New DC Titles for May! Including JSA, World's Finest and Batman Inc!

[espanolbot]

From USA Today via DCWomenKickingAss.tumblr
""The New 52 was about showing the new world. Now we're just expanding on that world and furthering the story," says Bob Harras, DC Entertainment's editor in chief.

Make that plural "worlds." DC is bringing back its concept of parallel Earths in two of the books. Earth 2 features the return of the fan-favorite Justice Society, while Worlds' Finest stars two superheroines, Huntress and Power Girl.

In addition, G.I. Combat will offer a rotating roster of creative teams and rebooted tales of past war comics such as The Haunted Tank and The Unknown Soldier, while The Ravagers follows four teen superheroes on the run from an evil organization.

Morrison's Batman Incorporated pits the popular Caped Crusader and his army of global crime fighters against former flame Talia al Ghul, with their son Damian (who also is the current Batman sidekick, Robin) caught in the middle.

"It's like Kramer vs. Kramer, but they've got thermonuclear capability," Morrison says.

And instead of one superhero, Miéville will create several every month in Dial H, about a guy who finds an old dial that gives him different powers every time he uses it.

Nine of DC's "New 52" issues were among the 10 best-selling comics of 2011, according to Diamond Comics Distributors.

"Part of the sign of the New 52 growing up is that it can afford to stretch its wings a little bit and so some things that are a bit more left field," Miéville says. "There's room for a lot of different inflections in this vocabulary.""

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So, JSA + James Robinson + Nicola Scott = Yay!

Batman Inc. should have Cass in (they SAID it should) so also yay.

Dial H for Hero could be interesting.

GI Combat might be interesting, though it seems to be more Weird War than more of a straight war comic.

And Ravagers... kind of sounds like Gail Simone's Gen13 run combined with Runaways, though it might be interesting. Though I'm getting Cass vibes from it, as I think I remember Gail saying she wanted to use them at some point.

For legality, here's a bit of one of the Dial H covers,



EDIT: Seems that the six new titles are meant to be replacing: BLACKHAWKS, HAWK AND DOVE, MEN OF WAR, MISTER TERRIFIC, O.M.A.C. and STATIC SHOCK.

No, please, don't cancel Hawk and Dove. Where will we get out Rob Liefeld art from now.

Comments

[aeka]

Holy shit! Huntress and Power Girl get their own book? YES PLEASE!!!!

[runespoor]

I'm getting Cass vibes from it, as I think I remember Gail saying she wanted to use them at some point.

*screams in horror*

[lieut_kettch]

Ravagers is about teens on the run? Maybe Rose busts Caitlin out of jail, and picks up some of the other Gen 13ers along the way/

[kenn_el]

Why not base the Power Girl/Huntress book on Earth 2, where they would be THE World's Finest team? If you're going to set up the parallel Earth, why waste the characters by placing them on an Earth where they aren't unique?

[littlepunkryo]

Wait I'm curious, why are we talking about Gail Simone in relation to Ravagers? It's being written by two dudes, right? What did I miss? Also, newsrama calls them "four metahuman teens" so now I'm extra curious cause neither Cass or Steph are metahumans. I wonder if it's supposed to be metahumans or if it's another newsrama misprint.

That said, I'm excited for Batman Inc. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HAVE CASS, please!

[katya]

Definitely going to be picking up World's Finest and Dial H, which could be interesting. I'll probably try out Batman Inc. too

[majingojira]

I'm mildly worried that H-Dial Hero is going to be overshadowed in some circles by Ben-10.

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Whereas I'm not particularly surprised by any of the books on the cancellations list, I'm really baffled as to why Voodoo isn't on it. =/

[thanekos]

Well, at least Frankenstein'll more than compensate for the gonzo science void OMAC and Mister Terrific'll be leaving.

(Now I'm hoping a bit of OMAC gets folded into Frankenstein down the road; it'd fit, and we might get to see a bit more of Max Lord in full Checkmate dress.)

[terrykun]

I like Batman Inc. I like Morrison.
I DO NOT LIKE ****ING BATMAN AND FRIENDS CHEWING UP A FULL THIRD OF THE ALLOTTED 52! *headdesks repeatedly* Please trim the fat!

Static Shock I'm sad to see go, but it wasn't exactly a favorite.

Mister Terrific might have lasted longer if they hadn't spent every issue telling us he was black.

I like Blackhawks and Men of War well enough, but I think one war title is enough. I'm looking forward to seeing what rotates in and out.

No real opinion on the Earth 2 stuff. Waiting to see how they handle that world's history.

If that's the protagonist, rather than someone calling for help, on the Dial cover, then I'm very happy to see a less than supermodel superhero. (: He can chillax with Zephyr (Harbingers) and Wee Hughie and others I can't remember the names of right now.

I tried to read OMAC, I really did, but.. just wasn't my cup of tea.

And thus, Rob Liefeld is returned to cryogenic suspension, until the time it is necessary to unleash him upon the world once more.

[filthysize]

I'm totally excited for the books announced and all, but they're pretty much dialing back on their diversity promise, aren't they?

I mean, it's good to see a title with two female heroes, no doubt, but they're also basically cancelling two non-superhero titles and two titles with black leads, while adding on three golden/silver age nostalgia titles, and yet another Batman one.

Whatever works, I guess.

[bradygirl_12]

Ha! It only took 'em over a quarter of a century, but Earth-2 is back! I always thought it was dumb to get rid of them in the first place. If back in the '80s they wanted to streamline everything and just concentrate on one Earth which they rebooted, why not come up with some way of just preventing the other characters of Earth-1 and 2 and the multiverse from reaching the 'new' Earth? That way wholesale slaughter would not have ensued and the Superboy-Prime mess wouldn't have happened. Oh, wait. Comics creators LIKE mass murders and destroying worlds. Silly me! ;)

[pyrotwilight]

Dial H for Hero returns? Huh. Not sure how to feel about it. I've always loved the old Dial for Hero but I wasn't really happy with Hero which is more what this sounds like, the emotional trauma put on everyday people who get the Hero Dial. I've always felt it should be a fun thing like the similar item in Ben 10 with drama over its associated dangers of superheroing.

[darkknightjrk]

The mention of "Batman Incorporated" is interesting--for a while it was said that the Morrison/Burnham story with Leviathan would be a twelve-issue maxi, but now they're making it sound like an on-going.

Either Morrison's got more Batman ideas, or someone's going to take over the book after twelve issues.

[kd_the_movie]

while im still not picking up any DC titles, it sucks to OMAC go. It looked like a genuinely fun and unique book (the prose seemed a bit too thick and expositiony tho).

How the hell is Static on the chopping block so fast? You'd figure that'd be one of DC's better sellers.

Mr. Terrific was fucked from the beginning. Shitty art, a not so great writer, and the probably implied objective of writing him as "DC's Newest Hottest Black Superhero!!" instead of "DC's Newest Hottest Superhero who happens to be Black!".

I think a far better pitch for the book would've been casting Michael as the "Reed Richards/Tony Stark" of DC. Make his identity public again and give his adventures a weird science-exploration/techno corporate thriller feel. And make him integral to the DCU by making him the ONLY (or at least first) rich, publicly known superhero whose also really fucking smart and runs a business.

[newnumber6]

Wait, did I read that right? Ravagers is being written by Howard Mackie?

There's a name from the past. Not a very well-regarded past, as I recall, but... the past!

[akodo_rokku]

I am amazed that Demon Knights and Resurrection Man survived this culling. Amazed and very pleasantly surprised.

[maxisanacorn]

So Batman Inc is going to be separate from Leviathan? Or is this Leviathan...

[leikomgwtfbbq]

while Worlds' Finest stars two superheroines, Huntress and Power Girl

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

RIGHT NOW

[mrstatham]

Liefeld, as much as I know what the OP was joking, actually suggested he might be doing something involving Lobo on Twitter a couple of weeks back, I believe.

Which just has me ready to fucking explode, I'm that pissed off. Lobo's a parody, for starters, and deserves so, so so so so much better than Liefeld. Can't we get Bisley back doing the Main Man if DC want to bring him back?

[stubbleupdate]

I like Huntress (Helena Bertinelle)
I like Power Girl

I do not like Earth 2 at all

I'm not interested in their series

[red_menace]

I'm sad, but not terribly surprised to see OMAC go. It was fun while it lasted.