List of The New 5. In September 2. 01. DC Comics relaunched their entire line of publications, dubbing the new publishing initiative as The New 5.
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The initiative consisted of a new imprint of titles, all labeled with . In February 2. 01.
DC announced the Rebirth initiative, bringing an end to the New 5. June 2. 01. 6. As of September 2. To expand The New 5. DC has also released 3. Rebirth took effect in June 2. Additionally, another ongoing series was planned but cancelled, with its concepts merged into another title.
Imprint titles. These families were: . However, by the release of the October 2. DC was no longer grouping the titles by these families, instead releasing one larger solicit, titled . We'll have a core line of about 2.
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But then the rest of the line, about 2. The initiative, which began in DC's print and digital comics on May 2. June 3, was featured on print inserts and ads, as well as on the DC Comics website and across social media with a special hashtag. Along with a number of existing New 5. DC planned to reintroduced many of the familiar concepts for characters, such as legacy, from the pre- Flashpoint continuity that had been lost with the New 5. DC Universe that built .
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DC New 52: Every Line Ranked From Worst To Best. It has been one year since DC's new 52 launched; now it's time to look through the lens of hindsight and get ranking. So, there's one or two lists like this already, chronicling characters added since DC's Flashpoint event, and I'm just trying to make a complete.
Rebirth took effect in June 2. Additionally, another ongoing series was planned but cancelled, with its concepts merged into another title. Continuing titles.
June 2. 01. 5 ! June 2. Daniel. Jim Bonny. Artist. Tony S. Daniel. Detective Comics. June 2. 01. 5 ! June 2. June 2. 01. 5 ! June 2. Wilson. Artist. Jorge Jimenez.
This series is set on a parallel earth after Earth- 2 is destroyed. It is a continuation of Earth 2. After the resolict, DC once again cancelled issues 1.
August 2. 01. 6. Walker. Artists. Ivan Reis. Joe Prado. Justice League 3. June 2. 01. 5 ! June 2.
De. Matteis. Artist. Howard Porter. The series is a continuation of Justice League 3. Martian Manhunter. June 2. 01. 5 ! June 2. Robin. 00. 00. 00. June 2. 01. 5 ! June 2. Kwitney original stated the title would debut in October 2.
The New 52 was the 2011 revamp and relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books. Following the conclusion of the 'Flashpoint. WB animation supervising producer James Tucker confirms that 'Son of Batman' will be the latest in an inter-connected series of DC animated releases modeled on the. Collecting DC Comics: The New 52. DC comics are popular. I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that, but looking at libraries’ collections, one might think otherwise.
The stories provided a sampling of the new titles launching in June as a way to generate excitement for the titles and for readers to ! The series is a continuation of Green Lantern Corps.
So the six- issue mini- series is everything that happened between those two panels. According to publisher Di. Dio, Sugar Plumm and Cecil . Barr. Brian Bucellato. Artists. Diogenes Neves. Viktor Bogdanovic.
This series is a double- sized anthology series that features a regular comic book length story for both Deadshot and Katana. Barr and Neves are the creative team for Katana's story, while Bucellato and Bogdanovic are the creative team for Deadshot's story. Convergence: Infinity Inc.
September 7, 2. 01. Batman: Futures End #1, Batman: Rebirth #1. December 1. 4, 2. Convergence: Batman: Shadow of the Bat #2. February 2. 4, 2.
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December 1. 4, 2. Convergence: Speed Force #2. July 6, 2. 01. 6. October 1. 9, 2. 01.
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Teen Titans: Rebirth #1. February 1, 2. 01. Robin Volume 1: The Vigilante Business TP1.
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The New 5. 2 is dead: DC Comics details diverse, character- driven new direction. A month ago DC Comics came out with a big announcement: they are ditching the New 5. That is, they're ditching the branding and editorial focus that's been the standard at the company since late 2. DC Comics continuity.
The New 5. 2 has been criticized for its lack of diversity both on the page and behind it, plagued by creator changes as numerous writers and artists quit, citing far- too- regular clashes with restrictive editorial oversight. The first Nielsen poll of DC's comic- buying audience showed that the rebranding had mostly increased sales from folks already reading DC books rather than grabbing new readers, and in the intervening years companies like Marvel and Image climbed the sales rankings with unexpected hits decidedly outside of the New 5. Marvel's biggest surprise hit of late is Ms. Marvel, which has seen a young Muslim woman from Jersey City fill the boots (metaphorically) left behind by the original Ms. Marvel after she assumed the unused (due to being dead again) identity of Captain Marvel. But the House of Ideas has shown other commitments to diversity on the page by bringing back Runaways, with all- female Avengers and X- Men teams and with taking chances on a host of lady- led ongoings featuring the likes of Storm, Elektra, Black Widow and She- Hulk. Image Comics has been so successful at producing the industry's biggest creator- owned series (like Bitch Planet and Saga) that last week they announced that they'll simply be increasing overall print runs in the future to make sure that stores aren't running out so often.
Image's Sex Criminals #1 went to an unheard of six print runs. This is the context in which DC co- publishers Dan Di.
Dio and Jim Lee are speaking. And what they're saying is: It's time to leave the New 5. That something else is another line of new books to shake up DC Comics publishing, but with a significantly different audience goal, an emphasis on character over continuity and a commitment to taking risks. It spells big changes for the publisher, but changes in a very exciting direction.
Di. Dio and Lee's detailed remarks about the relaunch, which will kick off properly in June after DC's Convergence cross- over event, have become available beyond the small group of comics press who got to listen in on them, so let's break it all down: It's about character. Lee and Di. Dio outline a new DC Comics editorial system that focuses on individual characters or teams, and revitalizes the idea of each title having a solid cast of supporting characters outside of its main hero, an aspect of comics that's marked some of the New 5.
Harley Quinn and Batman: Death of the Family. And in a move that will have many readers sighing with relief, they promise less crossovers and event tie- in comics. Events and crossovers are proven to bump sales in the short term, but, they say, too many events can hamstring character development. Character development and getting readers attached to the leads of new titles is the name of the game. We're giving everybody some running room to really be able to establish themselves, and to build themselves solid series. Di. Dio and Lee want to get back to a place where crossovers and events are rare enough to feel special. Lee calls it a focus on .
In fact, that captivation has driven elements of those stories into the main timeline. Continuity, he says, is something the readership is too concerned about, citing the lead up to the New 5.
DC editors were peppered with questions about what parts of the old universe were still canon. And while I agree that comics suffer when storyline trumps previously established character development, I think it's perfectly understandable to want to know how there could be four Robins if the present of the DC Universe was retconned to be only five years from the first appearance of Superman, or, in the same case, under what circumstances Bruce Wayne and Ra's al Ghul's daughter Talia would have conceived a son half a decade before he became Batman. It's about diversity. The co- publishers are unequivocal about their audience goals for the relaunch: it's not just about getting more readers, it's about making books that appeal to demographics who have not previously been on DC's radar. The direct market for comics, long assumed to be . There are readers who are ready to buy DC books, and Di.
Dio says it's absolutely up to DC to take the initiative to attract them. There's new readers coming in.
Anecdotally, we pick up from the fact that we hear it from our talent . It's for us to try and find out where the growth is, and who the audience is, by casting the net as wide as possible, with as many ideas as possible, as many tonalities as possible.
The New 5. 2 launched with a very clear focus on homogeneity of tone and art across titles: characters were aged down, happy romances were stripped out, Superman lost his trunks, and characters settled in for what were predominantly serious- all- the- time crime fighting books. Those new 2. 4will be given free reign to . Di. Dio stresses that this is to some extent even more likely with the new titles. When the initiative was announced in February, Dan Di. Dio boldly stated: ? Old talent on new books. New talent on new books.
Fresh, new- to- DC- Comics talent on old books. Gene Luen Yang, the creator behind the lavishly awarded graphic novel American Born Chinese and the writing on Dark Horse Comics's Avatar: The Last Airbender comics will be taking over writing duties on the DCU's best known immigrant: Superman. Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher's hit turn on Batgirl will be spun off into a solo series for Black Canary with art from Hawkeye's Annie Wu. Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner will follow up their success on Harley Quinn with two titles, Harley Quinn/Power Girl and Starfire.
Ming Doyle, James Tynion, IV and Riley Rossmo are all revitalizing Hellblazer together. Garth Ennis returns to the characters of Hitman. Veteran Dan Jurgens will be writing a Bat- Mite ongoing, of all things. Scott Snyder is promising his biggest shakeup of Batman yet. Batman Beyond is going to be made the canonical future of the DCU.
There will be ongoing titles for Bizarro, the Midnighter (a vanishingly rare example of a solo comic title for a gay male character), a team made entirely of Robins and a teenage girl who becomes president of the United States, in what is actually a throwback to a little known DC title from 1. And that's just a few things that jumped out at me. You can read a comprehensive list with creative teams here. Forty nine free stories for everyone. Though they may be committed to taking risks themselves, DC is taking steps to eliminate it for readers, with an unprecedented release of material for every one of their June issues. The month of May will see the release of forty nine contained 8- page stories, one for each series that the company will be publishing in June, and the goal is to get them into as many hands as possible so people can sample before buying. They'll be available in print with issues of DC's Convergence storyline and its tie- ins, and simultaneously for free on DC's website, Comixology and other digital comics distributors.
For any long- time superhero comics reader, reboot fatigue is a real thing, and DC's relaunch is no exception. But a mere four years ago, DC execs and editors were laughing off fans' questions about diversity in front of entire rooms at San Diego Comic Con, if they deigned to answer them at all. The fact that they're being this candid about deliberately reaching out to women and (as is implied by the new titles) LGBTQ readers and readers of color is incredibly heartening. And a crazier lineup full of comedy as well as adventure, not to mention books for teens and maybe even kids is almost as exciting.