of America (1960) #99

Batman

Originals:
Batman #1-46, 59
Detective Comics #27, 28, 30, 32, 34-110, 112-132, 200
World's Finest Comics #1-3, 7-32, 71-75
New York World's Fair #2

Reprints:
Batman #48 - "The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave" - Batman (1940) #203
Batman #61 - "The Birth of the Bat-Plane II" - Batman (1940) #203
Batman #98 - "The Secret of the Batmobile" - Batman (1940) #203
Detective Comics #158 - "The 1,001 Trophies of Batman" - Batman (1940) #256
Detective Comics # 185 - "The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt" - Batman (1940) #203
Detective Comics #186 - "The Flying Batcave" - Batman (1940) #203

Black Canary

Originals:
No issues available

Reprints:
Flash Comics #86 - "The Black Canary" - Adventure Comics (1938) #416
Flash Comics #92 - "Huntress of the Highway" - Detective Comics (1937) #442

Dr. Fate

Originals:
More Fun Comics #73, 75-78

Reprints:
More Fun Comics #66 - no title - Detective Comics (1937) #439
More Fun Comics #67 - no title - Justice League of America (1960) #95
More Fun Comics #68 - no title - Detective Comics (1937) #442

Note: DC Universe has More Fun Comics #74 up (as a combo with #75), but it's missing the Dr. Fate story.

Dr. Mid-Nite

Originals:
No issues available

Reprints:
All-American Comics #25 - no title - Justice League of America (1960) #95
All-American Comics #101 - "The Case of the Talking Shadows" - Detective Comics (1937) #445

Flash

Originals:
Flash Comics #1
Comic Cavalcade #1-13

Reprints:
All-Flash #32 - "Duet of Danger" (Part 1 only) - Flash (1959) #160
Flash Comics #104 - "The Rival Flash" - Flash (1959) #211

Green Lantern

Originals:
All-American Comics #16
Comic Cavalcade #1-13
Green Lantern #10

Reprints:
All-American Comics #98 - "The End of Sports" - Detective Comics (1937) #443
Green Lantern #37 - "Too Many Suspects" - Detective Comics (1937) #440

Note: Green Lantern (1959) #86 and 89 reprinted stories but they weren't included in the digital versions.

Hawkman

Originals:
No issues available

Reprints:
Flash Comics #12 - no title - Hawkman (1964) #25
Flash Comics #71 - "Land of the Bird People" - Infinity, Inc. (1984) #4
Flash Comics #92 - "Riddle of the Clown" - Detective Comics (1937) #439

Note: Flash Comics (1940) #1 is available, but it's missing the Hawkman story.

Hourman

Originals:
New York World's Fair #2

Reprints:
Adventure Comics #48 - no title - Justice League of America (1960) #96

Johnny Thunder

Originals:
World's Finest Comics #1

Reprints:
Flash Comics #86 - "The Black Canary" - Adventure Comics (1938) #416

Note: Flash Comics (1940) #1 and World's Finest (1941) #2 and 3 are available, but they're missing the Johnny Thunder stories.

Mr. Terrific

Originals:
Sensation Comics #10-37, 39-48

Reprints:
No reprints available

Note: Sensation Comics #1-9 are available, but they're missing the Mr. Terrific stories. Mr. Terrific didn't appear in Sensation Comics #38.

Sandman

Originals:
New York World's Fair #2
World's Finest Comics #7

Reprints:
Adventure Comics #40 - no title - Justice League of America (1960) #94
Adventure Comics #51 - no title - Justice League of America (1960) #99
Adventure Comics #75 - "The Villain from Valhalla" - Forever People (1971) #6

Note: Detective Comics #76 is available, but doesn't include the Sandman story. Forever People #4, 5, 7-9 and Mister Miracle #5 had reprints of Sandman stories, but they're not included in the digital versions.

Spectre

Originals:
More Fun Comics #73

Reprints:
More Fun Comics #65 - no title - Detective Comics (1937) #443

Note: More Fun Comics #74-78 are available, but don't include the Spectre stories.

Starman

Originals:
No issues available

Reprints:
Adventure Comics #61 - no title - Justice League of America (1960) #94
Adventure Comics #92 - "The Three Comets" - Justice League of America (1960) #98

Superman

Originals:
Action Comics #1-105
Superman #1, 34-43, 76
World's Finest Comics #1-3, 7-32
New York World's Fair #2

Reprints: No reprints available.

Note: Superman #242 had a reprint, but it's not included in the digital version.

Wildcat

Originals:
Comic Cavalcade #1, 2
Sensation Comics #10-48

Reprints:
Sensation Comics #84 - "The Monkey's Circle" - Justice League of America (1960) #96

Note: Sensation Comics #1-9 are available, but they don't include the Wildcat stories.

Wonder Woman

Originals:
All-Star Comics #8
Comics Cavalcade #1-13
Sensation Comics #1-48
Wonder Woman #1-15

Reprints:
Wonder Woman #28 - "Villainy Incorporated" - Adventure Comics (1938) #416

Note: If anyone is surprised at the amount of content available for Mr. Terrific and Wildcat while characters like Flash, Hawkman and Green Lantern have very few comics... it's because DC digitized a large chunk of Sensation Comics when the Wonder Woman movie came out and they benefited from being featured in the title alongside her.

Resources used in compiling the index:

Mike's Amazing World of Comics
The Comics Archives

[Lee Stone]

I wonder if part of the reason DC is cutting back on trades is because they now have so much on DC Universe?

I don't think so.
I think they're treating DC Universe as just another outlet.

[Lee Stone]

More books read:

Justice League of America (1960) #99 - the GA Atom story only
Adventure Comics (1938) #416 - the GA Johnny Thunder/Black Canary story only
Detective Comics (1937) #442 - the GA Black Canary story only

[BatmanJones]

Loving your updates, @Lee Stone! If you're ever inclined to do so, would be great to hear which books you're enjoying.

Really excited to learn Hourman #1 (1999) is coming next week. Been waiting forever for DC to put this series out again. It's one of my favorites.

[Lee Stone]

Loving your updates, @Lee Stone! If you're ever inclined to do so, would be great to hear which books you're enjoying.

Really excited to learn Hourman #1 (1999) is coming next week. Been waiting forever for DC to put this series out again. It's one of my favorites.

Thanks!

One thing I really like about the service is the Lists.
I've made a list for just about every interest I have.
This helps me immensely because I can get tripped up easily just by not having an organized way to sort the comics.

Currently, I have 30 lists.
But most of them just have one comic as a place-holder to start the list.
When I read a comic, I'll add the next comic to be read for that 'topic' to the list.
So every list will essentially have all comics I've read for that 'topic' plus the next comic in queue.
That way, no matter what I'm in the mood for, when I open the list, the next comic to read for it will be readily available.

The only List I made an exception to is one I made for 'Who's Who '89'. This is just a list to keep all the 1989 Annuals that had Who's Who entries in. They currently have 9 of the 13 annuals up. And they're in this list.

Lists that are in the 'starting' phase and only have one comic:
Legion of Super-Heroes (Levitz)
New Teen Titans
Outsiders
Infinity, Inc.
Justice League of America (Detroit era)
Firestorm
Blue Devil
Blue Beetle
Booster Gold
Justice League International
Arion
Amethyst
Omega Men ('80s)
Justice League of America (Satellite era, starting with Firestorm joining)
Justice Society of America (Golden Age)
Seven Soldiers of Victory (Morrison)
Tangent Nightwing
Legion (DnA era)
DCAU
The Terrifics
Silver Age DCU

Lists I've started reading and have more issues in them:
Doom Patrol ('60s) -I've read 3
Justice League Dark -I've read 6
Fourth World -I've read 2
Young Animal -I've read 7
Future Quest -I've read 6
Post-Crisis DCU -I've read 6
DC Streets (basically Post-Crisis DCU with everything but Batman, Green Arrow, Question and Huntress filtered out) -I've read 2
Golden Age DCU -I've read 3

As for what I've enjoyed...

Doom Patrol ('60s) is good.

Justice League Dark was okay. I really didn't like it as much as I wanted to. Dropped.

Fourth World is good. I've read most of them already. But this is my first time reading the Jimmy Olsen comics.
I consider the Fourth World books an extension of Young Animal in spirit.

Young Animal... Reading these in order of publication... So far 3 issues of Doom Patrol, 2 issues of Shade the Changing Girl, and 1 issue each of Cave Carson and Mother Panic.
Enjoying Doom Patrol. Not really feeling it for Shade and dropped her. Cave Carson was okay, giving him one more issue. Mother Panic seems good so far.

Future Quest has been fun. Really like it. I'm reading these in tandem with Young Animal according to order of publication.

Post-Crisis DCU... I'm halfway through Man of Steel (like), and just started Batman and Detective (like and like). I've already read most of the Post-Crisis DCU as it was my DC Universe during the late '80s. I could read DC Comics from 1986 to 1994 (well, 1992) over and over again.

DC Streets... is the aforementioned Batman and Detective issues copied over to this list.

Golden Age DCU... I've read one GA Atom story and two GA Black Canary stories (one actually being a Johnny Thunder story)... the Atom story was okay. I never really cared for his later costume. And I was surprised that he didn't inform the girl at the end about the oil found on her land... I really enjoyed the Black Canary stories. Especially the second one where she hides her identity from Larry Lance by being friendly towards him as Black Canary and cold-hearted towards him as Dinah.

[Lee Stone]

More reading:

Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #2
Not really feeling it for this title, either. Dropping.
Think I'd rather have a Cave Carson book that's more like Future Quest.