There’s be debate, there’s been controversy, there’s been a substantial amount of buzz regarding DC’s new venture. For a niche market like comic book fans, this is bigger than World War Three (I hope this is an exaggeration). For newbies to the market of comic books, this is a great start for them to get on, and for others to get the word out.
But they question remains, for a creative medium that I’m hope isn’t nearing its end in the coming future, was it a success?
To fork out four dollars every week to get twenty-five pages of fisticuffs and sequential art may seem like a dollish routine, but hell, lots of people do it. It’s the best way to support what comic book creators and audiences do and love.
So how I have helped? Well, let’s see.
Usually, recognition goes to the writer and both the pencillers + inkers, and the colorists (as represented below) as the combined art teams. Collaboration for the win!
Justice League #1, Written by Geoff Johns, Art by Jim Lee & Scott Bryant.
Action Comics #1, Written by Grant Morrison, Art by Rags Morales & Rick Bryant
Batman #1, Written by Scott Snyder, Art by Greg Capullo & Jonathan Glapion.
Batwoman #1, Written by J.H Williams III, Art by J.H Williams III & W. Haden Blackman.
Batgirl #1, Written by Gail Simone, Art by Ardian Siaf & Vincent Cifuentes.
Batwing #1, Written by Judd Winick, Art by Ben Oliver.
Green Lantern #1, Written by Geoff Johns, Art by Doug Manhke & Christian Alamy.
Green Lantern Corps #1, Written by Peter J. Tomasi, Art by Fernando Pesarin & Scott Hanna.
Animal Man #1, Written by Jeff Lemire, Art by Travel Foreman & Dan Green.
Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E #1, Written by Jeff Lemire, Art by Alberto Ponticelli.
Swamp Thing #1, Written by Scott Snyder, Art by Yanick Paquette.
Demon Knights #1, Written by Paul Cornell, Art by Diogenes Neves & Oclair Albert.
Resurrection Man #1, Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, Art by Fernando Dagnino.
I think all of them are first prints—the ones that matter at least I know are. Still on the hunt for Detective Comics and Wonder Woman, but I’m pretty sure they’re all sold out around the GTA, Toronto for sure since I’ve been to both Silver Snail and The Beguiling and coming up empty handed this week.
It started with Justice League and Flashpoint #5 at the start of the month, and now we’re three weeks in with most of DC’s new titles selling out in a day, if not sooner. Which is great for the industry, bad for me. Still, looks like all wheels are go on this initiative. And I’m still looking for grabs, so DC’s doing something right.
Going to do some more reviews on my grabs so far, but all-in-all, I’ve been careful with my grabs in making sure they’re worth it, all others I just download because I’m poor. All the Jeff Lemire (Animal Man, Frankenstein) and Scott Snyder (Batman, Swamp Thing) are probably going to be subscriptions from me.
Batwoman is a definite, you just can’t find that kind of art anywhere else. Both Green Lantern books are looking good, and GLC just has that ‘space epic’ feel I can depend on—I’d much prefer that over Legion Lost #1 or Legion of Superheroes #1 and their more closed-off and teen feel (but still looking forward to testing out Teen Titans #1 next week for my teen book fix).
So, there’s my proof. I’m a legit geek. I’m looking at you, Sheldon.
Don’t need some stupid quantum mathematics knowledge to get some geek gratification. Fuck laugh tracks, buy comics.
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