![]() For one simple example, Batman’s 10 year old son, Damian, was Robin at the start of the New 52. The issue is that both runs are HIGHLY dependent on the history of major DC events like Crisis on Infinite Earths, Zero Hour, and Final Crisis, none of which would have happened in the New 52. These two runs are celebrated as among the best comic runs ever, with Grant Morisson’s Batman in particular in regular conversation for the all-time best Batman saga. This want for a clean slate ran into two roadblocks: Geoff Johns Green Lantern Saga and Grant Morrison’s Batman Epic. The New 52 was meant to start fresh at Year One, with characters such as Superman and Batman having only been active at MOST for five years. In order to provide an utterly clean slate, DC made the decision to jettison most of this history. There was a history of costumed heroism in the DC universe spanning the 30’s to today, with multiple generations of characters such as Green Lantern and Flash instilling a sense of history and weight to these heroic roles. Previously, one of DC’s great advantages over Marvel was a sense of Legacy. The other major structural flaw with the New 52 came with continuity. That being said, upon discussion with creators, this practice was discontinued by the time the first year of the New 52 was wrapping up. As a result, there was a lack of communication across certain comic lines that prevented certain stories or characters from feeling cohesive during the first year of The New 52. It’s been commented on that Editorial did NOT let creators talk to each other during the first 8 or so issues, leading to stuff like famed comic creator George Perez not being able to tell his Superman story properly, since he didn’t know what Morisson was planning over in Action Comics, where he was detailing Superman’s new origin story 5 years in the past. While there were a LOT of very good stories that came out of this mad dash, the titles and stories that DIDN’T work and flopped could have had much stronger debuts if given the average lead in, which is 3–4 months. This meant editorial and creatives only had at MOST two months to decide which titles to create, which creators to make the comic, make up a pitch, accept or decline the pitch, and then write, draw, ink, color, and letter a whole comic in time to get it to the printers and shipped off to comic book shops! For comparison, the Rosenburg run on the X-Men, which lasted about a year, was done specifically to give Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, RB Silva, and Marte Gracia enough time to make the 12 issues “House of X/Powers of X” as successful as possible.Īs a result, the first stories of the New 52 were almost all nearly made up on the spot, with no long-term plan. From what I’ve been able to piece together on twitter and various creator podcasts, with the exception of Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns, both editorial and creative were given no more than two months notice for the relaunch. There was VERY little heads up about the New 52 relaunch. In addition to these titles, we’ll also have Batman: Black and White and most likely Arkham Unhinged, Injustice Gods Among Us, and Legends of the Dark Knight that month as well.For such a large scale, ambitious undertaking, most every failure of the New 52 can be traced back to a single fact: The incredible quickness of the decision to relaunch. I’ll be doing the Forever Evil stuff too, but there isn’t an image for Arkham War just yet. I only added images to the titles I’m for sure going to be reviewing that month. Justice League of America #7.4 Black Adam #1 Justice League of America #7.3 Shadow Thief #1 Justice League of America #7.2 Killer Frost #1 Justice League of America #7.1 Deadshot #1 Justice League #23.4 Secret Society of Super-Villians #1 Freeze #1 Batman: The Dark Knight #23.3 Clayface #1 Batman: The Dark Knight #23.4 The Joker’s Daughter #1 Detective Comics #23.1 Poison Ivy #1 Detective Comics #23.2 Harley Quinn #1 Detective Comics #23.3 The Scarecrow #1 Detective Comics #23.4 Man-Bat #1 Batman/Superman #3.1 Doomsday #1 Action Comics #23.1 Cyborg Superman #1 #1 Batman #23.1 The Joker #1 Batman #23.2 The Riddler #1 Batman #23.3 The Penguin #1 Batman #23.4 Bane #1 Batman and Robin #23.1 Two-Face #1 Batman and Robin #23.2 The Court of Owls #1 Batman and Robin #23.3 Ra’s al Ghul and the League of Assassins #1 Batman and Robin #23.4 Killer Croc #1 Batman: The Dark Knight #23.1 The Ventriloquist #1 Batman: The Dark Knight #23.2 Mr. ![]() ![]() First there was The New 52 with its relaunch of all new #1 titles in September 2011, then came Zero Month the year after that, and now we are getting Villain’s Month! Below is a complete list of all 56 DC Villain’s Month titles. ![]()
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