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

Another artist on writing duty. Who is in charge of these decisions at DC?

Way too many changes for just a few weeks, I wonder what's the logic behind them.

Originally posted by Philosophía
[b]George Perez is already off Superman, with Keith Giffen taking over writing and Dan Jurgens the interiors as of issue #7.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/george-perez-off-superman-110930.html [/B]

YES! Keith is one of my favs. The book just got better.

Originally posted by Philosophía
[b]George Perez is already off Superman, with Keith Giffen taking over writing and Dan Jurgens the interiors as of issue #7.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/george-perez-off-superman-110930.html [/B]

What the f*ck is going on...

I hope Giffen doesn't f*ck it up.

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Another artist on writing duty. Who is in charge of these decisions at DC?

They've done it before, with some success I might add.

Originally posted by -Pr-
They've done it before, with some success I might add.

I'm well aware that they've done it, they're doing it right now, on half a dozen high profile books. The only one that I thought was legitimately good was the Flash, and that is because I gave it a pass thanks to Manapul's art which is enough for me to over look Manapul's writing.

Originally posted by -Pr-
What the f*ck is going on...

I hope Giffen doesn't f*ck it up.

They've done it before, with some success I might add.

Have you read his Doom Patrol or his cosmic stuff at Marvel? He's a good writer. Very good.

http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=3663

Huntress #1 preview.

Milligan on JLA Dark.

http://comics.ign.com/articles/119/1197299p1.html?RSSwhen2011-09-29

Originally posted by Prep-Man
Have you read his Doom Patrol or his cosmic stuff at Marvel? He's a good writer. Very good.

I have, but this is Superman. Superman issues are filled with the failings of critically acclaimed writers.

Well, so far, pretty much all of his recent DC work has been great. OMAC, Doom Patrol, Ambush Bug, etc... Time will tell.

Originally posted by -Pr-
I have, but this is Superman. Superman issues are filled with the failings of critically acclaimed writers.

Which is crazy as hell.

I remember when I was psyched for JMS' run on Superman (and WW) based off of his stellar run of Thor.

I then remember being disappointed. 🙁

Originally posted by JakeTheBank
Which is crazy as hell.

I remember when I was psyched for JMS' run on Superman (and WW) based off of his stellar run of Thor.

I then remember being disappointed. 🙁

JMS, Robinson, even guys like John Byrne.

Perez's first issue was okay though. Sad to see him going after only seven. Unless of course the next one sucks.

The IGN comics podcast goes in depth with all problems with the Superman #1, around the halfway mark. Sounds like the are dropping the book until Keith Giffen comes on with the second arc. I didn't think the issue was great but, I didn't think it was nearly as bad as these guys do. Wonder if Perez was forced of the book for quality issues.

http://comicsmovies.ign.com/comics/audio/article/119/1197589/IGN_Assemble_15_093011.mp3

IGN is generally crap anyways.

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whos bright ideas was it to put perez on a book, anyway? keith will be far superior. i just hope that his quality of work slip, because hes writing 3 titles already.

Perez isn't a bad writer by any means. I just wonder what he'll be doing once he's done on Superman.

Originally posted by -Pr-
Perez isn't a bad writer by any means. I just wonder what he'll be doing once he's done on Superman.

Seconded. Perez gave us probably the best Wonder Woman run as of yet, Teen Titans, Deathstroke, etc. I, for one, liked Superman #1.

There are roughly four pillars for the DC relaunch - Grant Morrison on Action Comics, Geoff Johns on Justice League and Green Lantern, Scott Snyder on Batman (Though Aquaman's sales succes is largely dependent on Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis, I wouldn't put it on that level of importance). They're the driving forces on the most successful franchises in comics (who unsurprisingly were the three titles who got over 200k and 100k sales - GL, respectively). If one of them leaves (especially Grant Morrison from Action Comics, as far as I'm concerned), then we can say that the line got a hit. Creative changes on books that weren't very good to begin with - like Green Arrow, are practically inconsequential.

I like George Perez' Superman, and I have even more respect for him to see that he actually put effort into what he wrote. With that said, I think Morrison and Keith Giffen will collaborate much better, since from what we've seen Keith is a fan of Grant Morrison's work, and they've already collaborated on the 52 series. Coincidentally or not, the moment Keith Giffen takes over Superman, is also the moment Action Comics catches up with present day (#7). This is a change for the better, imo.

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Another artist on writing duty. Who is in charge of these decisions at DC?

Tbf, Giffen is an awesome writer anyway.

He's had some awesome runs on various titles and wrote one of the arguably best event comic of the past 10 years (Annihilation)

No Crises:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=47430&t=All_Crisis_Events_Removed_From_DCs_History

They never happened.

Even Batman and Green Lantern, who have been "untouched" by the 52 reboot, still have important aspects of said canon changed due to the omission of the various Crisis events.