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

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 TITLES	1st week	2nd week	3rd week	4th week
ACTION COMICS				X
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN			X
AQUAMAN		X
BATGIRL	X
BATMAN & ROBIN	X
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS			X
BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT		X
BLUE BEETLE				X
BOOSTER GOLD				X
CATWOMAN		X
CRIME SYNDICATE				X
DETECTIVE COMICS				X
GREEN ARROW		X
GREEN LANTERN CORPS			X
GREEN LANTERN/PARALLAX		X
HARLEY QUINN	X
HAWKMAN			X
INFINITY INC.				X
JUSTICE LEAGUE	X
JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA			X
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL		X
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA				X
NEW TEEN TITANS			X
NIGHTWING/ORACLE	X
PLASTIC MAN AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS				X
QUESTION	X
SHAZAM				X
SPEED FORCE	X
SUICIDE SQUAD		X
SUPERBOY		X
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES			X
SUPERGIRL: MATRIX		X
SUPERMAN	X
SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL		X
SWAMP THING			X
THE ATOM	X
THE FLASH			X
TITANS	X
WONDER WOMAN			X
WORLD’S FINEST COMICS				X