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1. Aquaman43 says:

   June 24, 2011 at 2:26 pm

   DC is taking a huge risk with this. I’m in the retail/distribution part of the Comic Book machine. I know numbers, and I talk with other retailers and many fellow fans. Some of the changes are just mind boggling. Red Robin with red feathers like some kind of birdman? Sgt Rock is fighting in the middle east? (guess the Vietnam war didn’t happen) Barbara back as Batgirl? (guess Joker never shot her in the spine) Superman wearing armor?
   I can understand DC’s philosophy. They want to freshen up their properties for a new generation. Fine. Why not do it the way Marvel did with the incredibly successful Ultimate line? I know many, many people, myself included, that are hanging on to certain titles by a thread, and are tempted to drop the book in a heartbeat. Why don’t they? Habit. I’ve read JLA for 30 years. It’s just what I do, but anyone reading this who also reads JLA knows the current team just plain sucks. So, my point is, this is for many, the little push they needed to cancel.
   Another sore spot for fans is, “What about the 80 long boxes I have of DC comics that I paid for, collected, and read? None of it happened? (Geoff Johns smacks Aquaman43 with the back of his hand, “you’ll buy it, and you’ll like it!”)
   And lastly, as a retailer, DC releasing all 52 titles in digital format( just the #1’s) the same goddam day as they are on the shelf (all 52 are not being released the SAME day). That’s like saying, “Oh comic shop, thanks for years of a great relationship, and making us rich, so we’re going to start a huge event that will draw hundreds to your store..OH WAIT..they don’t even have to leave the house…opps…sorry.”

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   • tiki god says:

     June 24, 2011 at 7:19 pm

     yeah. that.

     I decided to bail when they did the 52 series a few years ago, figured it was a good time to get out of the comic buying cycle, since all the majors do anymore are universe wide cross overs that usually have zero repercussions in the long run.

     The only individual issue series that I think I could even possibly be interested in is “Invincible” and that’s only because it’s a singular series and I dont’ have to read 20 other books a month to understand just what the fuck is going on.

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     • Paul_Is_Drunk says:

       June 25, 2011 at 8:34 am

       I got out after Secret Invasion. It wasn’t even a conscious decision. I just… stopped going to my LCS.

       ‘Course, that was my second time dropping the habit. Also dropped it at 16 for girls, but the Ultimate line dragged me back in. Too bad Loeb happened there.

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2. Saborlas says:

   June 24, 2011 at 2:28 pm

   CRY SOME MOAR.

   Digging the two-tone hair color. And corsets are teh hawtness.

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3. HoChunk says:

   June 24, 2011 at 2:57 pm

   Normally I’d agree with you and hate any dark ‘n edgy ‘new look’ or retrofit…but this is kinda hot.

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4. RSIxidor says:

   June 24, 2011 at 5:01 pm

   My opinion is they are picking up on Arkham Asylum/Arkham City here. I think it works. I’m more surprised that King Shark is a hammerhead now and that Deadshot looks like a cyborg. This is the new Suicide Squad, BTW. That means Secret Six is probably done and gone, and that really sucks big fucking cat balls.

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5. Korinthian says:

   June 24, 2011 at 6:39 pm

   That’s no one-handed hammer,

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   • crewmanguy says:

     June 25, 2011 at 4:23 pm

     Maybe she’s one of the Worthy…

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     • Aquaman43 says:

       June 26, 2011 at 2:11 am

       How you likin that story crewman? The Thing looks so bad ass now, all molten between his rocks and shit. And poor Bucky. Like we didn’t see that comin.

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