2015 Comic Book News Archives

March 10, 2015: DC Offering Free 8-Page Previews of All 49 Relaunch Titles

Divergence DC Comics co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio explain via Newsarama.com what we can expect from the "Soft Relaunch" of the DC Universe of comic books, and how the Free Comic Book Day offering, titled "Divergence", will give us an 8-page preview of each of the 49 books that will follow in June/July.

    "We're updating the line, but selectively," said co-publisher Jim Lee. "So rather than having 52 books all in the same continuity and keeping a universe that's tightly connected with super-internal consistency and one flavor, we've broken it up. We'll have a core line of about 25 books that will have that internal consistency and will consist of our best-selling books, but then the rest of the line of about 24 titles will be allowed to shake things up a bit."

    In short, you could call DC's June (and July; as six of the 24 new titles - Cyborg, Dark Universe, Martian Manhunter, Mystik U, and Justice League United - will debut one month later) a "soft relaunch" of 2011's 'New 52.'" The New 52 started 52 DC titles over with new #1 issues and a single universe.

    DC will give readers a massive free sample, with 8-page stories for all 49 books, ongoings and new #1s both, available in May titles. The 8-pagers will also be made available for free via DC's website and digital partners such as comiXology. DC's Free Comic Book Day, Divergence, will consist of three pivotal 8-page stories.

    "The Batman 8-pager will change the status quo of Batman, the Superman 8-pager will change the status quo of Superman, and the Justice League 8-pager will set up the Darkseid War," said DC Co-publisher Dan DiDio. "So each one of those will have ramifications, as people will expect."

    After the May 2 Free Comic Book Day, 8-pagers will continue in DC's books throughout the month. "People [will] get a chance to read these books, see the different styles of art, read the different types of stories, and see how we plan to interpret our characters in a new way," DiDio said. "And hopefully, in doing so, they'll get excited about the new books when they come out in June. I think this is a necessary tool, and really so valuable to inform out what we have planned for all these books. It gives everyone a chance to sample them in advance before they hit the shelves."

Read the entire article at Newsarama.com.



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