Originally Posted by
Korath
If the rumors are true, and that's a big IF, we have at least a year before this, probably with Metal 2 opening the way for 5G. ANd they have clearly been working on it for some time already, possibly at least a year, a year and a half I think.
I also think that DC knows that their readership is extremely change-adverse, the New Age of Heroes line proved that most readers also don't even bother picking a #1 if it isn't a household name on the cover. All of this makes me think that DC knows that the direct market won't follow them on this move, but that they have washed their hands with it. It'll sell digitally, if the stories are good beyond the initial gimmick. If they aim at trade/graphic novel format only for those stories, they'll also expand their readership base.
And I think that they know they can do that and still assuage the direct market by publishing series with the mainstays. I just hope that come hell and high waters, they'll stick to the 5G long enough for it to produce fans able to sustain it, instead of caving it at the first screams from the direct market crowd.