Now that DC has revealed all of their 52 #1s for the September relaunch — and now that I've had a little time to get over some shock and hurt — it's time to look at all the offerings and see what really interests me. Overall, I think I'm more excited for the books about renewed characters than the core group. I am curious about the iconic characters, and you would think this new beginning would be a good time to check them out, but I like continuity. I like the rich history that I'll have to do research on and find out about. I like to do all the things that most people don't care about doing, basically. I realize I'm atypical in that regard, and I can understand the idea for this re[boot, launch]. I'm just not the focus group for it.
And yet…. I currently pick up three DC ongoing books and get minis and the odd single issue here and there to make one or two more each month. So, I regularly get four or five DC Universe titles. I'm going to have to figure it out (we'll all know by the end of this post), but I have a feeling there's more than four or five of these #1s that interest me. So, maybe DC's playing it right (for them). I've been sorta soured on the main characters — the ones most likely to draw in new readers (if not, what's the point in redoing them?) — but I'll probably end up getting at least as many books as I do now of the “other” titles. Win-win for DC.
