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[CBR News]

DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD are all in the spotlight on opening day of Emerald City Comicon, less than two weeks after DC's big "Rebirth" reveal.


Full article here.

[Joker]

DiDio started the panel by talking a bit about the previously stated motivations for Rebirth -- reconnecting with DC's core fanbase -- and called it "one of the most important relaunches of our line in quite a while."

If DiDio understood what the fanbase wanted, he wouldn't have to be doing another relaunch in an attempt to reconnect with them.

Maybe after all this time they should put someone else in charge?

[RobinFan4880]

If DiDio understood what the fanbase wanted, he wouldn't have to be doing another relaunch in an attempt to reconnect with them.

Maybe after all this time they should put someone else in charge?

The fanbase doesn't know what it really wants.

What Didio means is that he wants people talking about what is happening in DC comics and he wants to sell more books.

[Frontier]

Doom Patrol is back .

[scary harpy]

Doom Patrol is back .

Yes, in the "Young Animal" line.

Sounded a lot like Vertigo to me.

[GreenLanternRanger]

This Young Animal line sounds interesting. Yay for the return of Doom Patrol!

[sifighter]

Young Animal sounds like DC's attempt at mix between DCyou and Vertigo, which is not a bad thing at all. I like the idea that it could be possibly be set in the DC universe while also it's own independent series and do whatever it is they want. My one concern though is that Mother Panic sounds like another female Batman to me, but I could be proven wrong. Either way I'll at least try an issue or so.

[A_Nominus]

Surprised and excited about this "Young Animal" line. Hope it lasts.

[scary harpy]

I was hoping the Doom Patrol would return to the DCU with the Titans and the League.

I guess not. I'm glad for its fans. Cave Carson too? I didn't expect that.

[paulojrmam]

My one concern though is that Mother Panic sounds like another female Batman to me, but I could be proven wrong.

She seemed more like a female Punisher to me. Like Jennifer Blood.

[sifighter]

She seemed more like a female Punisher to me. Like Jennifer Blood.

Perhaps but her appearance and description just scream Batman to me, not to mention that its set in Gotham.

[Beyonder595]

Doom Patrol!

[Openminds]

I'm glad that they said Midnighter will still be important. Excited to see where he, and everyone else in the DCU, will be headed after Rebirth

[Outside_85]

While I will give them that it's atleast interesting they want to launch something like 'Young Animal' and atleast try to make something new(ish) and interesting simply by breaking away from all the big franchises... I can't say any of this is appealing to me personally.
Doom Patrol; ok, but either I am going to wonder where Beast Boy is or lament it's not Morrisons greatness, thats the risks there.
Shade... I'll be honest, Milligan appeared to be the only one who knew how to write the original, and I was rather relieved when Shade buggered off and the JLD never saw him again, dunno if the female version is going to be any different or better.
Rest I know next to nothing about so can't say anything.

Kamandi Challenge: This is to me just another attempt at making a Kirby homage into a viable entity on it's own, which I don't see working any more than say Challengers of the Unknown did(n't). Great for people who are actually into that character, but I fail to see the appeal of the basic idea.

[The Indestructible Man]

Another announcement! In the spirit of 1985-1986's "DC Challenge," a 12-issue series where 12 teams of creators told one story, round-robin style, DiDio announced the "Kamandi Challenge," where 12 writers and 12 artists were "carefully selected" and then paired at "random" to tell a story starring Jack Kirby's Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth.

Here are the teams: Dan Abnett & Dale Eaglesham, Peter J. Tomasi & Neal Adams, Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti, James Tynion IV & Carlos D'Anda, Bill Willingham & Ivan Reis, Steve Orlando & Philip Tan, Marguerite Bennett & Dan Jurgens, Keith Giffen & Steve Rude, Tom King & Kevin Eastman, Greg Pak & Joe Prado, Rob Williams & Walter Simonson, Gail Simone & Ryan Sook and Len Wein & José Luis García-López. (Yes, that's 13 teams.)

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I've waited thirty years for something like the glorious DC CHALLENGE! (still my favorite maxi-series ever created) to arrive again – all is forgiven, DC – do you guys take payment in the form of first-born children?