DC's new weekly Wednesday Comics!!

[johnnystorm]

True that.

[thunderbolt]

Adventure's going to feature Luthor and Brainiac, Super-whatever they can legally call him, the Legion, Starman, and possibly Krypto. So, mostly Superman based, but an anthology of sorts. I really get the impression that Wednesday Comics will be a Legends type book with no ties to current continuity. Also on the anthology front there is Giffen's Doom Patrol with the Giffen/McGuire Metal Men back up coming, too.

[The Toyroom]

I hope all of this stuff that "sounds good on paper" leads to a turnaround at DC and they get away from all of the doom and gloom from the past several years. Since they decided to call Morrison's recent mini-series "Final Crisis", let's hope they move on from these endless earth-shattering event books and return to the days of just telling a good freakin' story.

[thunderbolt]

Ahhh, but it was the Final Crisis for the Monitors, leaving the door open for another Crisis later on. Hopefully it will be more like the old school ones like Crisis on Earth 2 or something.

[The Toyroom]

The Monitors.....bah....what a bunch of crap Watcher wannabes....

[thunderbolt]

more info. No Reboots for anybody, just 16 stories over a 12 part weekly. check out the list of creators. Allred on Metamorpho!!! Paul Pope, too, hope he's doing the Batman strip.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/0309...ay-Comics.html

[The Toyroom]

Hopefully the odd-ball size doesn't become an issue with most folks but this sound so FREAKIN' AWESOME! The character line-up is fantastic and the creators are all top-notch! I look forward to this and hope DC is finally listening to what the fans want after several years of everything being editorial driven.

[thunderbolt]

Hopefully they are testing the waters for more stuff like this.

[aquatroy]

Hmmm, more art this time costarring Aquaman.

http://michaelmay.us/08blog/12/1229_aquadino.jpg

Maybe this is going to be a Silver Age anthology?

Aquaman & Hawkman make a great team. My fav Brave and the Bold story is an AquaHawk team up.

[CaptainTrenchcoat]

Sounds promising. I'll give it a chance.

[thunderbolt]

Here's the solicit.

WEDNESDAY COMICS #1-4
In July, DC Comics gives a fresh twist to a grand comics tradition with WEDNESDAY COMICS, a new, weekly 12-issue series by some of the greatest names in comics today!
WEDNESDAY COMICS is unique in modern comics history: Reinventing the classic weekly newspaper comics section, it is a 16-page weekly that unfolds to a sprawling 28” x 20” tabloid-sized reading experience bursting with mind-blowing color, action and excitement, with each feature on its own 14” x 20” page.
Spearheaded by DCU Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello, whose past editing credits include BATMAN BLACK & WHITE, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER and SOLO, each page of WEDNESDAY COMICS spotlights the continuing adventures of DC heroes, including:

BATMAN, WEDNESDAY COMICS’ weekly cover feature, by the Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso
ADAM STRANGE, by writer/artist Paul Pope (BATMAN: YEAR 100)
METAMORPHO, written by New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman with art by Eisner Award-winner Michael Allred (Madman)
THE DEMON AND CATWOMAN, written by Walter Simonson (Thor, MANHUNTER) with art by famed DC cover artist Brian Stelfreeze
DEADMAN, written by Dave Bullock and Vinton Heuck, art by Dave Bullock
KAMANDI, written by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) with art by Ryan Sook (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, ARKHAM ASYLUM: LIVING HELL)
SUPERMAN, written by John Arcudi (The Mask) with art by Lee Bermejo (JOKER)
WONDER WOMAN, written and illustrated by Ben Caldwell (Dare Detectives)
GREEN LANTERN, written by Kurt Busiek (TRINITY, ASTRO CITY) with art by Joe Quiñones (TEEN TITANS GO!)
TEEN TITANS, written by Eddie Berganza with art by Sean Galloway
SUPERGIRL, written by Jimmy Palmiotti (JONAH HEX) with art by Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL)
HAWKMAN, written and illustrated by Kyle Baker (PLASTIC MAN, Special Forces)
SGT. ROCK, written by Adam Kubert (SUPERMAN: LAST SON), ilustrated by legendary comics artist Joe Kubert
THE FLASH, written by Karl Kerschl (TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE, THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE) and Brenden Fletcher, illustrated by Karl Kerschl
METAL MEN, written by Dan DiDio with art by Ian Churchill (SUPERGIRL)

WEDNESDAY COMICS will arrive in stores folded twice to 7” x 10”, with the first issue set to reach stores on July 8.
Issue #1 on sale July 8; Issue #2 on sale July 15; Issue #3 on sale July 22; Issue #4 on sale July 29 • 1-4 of 12 • 7” x 10”, 16 pg, FC, $3.99 US

[The Toyroom]

I know a lot of people are complaining about the price and the size and page count (16 pgs for $3.99) but the talent and character line-up on this is unbelievable and I'm sooooo anxious for this!

[thunderbolt]

^^ Yeah, Paul Pope on Adam Strange has me sold on the whole project. Price is no biggie, is only 16 bucks a month for 3 months.

[aquatroy]

3.99! OUCH!
That's a bit steep for a weekly comic, but the list of creators is so interesting that I'm going to have to make room for this.
Adam Strange by Paul Pope!
Gaiman and Allred on Metamorpho!
Brian Stelfreeze drawing Catwoman!
Kyle Baker on Hawkman!
Joe "Freaking" Kubert drawing Sgt. Rock!

DAMN!

Time to talk to my man at the LCS.