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Retailer Q | #9: DC’s New 52 Six Months In

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. DC's New 52 is six months old, titles have been cancelled and new titles announced; all in all a resounding success. As retailers are you seeing sales of DC's titles sinking back to pre-relaunch numbers? Are you selling more DC titles than you were before the relaunch? How does DC's future look from this point on?

What Do You Hate?

It’s easy to compile a list of things we love about comics, it’s easy because we love them. There’s an undefined, miscellaneous feeling involved in reading comics… an x-factor. It feels cool somehow, as if there’s an unexplainable ‘comics-force’ available to tap…

Justice League: Doom Animated

Anthony Falcone
March 24, 2012

Marvel may be getting the majority of Hollywood kudos in terms of wide theatrical release blockbusters, but DC and Warner Brothers are miles ahead in terms of straight to DVD movies and animated series. Recently there has been a new…

Reflections on the Industry

Brent Chittenden
March 8, 2012

Take a look at the comic rack of your local store. Now, take look at the Previews catalog. And finally, take a look through various comic book news websites. Now if you’re around the age of 30, a lot of…

Super Hero Role-Playing Games

Leigh Hart
March 7, 2012
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If you are into comic books (a safe assumption if you are on this site), especially the ones with super heroes in them and you have always wanted those extraordinary powers for your very own, I suggest trying your hand…

The New DC and Shazam: Way Too Serious

DC is just past six months into its relaunch (don’t call it a comeback; I’ve been here for years) and we’ve been shown the new Shazam. That’s right, he’s not called Captain Marvel on covers anymore since DC lost that…

Elseworlds

Brent Chittenden
February 23, 2012

The comic book era of the 90’s gets crapped on a lot. And for good reason. It’s not so much that things like chrome covers, variant covers, inter-company crossovers or Image style artists were or are a bad thing, it…

London’s Super Comic Convention

Danny Champion
February 21, 2012
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The Super Comic Convention will be taking over the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands this weekend with a good looking panel schedule and an interesting prize for the ‘hardcores’ in costume – meaning… a likely showing of well-dressed nerds in…

Before Watchmen

Scott VanderPloeg
February 1, 2012
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We've had our fair share of speculation regarding a Watchmen prequel, but now we know for sure. DC is on a roll and they want to keep the momentum building. How better to do that then resurrect one of their best selling properties.

DC’s new mark

Ed Campbell
January 27, 2012
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Last week I was on Twitter and I saw a post from DC about their new logo. Of course I clicked the link to see what this was all about. I was very surprised to see that DC had made…

Graphitti Watchmen HC

Scott VanderPloeg
January 25, 2012
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This is my first Bound Together column that’s based on a book I don’t own, but it’s a doozy. In 1988 Graphitti Designs produced for DC a collected edition of Watchmen: a black hardcover in a slipcase with a good…

C.B. Daily Jan 23rd

Scott VanderPloeg
January 23, 2012

TCAF 2012 guests annouced, Miracleman and Marvel, DC fighting hunger, The Inifinite finite at issue four, and more.

C.B. Daily Jan 19th

Scott VanderPloeg
January 19, 2012
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A new Popeye comic, CBLDF advisory, a look at Parker, new X-O Manowar, DC April '12 solicits, DC logo announcement and more!

Checking in on the New 52

R.J. Steinhoff
January 16, 2012
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It has been four months since DC Comics unleashed their much anticipated New 52 relaunch. Not surprisingly, DC dominated 2011’s bestseller list. The only non-New 52 title that managed to squeak onto 2011’s top ten list was Ultimate Spider-Man #160.…

C.B. Daily Jan 13th

Scott VanderPloeg
January 13, 2012
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C.B. Daily Jan 13th: New DC titles, Conan interview, The Shadow and more.

C.B. Daily Jan 6th

Scott VanderPloeg
January 6, 2012

Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you only get the wheat. Should I have a catchy superhero name like Wheatman or Chaff Smasher?

Web Arted Jan 6th

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days. Great stuff by Watterson, Mignola, Miller, Rude and many more!

C.B. Daily Jan 5th

Scott VanderPloeg
January 5, 2012

Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you only get the wheat.

52Q | #60: Sight Unseen, Buying Blind?

It's a '90s flashback: Marvel is poly bagging all their comics that include a digital code. Plus they shrink wrap every hardcover, with DC joining in for books over $50. This week's 52Q (#60): do you buy poly bagged comics or shrink wrapped books? Is it important to you to have a look through a comic before buying? Does that matter anymore with online previews?

New DC Absolutes

Scott VanderPloeg
December 15, 2011
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DC Comics has announced via their blog, where all their news comes from, two new Absolute editions for next year. [quote]Coming in September 2012, ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR will collect the story of Sinestro’s bid for totalitarian control…