DCU gets remade - all books are #1s, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee on Justice League, more

How has demon Knights been? Im thinking about getting into it

IMO, Demon Knights has been great. It's got some powerful characters, but it's more focused on storytelling than feats (of which there are pitifully few).

Definitely recommend 👆

I am REALLY liking Demon Knights. A bit of a sleeper since I really hadn't expected it to be so good.

DC wins another month in sales and units. Sales are up in the comic industry, which is good.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/july-2012-comic-book-sales-charts.html

Yea, Demon Knights is a book I'll recommend solidly.

I think I like every member of the crew. I mean, you have a version of Vandal Savage who, in my head, speaks every line as voiced by Brian Blessed. A sorcerer summons dinosaurs (they're called a variety of dragons but, yes, they're dinosaurs) and he proclaims "It's been ages since I ate one of these!".

The first arc is pretty much The Magnificent Seven/Seven Samurai with magic.

Originally posted by Golgo13
Realistically, I don't see I, Vampire selling all that much, because he's not a mainstream character, however his book is still going, because DC gives lower selling books a chance. That's what I like about DC's approach. Marvel on the other hand canceled a crap load of books, which I loved. MI and Iron Fist, plus a few other ones.

MI and Iron Fist did get pretty good runs, all in all.

I mean, we want *more*, sure, but IF got 5 trades worth.

DC wins another month in sales and units.

Yea, it'll keep doing so as long as Beyond Watchman continues, I bet.

Sales are up in the comic industry, which is good.

One thing pretty much everyone has agreed upon- however the reboot does long-term, short-term it gave the entire industry a cash infusion, since in the first few months so many people sampled large numbers of titles. Stores have more money to buy more Marvel and Indy comics and so on. Marvel's higher ups have said they love the results.

Here are some interesting numbers that I found:

C Sales - Top 300 (Jan-Jul) 2012 - 16,455,769 estimated units.

DC Sales - Top 300 (Jan-Jul) 2011 - 11,836,158 estimated units.

And here are the figures for the previous ten years:

2011 - 26,522,201 estimated units
2010 - 23,528,000 estimated units
2009 - 24,126,336 estimated units
2008 - 25,760,378 estimated units
2007 - 29,597,217 estimated units
2006 - 30,243,575 estimated units
2005 - 26,995,698 estimated units
2004 - 23,895,322 estimated units
2003 - 22,344,120 estimated units
2002 - 20,687,488 estimated units

And out of interest, here's the Marvel numbers:

Marvel Sales - Top 300 (Jan-Jul) 2012 - 17,232,601 estimated units.

Marvel Sales - Top 300 (Jan-Jul) 2011 - 16,454,512 estimated units.

And here are the figures for the previous ten years:

2011 - 26,897,277 estimated units
2010 - 29,998,200 estimated units
2009 - 34,167,744 estimated units
2008 - 37,269,988 estimated units
2007 - 38,132,744 estimated units
2006 - 34,647,105 estimated units
2005 - 32,461,832 estimated units
2004 - 32,021,066 estimated units
2003 - 28,974,336 estimated units
2002 - 28,473,404 estimated units

I am really, really liking the Ozy mini. He's got some serious skills.

Batman and Robin was horrible. Terminus didn't look like he did on the cover. Shame.

Originally posted by Galan007
I am really, really liking the Ozy mini. He's got some serious skills.

What did he do?

*Spoiler*

Originally posted by Golgo13
What did he do?

Bullet timing/dodging vs. Comedian:

In the Watchman they implied Hooded Justice was killed...by the Comedian for stoping the whole rape thing. That;s a nice touch

Also think I know where this fight is going to go,

Spoiler:
Comedian is going to win this round as was mentioned by Ozy in Watchman he lost

^ I think so too.

I doubt Comedian will win by throwing fisticuffs, though (Ozy seems far superior in that area.) If I had to guess, I'd say that Comedian is packing a pretty good arsenal, and will overwhelm Ozy primarily with firepower.

Wow, that was pretty bad ass. Puts DCnU Batman to shame. 😉

Awesome interview for Team 7

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Justin-Jordan-team-7-new-52.html

2 more WS characters to be in DC? Probably Backlash and the other I have no clue.

Liefeld leaving

Means they'll need replacements for 3 new books, but that could be a good thing.

Still, high turnover rate.

lol liefeld.

First quarter of 2013 will have some big stuff coming up. Rumor is a 4th wave of books, so obviously Grifter and DS will be gone. Among other books like GI Combat. Hopefully this will bring a SHAZAM book and possibly WildCATS.

I can see you're all heartbroken over this announcement.

(Seriously, as far as I can tell, the only reason he got so much work is he's friends with Jim Lee)

I'm actually enjoying Hawkman and Grifter for the most part. It's what I wanted in the beginning. Unfortunately, Grifter doesn't have good execution. Liefield is only the plotter for those 2 books. I just wished he would introduce Deathblow better.

New Crossover event coming. Hell on Earth .