CBR: Fan Expo: Dan DiDio Presents the DCU

[CBR News]

Dan DiDio leads the DC Universe Editorial Presentation Saturday at FanExpo in Toronto, Canada and shares news of Paul Dini's "Zatanna" ongoing, "Ambush Bug" #6, "Blackest Night" in 2010 and a possible "Wonder Woman" #600.


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[ryerye17]

No Blackest Night on January?

That's depressing.

[Mundungus]

There is some exciting stuff coming down the pike.

I'm interested in the Dini/Roux Zatanna ongoing.

I'm just getting into Green Arrow with the Kevin Smith run, so the jury is still out on what I really think about the character.

I'm looking forward to the end of Flash: Rebirth and the beginning of The Flash and Kid Flash. I've just started reading the Impulse series.

One issue and I already LOVE Adventure Comics. I've gone back and started reading the 90s Superboy series. You really see how different Conner is from his beginnings.

I'm going to keep an eye on everything J. Michael Straczynski does at DC, because his Amazing Spider-Man run was such an inspiration to me.

Batman Beyond. Count me in. I loved the show.

[DeTroyes]

After highlighting the importance and upcoming changes on DC’s team books, namely, “Justice League of America,” “Justice Society of America,” “Titans” and “Teen Titans,” DiDio shifted gears

It would have been nice if the panel report had actually elaborated on this rather than skip briefly over it.

[SeritoNiN]

He said Green Arrow was the book to watch in 2009 last year, now this year, he's saying 2010.

Get him away from Black Canary.

[Abraxas]

Though I do look forward to the Dini "Zatanna" series something troubles me.

“Ambush Bug” #6 by Keith Giffen, Robert Loren Fleming and Al Milgrom is never coming out “due to circumstances out of their control,” but the miniseries will conclude with #7 and will “be out in about a month.”

The only other time, the I can think of, where DC banned a issue and continued on is where Rick Veitch had Swamp Thing meet Jesus. I want to know why this is the case. Maybe Giffen hinted at the troubles with Superman, or something to do with Blackest Night, either way this is stange.

[galactica]

Though I do look forward to the Dini "Zatanna" series something troubles me.

“Ambush Bug” #6 by Keith Giffen, Robert Loren Fleming and Al Milgrom is never coming out “due to circumstances out of their control,” but the miniseries will conclude with #7 and will “be out in about a month.”

The only other time, the I can think of, where DC banned a issue and continued on is where Rick Veitch had Swamp Thing meet Jesus. I want to know why this is the case. Maybe Giffen hinted at the troubles with Superman, or something to do with Blackest Night, either way this is stange.

I find that pretty funny actually. #6 will never come out but the issue will end with #7.

[Sean Walsh]

The only other time, the I can think of, where DC banned a issue and continued on is where Rick Veitch had Swamp Thing meet Jesus. I want to know why this is the case. Maybe Giffen hinted at the troubles with Superman, or something to do with Blackest Night, either way this is stange.

I think this is just a goof - no #6, but a #7 (of 6) - which the whole series has pretty much been anyway.

[CaptainCanada]

and mentioned that DC is looking at renumbering the upcoming “Wonder Woman” #45, scheduled for next June, to #600.

“It would give her the same level of attention [in 2010] as Superman and Batman,” said DiDio. Both “Superman” and “Batman” will reach #700 in 2010. “My concern was, I wanted to keep ‘Wonder Woman’ as accessible as possible and as young as possible. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t want people to be overwhelmed by the numbering. But if we feel the numbering is important to the fans, then we’ll make that adjustment.”

He said he needs 600 postcards for a 600th issue and right now he has 55.

Assuming the postcards thing is real and not a screen for real corporate decisionmaking, it's no wonder that Marvel kicks DC's ass in monthly sales year-in, year-out. Renumbering has proved a promotional and sales bonanza for Marvel, and hasn't visibly caused the involved comics any problems whatsoever. You'd think DC would be primed to borrow the practice.

[Peter Svensson]

The postcards bit is real. He figured that if people actually and genuinely cared about renumbering rather than it just being a stunt, that they'd be willing to send in postcards. Didio is putting all the postcards on his office door. If the door gets filled, he'll be willing to believe that the cry for renumbering is more than just a few outspoken fans online.

[bongoes]

DiDio said the mega event will break for one month in January 2010 because, “there’s a special stunt tied into ‘Blackest Night’ that I can’t tease about.”

Interesting.

Eisner Award-winning “Tiny Titans” creators Art Baltazar and Franco will be contributing to a series in DCU proper.

Awesome.

[DeTroyes]

DiDio said the mega event will break for one month in January 2010 because, “there’s a special stunt tied into ‘Blackest Night’ that I can’t tease about.”

Sounds like its going to be another "Faces of Evil" type event, where most of the issues that month center on one character. It'll probably be titled something like "Faces of the Black Lanterns" or "Faces of the Undead". That's my guess, at any rate.

Eisner Award-winning “Tiny Titans” creators Art Baltazar and Franco will be contributing to a series in DCU proper.

Betcha its the rumored Captain Carrot mini.

[BYC]

A special event? What's he gonna do? Dress up the staff like Black Lanterns and have them do the Thriller dance?

[bongoes]

Sounds like its going to be another "Faces of Evil" type event, where most of the issues that month center on one character. It'll probably be titled something like "Faces of the Black Lanterns" or "Faces of the Undead". That's my guess, at any rate.



Betcha its the rumored Captain Carrot mini.

Faces of the Undead makes sense.

[SeritoNiN]

Assuming the postcards thing is real and not a screen for real corporate decisionmaking, it's no wonder that Marvel kicks DC's ass in monthly sales year-in, year-out. Renumbering has proved a promotional and sales bonanza for Marvel, and hasn't visibly caused the involved comics any problems whatsoever. You'd think DC would be primed to borrow the practice.

Re-numbering only causes a small sales boost for a #1, sales always decline after a #1 and usually level back off to where they were when the book was numbered at #340.

#1's only attract Wizard boys who run out, buy 3 copies, bag and board them and never touch them again.

DC is more focused on telling a good story inside the book, regardless of the number on the cover.

Personally, I like high numbered issues, it shows a company stuck with something through and through - and even from a sales perspective, I think it says a books sales have been strong enough to not need and pull a re-numbering stunt to get the Wizard boys extra buys.

Notice "The perfect company", Marvel you speak so highly of has gone ahead with another boost in sales gimmick, re-numbering books like Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Daredevil and others BACK to their original numbering...numbering DC has stuck by and had all along.

So I fail to see your logic. Basically forget the story inside the book and just keep making a new #1