Manhunter miniseries & more canceled plus more shifts to digital only

[Twice-named]

Newsarama and Bleeding Cool are reporting cancellations, including the Manhunter miniseries and some facsimiles and dollar comics. Some giants are going digital only as are the last two issues of House of Whispers. RWBY and gen:Lock last issues will not be getting print versions. Next arc of Lucifer will be an OGN.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-c...ants-reprints/

https://www.newsarama.com/50378-dc-c...-reprints.html

https://www.newsarama.com/50377-five...ital-only.html

https://www.newsarama.com/50372-dc-n...-gen-lock.html

https://www.newsarama.com/50371-dc-s...wo-issues.html

https://www.newsarama.com/50376-dc-c...ore-debut.html

https://www.newsarama.com/50370-dc-s...-canceled.html

[Dreaded Porcupine]

Being an old Mark Shaw fan I was kind of looking forward to this.

[JLH]

When MANHUNTERS: SECRETY HISTORY was first solicited, I barely read the description because the Leviathan storyline isn't particularly holding my interest. I didn't plan on picking it up and even re-read Andreyko's MANHUNTER series to see if maybe I'd want to get rid of it on eBay (assuming there'd be more interest in it because of the upcoming series).

I completely forgot how much I enjoyed it the first reading--it's packed with the things I love about comics and an absolute "must keep." When I realized Andreyko was also the SECRET HISTORY writer, I immediately placed it on order. Sad to see it may never see print...

[Vampire Savior]

Those Wal-Mart giants must not be doing that well for DC to cancel them. That doesn't surprise me because they look immensely crappy.

I just never understood them. It's like, you get a chance to actually get in a store where a lot of people actually go, and then you put utter crap out there. Random shovelware with a few terrible to extremely vanilla original stories. Beyond that, I just don't think people are interested in the product, but what they were putting out there was in no way going to entice them.

If you told me I have a deal to go into Wal-Mart...I'm literally going to put out the best thing I've ever done in my life.

[HandofPrometheus]

I was looking forward to some Kate action .

Those Wal-Mart giants must not be doing that well for DC to cancel them. That doesn't surprise me because they look immensely crappy.

I just never understood them. It's like, you get a chance to actually get in a store where a lot of people actually go, and then you put utter crap out there. Random shovelware with a few terrible to extremely vanilla original stories. Beyond that, I just don't think people are interested in the product, but what they were putting out there was in no way going to entice them.

If you told me I have a deal to go into Wal-Mart...I'm literally going to put out the best thing I've ever done in my life.

They seem to be doing way better in the digital format anyway (based on comixology best selling rankings).

[Aahz]

From my understanding at least some of the Giants were already sold at Wal-Mart a few month ago, and they are only cancelling their release in other places (like Comics shops).

[Digifiend]

And the Giants aren't going digital exclusive. They aren't published digitally in the first place. What's actually happening is that the new stories meant for those Giants will be released, or already have been, in the Digital First line.

[Noodle]

Those Wal-Mart giants must not be doing that well for DC to cancel them. That doesn't surprise me because they look immensely crappy.

I just never understood them. It's like, you get a chance to actually get in a store where a lot of people actually go, and then you put utter crap out there. Random shovelware with a few terrible to extremely vanilla original stories. Beyond that, I just don't think people are interested in the product, but what they were putting out there was in no way going to entice them.

If you told me I have a deal to go into Wal-Mart...I'm literally going to put out the best thing I've ever done in my life.

Because opinions on what is "good" and what isn't are subjective. They did put what some consider the "best" on these. They had King and Bendis doing original work on them. Yes, opinions on the two are divisive, but they are two of the biggest names in the industry right now. Their reprints were also of things like Hush and Court of the Owls, two very popular stories.

[achilles]

Doesn't bode well for that JSA title I was looking forward to. Though AFAIK, there was none announced anyway...

[Man_of_Tomorrow]

While I can see people not liking this.

I prefer low selling or risky titles going digital only to reduce cost. than cancelled prematurely. It allows DC to diversify their line and good titles to reach their natural conclusion and if digital sales are good or the story picks traction, they can always put a trade out.

[superduperman]

Those Wal-Mart giants must not be doing that well for DC to cancel them. That doesn't surprise me because they look immensely crappy.

I just never understood them. It's like, you get a chance to actually get in a store where a lot of people actually go, and then you put utter crap out there. Random shovelware with a few terrible to extremely vanilla original stories. Beyond that, I just don't think people are interested in the product, but what they were putting out there was in no way going to entice them.

If you told me I have a deal to go into Wal-Mart...I'm literally going to put out the best thing I've ever done in my life.

The Superman and Batman ones are selling pretty well. I've been getting the Superman one since day one. I've have a theory that AT&T may be looking for ways to slowly transition to all digital. The pandemic seems like a good time to test if this will work. Which is a shame because I really do like those dollar books. And I totally would have gotten that WW84 book.

[iron chimp]

Well thats disappointing.

Who's making all the decisions? Jim Lee or someone else?

[The no face guy]

Doesn't surprise me times are tight, and a lot of the titles mentioned are fairly low selling, I'm sure the Manhunter series will be released once the economy is roaring again.

What does surprise me though, (and maybe its for the saftey of DC's writers & artists) is that they haven't been taking advantage of the lockdown, by advertising their digital product more and getting the comics out there. Where I live so many things are closed (even the parks) that there is not much to do but read, and if there is a second wave come flu season, lockdowns will probably become widespread.

[superduperman]

Well thats disappointing.

Who's making all the decisions? Jim Lee or someone else?

If I had to guess? AT&T. It's their money. The president of the company basically said they're not gonna carry any division that can't perform financially. And my understanding is that Didio's firing was largely their decision. They seem to be much more hands on than WB was before their purchase.