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

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Originally posted by Galan007
Indeed.

The first few issues (especially) were gold. It is a very underrated title around here, I've noticed.

I don't think I know anyone who hates the book. This news guarantees at least one more year, if not more.

Action was terrible, imo.

Sadly, yes.

It was the first issue that made me think "Grant is phoning it in". Sure, the ideas and themes are amazing if you really look into it, but it seems like they're basically just copy/pasted from his ideas notebook, instead of flowing naturally within the story.

I thought the bit at the end was decent, with Tyson etc.

Otherwise it was pretty meh.

Yeah, it honestly seems like Grant isn't even trying to give a phuck about Action anymore.

Sucks. That used to be my favorite title. 🙁

Were there angels in Action Comics?

BTW, Threshold sounds pretty awesome. I don't think I have been dissapointed with Giffen on sci-fi/space stories (Annihilation, Blue Beetle, etc...). This quote is what I'm looking forward to.

And in "Threshold" #2, I'm not going to give this away, but we'll introduce who I swear will be the breakaway character for this book. This will be the one fans start buying the book. And by the way, Larfleeze has nothing to do with "The Hunted" story. Larfleeze is a 10-page co-feature and a completely different story.

I hope it's Space Ghost! 😉

Constructs of angels, not actual angels.

Heres some news, looks like the Vertigo Hellblazer is ending with #300 and a new John Constantine comic will launch in February (presumably) called "Constantine". It will be in the DCU brand, prob under DC Dark line.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/constantine-relaunch-dc-comics.html

Originally posted by kevdude
Heres some news, looks like the Vertigo Hellblazer is ending with #300 and a new John Constantine comic will launch in February (presumably) called "Constantine". It will be in the DCU brand, prob under DC Dark line.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/constantine-relaunch-dc-comics.html

I really should be upset but hellblazer hasnt known what it wants to do with itself for a few years now.

Incredibly lame move by DC there.

I'm pretty happy with the new writer of Constantine. I've been enjoying his XO Manowar book.

Tbh it's nothing to do with the writer that is the problem, it's just that Hellblazer told certain kinds of stories with a certain kind of tone that they're not going to be able to truly replicate in a DC universe book.

I mean, as much as JL Dark/Swamp Thing etc are dark books, they're not exactly the proper horror stories that Hellblazer can tell, along with the more mature stuff that Vertigo Hellblazer is the perfect place to tell.

And, unless Milligan pulls something insane in these last few issues, idk if there's enough time to end Hellblazer with a proper epic confrontation and conclusion. Plus it was pretty cool Hellblazer was the only Vertigo title still running since Vertigo started.

Eh, the one plus I see here is they might finally collect all of Hellblazer, Jenkins run and one shots stories included.

Dunno why people are surprised/upset that DC is cancelling Hellblazer at issue 300..? They had no qualms with cancelling Action Comics at issue 900+.

DC is revamping EVERYTHING in the company. Considering that Constantine himself has already been retooled, it's no surprise to me that they'd retool his solo series as well. I don't like or agree with this decision, but hey... I didn't like or agree with revamping the entirety of old DC either. /shrug

Well, the sales for the book aren't all that great, tbh.

Originally posted by Galan007
Dunno why people are surprised/upset that DC is cancelling Hellblazer at issue 300..? They had no qualms with cancelling Action Comics at issue 900+.

DC is revamping EVERYTHING in the company. Considering that Constantine himself has already been retooled, it's no surprise to me that they'd retool his solo series as well. I don't like or agree with this decision, but hey... I didn't like or agree with revamping the entirety of old DC either. /shrug

For me, it's nothing to do with the fact it's at #300 and more to do with the fact they're taking away the best title to tell Constantine stories in.

Plus the fact a couple of months ago they were all "Don't worry, Hellblazer won't be affected by DCNu at all, it'll still run for the forseeable future" which (as seen now) was just a lie.

I mean, I had no problem with them using Constantine in mainstream stuff as he was effectively a seperate character and all, but cancelling Hellblazer and only using PG Constantine is just a terrible move by DC.

Admittedly, I 'm griping with a lot of the DcNu stuff atm, but that's just because I'm with you on the old DC revamp being unnecessary...

On a more positive note, Death of the Family looks like it'll be sweet, if the first issue was any indication of the quality going forward.

Some of the JLA vairants....no wonder their not charging extra

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42116

lol.

Originally posted by -K-M-
Some of the JLA vairants....no wonder their not charging extra

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42116

facepalm

Reverse Flash returns in February.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42109

Giffen returns to LOSH as coplotter. But I don't care for the art.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42113

February covers for JL, WW and supergirl