DC Announces Major Publishing Initiative

JUSTICE LEAGUE #1   The following is the full text of a letter released by DC Comics to retailers on May 31: A LETTER ON THE DC UNIVERSE AND SEPTEMBER 2011 To our comics retail partners, In the time I’ve worked at DC Comics, I’ve witnessed any number of industry defining moments. But today, I [...]

DC COMICS DROPS PRICES ON $3.99 TITLES

DC COMICS DROPS PRICES ON $3.99 TITLES; MOVES TO $2.99 PRICE POINT FOR ONGOING COMIC BOOK SERIES Beginning January 2011, DC Comics will implement a line-wide pricing adjustment, lowering the prices of all standard length 32-page ongoing comic book titles currently priced at $3.99 to $2.99, it was announced by DC Comics Co-Publishers Jim Lee [...]

I, Zombie #1

I, Zombie #1 Vertigo / DC Comics (w) Chris Roberson (a) Michael Allred FC 32 pgs w/ ads $1.00 US / Higher in Canada The latest ongoing title from Vertigo is this zombie series from writer Chris Roberson (Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love) and artist Michael Allred (Madman). The story follows a young woman called [...]

The Spirit #1

The Spirit #1 DC Comics (w) Mark Schultz & Dennis O’Neil (a) Moritat & Bill Sienkiewicz FC 40 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada After Frank Miller wrecked the character with his crappy movie, DC has decided to try and relaunch Will Eisner’s Spirit back into his own ongoing series again. This [...]

Doc Savage #1

Doc Savage #1 DC Comics (w) Paul Malmont & Jason Starr (a) Howard Porter, Art Thibert & Scott Hampton FC 40 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada “Let me strive every moment of my life to make myself better and better, to the best of my ability, that all may profit by [...]

Scalped #36

Scalped #36 DC Comics / Vertigo Comics (w) Jason Aaron (a) Davide Furno FC, 32 pgs w/ ads $2.99 US / More in Canada Page 4 of issue #36 of Scalped contains one of the most shocking images to appear in this title to date, which is saying a lot for a book as brutally surprising [...]

Blackest Night #8

Blackest Night #8 DC Comics (w) Geoff Johns (a) Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert & Joe Prado FC 40 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada “Live!” I was hoping for Johns to repeat his success with the last big Green Lantern epic – The Sinestro Wars. Instead I ended up with an all [...]

American Vampire #1

American Vampire #1 Vertigo / DC Comics (w) Scott Snyder & Stephen King (a) Rafael Albuqyerque FC 40 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada This isn’t the first time that a famous writer has supplied his name to a comic. Over at Marvel, several Stephen King novel’s are currently being adapted into [...]

Sgt. Rock: Between Hell & A Hard Place

Sgt. Rock: Between Hell & A Hard Place
DC Comics / Vertigo
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Artist: Joe Kubert
FC, 144 pgs, $24.95 US / Higher in Canada

One of the most consistently talked about and read comic series in the last 50 years has been Sgt. Rock from DC Comics. Along with The Unknown Soldier and G.I. Combat, the three titles had been printed in various forms during the 50s and down through the 80s. Most people can remember reading a Sgt. Rock comic when they were a kid, carrying their beat-up copies around and sharing them with their friends. But since DC’s war line ended in the mid-80s, most of the characters within those books faded into obscurity, popping up now and again in unlikely places like the 90s The Demon (with the “Haunted Tank of G.I. Combat” fame by Garth Ennis!).

It’s A Bird

It’s A Bird
DC Comics / Vertigo Comics
Writer: Steven Seagle
Art: Teddy Kristiansen
FC, 136 pgs, $24.95 US / Higher in Canada

Despite his status as the most famous comic book hero of all time, Superman has never been easy for me to relate to. He’s too powerful, too perfect, too…alien. It seems I’m not alone –- even Superman’s writers can’t seem to come to terms with him. Such is the premise of It’s A Bird, a graphic novel memoir from Steven Seagle and DC’s Vertigo. Partly an autobiography and partly a dissection of comics’ most recognizable icon, the story follows Seagle’s trials and tribulations as he struggles to understand the last son of Krypton, and himself in the process.