The New 52 #1's... your thoughts?

[The Toyroom]

The only Marvel books I'm buying right now are "Daredevil", "Captain America" and "Captain America and Bucky". I lost interest in other things like "FF" and "New/Secret Avengers".

[madmarva]

I like a lot of the DC characters and concepts, so really I'm basically buying the same books with a drop here or a pick-up there.

Resurrection Man, I Vampire and Frankenstein are books I might have not tried without the whole DCnU push that I may keep buying. I like Martian Manhunter so Stormwatch is a pick-up right now, but it's on a short leash.

I've always bought as many or more DC than Marvel. But I am going to try the two post-Schism X-men relaunches. I'm looking forward to the new green Hulk book. I've hated the whole Red Hulk storyline and gave up on it pretty quick.

I'll probably try the new ultimate spidey when it comes out in trade format.

[BlackKnight]

^^^ For the 1st time since Loeb/Lee Hush ..., I am buying Batman Books that I Enjoy , so Yeah.

With The X-Force Book I liked Gone, The Brutal Slaying of Ares, NO Real Skaar Book, and A book I can't really seem to find X-23 in ... I don't have any Marvel books I am buying right now ..., I should be buying Secret Avengers , But I mostly liked the X-Men that I used to know ..., and Hulk from Marvel ..., which I lost recent interest in both.

[samurainoir]

If you're following Swamp Thing it looks like it's a package deal with Animal Man for the upcoming year long storyline that seems to be some kind of War between the Red and the Green (not Lanterns if we are lucky).

Decided to drop JLI and Stormwatch. Been meaning to check out Firestorm for Simone, but it really has no interest for me on the surface.

So for those that have bought titles in the new 52... Are you now following more books than you did pre-reboot? I have to admit that I am quite surprised at the number of new books I sampled and the number of DC books that I'm hanging onto right now as a result. Marvel still has the bulk of my mainstream monthly dollars, but as marketing initiatives go, DC's bid did have a small degree of success on me and my $$$ votes.

[madmarva]

The two issues of JLI are pretty standard super hero fare. But, it looks like Booster's going to be a primary cog in it. I really enjoyed the Booster series with Rip Hunter where they were combatting problems in the time stream, but it wasn't selling like DC wanted.

Fire and Ice and Crimson Dynamo are throwaway characters to me. The Guy/Booster/Batman mix I like. The August General in Iron underwear and Godiva characters are nothing to me. Right now I'm buying it for Booster, but it's going to have to get better to stay on my list.

[BlackKnight]

I forgot I bought JLI .... I still need to read that .
... I didn't buy Hawk & Dove ..., Hawk's Grey instead of white is Horrible to me, and I also can't say much for the creative Team. It's a Shame, Because I love both the Characters, But other than Blackest Night, Brightest Day and 4 issues of The previous Birds of Prey ... I just can't think of anything I've read with'em Both that I've ever really Enjoyed.

[madmarva]

For the time being I'm in for:
Superman
Action
Batman
Detective
Batgirl
Batwoman
Knightwing
Swamp Thing
I Vampire
Demon Knights
GL: Sinestro/Hal
Gl: Kyle
GL: John/Guy
Aquaman
Flash
Frankenstein
Resurrection Man
Wonder Woman

Maybe on:
Teen Titans
Superboy
Green Arrow
Red Hood
JLI
Justice League Dark
Firestorm
Birds of Prey

I thought some of the other books were well done like Animal Man and Legion and Legion Lost, Johna Hex, Suicide Squad but there is only so much money and time.

I thought Hawkman, the War Book, Black Hawk and Hawk and Dove were terrible. (Do I subconsciously have something against hawks?).

The Deadman story was well executed, but I don't get why the origin really needed to be changed. More lost than gained to me. Deadman's always been a great guest star to me but not a lead I'm interested enough in to follow very long.

I really enjoyed both Superman books much more than I ever thought. Snyder's Batman is great and Tony Daniel's Batman art on Detective is the best he's done and not a bad read. Finch's Batman book left much to be desired to me.

I'll probably buy Red Lantern through issue #3, but it really needs to pick up. First issue did nothing for me. Would have rather seen a Sinestro Corps book. The whole GL concept is probably spread too thin for me right now.

Aquaman was as expected with Johns and Reis on the book.

Flash probably was my biggest surprise. I really enjoyed it after being terribly disappointed with the Johns series that led up to Flashpoint. I know the art isn't everyone's cup of tea, but Manapul did some really nice design work on the book.

Wonder Woman could be good with the gritty greek gods thing.

Green Arrow has gone a 180 from the Mike Grell revamp, which might be a good move. It's basically the Smallville Green Arrow sans all the connections with that cast. This could be good.

The Birds of Prey book didn't do much for me other than the one scene with Barbara Gordon. I probably want to see how that angle plays out.

My biggest issue with the New 52, though is the price of the digital versions. I understand that DC is wanting to protect the Direct Market for the time being, but through my subscription service I get the actual books cheaper than even if I waited a month for the $1 drop in the digital price.

I wouldn't mind converting to digital at least with some of the titles, but I'm not going to do it if it costs more than buying the actual book.

If I could get the books digitally at 35 percent off like I do the actual comics, I'd probably make the shift.

[BlackKnight]

The out the Window Relationship of Ronnie & Jason with Deathstorm did sorta upset me .... That was good stuff imo .... But I am such a huge fan of Simone's writing for the most part, I wanna stick with it.

Red Hood & The Outlaws and Batgirl were my total Favorites so far , they are the books that had the Strongest appeal to me. Reis is a Beast On Aquaman , but I am also disapointed if the Blackest Night stuff is stripped from the character .

[The Toyroom]

So far I've read:

All-Star Western
Aquaman
Action Comics
Superman
Batman
Detective
Batgirl
Batwoman
Firestorm
Frankenstein Agent of SHADE
I Vampire
Green Arrow
Green Lantern
Justice League
JL International
JL Dark
Legion Lost
LSH
Swamp Thing
Wonder Woman

My favorites that I'm definitely sticking with are Aquaman, All-Star Western, Batwoman, Wonder Woman, I Vampire, Green Lantern and LSH....the other it's gonna be a wait and see.

[The Toyroom]

The one I did not like at all was Firestorm. Not digging the over the top violence and I had been hoping that they would try and bring some charm back into the characters. I found nothing redeeming about Ronnie or Jason and the gimmick of two Firestorms that form "Fury" made me think of Voltron a bit.

I didn't understand why they jettisoned the whole origin with this new version...Everything that was gained in character development between Ronnie and Jason during "Blackest Night" and "Brightest Day" seems to be gone. I liked the fact that Ronnie was the dumb jock that had previous experience as the original Firestorm while Jason was the booksmart kid that was a newbie as part of the Firestorm matrix. All of that seems lost now with this new origin....

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I'll stick with a few story arcs to begin with. Nothing has really resonated with me, though; however, I really enjoyed Flash and Aquaman. The one I did not like at all was Firestorm. Not digging the over the top violence and I had been hoping that they would try and bring some charm back into the characters. I found nothing redeeming about Ronnie or Jason and the gimmick of two Firestorms that form "Fury" made me think of Voltron a bit.

[boynightwing]

I'm sticking with...for now:
Action
Batman
Batman and Robin
Batgirl
Catwoman
Nightwing (of course)
Aquaman
Green Lantern
Red Hood
All Star Western
Wonder Woman

[Bruce Banner]

Will probably stick with JLA for a few months, and see how Action Comics, Superman, Detective and one or two others progress.

This quote about the New 52 from Jim Shooter's blog made me laugh:

DC is like Lucy and we’re like Charlie Brown. DC keeps yanking the football away and we keep yelling Aaugh! and landing hard. They’re very sure we’ll keep coming back and try to kick the ball again. And, knowing some of the perps fairly well, I can assure you they’re pretty smug about it.

[thunderbolt]

Gotta say OMAC is a pretty fun read after two issues, great mix of Kirby, shady DCU Govt organizations and oddball characters. Surprised to see Amazing Man and Sarge Steel show up. Can't wait for the Frankenstein crossover.

[BlackKnight]

BK's Picks ..., That He's sticking with for a few ...

Aquaman
Firestorm
Batman
Dark Knight
The 4 Lantern Guy Books
Red Hood & The Out Laws
Batgirl


BK Likes em .
.... I did never get to check out Green Arrow....