DC's DiDio & Lee Explain Exactly How Rebirth Differs From The New 52

[CBR News]

DC Comics Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee address the new "Batman" team, double-shipping, the return of Christopher Priest and more.


Full article here.

[GodofBoredom]

On how "Rebirth" compares to DC's New 52 reboot:

Jim Lee: Someone asked, "Is this as ambitious as the New 52?" I think Dan had a great point which is it's more ambitious because with the New 52 we needed a break, we needed to move these characters forward. This time around we're really focusing on story and character and making sure that we're still sticking with the New 52, but making sure that we haven't jettisoned things from the past that we might have thrown out with the bathwater initially.

Nice way of saying that they've chickened out, and slowly bringing back the old continuity.

With Pre-Flashpoint Superman hijacking the Superman Universe, I'll drop down all of the Superman titles.

Cowards.

[Tom Foolery]

Yawn.

It's the same "creative" people at the top doing the same stuff they've been doing for a decade or more.
Anyone expecting any innovation are drinking kook aid. And DCs sales numbers reflect it. They drive everyone away.

[mrumsey]

I think it's funny where the interviewer is saying there's was a great deal of positive reaction to this - it's been much more of a mixed bag.

[GodofBoredom]

I think it's funny where the interviewer is saying there's was a great deal of positive reaction to this - it's been much more of a mixed bag.

Head over to the Superman forum to see the large majority of the posters saying they'll drop everything Superman related. (me included)

The ONLY good news here is Rucka on Wonder Woman. The rest either downgrade, or spectacular fail (the Superman line)

[upgrayedd]

Head over to the Superman forum to see the large majority of the posters saying they'll drop everything Superman related. (me included)

The ONLY good news here is Rucka on Wonder Woman. The rest either downgrade, or spectacular fail (the Superman line)

funny, I'm thinking about picking up more Superman titles besides Lois and Clark now. Costume alone makes it worth checking out.

[Mundungus]

Yeah, I can't speak to the final product yet but I love the Tomasi/Gleason creative team and I'm very excited about their work on Superman. Ditto to Tom King on Batman, though I am a bit more lukewarm about David Finch's art.

[Buried Alien]

I don't think the responses clarified much at all. Guess we'll just have to wait until it's rolled out to see.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!

[Frontier]

I think it's funny where the interviewer is saying there's was a great deal of positive reaction to this - it's been much more of a mixed bag.

Maybe on here (though I think the initial reaction to everything in the initial thread was pretty positive) but maybe they're going with the reaction at the actual panel (I didn't watch the live stream)?

[Gotham Thrasher]

WOW..How much is Disney paying u guys to c'mon on here everyday and hate on DC? Lol not one single book is out and you guys have already passed judgment on this new initiative! If you guys are making alot of money then hey good job and more power (& $$$ to you) but on the other the hand if you're just a bunch of marvel zombies....wow...just wow...

[Avi]

Maybe on here (though I think the initial reaction to everything in the initial thread was pretty positive) but maybe they're going with the reaction at the actual panel (I didn't watch the live stream)?

The life stream was actually painful to watch, there were only a handful of times the fans got really excited. What I have seen so far was mostly positive but there is in fact negativity with the decision. GL and the Super Line has the most mixed reactions as far as I know.

[AlexanderLuthor]

WOW..How much is Disney paying u guys to c'mon on here everyday and hate on DC? Lol not one single book is out and you guys have already passed judgment on this new initiative! If you guys are making alot of money then hey good job and more power (& $$$ to you) but on the other the hand if you're just a bunch of marvel zombies....wow...just wow...

It gets so old. How many times have some people dropped every book in the DC line. At least once a month

[Outside_85]

WOW..How much is Disney paying u guys to c'mon on here everyday and hate on DC? Lol not one single book is out and you guys have already passed judgment on this new initiative! If you guys are making alot of money then hey good job and more power (& $$$ to you) but on the other the hand if you're just a bunch of marvel zombies....wow...just wow...

'Just wow' most of us were here to hear the same promises from the same people when they launched the New 52 and DCYou.

[Agent Scarlet]

WOW..How much is Disney paying u guys to c'mon on here everyday and hate on DC? Lol not one single book is out and you guys have already passed judgment on this new initiative! If you guys are making alot of money then hey good job and more power (& $$$ to you) but on the other the hand if you're just a bunch of marvel zombies....wow...just wow...

The same could be said for you, swaping WB for Disney. This kind of reaction happens to both The Big 2.

[NYCER]

If it looks like a reboot and it sounds like a reboot, calling it #Rebirth doesn't change anything. #EpicFail