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May 31, 2015: What's On Offer in the "DC YOU" Relaunch?

Doomed #1 Bizarro #1 While we know that there are big shake-ups in the main Superman titles, with Superman losing his powers and finding his secret identity exposed to the world thanks to Lois Lane in titles including "Superman" and "Action Comics", the 'soft relaunch' of the DC Multiverse will also see the launch of 21 new series, including "Bizarro" and "Doomed".

The Hollywood Reporter has published an article looking at what's on offer with the "DC YOU" relaunch of DC Comics...

    If comedy is more what you're looking for, there's a variety of titles available. Harley Quinn, Batmite, Bizarro and Section 8 all offer laughs of different flavors; Harley and Bizarro are more Looney Toons than Section 8's darker, more bawdy comedy, while Batmite is strangely meta. More serious matters are on offer in The Omega Men, a political thriller about a terrorist organization set in space, Midnighter, about a mercenary who can predict his opponents' moves before they make them, and Prez, a dystopian satire set in a future America where the President is a teenage girl elected via Twitter.

    Elsewhere, the critically-acclaimed Batgirl gets a spin-off book in Black Canary, which repositions the former superhero as the lead singer in a rock band, while Constantine: The Hellblazer reboots the magician character with a modern edge. (Doctor Fate, meanwhile, has a similarly supernatural lead character, but one who more closely fits the Spider-Man archetype of hapless teen with a secret, just like the protagonist of Superman spinoff Doomed).

    One of the more ambitious series to emerge in the new launches is Earth 2: Society, which takes as its theme the literal rebuilding of a world after an apocalyptic event. Written by novelist Daniel Wilson, expect science fiction and societal theory amongst the superheroics. More traditional, but certainly no less anticipated by comic fans, is the new Justice League of America - a separate book from Justice League - that is written and drawn by Bryan Hitch.

Read the full article at The Hollywood Reporter website.



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