Yet Another DC Comics Reboot
May. 31st, 2011 06:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sdelmonteYup. After the current Flashpoint miniseries, DC is rebooting. By canceling every book. And launching 52 new titles in September. And altering characters and costumes. Details are here.
Also, they will be offering digital versions of everything the same day it's in the comic shops. This part is, I think, a huge step in the right direction, an acknowledgment of how things have changed and something that will help DC with younger readers.
But as for the reboot...it could be glorious. It could be disastrous. I hope that the good stuff they've been doing with Batman and the JLI and Xombi is not tossed out. I hope that the changes to the DCU are not yet another failed effort to make comics hip or relevant. And I hope the better talents they have now are used properly. But given how many reboots we have seen in the past twenty-five years and how most of the changes never seem to stick, forgive me if I am going to wait and see.
At the same time, there are bound to be at least a few good comics out of 52 new titles. I hope.
Also, they will be offering digital versions of everything the same day it's in the comic shops. This part is, I think, a huge step in the right direction, an acknowledgment of how things have changed and something that will help DC with younger readers.
But as for the reboot...it could be glorious. It could be disastrous. I hope that the good stuff they've been doing with Batman and the JLI and Xombi is not tossed out. I hope that the changes to the DCU are not yet another failed effort to make comics hip or relevant. And I hope the better talents they have now are used properly. But given how many reboots we have seen in the past twenty-five years and how most of the changes never seem to stick, forgive me if I am going to wait and see.
At the same time, there are bound to be at least a few good comics out of 52 new titles. I hope.
