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Thursday, December 18, 2014

DC March 2015 Solicits

March Solicits Showing their Inner Lion

DC the month before 40 new titles reek havoc for two months announces that 14 titles will end in March.

IGN posted their take on the cancellations in the following link:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/16/dc-to-end-14-comics-in-march-2015

Contrary to IGN's Article, DC did say that the 3 weeklies would end in March to Make way for their April to May Event which we now know to be CONVERGENCE.



THE BELOW LINKS ARE THE MARCH SOLICITS AND NEWSARAMA'S TAKE ON THEM:  

http://www.newsarama.com/23007-dc-comics-full-march-2015-solicitations-including-batman.html


http://www.newsarama.com/23010-what-we-learned-from-dc-comics-march-2015-solictiations.html



The following is a recap for those who did not check out the link of what titles end in March


Titles DC previously said would end in March
Batman Eternal
Earth 2: World's End
The New 52: Futures End



Titles Ending In March Not Previously announced
Aquaman and the Others
Arkham Manor
Batwoman
Green Lantern: New Guardians
Infinity Man and the Forever People
Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Three
Klarion
Red Lanterns
Secret Origins
Star-Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie
Swamp Thing
Trinity of Sin
World's Finest 

My take on these, like most, is that they are all canceled because of low sales and because some of the Creators are leaving.  I also think that some of the CONVERGENCE TITLES MAY BE COMING TO THE LINE UP AS WELL ( see the forthcoming post for the titles and my comments.)

I also feel that all but INJUSTICE; GODS AMONG US losing Tom Taylor may have also been a factor in its cancellation.

I think the others just either lost or never found their audience.  

Batwoman, in particular, kept jumping back and forth between different types of stories.  Horor one minute, almost scifi the next.  I think it needed to find a voice before it went off on tangents.

The Green Lantern titles lost their way when Johns left them.  The emotional spectrum needed that kind of energy that Johns provided, it just didn't have it.

Well there is the info and my comments about it.

Till the next Post.

Go Forth and Do Well.

Shane

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Poll on Amanda Waller Choices

https://plus.google.com/111712115055338897141/posts/Xojoo6wik9T

Suicide Squad Movie gets a Cast


The Hollywood Reporter announced recently that the following are cast for the new SUICIDE SQUAD movie.

Some may not agree on the Joker in this one, but I think that it is a good idea given the fact that most of the Squad isn't that well know outside of Fanboys and Girls.

It gets the hook we need for it to make money, and so that they can make more SUICIDE SQUAD films

So here is the Cast:



Jared Leto – The Joker
Will Smith – Deadshot
Tom Hardy – Rick Flag
Margot Robbie – Harley Quinn
Jai Courtney – Boomerang
Cara Delevingne – Enchantress
Suicide Squad will be written and directed by David Ayer (Fury). 
PRODUCERS: Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, and Executive Produced by Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns.
Please note that Geoff Johns and Zack Snyder are involved.  This makes it more likely that Comic Book readers will get a movie closer to what they know.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Go Forth and Do Well,

Shane


Convergence Titles Set

Some old familiar titles will be coming back to us during Convergence.

Also note that there are a lot of team books (to include the Crime Syndicate) coming out in April and May.  Also note that Harley Quin has her own title in this bunch as well.  Also note, that listed in the initial solicits, that WORLD'S FINEST COMICS features The Seven Soldiers of Victory.  In my book that makes it one of the team books.

The Chart below gives the title and which week it comes out.



CONVERGENCE TITLES1st week2nd week3rd week4th week
ACTION COMICSX
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMANX
AQUAMANX
BATGIRLX
BATMAN & ROBINX
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERSX
BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BATX
BLUE BEETLEX
BOOSTER GOLDX
CATWOMANX
CRIME SYNDICATEX
DETECTIVE COMICSX
GREEN ARROWX
GREEN LANTERN CORPSX
GREEN LANTERN/PARALLAXX
HARLEY QUINNX
HAWKMANX
INFINITY INC.X
JUSTICE LEAGUEX
JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICAX
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONALX
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICAX
NEW TEEN TITANSX
NIGHTWING/ORACLEX
PLASTIC MAN AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERSX
QUESTIONX
SHAZAMX
SPEED FORCEX
SUICIDE SQUADX
SUPERBOYX
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROESX
SUPERGIRL: MATRIXX
SUPERMANX
SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEELX
SWAMP THINGX
THE ATOMX
THE FLASHX
TITANSX
WONDER WOMANX
WORLD’S FINEST COMICSX