DiDio, Lee on DC’s Rebirth, comic pricing & sales numbers
DiDio: One of the things that’s strange is we were planning #1s through September and possibly into October, but the relaunch was so strong at the beginning that we actually delayed some of the later books into next year to give them more time to spend, to build them creatively, but also we didn’t feel the urgency. We wanted to make sure we didn’t overwhelm the fan base right from the start with so many titles that we decided to delay some of the material. So we made slight adjustment on our schedule so books like Justice League America and Super Sons that we announced for later this year are moving into 2017.
Dan Didio announcing that they’re extending DC Rebirth into 2017 and pushing back the debuts of JLA and Super Sons to next year is pretty big news. Did anyone at CBR catch that? Seems like it’s worthy of its own headline.
Isaiah Collins
>Dan Didio announcing that they’re extending DC Rebirth into 2017 and pushing back the debuts of JLA and Super Sons to next year is pretty big news. Did anyone at CBR catch that? Seems like it’s worthy of its own headline. 2017:(
Ryan Rogers
Okay but who are the writers
Matthew Cook
>Super Sons is not cancelled
Adam King
NO NEWS :(
Jacob Bell
yup,
Isaiah Martinez
He's lying. Stealth cancelled confirmed.
Juan Carter
?
Mason Nelson
>we're earning so much money, we've decided to not earn any more money this year
Surely Sup Forums won't swallow this?
Dylan Young
Marlel did it with a lot of their titles and DC did this with new 52 as well.
Aaron Evans
DC!=Marlel
William Edwards
why do you think it's being pushed to 2017
Nathaniel Barnes
If you launch too many #1 at once the bigger titles will cannibalize the smaller ones.
Landon Watson
damifag in rooins
Logan Williams
>We were earning good money with 19 titles, so we added a hundred more to earn more money. Impeccable economics 10/10
Caleb Brown
I'll believe it when I see some comichron numbers Cause DC has like 8 minis + 4 Young Animal books between September and November
Jaxon Torres
It makes perfect sense. When you know you can get more money off #1 sales, it's smart to pace them instead of all at once making the fanbase have to decide which they want more, leaving some books in the wind.
Connor Parker
At least they're not pushing back Young Animal.
Joshua Thomas
this is exactly why omega men did so badly
Blake Russell
More likely due to writers. Didio said that Super sons was his favourite title, so it must be someone important enough. Maybe DC are waiting for the writers of both titles to have more free time.
Chase Phillips
Well that and it was too dense for the average comic book fan.
Andrew Ross
>rooins I do not know the English word? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Jordan Watson
Alright.
Enjoy 2nd place again, guys.
Adam Ortiz
better than cancelling it 5 issues in
Thomas Reyes
Okay.
Luis King
>muh iraq war >dense Wew
Evan Cooper
You are joking, but that's what DC is doing right now. They are not planning to surpass Marvel( publishing less than 40 books overall is a clear signal of that), the current goal seems to be to increase the quality of the whole line, regain the fans trust and reinforcing the A-listers with the biweekly releases.
Juan Morales
They're playing the long game, while marvel is relying on events and shit to spike to the top for a while. I think DC's plan is the most sound.
Brody Collins
Long game only works if you stick around long enough for it to pay off. So let's hope Johns don't jump ship to Marvel
Hudson Bell
Considering Johns' position within DC right, Marvel would have to offer him EiC or Publisher and a fuckton of incentives.
Colton King
why the fuck would he you retard, he has a very high position in DC that hes worked very hard for.
David Lee
>delusion
Leo Walker
>So let's hope Johns don't jump ship to Marvel
You do realize that Johns is the biggest DC fanboy who's ever lived, right?
Why in the FUCK would he leave DC? Especially before he's been made EiC or the actual President (not the pseudo-president) of the company?
Isaac Campbell
and he doesn't seem to have the same kind of love for Marvel characters, based on his Avengers run
Ian Mitchell
Johns is CCO, co president and is practically doing Harras' EIC job.
Daniel Lee
> super sons, moving to 2017 Why do you hate me so, universe?
Thomas Flores
once again:
The writer has not been announced
Stop thinking with your boner. There's no reason to think the book would've been good in the first place, so nothing is lost.
Henry Lee
It's better this way. It won't have to complete with a lot of new #1s when it launches later.
Maybe it's possible that Jorge is also doing the writing?
Connor Gomez
JSA, Atom, and Captain Marvel WHEN, DC?
Good idea though. Smart move on their part, honestly.
Jaxon Garcia
>Super Sons that we announced for later this year are moving into 2017
Fuck you
Mason Walker
>we made so much off the #1s that we want to get some #1 dollars next year too seems reasonable
Jordan Rodriguez
>is the biggest DC fanboy who's ever lived
>didnt read vertigo aside from animal man >didnt like batman >never touched a wonder woman comic until 2014 >didnt read the new gods until his run as JL writer
He is a fanboy of some characters, but now he is a fanboy of himself
Andrew Peterson
He's more of a fan of 80s and Silver Age stuff. Guys like Superman, Flash and GL that are simple characters but are plain heroic. Also the guy loves his obscure and not popular characters.
Logan Perry
Literally all I want is the atom book and for it to be good Pls
Jackson Bennett
He wasn't even born during the silver age.
Ayden Foster
>You have to be born right when the comics are coming out to be able to read them growing up.
Okay.
Josiah Ramirez
Yeah, he used to buy back issues from ebay or pirate them or read them on Sup Forums during 80s.
Grayson Moore
There aren't a lot of writers I trust with the JSA, honestly. I know Orlando has expressed interest and he'd probably be pretty good, but I can't think of anyone else offhand now that Johns got kicked upstairs.
John Peterson
I think he actually did steal them since the story is different every time he tells it (sometimes from a relative, once he found them in the woods) but it seems like he and his brother read an old box of silver age stuff and then the first book he bought was an issue of COIE.
Dominic Thomas
I think
Daniel Barnes
>he found them in the woods Somehow I will believe this to be true if it's Johns He sounds like the kind of person that will find strange shit in a box in the woods
Jordan Bennett
He's fine, but he's already doing Titans and Aquaman on top of Earth 2.
Mason Hall
Its not unheard of. Around here, you can find sheds and barns filled to the brim with old magazines. Easy to imagine comics were kept in the same way when Johns was young.
Colton Price
Just like the old stories of finding a box of porno, eh?
Angel Smith
>tfw older kids found our box of porno and burned it all Fags.
Jack Turner
While you were typing out your post, Marvel relaunched it's books SEVEN TIMES.
Julian Russell
I wouldn't be surprised if they're just waiting to have a solid plan for the JSA before canceling Earth 2. Lord if Abnett isn't trying to salvage it but the thing is clearly running on fumes.
Brody Young
>Earth Two just reboots into JSA Proper
Jose Rogers
It becomes Earth 2.2
Michael Allen
>On one hand YAAAAY Super Sons isn't cancelled!!! >On the other hand awwww man, I have to wait a year. At least it will give them time to perfect it.
Isaiah Edwards
Not really a year, I mean it was coming out late 2016, so if it comes out early 2017 it's not that much longer
Grayson Campbell
I'm getting flashbacks from mighty no. 9 all over again
Jordan Jackson
They are probably going "the real reason New-52 was such a clusterfuck was that it was too much to fast" and trying to play it safe..
James Wright
...
Owen Bailey
Prez part 2 is still coming out this year... right?
Jaxson Anderson
they already have like 11 or 12 non rebirth books coming out through november so it might get pushed back a bit if it's not in the next solicits
Zachary Perry
Didn't he say that this book was his favourite from Rebirth?