DC press release from The Source on the DC website:
In May of 2012, DC Comics will release a “Second Wave” of titles as part of its historic DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 initiative. Six new, ongoing series will build on the shared universe and bold concepts introduced in September 2011 with the renumbering of DC Comics’ entire line of comic books.
Featuring a variety of different genres and storytelling sensibilities, the titles in the “Second Wave” will be helmed by some of the most legendary writers and artists in the comic book industry, and will also feature the first ongoing comic book series written by acclaimed novelist China Miéville.
“The excitement of the initial launch of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 was in seeing the re-imagining of these classic characters and concepts,” said Bob Harras, DC Entertainment Editor-in-Chief. “The ‘Second Wave’ is all about world-building.”
DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 “Second Wave” includes:
•BATMAN INCORPORATED – Writer: Grant Morrison. Artist: Chris Burnham. The acclaimed ongoing writer of ACTION COMICS, Grant Morrison, presents a fresh take on BATMAN INCORPORATED, in which the Batman brand is franchised globally in preparation for a major international threat.
•EARTH 2 – Writer: James Robinson. Artist: Nicola Scott. The greatest heroes on a parallel Earth, the Justice Society combats threats that will set them on a collision course with other worlds.
•WORLDS’ FINEST – Writer: Paul Levitz. Artists: George Perez and Kevin Maguire. Stranded on our world from a parallel reality, Huntress and Power Girl struggle to find their way back to Earth 2. Perez and Maguire will be the artists on alternating story arcs.
•DIAL H – Writer: China Miéville. Artist: Mateus Santoluoco. The first ongoing series from acclaimed novelist China Miéville, this is a bold new take on a cult classic concept about the psychological effects on an everyman who accidentally gains powers to become a hero.
•G.I. COMBAT – Writer: J.T. Krul. Artist: Ariel Olivetti. Featuring the return of a classic DC Comics series, THE WAR THAT TIME FORGOT, along with rotating back-up stories and creative teams – including THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, with writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and artist Dan Panosian; and THE HAUNTED TANK, with writer John Arcudi and artist Scott Kolins.
•THE RAVAGERS – Writer: Howard Mackie. Artist: Ian Churchill. Spinning off from TEEN TITANS and SUPERBOY, this series finds four superpowered teens on the run and fighting against the organization that wants to turn them into supervillains.
The six new series will replace BLACKHAWKS, HAWK AND DOVE, MEN OF WAR, MISTER TERRIFIC, O.M.A.C. and STATIC SHOCK, all of which will conclude with their eighth issues in April.
“Many of the characters from our canceled books will appear in DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 titles, and in some very surprising ways,” said Harras. “We’re developing stories that reach from cultures around the globe to parallel worlds. We’re just getting started.”
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Earth 2 andWorld's Finest sound interesting.
None of the cancellations are a surprise. I hate to lose "Hawk and Dove" -- you know I love that duo, right? But it was absolutely designed to fail. I don't know who in their right mind OK'd that book with Liefeld on it. It was clearly a mutual suicide pact on DC's and Liefeld's part.
Earth-2 interests me.
(Not unexpected since the JSA was written out of "DCnU" continuty.)
World's Finest sonds pretty good, too.
I have to agree with everyone else about the new titles. Earth 2 and World's Finest are the only two that really interest me too. Don't know why they just can't call the first one Justice Society though.
Yet if the Huntress and Power Girl are here (in the "DCnU", which also spoils the ending to the Huntress mini), then that is THE Karen Starr in Mister Terrific, but where does he disappear to at the end of his series?
But out of the cancelleds, Static Shock truly surprises me, and I will miss Mister Terrific and O.M.A.C.
Earth-2 and World's Finest sound pretty good. I hope that G.I. Combat is the war comic I was looking for, but failed to get with Men of War.
Out of the cancelled titles, OMAC is the only one I'm still reading. I really enjoyed DiDio and Giffen getting their Kirby on.
I'm looking forward to Earth-2 and World's Finest, and I'll give Dial H a try, because I've been a fan of the concept since the Adventure Comics 80's run.
So, DC killed the two modern war titles, Blackhawks and Men of War, but is going to try again with G.I. Combat? Good for them to keep at it.
I was a big fan of the old DC war titles, but I passed on Blackhawks and Men of War. Not because they were modern takes on the concepts -- that didn't bother me at all -- but because it presented the protagonists as mercenaries rather than soldiers. If they don't do that with these new titles, I may give them a shot.
I do wonder if this new Haunted Tank will be the same version from the miniseries that was out a year or so ago; if so, I'm definitely sold.
Sorry to see OMAC go (and somewhat sorry, but not surprised, to see Men of War get the ax), but I'm looking forward to Earth 2, World's Finest, Batman Inc and possibly GI Combat. I suspect Dial H will be pretty good, too, but possibly not what I'm looking for -- but hey, it's Karen Berger's first book in the DCU since Vertigo started!
NOOOOOO!!!! SAY IT'S NOT SO ABOUT OMAC!!
Crying face.
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