Thoughts on the DC Comics Relaunch

So here’s what I’m going to be buying:

Action Comics by Grant Morrison & Rags Morales

Superman by George Pérez

Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang

Batman by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo

Batman Inc by Grant Morrison & Chris Burnham

Batwoman by JH Williams III, W Haden Blackman & Amy Reeder

Justice League by Geoff Johns & Jim Lee

Green Lantern by Geoff Johns & Doug Mahnke

Aquaman by Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis

Flash by Brian Buccellato & Francis Manapul

Stormwatch by Paul Cornell & Miguel Sepulveda

Demon Knights by Paul Cornell & Diogenes Neves

Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder & Yanick Paquette

American Vampire by Scott Snyder & Rafael Albuquerque

I’ve got to say this is the biggest haul of DC books for me in many years (at least 20). Thing is though I don’t think it’ll stay stable for very long. Both Cornell books will be cancelled within 18 months (unless Stormwatch in particular really pushes boundaries), Batman Inc will have delays (as will Justice League), and I can’t see Johns & Reis staying on Aquaman for more than a year or so, but the Snyder books are a guaranteed awesome read, Batwoman looks likely to be free to push boundaries and if the creative team on Wonder Woman get it right that book could be very interesting indeed.

The risk of course is that this is all a gimmick. Are the executives at Time Warner (DC’s parent company) really prepared for Superman to look like that for good? Is this a follow on change from Flashpoint which, Heroes Reborn/Return stylee will just get reset after a year or so? They say ‘no’ but I’m not sure.

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