DC trims the fat!

[Jack Zodiac]

DC Comics is cutting their line of comics down to just twenty-two titles a month to clear out some of the riff-raff. Dan Didio got drunk at the last convention and convinced Levitz to hire you on as assistant executive editor. You decide on fifteen solo titles and five team books. The other two are All-Star Superman and All-Star Batman and Robin, 'cause the brass knows they'll sell.

Dan put the bottle down for a minute to set out some guidelines for ya', though. No one character can have more than one title, unless one is a team-up or anthology title, like Superman/Batman or Brave and the Bold. They're putting an end to weekly maxi-series, but are willing to make two of their ongoings bi-weekly to compete with Amazing Spider-Man, and you get to decide which two. Anything but the All-Star books, 'cause... well, there's no way in Hell that's happenin'. And you get to pick the creative teams for each book, but can only pick from talent currently working for DC, or free agents, no Marvel exclusive guys. Each writer is allowed three titles, max, unless they're working on a bi-weekly book, and each artist is only allowed two titles, unless they're working on a bi-weekly book.

Get crackin', mook! This company can't run itself!

[Kevinroc]

Does this include Vertigo and Wildstorm and other imprints or just DCU books?

[Jack Zodiac]

Nah, just DC. Imprints are their own animals.

[Kevinroc]

Solo titles

1: Action Comics
2: Detective Comics
3: Wonder Woman
4: Green Lantern
5: Flash
6: Blue Beetle
7: The Question
8: Booster Gold
9: Atom
10: Supergirl
11: Ion (Kyle Rayner book)
12: Robin
13: Nightwing
14: Green Arrow
15: Black Canary

Team Books

1: JLA
2: JSA
3: Legion of Super Heroes
4: Teen Titans
5: Seven Soldiers

Can't get rid of Action or Detective. Those are the books that founded the company. I'd use Vic Sage for The Question and have it be very much inspired by the JLU incarnation of the character. GL would sort of focus not just on Hal but also the Corps. Combine that with Kyle's book and we have a lot of focus on DC's cosmic scene.

Black Canary would sort of be the BoP title. I view that as her book as much as Oracle's, but it's hard to market a book as Oracle.

Supergirl should be a more all-ages style book.

And hey, Seven Soldiers? What's to say no about?

[4thHorseman]

If we were to change characters in the titles (like say, make Detective Comics not just batman, but other characters) would that be doable or would Action/Detective Comics stay with Superman/Batman?

[Cayman]

DC Comics is cutting their line of comics down to just twenty-two titles a month to clear out some of the riff-raff. Dan Didio got drunk at the last convention and convinced Levitz to hire you on as assistant executive editor. You decide on fifteen solo titles and five team books. The other two are All-Star Superman and All-Star Batman and Robin, 'cause the brass knows they'll sell.

Dan put the bottle down for a minute to set out some guidelines for ya', though. No one character can have more than one title, unless one is a team-up or anthology title, like Superman/Batman or Brave and the Bold. They're putting an end to weekly maxi-series, but are willing to make two of their ongoings bi-weekly to compete with Amazing Spider-Man, and you get to decide which two. Anything but the All-Star books, 'cause... well, there's no way in Hell that's happenin'. And you get to pick the creative teams for each book, but can only pick from talent currently working for DC. Each writer is allowed three titles, max, unless they're working on a bi-weekly book, and each artist is only allowed two titles, unless they're working on a bi-weekly book.

Get crackin', mook! This company can't run itself!

Math is hard.

TEAM TITLES
Justice League of America - Mike Carey/Ivan Reis
Justice Society Of America - Geoff Johns/Dale Eaglesham
Teen Titans - John Rogers/Josh Middleton
Batgirl And The Outsiders - Christos Gage/Pete Woods
Kid Flash And The Legion Of Super Heroes - Stuart Moore/Duncan Rouleau

Solo Titles

Superman/Batman - Grant Morrison/Dustin Nguyen
Superman - Kurt Busiek/Carlos Pacheco
Batman - Jason Aaron/Tony Daniel
Wonder Woman - Dwayne McDuffie/Drew Johnson
Flash - Mark Waid/Karl Kerschl
Black Canary - Gail Simone/Nicola Scott
Green Lantern - Geoff Johns/Daniel Acuña
Action Comics feat. Supergirl - Kelly Puckett/Ale Garza
Detective Comics feat. Nightwing and Robin - Mark Andreyko/Renato Guedes
Zatanna - Paul Dini/JH Williams III & Ryan Sook (rotating arcs)
Mary Marvel - Gail Simone/Cliff Chiang
Green Arrow - Andy Diggle/Jock
The Phantom Strangerl - Peter Milligan/Dennis Calero
Booster Gold - Geoff Johns & Jeff Katz/Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund
Power Girl and Huntress - Sean McKeever/Joe Benitez

I don't really want a bi-weekly book.

[drwho]

Pretty much stick with the basics. This is gonna take awhile. IS there a list anywhere showing all the writers and artists that currently work at DC?

1. Action
2. Superman- biweekly
3. Detective
4. Batman- biweekly
5. Wonder Woman
6. Green Lantern
7. Hawkman
8. Robin
9. Supergirl
10. Cat Woman
11. Shazam
12. Green Arrow
13. Resurrection Man
14. Booster Gold
15. The Atom

Team

1. Justice League- Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg,Zatanna, Big Barda, and Aquaman
2. JSA- JSA Flash, Power Girl, Wild Cat, Star Man, Hawk Man, Black Canary, Hour Man, Atom, Resurrection Man
3. Green Lantern Corps- Ion, Donna Troy, John Stewart, Ice, Guy Gardner, New Blue Beetle
4. Outsiders- Robin, Rose, Wonder Girl, Beast Boy, Raven, Kid Devil, Speedy,
5. Birds of Prey- Huntress, Night Wing, Hawk Girl, Oracle, Cat Woman, Mr. Terrific

[Jack Zodiac]

If we were to change characters in the titles (like say, make Detective Comics not just batman, but other characters) would that be doable or would Action/Detective Comics stay with Superman/Batman?

They haven't in the past, no need to now. Action used to be an anthology book, so did Detective, so by all means.

Oh, and if I wan't clear, anthologies are counted as solo titles. Team-up books like Brave and the Bold, too. No core group, no team.

[matt_hatyber]

team
JLA-
JSA
CSA
doom patrol
teen titans


Solo
action comics
detective comics
the flash
hawkman
beastboy
MR.ACTion
ion
green lanterdetective chimp
captian carrot
the rise of darksied
deathstroke
the question
booster gold
shazam
krypto the superdog

[DubipR]

Like Cayman, I too chose not to do any bi-weekly books... too much hassle.
When coming up with 22 titles (it would've been easier with 25, but its your game), I had to scale down what I saw my version of the DCU would be. First off, no future stories. So the Legion doesn't exist...let's concentrate on today instead of 30 decades from now; way too much headaches to keep that shit coherent.
Also I wanted superheroes from different genres of DC..so war, western and supernatural fans can enjoy them as well.

Here's the breakdown:

Space Titles
1. New Gods- by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly.
2. Adventures in Space feat. Adam Strange- by Andy Diggle and Daniel Acuna
3. Green Lantern- by Grant Morrison and Ivan Reis

Western Comics
4. Jonah Hex- Jimmy Palmiotti/Justin Gray and Luke Ross

War Comics
5. Sgt. Rock- Brian Azzarello and the Kubert Family (yeah... all of them)

Supernatural Comics
6. The Spectre- John Ostrander and Cliff Chaing
7. Sentinels of Magic- John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake
8. Faust & the Devil- Geoff Johns and Phil Winslade (the advs. of Sebastian Faust and Blue Devil)

Superhero Team Comics
9. JLA- Grant Morrison and JH Williams III
10. JSA- Peter Milligan and Pete Woods
11. Freedom Fighters- Jimmy Palmiotti/Justin Gray and Renato Arlem
12. Teen Titans- Sean McKeever and Sean Phillips

Hero Comics
13. Superman- Dwayne McDuffie and Steve Rude
14. Action Comics feat. the Superman Family- Gail Simone and Renato Guedes
15. Batman & Robin- Paul Dini and Ryan Sook
16. Detective Comics feat. the Batman Family- Greg Rucka and Shawn Martinbrough
17. Flash- Mark Waid and Karl Kerschel
18. Black Canary/Power Girl- Gail Simone and Drew Johnson
19. Hawkman/Atom- written and drawn by Walt Simonson
20. Wonder Woman- Greg Rucka and David Lopez
21. Faucett Family feat. the Marvel Family- written and drawn by Jerry Ordway

The final book is what is called Showcase. This is a carte blanche book is set up for all writers to write whoever they want in 4 issue arcs that don't have any connection to the characters in any of the books mentioned above.

It was a toughie but here they are

[4thHorseman]

1. Action Comics
2. Detective Comics
3. Wonder Woman
4. Green Lantern
5. Booster Gold
6. Flash
7. Brave & The Bold
8. The Atom
9. Green Arrow
10. Martian Manhunter
11. Blue Beetle
12. Shazam
13. Mystery in Space
14. The Spirit
15. Firestorm

Team Titles:
1. Justice League
2. Justice Society
3. Teen Titans
4. Challengers of the Unknown
5. Secret Six

[Kage Kisaragi]

Solo titles

1: Action Comics
2: Detective Comics
3: Wonder Woman
4: Green Lantern
5: Flash
6: Blue Beetle
7: The Question
8: Booster Gold
9: Atom
10: Supergirl
11: Ion (Kyle Rayner book)
12: Robin
13: Nightwing
14: Green Arrow
15: Black Canary

Team Books

1: JLA
2: JSA
3: Legion of Super Heroes
4: Teen Titans
5: Seven Soldiers

Can't get rid of Action or Detective. Those are the books that founded the company. I'd use Vic Sage for The Question and have it be very much inspired by the JLU incarnation of the character. GL would sort of focus not just on Hal but also the Corps. Combine that with Kyle's book and we have a lot of focus on DC's cosmic scene.

Black Canary would sort of be the BoP title. I view that as her book as much as Oracle's, but it's hard to market a book as Oracle.

Supergirl should be a more all-ages style book.

And hey, Seven Soldiers? What's to say no about?

i see nothing worth changing.

[Killer Frost]

SOLO/ANTHOLOGY BOOKS
Action
Adventure (New space/off-world adventures anthology) - BIWEEKLY
Batman
Brave and the Bold
Detective
Flash
Green Lantern (includes the Corps, which would also have appearances in 'Adventure')
House of Mystery (Revamped supernatural/magic anthology)
Red Arrow
Shazam (the whole Fawcett gang, including Black Adam)
Supergirl/Powergirl
Superman
Tales of the Multiverse (featuring Booster Gold & co.) - BIWEEKLY
Villains! (New anthology spotlighting DCU villains)
Wonder Woman

TEAM BOOKS
JLA (Red Arrow departs for his own book. Green Arrow joins. Firestorm & Aquaman join)
JSA (Hawkman joins)
Legion of Super-Heroes (resurrected Bart Allen joins)
Batman & the Outsiders (Martian Manhunter joins)
Teen Titans (Blue Beetle joins)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

As an artist, the idea of "trimming the fat" is horrifying since it implies less jobs but here it is:

Team

JLA
JSA
Teen Titans
Birds of Prey
Legion of Superheroes


Solo

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern
Flash
Supergirl
Robin
Powergirl
Black Canary and Green Arrow
Shazam!
Hawkman
Blue Beetle
The Question
Nightwing
Atom

[jv2k]

I'd kidnap Didio until DC signed an agreement saying they wouldn't trim their tittles down.

[Jack Zodiac]

It was a toughie but here they are

That's a damn fine list with a lot of great variety and some awesome talent.

As an artist, the idea of "trimming the fat" is horrifying since it implies less jobs but here it is:

We writers'd be getting crapped on too, my friend; but the idea here is DC's EIC gets drunk and gives you the task of focusing on quality instead of quantity. Which is why I asked for creators, too, you schmucks! :p

And the reason I posted this was because I'd been kicking it around in my head, if I had to choose the most important characters and teams to scale down DC's abundance of books, who'd make the cut, and what creators would make such a cutback worthwhile? Still kickin' it around.

[Ronald Bryan]

The big thing with cutting it down that much would be to turn comics like Detective and Action into anthology titles, with those of course being the bi-weekly comics. Keep Batman and Superman, but let the anothology titles be inclusive of the other heroes operating in their "universes" such as the Bat family in Detective or characters like Booster Gold could be in Action. Then of course, you just throw rotating creative teams on those books for whichever character they are writing.

-Superman (Busiek)
-Batman (Dini)
-Detective Comics (various)
-Action Comics (various)

The Flash stays around, as does Green Lantern, although Lantern now can include Corps back-ups, and Ion stories. Wonder Woman has to stay. I'd say bring back Green Arrow, probably with Black Canary in the book. Aquaman, even though as a character he's not much, really needs an ongoing just because he's recognizable.

-Flash (Waid)
-Green Lantern
-Wonder Woman (Gail can stay)
-Green Arrow
-Aquaman (Morrison, he could maybe make him good. And give him Cameron Stewart on art. Seaguy returns!)

Wow, I'm only up to 9? Um, Captain Marvel (or Shazam, since they can't call it that), which could be about the Marvel Family in total. I'd give Adam Strange a comic because I like the idea of using him for space adventures. Superman/Batman sells like hotcakes so it can stay. Hawkman can get his series back. Let's keep the Spirit, if it counts as DC. And Detective Chimp deserves his own ongoing.

-Shazam
-Adam Strange (Diggle)
-Superman/Batman (doesn't matter. Give it to some hack)
-Hawkman (Johns)
-Spirit
-Detective Chimp (Darwyn Cooke)

Team books:

A JLA of the big guns is a given, and a JSA kind of like how it is now, with the old guard and a mix of new heroes would do good with building up young characters. You have to keep the Legion. The other two books would be Titans, as featuring the kids is a good idea, and I like including Birds of Prey, and having a roster of 6-12 female heroes, which would keep it as a very unique comic.

-JLA
-JSA (Johns)
-Legion of Superheroes
-Teen Titans
-Birds of Prey

Artists? More writers? Bah! This took too long as is.

[BeastieRunner]

Are Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore fair game?

[Jack Zodiac]

Moore, no, for obvious reasons. Gaiman, yes, because while his most recent work's been over at Marvel, he isn't Marvel exclusive. Go nuts!

[SUPERECWFAN1]

My DC Line....


Team Books

1.Justice League of America

2.Justice Society of America

3.Teen Titans

4.Brave & the Bold

5.Worlds Finest

6.Supergirl & the LSH

I would pretty much can Superman/Batman and relaunch Worlds Finest. Since I feel that title has a lot of history and you can put characters in other features in that series that don't have a book now.

_______________________________________

DC Solo Books

7.FLASH

8.GREEN LANTERN

9.SUPERMAN

10.ACTION COMICS

11.BATMAN

12.DETECTIVE COMICS

13.NIGHTWING

14.POWERGIRL

15.WONDER WOMAN

16.BOOSTER GOLD

17.HAWKMAN

I would pretty much cancel Robin and fold him back into Detective Comics more. Supergirl's adventures would be a good 8 page backup in Action Comics now because she has the LSH book she's a huge part of.


Weekly Books

18. Adventure Comics

Adventure Comics would feature heroes from the 52* Earths in stories and all. Published 3 times a month it would have some pretty big things.

MATURE LINE

19. Sgt.Rock

20. Swamp Thing

21. Green Arrow

These 3 would anchor my DC Mature line. Handling tough subjects and all . I'd more than likely hand Mike Grell back Oliver Queen and let him fix the character once and for all.

Westerns

22.Jonah Hex

Hex would get my last slot and start my Western Line of books down the line.

[BeastieRunner]

Moore, no, for obvious reasons. Gaiman, yes, because while his most recent work's been over at Marvel, he isn't Marvel exclusive. Go nuts!

I figured but yes, I shall go nuts.

[Suzanne]

Let's see:

Teams
Justice League
Justice Society
Teen Titans
Birds of Prey
Legion
Green Lantern Corps

Solo
Superman
Batman
Wonderwoman
Green Lantern
Flash
Zatanna
Hawkman & Hawkgirl
Green Arrow & Black Canary
Nightwing
Powergirl
Question
Aquaman
Jonah Hex
[Insert Horror Title Here]
[Insert Sci-Fi Title Here]

[jadehorde]

Not much to change I think with 22 titles it becomes fairly easy to get to that from what we have now...

I would have 2 anthologies. This would allow for random good ideas (for new characters or new takes) to be given a chance to pop in, and allow writers to take on the obscure fan faves in interesting directions. Also Action and Detective would feature guest stars. They would mainly be Superman/Batman respectively but with appropriate guests in each line. GL Corps would feature the Corps and not everyone named Hal. A multiversal and magic set of anthologies might work well to fill in the gaps

I guess
JSA
JLA
Teen Titans
Legion
BoP

Action/Superman
Supergirl
Detective/Bats
Robin
Nightwing
Wonder Woman
Flash
GL/GL Corps

Two anthology series
Challengers of the Unknown
Dr Fate/Cap Marvel

Hmmm four left.

Ohh...I like the ideas above...

Eliminate Robin (he's on Titans and could be featured in Detective). Add in Outsiders for those guys that just don't fit elsewhere.

Ah Strange...though I think the GL Corps already runs the space angle, and the Challengers the Bleed/multiverse...

[d newton]

Solo books:
1. Superman (Kurt Busiek)
2. Batman (Paul Dini)
3. Wonder Woman (Gail Simone)
4. Flash (Mark Waid)
5. Green Lantern (Geoff Johns)
6. Green Arrow (Brad Meltzer)
7. Martian Manhunter (John Ostrander)

Team books:
8. JLI (Keith Giffen)
9. JSA (Geoff Johns)
10. Teens of Steel [Grace, Power Girl, Supergirl, Troia & Wonder Girl] (Peter David)

[The Ray]

I get to be the assisstent editor?! The demon monkeys in my head will finally be heard!


The name of the game is " Something for everyone ". Accessibilitiy, bitches. Get used to it.
Solo Titles

Superman - Busiek/Wood

Batman - Rucka/Kramer

Wonder Woman - Simone/The Dodsons.

The Flash - Waid/Kerschel

Green Lantern - Jones/Van Sciver

Gotham Knights - Batman family anthology title featuring Batgirl, Nightwing, and Robin

Action Comics: Now three times a month! Intense action from the Metropolis Marvel by Geoff Jones and Renato Guedes

Detective Comics: Now three times a month! Crime stories from the belly of Gotham City by Paul Dini and Leonard Kirk

Adventure Comics - Rotating teams creating stories consistent of Aquaman, Hawkman, The Atom, Firestorm, Zatanna, Red Tornado, Black Canary and Green Arrow. All stories will feature a 22 page story and a 10 page back up of characters such as Blue Beetle, Manhunter, and Jonah Hex all for a whooping $3.50

Sensation Comics - Rotating teams creating stories consistent of Alan Scott(Green Lantern), Jay Gerrick(The Flash), Ted Grant(Wildcat), The Sandman(Sand Hawkins), Stargirl(Courtney Whitmore), Starman(Thom Kallor). All stories will feature a 22 page story and a 10 page back up of such characters as Jakeem Thunderbolt, Hourman & Liberty Bell, The Forgotten Heroes all for a astonishing $3.50!

Mystery in Space - Rotating teams creating sci-fi stories consistent of DC's space characters such as Adam Strange, Space Cabbie, Captain Comet, The Weird, L.E.G.I.O.N, Lobo, Tales of the Green Lantern Corp and more all for an amazing $2.99 each issue!

Tales of the Unexplained - Rotating teams creating supernatural stories consistent of DC's mystical characters such as Phantom Stranger, The Spectre, Doctor Occult & Rose Psychic, The Shadowpact and much much more all for the stupendous price of $2.99!

Showcase - A testing ground for new talent telling stories from DC's great pool of wonderful new and old characters.

Team books

Justice League of America - Mcduffie/Benes

Justice Society of America - Jones/Jurgens

Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters - Alternate between Ostander/Mandrake and Palmoitti/Gray/Rio.

Teen Titans - McKeever/Freddie Williams III

[Spiffy]

Here's a concept. Since they can't keep the cost of comics down anyway, turn "Detective" and "Action" into extra-size books which permanently feature TWO stories.

Detective's "A" story is of course Batman, perhaps with Robin. The "B" story is either a Robin solo adventure (in three to five month arcs) or small one-shots for other under-utilized Bat-verse characters, maybe... three times a year instead of the Robin story.

Yes, the extra size means the books cost more--but the cost is still less than buying two books. Robin's solo book goes away and nobody has to worry about buying it.

Action's "A" story is of course Supes. The "B" story alternates between Lois, Jimmy, and Supergirl--who's solo book also goes away. Supergirl is also put permanently on at least one team book to make up for her having less "coverage".

Of course "Batman" and "Superman" also are running, at normal size and price. Its the endless spinoff books that are extraneous.

This pattern can also be followed somewhat with lets say... Green Lantern. But without the need for two books, and without the endless spinoff books. There are currently two books, and at one point there were three. Why? Make the main book extra-sized and have the backup feature be "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps". 'Nuff said.

Of course this is all fan-wanking from someone who, like a lot of people here, is somewhat attached to the classics and who doesn't like the artistic impact of the diaspora of DC's core properties. Market reality doesn't really match this wishful thinking, I believe. Market reality is to have Batman in as many books as possible, and to try and grab onto his success by trying to sell solo titles for things related to him. Marketing reality is to have endless "Teen" books. Market reality is to latch on a book in a successful run and to try and clone its success.

[EZMOHR]

Solo Titles:

1. Superman: Michael Chabon/Ed Benes (I figure Chabon isn't exclusive, and I COULD see him writing a comic one day.)

2. Batman: Greg Rucka/Doug Mahnke (Batman and the Fam and his characters appear here exlusivley.)

3. Wonder Woman: Kurt Buseik/Terry Dodson

4. The Flash: Geoff Johns/Daniel Acuna

5. Green Lantern: Geoff Johns/Ethan Van Sciver (this would be the only Green Lantern book at DC. It's called Green Lantern people....not Hal Jordan or Kyle Rayner or Guy Garder: The Series. All Green Lantern stories would be contained in the book. Hal would be the star sure, but the others would be there too. Note, I didn't say John Stewart though......)

6. SHAZAM: The Adventures of Captain Marvel: Jeff Smith/Jeff Smith (Billy Bastion is the Captain. SHAZAM is, um, SHAZAM. Freddy Freeman is Jr, and Mary Marvel isn't some power mad slut Mary Marvel. The story of Black Adam and the whole Marvel Family happens in this book.)

7. Aquaman: Bill Willingham/Adam Kubert(He's still exclusive right?)

8. Green Arrow & Black Canary: Brad Metzler/Andy Kubert (See above ? I would have characters like Shiva, Cassie(Vomit Inducing) Cain, and Roy show up in this book.)

9. Hawkman: Justin Grey/Jimmy Palmiotti/Dustin Nyguen (I like the idea of Hawkgirl and The Atom being in this book full time like someone else said.)

10. Books of Magic: Bill Willingham/Tom Mandrake (Shadowpact and all the adventures of the Magic World in the DC Universe.)

11. Journey into Space: Andy Diggle/Ivan Reis (Adam Strange, Starfire, Captain Comet, Lobo and all the space heroes can come here to roam.)

12. Oracle and Catman: Gail Simone/Cliff Chiang (I don't know if it can be done, and I don't care, I would pay good money to see if a book can be done around Barbara Gordon and Catman. Maybe a spy sort of book.)

13. Booster Gold: Jeff Katz/Dan Jurgens (a great number one, and I like the team on it right now.)

14. Action Comics: (Bi-Weekly) Rotating Artist/Rotating Writers. Supergirl, The Martian Manhunter, and selected other characters w/Superman come into this book.)

15. Detective Comics: (Bi/Weekly) Rotating Writers/Roataing Artist. The stories of and starring .................NIGHTWING. With, Renee Montoya, Batwoman, Robin, the Huntress, Kate Spencer, The Ghostly Detectives the Dibneys, the detective world of the DCU comes from here.

TEAM BOOKS:

16. The Justice League of America: Grant Morrison/Jim Lee: The Justice League would consist of The Satallite League with some subs and tweaks. Hal Jordan is out, and John Stewart is in. Ralph is gone and Plastic Man is in. Jason Rusch will hopefully be gone, and you get Ronnie Raymond back. That is a JLA I like.

17. Justice Society of America: Geoff Johns/Dale Eaglesham (I say go with the team you got now....it's alright in my book.)

18. Teen Titans: Mark Waid/Karl Kershcel (My team would be Tim Drake, Kid Devil, Ravager, Cyborg, Wonder Girl, Jericho, Miss Martian and for odd sake...Match.)

19. Suicide Squad: John Ostrander/Doug Mahnke (let these guys chose whoever they want.

20. Legion of Superheroes: Grant Morrison/Frank Quietly (Just let them make it as freaky as they want.)

[Jack Zodiac]

Chabon on Superman. That'd be a dream. And just in case you missed it, Chabon has written a comic, The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist from Darkhorse, before the Vaughn mini-series came out. Awesome choice.

I also like that most of you guys are thinking that with limitations on titles, anthologies would be bigger hits, since most of you are making them bi-weeklies with rotating teams. I think we'll see this applied in the actual market in years to come, if Amazing Spider-Man has the success I forsee.

[TonyJaymz03]

Less comics, but more content! All comics are now 32 pages standard, with most books being an Anthology/Showcase comic of some sort.

Solos
1. Detective Comics- Paul Dini/JH Williams
A 22 page main story featuring batman, followed by a 10 page backup with various Gotham characters.

2.Action Comics-Kurt Busiek/Gary Frank
Again, a 22 page main story featuring Superman, followed by a 10 page back featuring members of the Superman family.

3. Wonder Woman-Gail Simone/The Dobsons
Why screw up a good thing? 32 pages of Gail Simone Wonder Woman? Score!

4. Tales of Adventure-Jim Starlin/Cliff Chiang
Space faring adventures, starring various cosmic heroes, like Captain Comet, Adam Strange, etc.

5. Tales of Mystery-Christos Gage/Justiniano
Stories featuring the DCUs mystical and magic wielding heroes, with a rotaing cast of Spectre, Dr. Fate, etc

6. The Flash-Mark Waid/ Scot Kollins
Greatest. Run. Ever.

7. Nightwing-Marv Wolfman/Pete Woods
WHat can I say, I like the current run.

8. Hawkman-Gray & Palmiotti/J. Calafiore
Bring back the No Holds Barred warrior that i miss.

9. Green Lantern-Geoff Johns/Ethan Van Sciver
A main story featuring either Hal, John, or Kyle, with a backup featuring lesser known Green Lanterns.

10. Blue & Gold- Geoff Johns & Jeff Katz/Dan Jurgens
A team up book with Booster Gold and Blue Beetle(albeit the new one).

11. Jonah Hex-Gray & Palmiotti/Russ Heath
Can't mess with a good thing.

12. Power of SHAZAM!-Judd Winick/Porter
Basically an ongoing version of Trials.

13. Catwoman-Will Pfeifer/David Lopez

14. Power Girl-Ron Marz/Tony Daniel

15. Robin:The Boy Wonder- Sean Mckeever/Mike Norton

Team Books
1. JLA/JSA Unlimted-Gran Morrison/Ed Benes/Alex Ross
A double sized merger of the two books. Twice the Action! Twice the Drama! Twice the Cost?

2. Teen Titans- Sean McKeever/Ian Churchill

3. Metal Men-Gran Morrison/Frank Quitley

4. Checkmate-Greg Rucka/Joe Bennett

5. Green Arrow & The Outsiders-Andy Diggle/Jock

I Hate All-Star Batman so instead of that, I'll shove The Spirit in its place, and since Grant cant do All-Star Supes, I'm bringing back Solo

[EZMOHR]

Chabon on Superman. That'd be a dream. And just in case you missed it, Chabon has written a comic, The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist from Darkhorse, before the Vaughn mini-series came out. Awesome choice.

I also like that most of you guys are thinking that with limitations on titles, anthologies would be bigger hits, since most of you are making them bi-weeklies with rotating teams. I think we'll see this applied in the actual market in years to come, if Amazing Spider-Man has the success I forsee.

Oh, I'm a Chabon fan,and I have his Escapist from Darkhorse. I just didn't know if he fell into the parameters.

[Sizzle]

Batman - Dini just featuring Batman
Superman - Busiek/McGuiness
Nightwing - Dixon/McDaniel
Flash - Waid/Kollins
Titans - Johns/Jimenez
Justice League - Morrison/Lee Return of the Big 7
Wonder Woman - Simone/Benes
Justice Society - Johns/Ross
Batman/Superman - Morrison/Daniels Morrison would bring the out of this world headache inducing, fun stories back to this book.
Green Lantern - not a single focus, but more rotate focus on the 4 earth GL's
Detective Comics - Breyfogle draws Featuring Batman AND Robin
Lobo - Ennis/Bisley
Action Comics - Supergirl/Steel/Superboy
Outsiders - Mix of characters between TT and JLA age and JLA and JSA age
Aquaman

[BlackDragon]

I'd kidnap Didio until DC signed an agreement saying they wouldn't trim their tittles down.

Hey, I wouldn't mind trimming titles down... it would help me trim my monthly expenses too.:evilsmile

[Spiffy]

Less comics, but more content! All comics are now 32 pages standard, with most books being an Anthology/Showcase comic of some sort.

I'd make the 2-story books bigger than 32 pages. 40, 50, or maybe even 64 pages. Yes, the issue cost will go higher, but it will STILL be more economical than buying 2 books instead.

I think many of us agree that Detective and Action are logical books for this formula--the main story still featuring our main hero (albeit probably with more guest appearances by "family" members than either the "Batman" or "Superman" titles--which really SHOULD be solo books, literally). And the backup story (which should be in medium sized arcs, round-robining around the main franchise characters.

In other words, emulate the "Superman Family" and "Batman Family" books from the 1970s, but without the kitsch. Do it SERIOUSLY, with good stories and REAL value added.

And even if the books are as much as 64 pages, limit them to only 2 stories (the classic "Family" books were 4-5 stories within 64 pages, if I recall correctly).

If this works out for Detective and Action, then emulate the pattern with the Green Lantern and Wonder Woman franchises (except in those cases there'd be no 2nd "solo" title--simply a back-section for the franchise characters).

Again though, as I said in my last post in this topic, market reality may not match the above idea. It would just be neat, and a way to reign in the occasion insanity of spinoff characters. Personally I think the spinoffs has choked the creative development of NEW characters for the past 20-30 years.

[BeastieRunner]

This one was harder than the Marvel one:

Solo Books

Green Arrow
Writer: Andy Diggle
Artist: Tony Daniels
Jonah Hex
Writers: Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti
Artist: Phil Noto
Flash
Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: Daniel Acuña
Green Lantern (A main story featuring Hal Jordan with a back-up “Tales of the Green Lantern Corps")
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert
Wonder Woman
Writer: Tony Bedard
Artists: Paulo Siqueira and Amilton Santos
Aquaman
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Leonardo Manco
The Atom
Writer: Sean McKeever
Artists: Veitch and Gary Erskine
Ion
Writer: Ron Marz
Artist: Daniel Acuña
Hawkgirl
Writer: Tony Bedard
Artist: Ed Benes
The Spirit
Writer: Darwyn Cooke
Artist: George Pérez
Black Canary
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artists: Alé Garze and Marlo Alquiza
Strange Adventures featuring Captain Comet
Writer: Jim Starlin
Artist: Shane Davis
Swamp Thing
Writer: Neil Gaiman
Artist: Aaron Alexovich Bi-Weekly Books (A main story featuring Superman/Batman with a back-up with a character or characters from the Superman/Batman family)

Action Comics
Writer: John Byrne
Artists: Frank Quitely and Jamie Grant
Detective Comics
Writer: Paul Dini
Artist: Jim Lee Team Books

Teen Titans
Writer: Sean McKeever
Artist: Ed Benes
Justice Society of America (with more space adventures)
Writer: Geoff Johns/Jim Starlin/Ron Marz
Artist: Tony Daniels
Brave and the Bold (2 or more per team-up and can't have characters featured in Solo or Team Books)
Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: George Pérez
Justice League [Main Roster: Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern (John Stewart), Flash (Wally West), Nightwing (Dick Grayson), Red Tornado, Zatanna, Red Arrow, Vixen, & Black Canary – Reserves: Batman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Black Lightning, Sandman (Sandy Hawkins), Aquaman, & Oracle]
Writer: Dwayne McDuffie
Artists: Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert
The Endless
Writer: Neil Gaiman
Artist: David Lloyd Covers By:

Alex Ross
Phil Noto
Michael Turner
Renato Guedes
Bernard Chang
Lee Bermejo
James Jean
Adam Kubert