Comic NEWS! DC Reboot: Part IV

DC Reboot: part I 

DC Reboot: part II 

DC Reboot:: part III

Continuing my up-to-date state-of-the-art blog posting on various current news, gaming and comic book-related.
(Ha! :P)

Here's more news about the upcoming new DC Comics titles!
DC updated us on its more supernatural titles.
They're trying to diverse their lineup, not just publishing super heroes books but loads more of genres as well.

Today, let's check out these other upcoming reboots!

DC Comics embraces its dark side. On the 40th anniversary of the character’s creation, the New York Times bestselling writer of AMERICAN VAMPIRE, Scott Snyder, teams up with Yannick Paquette (BATMAN, INCORPORATED) to bring horror back to the DC Universe in SWAMP THING #1. For years, one man served against his will as the avatar of nature. And while he may have been freed of the monster, he’s about to learn the monster will never truly let go of him.

I already posted this one last time, but since it was part of this monsterous update, I decided to repost it simply.
Can't wait to see how this will follow his recent re-appearance in Brightest Day.

John Constantine, Deadman, Shade the Changing Man and Madame Xanadu are Justice League Dark, a band of supernatural heroes united to stop the dark things the rest of the DCU does not see in JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #1, by Peter Milligan and artist Mikel Janin.

Let's be honest.. the name is ridiculous. Plain awful. Sounds like an EXTREEEME!! book from the 90s.. (don't remind me of JL:Task Force!!)
But the concept seems great.
Does this mean we won't have a relaunched Shadowpact? :/

Buddy Baker has gone from “super” man to family man – but is he strong enough to hold his family together when Maxine, his young daughter, starts to manifest her own dangerous powers? Find out in ANIMAL MAN #1, the start of a dramatic new series by acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire and artists Travel Foreman and Dan Green.

Fantastic! Buddy has his book back!

Set in the Middle Ages, the Demon leads an unlikely team to defend civilization and preserve the last vestiges of Camelot against the tide of history. Critically-acclaimed writer Paul Cornell and artists Diogenes Neves and Oclair Albert combine sorcery, swords and superheroes in DEMON KNIGHTS #1.

One question: Will this replace Etrigan book DC announced not long ago? Or will the Demon have two separate books??
And YAY! for another story taking place NOT in modern times.
(DC needs to update us on Jonah Hex btw)

Frankenstein and his network of strange beings work for an even stranger government organization: The Super Human Advanced Defense Executive. It’s the breakout hero of Seven Soldiers as you’ve never seen him before in FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF SHADE #1, the first issue of a dark new series from acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, The Nobody) and artist Alberto Ponticelli.

They're really trying very hard to sell us this recently introduced Frankenstein monster.
Lots of cameos/appearances, participation in Blackest Night, Superman/Batman title, etc..

 A cult favorite character returns in a new series written by his classic creative team of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Joining them is JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST artist Fernando Dagnino. RESURRECTION MAN #1 is the story of a hero who wakes up with new powers each time he’s killed.

Original concept!
Definitively an interesting new property!

Vampires threaten to bring ruin to the DC Universe in I, VAMPIRE #1 by rising star Josh Fialkov and artist Andrea Sorrentino. Tortured by his centuries-old love for the Queen of the Damnned, Andrew Bennett must save humanity from the violent uprising of his fellow vampires, even if it means exterminating his own kind.

I, Vampire is back! Fans of this C-lister non-super hero DC character will be glad!
(I prefer more like him than more Bat-books honestly..)

Priscilla Kitaen has just found out she’s a monster. A half-alien hybrid, the woman known as Voodoo must confront the secrets of her past to make sense of the nightmare her life has suddenly become. VOODOO #1 will be written by Ron Marz with art by Sami Basri.


Witchblade is that you?
Another new title.


And that is all for now!
All these feel pretty Vertigo-ysh, which is good. (DC's alternative publishing branch)
Alright. We're past the mid-point? I mean they said they were going to publish 52 new titles, right? We're probably between 20-30 comics by now.

Comic NEWS! DC Reboot...not an actual reboot?

It seems DC Comics reboot in September, following Flashpoint, will not be an actual reboot afterall..

Most of the usual characters, even later generations like Green Lantern Guy Gardner or Dick Grayson will be back..only Barry Allen/The Flash will mess up details of the "timeline" which will serve DC to reboot comic book numberings and make this a new new starting point for readers who will want to jump into DC.

First up: What was really that wrong with DC's "current" universe??
Anyway, nerd-rants aside, it is shaping up...nicely anyway.

I know this is all just to make "things seem fresh" for on-going series that have been running for half a century already..but do they need such cimplicated way to do so? I mean European comics like Asterix, the Smurfs, Lucky Luke or Spirou have also been running for as much longer..without the need to over complicated things...
Anyway, moving on, here's the listing of the first wave of revamped titles:

MISTER TERRIFIC #1 -- by Eric Wallace and Roger Robinson

They're giving a on-going for this JSA-er! Random, but good move I suppose.
We need more new titles.

THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN #1 -- by Tony Daniel and Philip Tan.

Awfully clumsy design (thanks to Jim Lee I guess)
According to the pitch, Carter Hall will now be "an archeologist who specializes in alien ruins"??

GREEN ARROW #1 -- by JT Krul and Dan Jurgens


Dan Jurgens on this?? I guess I'll have to check it out then :P
And is it only me or does he looks quite Smallville-ized now?

THE FLASH #1 -- by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato

Geoff Johns favorite is back in a new regular...by Brian Buccellato? Still Manapul on the artwork, which is nice.

But the question is "Will it be Barry Allen the original Silver Age Flash or his ex-sidekick and modern Flash Wally West?" I'm guessing Wally... (if they didn't alter Barry overall design-reboot style)

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #1 -- by Dan Jurgens and Aaron Lopresti
(and the line-up appears to be Batman, Booster Gold, Guy Gardner, Fire, Ice, Vixen, Rocket Red, August General In Iron of the Great Ten, and...Donna Troy?)

 What did they do to Booster?? He looks awful now!!
But..
kinda reminiscent of his BFF Ted Kord's Blue Beetle..which is nice..?
 

DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #1 -- An anthology series in which the first story features Deadman, by Paul Jenkins and Bernard Chang

Great idea. Probably the new "must have" book from this lineup.

CAPTAIN ATOM #1 -- by JT Krul and Freddie Williams II

Alright.. I guess.
Looks more like Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen than Cap' Atom though~

WONDER WOMAN #1 -- by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang:

So, DC reboots and WW keeps her redesign?
Well, I guess that's what happens when Jim Lee's in charge, right? (as EIC and costume designer)
But at least it looks slighty better than what we had now.

AQUAMAN #1 -- by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis

Expected.

THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #1 -- by Ethan Van Sciver, Gail Simone, and Yildiray Cinar.

Firestorm! Back on a book? Totally unexpected! (even with his main role in Brightest Day recently).
He's now gonna be Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond. (so that makes 3 Firestorm? 2 new forms + a "fusion"?)


Superman and Batman titles are currently MIA it seems..maybe DC is afraid to reveal the ones that risk to change/alienate the readers the most...or just to keep the surprise..?

The reboot is looking so far minor and quite localized. Since even a Nightwing book as been confirmed.

How will this actually play out? Will this put a stop to current on-going storylines like Grant Morrison's Batman? Who knows..
What of characters like the current Teen Titans? Superboy? Red Robin? Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle? Wait and see...

Source: DC's Source blog

It's not quite WEDNESDAY yet but...

Today after work, when I arrived home I found this great surprise I almost completely forgot about....

I put the little cutter on it for size comparison

Wow! That's a big huge flat box!
What could be inside this box? I don't remember anything that was supposed to arrive these days...

It was quite flat, so it could either be a comic(s), some bandes dessinée (franco-belgium comics), posters (did I bought some online? I don't think so...), games, movies??

I started opening it...and surprise! It was some kind of giant-sized comic(??)!

What the?!
What is this thing?

It's...woah! I almost forgot all about this one... A book!
The book!

It's WEDNESDAY COMICS an incredible comic by DC Comics. It's a fun project DC did not that long ago. Various comic strip-styled stories of different characters by various popular creative teams.
This is the collected hardcover edition, the originals run in a newspaper-like format.

I had this one bought from a local library, but they were never able to get a copy back then, so each month I kept asking them news about my order but with no luck...and then, today, randomly...BAM! The book finally!

It's a beautiful book I can't recommend enough. A great way to either dig in (american) comics and/or the DC universe!
Beautiful artwork with lots of fun interesting stories that take these classic characters into reader-friendly tales.
(and it's all in "continuity", so...)