The comic book publishing world is small.
And people talk.
Which is my way of saying just how odd two new arrivals look this week when stacked up against each other.
These are stories of two weddings, one that becomes a disaster, the other surely headed that way,
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The news nobody expected!
DC Comics announced yesterday it is reviving its 100-page line of comics, to be sold exclusively at Walmart.
If you are of a certain age, DC’s 100-Page Super-Spectaculars – as they were called during the mid-’70s – occupy a special place in your heart and your library.
These extraordinary treasures offered up original stories of Batman, Superman, the Justice League, Sgt. Rock, Tarzan and more, while featuring about 80 pages of reprints, some stories not seen in decades.
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Two men waiting for the mail to arrive.
That’s all the story is about.
OK, that’s not exactly true.
Not when one of the men is the Joker.
The premiere issue of “DC Nation” No. 0, cover date July 2018, the company’s publication to promote new projects, characters and creators alike, opens with one of the most chilling stories DC has published in years.
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As far as trolling goes, this is impressive.
Marvel Comics no longer publishes a “Fantastic Four” comic. It’s all part of a scheme to devalue the property enough so that 20th Century Fox will stop trying to make terrible film versions about the foursome and allow the rights to revert back to Marvel Studios.
Me, I’m Old School, I believe some money is always better than no money, but what do I know? Not enough for the House of Ideas, and then again, who is to say that monthly comic sales have any impact on how a film is received? DC’s “Wonder Woman” for decades pulled less than Amazonian numbers, but the big budget film last summer won critical acclaim and broke all kinds of records.
Marvel’s decision to drop its flagship title is just one of a legion of errors that help explain why the company is once again rebooting its titles in less than a year.
But if Marvel won’t give the world a Fantastic Four, DC will.
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A good comic can still surprise you.
And no one could ever have anticipated the team making a triumphant comeback in “The Super-Sons Annual No. 1,” now on sale.
The Doom Patrol? They’ve had more reboots than members.
The Inferior Five? Too powerful.
The Challengers of the Unknown? Too known.
Mark Perigard 