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Absolute Power

I've gotta say, I really liked the Absolute Power Ground Zero Special. I decided to buy this, and the main Absolute Power series (minus the sub-series and the tie-ins) on paper, waiting for the secondary stuff to show up on DCUI. And so far, I'm a fa

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Dawn of DC (latest DC relaunch)

After Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths end, DC will be undergoing Dawn of DC -- a new linewide publishing initiative that will pivot certain ongoing series -- I've heard about the Superman books, Nightwing, and Harley Quinn -- and launch a bunch of n

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Stargirl (now on Season 3!)

I did a search, and I didn't see a Stargirl thread... so here's one, fresh for Season 3!

In my opinion, it's an excellent superhero show, full of optimism and humor, with writing that's still sharp and from the heart. It's chock full of Easter eggs

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DC's Greatest Image Ever

From DC's December solicitations, a cover by Amanda Conner for Harley Quinn: Villain of the Year (an awards-show spoof of Year of the Villain).

I present to you: BLACK MANTA IN A TOP HAT.

#BlackMantaInaTopHat

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The Bendis/Sook Legion

Starting with a 2-issue miniseries, DC Millennium, which walks the reader through 1,000 years, ending at the Legion's doorstep. Millennium is by Brian Bendis and a variety of artists (one for each time period), and the Legion proper will by by Bendis

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Heroes in Crisis (spoiler thread)

But first, a few (relatively) spoiler-free thoughts:

I liked it, I think.

I didn't like what happened in it at all. But I think it's a promising first chapter...with a very high cost of admission. 

I liked that there weren't any death scenes. We're jus

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DC's Golden Age's Baby Steps

We all agree (hopefully) that the Golden Age of Comics began with Action Comics #1 (Ju'38) with Superman on the cover. And we all know that Superman didn't reappear on the cover until #7 (D'38). When I was researching one of those darn Twenty Questio

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Veterans in DC Comics?

How many classic DC characters were actual veterans in their initial runs?

Off the top of my head, I got:

• Commissioner Gordon
• Wonder Woman
• Most of the Justice Society
• Ace Morgan
• Hal Jordan (ever mentioned in the Silver/Bronze Ages?)
• Rick Flagg
• Ragma

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DC's Digital Backlist -- current books: Silver Age Superman and Warlord!

A while back, I logged some week-to-week posts on DC’s digital reprint program through Comixology. It’s been a while, and their digital offerings have matured, so I thought I’d take another look at what they’re adding each week. Currently, they seem

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Rob Reads The Warlord

Among the things I tend to pick up on my back-issue dives are comics that came out in my “golden age” -- approx. 1976 to 1985 -- but that I either had no interest in or just didn’t have the money to buy at the time. DC was my favorite publisher as a

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Dark Days: Metal (The Forge, The Casting, Etc.) (SPOILER THREAD)

Dark Days: The Forge came out this week, and considering it's the Next Big DC Thing, I assume some of us are reading it. It brings a lot of older DC concepts back, an starts exploring some new ones, as well. And it seems wholly differentiated from th

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DC: State of the Rebirth (Spoilers are in this thread!)

Hey all... just wanted to put anyone who cares on the alert that DC Rebirth spoilers have been leaked on Reddit, and they're starting to show up other places. I've seen reference to them on Bleeding Cool, and I think Newsarama has a list up, and I th

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DC Comics Rebirth

Nothing's been confirmed, but Bleeding Cool is publishing a ton of rumors about the upcoming DC "Rebirth" event. Apparently everything's getting a "Rebirth" issue in June, followed by a new #1 in July (or late June in the case of bi-weeklys). It soun

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DC's Hanna-Barbera Revamp

Holy cow -- DC is revamping a bunch of HB properties for comics with top creators (including Jim Lee, Amanda Palmer and Darwyn Cooke!). I'll pass on the Scooby book (nothing's gonna beat Scooby Doo Team-Up), but I've got a lot of faith in the Flint

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DC's Divergence Previews

The May issues of the Convergence crossovers each include an 8-page preview of one of the new or returning titles DC will be publishing in June. They're also all available to read for free, both on Comixology and here on the DC website. The stories a

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DC's June Mini Relaunch

Huge announcements from DC today: 24 new titles are launching in June. Among them are:

Starfire

Midnighter

We Are Robin

Dr. Fate

Earth 2: Society

Mystic U

Dark Universe

Black Canary

Green Lantern: The Lost Army

Constantine: Hellblazer

Cyborg

Justice

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World's End

Is anyone getting this weekly series from DC? I've picked up the first two issues, and am not sure how long I'll continue. 

DC made what I consider a really generous mistake in the first issue, giving the reader a 40-page book for only $2.99, essenti

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All-Star Western 34

Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up to pick up All-Star Western 34 if you can. It's a truly great issue. Palmiotti, Gray, and Darwyn Cooke deliver an excellent capstone to Palmiotti & Grey's over 100-issue run on Jonah Hex. 

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Futures End

We're three issues into this weekly DC megaseries. It started with chaos and violence in the Free Comic Book Day issue 0. There was a lot of action -- and one gloriously creepy moment -- but with the dystopic 35-year future didn't have a lot of emoti

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DC Cancels The Movement

While its long-term survival was a long shot, I'm really sorry to see this one go. I don't think it necessarily got off on the right foot, both with its marketing (pitting it against the Green Team) and an opening issue the kept a lot of readers at a

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