PKJ Action Comics Discussion and Spoilers

[Hypo]

Superman #32 Preview
Writer: Phillip K. Johnson
Artist: Scott Godlewski
Backup Writer: Sean Lewis
Backup Artist: Sami Basri

[Hypo]

4. This is all a shared hallucination and the solicits haven't actually dropped yet.

Probably unlikely though.

Mass hallucination theory proven untrue - looks like it'll just be the next arc in Action now:

https://twitter.com/PhillipKJohnson/...58819176763396

[oneveryfineday]

Mass hallucination theory proven untrue - looks like it'll just be the next arc in Action now:

https://twitter.com/PhillipKJohnson/...58819176763396

That’s good to know! Hope that he’s recovering well in any case.

[Robanker]

So much for the Super books building out. :/

[kryptonian]

This is good...don’t rush this story


But son of Kal-el is doomed without an event boosting it

[Sacred Knight]

Won't be snarky because this is probably due to his health issues. Hope he healed up good.

[HsssH]

Won't be snarky because this is probably due to his health issues. Hope he healed up good.

I doubt. Real reason is probably that Action is currently second lowest selling DC's ongoing.

[kryptonian]

If a title starring Clark sells this bad...imagine son of Kal-el

[Vordan]

YES!!! Finally!

Superman is out of the JL! That's mean at least 60% less jobbing. They can always bring him back for special ocasions, but the character will get some rest.

Always a bright side to everything right? And there’s still two other JL minis with Clark on the team for those who want that.

Mass hallucination theory proven untrue - looks like it'll just be the next arc in Action now:

https://twitter.com/PhillipKJohnson/...58819176763396

I doubt. Real reason is probably that Action is currently second lowest selling DC's ongoing.

Yeah that’s not good. The Superbooks need a big attention getting event, they pretty much need an injection of attention and sales. Doesn’t bode well that DC is already downsizing their plans for this. Guess they’re just hoping Taylor’s brand alone will bring more attention to the Superman line?

[Last Son of Krypton]

Does DC cares anymore of other franchises beside BM's? I mean the BM books get a lot of promotion and even 3/4 extra variant covers to boost the sales.

[Vordan]

Does DC cares anymore of other franchises beside BM's? I mean the BM books get a lot of promotion and even 3/4 extra variant covers to boost the sales.

It’s moreso that Batman is the only franchise that sells really well still since they’ve completely f***** up all the rest with bad creative/editorial decisions. So they rely heavily on Batman to sustain the rest of their line, not a good/healthy place to be. But also the decision to not do a big linewide relaunch seems to have been a mistake, for all the complaining relaunches are one of the few times people tend to try new books. Williamson’s Infinite Frontier mini looks really interesting but it’s getting zero heat as far as I can tell, and that’s bad when it’s meant to be the spearhead of this new era of DC.

[Sacred Knight]

I doubt. Real reason is probably that Action is currently second lowest selling DC's ongoing.

Goddamn I didn't realize it was that bad.

Yeah that’s not good. The Superbooks need a big attention getting event, they pretty much need an injection of attention and sales. Doesn’t bode well that DC is already downsizing their plans for this. Guess they’re just hoping Taylor’s brand alone will bring more attention to the Superman line?

And that would be a really rickety platform to hang your hopes on. The "big name" hasn't been a factor in recent years even with guys bigger than Taylor.

[Last Son of Krypton]

It’s moreso that Batman is the only franchise that sells really well still since they’ve completely f***** up all the rest with bad creative/editorial decisions. So they rely heavily on Batman to sustain the rest of their line, not a good/healthy place to be. But also the decision to not do a big linewide relaunch seems to have been a mistake, for all the complaining relaunches are one of the few times people tend to try new books. Williamson’s Infinite Frontier mini looks really interesting but it’s getting zero heat as far as I can tell, and that’s bad when it’s meant to be the spearhead of this new era of DC.

Yeah, DC fans don't seem to care anymore either. There isn't much hype for the Infinite Frontier initiative and all the current and upcoming shake ups make it look another DC-You.

[Vordan]

Yeah, DC fans don't seem to care anymore either. There isn't much hype for the Infinite Frontier initiative and all the current and upcoming shake ups make it look another DC-You.

Which sucks because it’s really good. This is the strongest the DC lineup as a whole has felt since the start of Rebirth. The Batverse is doing fantastic, Action Comics and Wonder Woman are both good, Wally’s return to the title in Flash is fantastic, overall the lineup is doing great! But there’s no momentum it feels like outside of Batman. PKJ in particular got screwed over by DC’s boneheaded decision to have him write filler in the “main” Superman book while his actual long term plans over in Action. They should’ve had Taylor write filler in Superman, that’s what he loves to do anyway and he could’ve used the three parter to set up his Jon Kent Superman run.

There must be a big relaunch coming at some point, or else the sales numbers must be doing better than Comicron would lead us to think. DC has pulled out of Diamond so the numbers aren’t very accurate anymore, but I guess we’ll see just how accurate they are soon enough if DC starts cancelling stuff.

[kryptonian]

Love this


Philip Kennedy and Taylor decided to continue bendis’s status quo


Now they are going to pay for it


Love when doubling down on failure is properly awarded