2005 Comic Book News Archives
January 27, 2005: Dan Didio Talks About “DC Countdown”
Newsarama sat down with DC VP, Editorial, Dan Didio to discuss with him the future of the DC Universe and the impact the up-coming "DC Countdown" will have when it debuts in March. Here's an excerpt from the interview...
- Q: First question, to set the stage - from your chair - what's the big picture of DC Countdown, and what does it do for the universe?
A: If you look at Identity Crisis as one of our starting points, that helped reset he tonality of the DC Universe, and gave it an attitude and a personality. What we're doing with Countdown is setting the direction, and further defining the tone, and giving a backdrop against which all of the characters will exist and survive, and really give a feel that this is a world picture, and this is a comprehensive universe. This is a place where everybody exists together as one.
Q: With Countdown coming out of Identity Crisis as it is, when did you realize that Identity Crisis was going to be, for lack of a better phrase, the story that keeps on giving? After all Brad [Meltzer] has said that he never went into the story looking to write a blueprint for the next era of the DCU...
A: When we got Identity Crisis in from Brad, I knew what we wanted to do with the DCU and where we wanted to go. I knew what the tone I wanted to see come into the DCU was - I wanted to put a level of danger and of consequence to the DCU and the characters. We had been addressing that piece by piece, but realistically speaking, you can only change tonality on the individual books incrementally without turning off too many people, or confusing people along the way.
So, when we got to Identity Crisis, and I saw that the story basically hit the nail on the head in terms of the number of characters that we wanted to address as well as changed the whole feel and perception of how people saw the DCU characters - I felt that was a great starting point from which we could move out from.
2005 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2005.- January 7, 2005: Loeb Talks About Supergirl
- January 10, 2005: Dwayne McDuffie Talks Up-Coming “Justice League Unlimited”
- January 16, 2005: Superman Comics Amongst Best Sellers for 2004
- January 26, 2005: Karl Kerschl Signs 2-Year Exclusive Contract with DC
- January 27, 2005: Dan Didio Talks About “DC Countdown”
- February 9, 2005: Three Issues of JLA's “Sydnicate Rules” Have Sold Out
- February 15, 2005: Superman Copyright Lawsuit Explained
- February 20, 2005: DCU Panel at WonderCon
- February 23, 2005: “Superman #213” Sold Out at DC Comics
- March 1, 2005: Superman Comics Return to Argentina
- March 3, 2005: Battle for Superman Ownership Explained
- March 8, 2005: “Superman #215” to Feature Second Cover
- March 20, 2005: Superman Panel at Wizard World LA
- March 21, 2005: Kennedy Talks “Superman: Infinite City”
- March 22, 2005: Comic Buyer's Guide Honors DC Comics Talent
- March 25, 2005: Lee Bermejo Talks “Lex Luthor: Man of Steel”
- March 25, 2005: Superman Related Information in “Wizard #163”
- March 28, 2005: DC's Countdown to Infinite Crisis on Sale this Week
- March 29, 2005: “Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #1” Sold Out at DC Comics
- March 30, 2005: “Countdown to Infinite Crisis” Sells Out, Rushed Back to Press
- March 30, 2005: Superman Stars at Comic Conventions
- April 4, 2005: Jeph Loeb Talks Supergirl
- April 14, 2005: “Action Comics #1” and “Superman #1” on Auction
- April 19, 2005: DC Comics Rushes Sold-Out OMAC PROJECT #1 Back to Press
- April 21, 2005: Mark Verheiden Talks “Superman”
- April 24, 2005: “Villains United #1” Sells Out at DC Comics
- April 25, 2005: 1st Annual Shuster Awards in Canada
- April 26, 2005: Superman Artist Ed Benes Renews Exclusive Agreement with DC
- May 8, 2005: DC Comics to Unveil a New Logo
- May 8, 2005: DC Comics Rush Solicits “Prelude to Infinite Crisis” Special
- May 9, 2005: DC Comics Unveils New Logo
- May 10, 2005: “Superman #214” Sells Out at DC Comics
- May 10, 2005: “Superman/Batman #19” to be Reprinted as “Supergirl #0”
- May 10, 2005: Michael Turner Provides Variant Cover for “Supergirl #1”
- May 10, 2005: Ed Benes on Drawing Superman
- May 11, 2005: Richard Bruning on Designing New DC Logo
- May 17, 2005: “Omac Project #1” Returns to Press for a New Third Printing
- May 18, 2005: DC Offers Retailers Superman Action Figure with “Justice #1”
- May 23, 2005: Jeph Loeb Talks “Superman/Batman” With a Vengeance
- May 23, 2005: DC Sends “Villains United #1” Back for Third Printing
- May 24, 2005: More Superman Comics Sell Out at DC
- May 25, 2005: Jeph Loeb Talks Superman - Past, Present and Future
- May 30, 2005: Karl Kerschl “Adventures of Superman” Page By Page PodCast
- June 1, 2005: OMAC Units in ”Adventures of Superman #640”
- June 6, 2005: Karl Kerschl “Adventures of Superman” PodCast Part 2
- June 7, 2005: “The OMAC Project #2” Sells Out at DC
- June 14, 2005: Eddie Berganza to Leave Superman Books for JLA
- June 15, 2005: “Superman/Batman #20” Sells Out at DC Comics
- June 15, 2005: Karl Kerschl Sketch Session - Drawing Darkseid
- June 17, 2005: Sad News for the Loeb Family
- June 20, 2005: Gail Simone Talks About “Action Comics” and the Core of Superman
- June 20, 2005: “Villains United #2” Sells Out at DC Comics
- June 23, 2005: Paul Cassidy, the Man Credited with Putting S on Cape, Dies
- July 5, 2005: DC Comics Panels at San Diego Comic Con
- July 7, 2005: Alex Ross Talks “Justice”
- July 12, 2005: “Identity Crisis #1” Final Printing Sold Out at DC Comics
- July 17, 2005: Superman Panel at San Diego Comic Con
- July 17, 2005: DCU Panel at San Diego Comic Con
- July 27, 2005: Greg Rucka Talks “Sacrifice” in Superman Books
- July 27, 2005: Parts 1 & 2 of Superman “Sacrifice” Storyline Sold Out at DC
- August 2, 2005: DC Sends 4-Part “Sacrifice” Story Back to Press
- August 3, 2005: Karl Kerschl PodCast on Creation of “Adventures of Superman #642”
- August 9, 2005: Jeph Loeb Talks About Supergirl
- August 9, 2005: DC Lowers Prices on First Two Showcase Collections
- August 9, 2005: Greg Rucka's “HorCast #14” PodCast Online
- August 10, 2005: DC Announces Collected Editions for Nov-Dec 2005
- August 14, 2005: New Printing of “Supergirl #1” Follows One-Day Sellouts!
- August 16, 2005: DC Announces Michael Turner Supergirl Variant Covers
- August 16, 2005: Press Release - Horhaus.com PodCasts
- September 12, 2005: “Adventures of Superman #643” Back to Press
- September 13, 2005: “Supergirl #1” Gets Third Printing
- September 13, 2005: “Infinite Crisis #1” Preview
- September 14, 2005: HorCast #20 - A Chat with Eddie Berganza
- September 15, 2005: Jeph Loeb on “Superman Returns”, “Infinite Crisis”, and “Supergirl”
- September 20, 2005: Justice Prevails as “Justice #1” Sells Out at DC
- September 22, 2005: HorCast #21 - Eddie Berganza Chat Part 2
- September 29, 2005: “Justice #1” Gets Second Printing
- September 30, 2005: “All-Star Superman” Preview
- October 3, 2005: Neal Adams Covers “All-Star Superman”
- October 15, 2005: Gail Simone and John Byrne Leave “Action Comics”
- October 18, 2005: Gail Simone Talks Leaving “Action Comics”
- October 19, 2005: Neal Adams Provides Variant Cover for “All Star Superman #1”
- October 20, 2005: DC Comics Announced Variant Cover for “Supergirl #4”
- October 26, 2005: Mark Verheiden Moves to “Superman/Batman”
- October 30, 2005: Gail Simone Talks “JLA Classified #16”
- October 30, 2005: Mark Waid Talks “Superman Returns” and “Birthright”
- November 2, 2005: Armageddon Expo - Auckland New Zealand October 22-24, 2005
- November 9, 2005: Crisis Counseling with Dan Didio
- November 15, 2005: Marv Wolfman Talks “Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006”
- November 27, 2005: Greg Rucka to Take Over Supergirl
- November 30, 2005: DC Comics Superhero Stamps in 2006
- December 14, 2005: Supergirl Joining the Legion of Superheroes
- December 19, 2005: Josh Middleton Talks “Shazam/Superman First Thunder”
- December 20, 2005: Meltzer to Relaunch JLA Comic Title
- December 21, 2005: Second Printing for “Justice #2”
- December 22, 2005: Brad Meltzer Talks Taking on the JLA
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