DC's Trinity War Coming Next Year

DC's New 52 has been out for about half a year now, so when will there be an event for the recently rebooted universe? Apparently it's happening next year.

Being called Trinity War, DC's new event for their comics does not really have much information at all besides that this obviously includes Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman as they are the Trinity.

There is also a photo (pictured above) of a foldout from DC's Free Comic Book Day that gives a little teaser.

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Darkseid Gets A New Makeover For Justice League

With the New 52 allowing the super heroes in the DC Universe to have a change of costume design, it would be unfair for the villains to be left out. DC has released an image today of Darkseid's new design done by Jim Lee for his and Geoff John's Justice League.

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DC Releasing Second Printings For The New 52

DC has announced today that first publications of the New 52 has been sold out from Diamon Comioc Distributors. DC will now be starting to release second printings of all the comics that are part of the reboot.

John Rood, DC Entertainment Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development has this to say about the success of The New 52:

“We at DC Entertainment thank our creators, our retail partners, and our readers, and remind them all we’re just getting started. We’re thrilled to be making history, but we’re not standing around congratulating each other. We’re working behind the scenes to leverage our recent success into our long term vision for this company and its iconic characters and brands.”

The New 52 has been a big success; Batman, Justice League and Action Comics has each sold over 200,000 copies. Action Comics, Batgirl, Batman, Batman and Robin, Batman: The Dark Knight, Detective Comics, The Flash, Green Lantern, Justice League and Superman have broken over 100,000 sales.

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Justice League #1 Review

I just finished up reading the first issue of Justice League from the new DC Universe relaunch, now I don't really know too much when it comes to DC, especially when it comes to heroes personalities. From what I know though, Batman still seems like a jerk, Green Lantern and Superman seem a bit cocky (Green Lantern being extremely cocky).

In this DC Universe, people fear the super heroes that are popping up around the world, so much that they would kill them. The comic starts with Batman chasing down an alien with helicopters gunning at both of them, until Green Lantern shows up and lends Batman a helping green hand. The alien is able to escape into the sewers where Green Lantern and Batman trails it. From there, Lantern goes head on towards the alien as he's planting what the heroes thought was a bomb. Before exploding, the alien spurs out "For Darkseid!" After shielding against the attack, Green Lantern decides that he and Batman should go over to Metropolis to see if another certain alien could be involved - Superman. Once they land where Superman is located and after Green Lantern is a bit cocky, Superman lands a powerful punch onto the space peace keeper. 

I like how Geoff Johns made Green Lantern looks like some God like being just by the way he talked, but he got his ass handed to him in every instance, by Batman, the Dark Sied alien and of course Superman. I really thought Green Lantern was a nice guy, especially from the few issues of stuff I have read with him, so I don't know if they are completely changing his character or that he's really like that, either way it's funny to see him like that, even though I like Green Lantern.

Another enjoyable thing was the foreshadowing of Cyborg, Vic Stone, joining the Justice League. Of course though, he just a high school kid on a football team. Cyborg is a character I barely know anything about except for his name and that he was on the Teen Titans, so I'm pretty excited to see him in this Justice League. And the foreshadowing of Darkseid was pretty neat, it sounds like they'll be introducing him real soon.

Overall, this was a pretty good comic for someone just jumping into the DC Universe, it gives readers a fresh start. I really don't know every personality for all the characters, so I really cannot compare to how this is to any previous Justice League comics, but I do like the direction it's going towards. I really can't wait till the next issue, nor can I wait to see what the other 52 comics have in store.

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New Justice League Has Over 200,000 Pre-Orders

Numbers mean a lot in businesses, and the comic industry is no exception either, especially when it comes to DC's new relaunched (or whatever people are calling it these days) Justice League #1.

Selling over 100,000 issues is a very good thing when it comes to the comic book industry, but selling over 200,000 copies is huge. It has just been announced that over 200,000 pre-orders has been placed for the upcoming Justice League #1. Trailing behind that are various other DC reboot titles that have over 100,000 pre-orders.

It's no wonder that DC is getting pre-orders like crazy, this reboot is pretty huge and I'm not surprised people are wanting to see what it's going to be like. Justice League #1 and other DC reboot titles will be hitting the stands on August 31st, which is just next week. I'll be getting my hands on some of the issue.

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DC Renumbering All Titles

DC Comics has announced that they will be renumbering over 50 of their comic titles back to No. 1; their reason for doing such a leap is to bring in new readers. The renumbered comics will be more up to date with current events and more modern costumes.

"In September, more than 50 more first issues will debut, introducing readers to stories that are grounded in each character's specific legend but also reflect today's real-world themes and events. Lee spearheaded the redesign of more than 50 costumes to make characters more identifiable and accessible to comic fans new and old."

"We looked at what was going on in the marketplace and felt we really want to inject new life in our characters and line," says Dan DiDio, who co-publishes DC with Lee. "This was a chance to start, not at the beginning, but at a point where our characters are younger and the stories are being told for today's audience."

The first comic to be renumbered will be Justice League this Summer on August 31st, written by Geoff Johns, the JL will include heroes such as: Aquaman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Superman and Wonder Woman. 

This might or might not be a smart move for DC; it gives them a chance to bring in new readers, or it might dissuade current readers and make them feel like they are wasting their time re-reading their favorite heroes. Either way, I am supporting this, just because it finally gives me a chance to jump into the DC Universe. For the past few months I have been trying to start reading more DC comics, starting with Infinite Crisis and trying to catch up. skipping Final Crisis just because I found it so boring. I am currently on the prelude to Darkest Night, and I will try to catch up all the way to Flashpoint. We'll see how all of this turns out soon enough.

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Batman Reboot

Warner Brothers has announced that there will be a reboot for Batman movies after The Dark Knight Rises. Apparently, Warner Brothers reboot will lead in to a Justice League movie, meaning there will be more DC movies coming their way in the near future.

This will be the third reboot for the Batman movie franchise, three too many in my opinion. They should have thought of this sooner. But I am interested in which way they will portray Batman. Will they try and go the way Nolan's Batman has gone or will it be completely different?

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