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

[Riffster]

I've bought them all, so far the titles that I'm unimpressed with is Hawk and dove, I love the characters but can't stand the art, Animal man was just too wierd for me, Sgt Rock was ok but I prefer the WW2 era.
Everything else i've liked enough for next issue

[The Toyroom]

What I've read so far:

Justice League #1, Batgirl #1, Detective Comics #1, Action Comics #1, Swamp Thing #1, Justice League International #1, Green Arrow #1

None of them have really hooked me in so far in the fact that I thought they were outstanding reads....interesting but nothing too spectacular

[MIB41]

Clearly the debut of this experiment has been a massive success for DC. Now we have to see if if sticks after this initial push. I think the novelty of it pulled fans in. But ultimately you need the story and the artwork to keep bringing them back. It will be interesting to watch. Perhaps now is a good time to ask this - Of those who have bought all 52 issues... Will you repeat that purchase with the next issues or will your choices drop dramatically? Say instead of 52, maybe 20? Maybe 10? Maybe 5? I would be interested to hear the responses.

[thunderbolt]

bought OMAC and Frankenstein at Comixology both good reads, I might trade wait for the rest as digital comics viewing sucks, but I had to try it.

[emeraldknight47]

Now I was not willing to sign up, as I was skeptical and I've always needed to flip through the issue before buying. Even with titles I buy month after month. I've never used a pull list.

I've been buying comics for thirty some-odd years and have never used a pull list a day in my life, either. I just go in and if they have what I want, I get it. If they don't I either find it somewhere else (we have several comics shops around, some better than others), or I don't worry about it.

I didn't get a copy of JL #1, but I'm not too concerned because I understand it was all pretty pictures and very little content.

I snagged BATGIRL #1 only because I'm a big Batgirl fan and the Adam Hughes cover was nice and I picked up SWAMP THING #1 because I've been a Swampy reader since the Wein/Wrightson days....

[The Toyroom]

From a personal stand point I think the New DC 52 has hurt the business of my LCS...They were admittedly VERY hesistant in bumping up orders on untested product. They were practically begging everyone to sign up sight-unseen for titles because they felt they had no idea how to gauge what to order.

So the result has been I have walked out two weeks in a row without buying any books...period. I always go on Saturday...the first week they had one issue of Justice League #1 left and a customer 2 steps ahead of me beat me to it. They had TONS of the free "New DC 52" primer though.

Yesterday I went and there was one issue of Batwing #1 left. And again, TONS of the primers. And I was not the only one who walked out empty handed this week. A few people asked where all of the new issues were and they were told they did not order enough of anything to meet the demand.

Now I was not willing to sign up, as I was skeptical and I've always needed to flip through the issue before buying. Even with titles I buy month after month. I've never used a pull list. Maybe it's just my LCS f'in things up (they've never really been on top of things), but I think DC did the comic shops a major disservice by not getting more info out there to help them order appropriately. There should have been previews for all the books in the line...Not just the ones they you knew would sell well right out of the gate (Action, JLA, Superman, GL).

So I've resorted to ordering on-line from Midtown Comics...Unfortunately it's again sight-unseen so I'm ordering stuff I was more than likely to try anyway.

[samurainoir]

Given Morrison's tendency to seed in these kind of Easter Eggs, I'd buy Mark Waid's suggestion....
And Finally When Superman Wanted You To Look For GD Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

While former partner/protoge Mark Millar is known for juvenile antics calling characters "CLINT FLICKER", GD as Morrison's attempt to sneak in profanity doesn't really ring as true... This is a guy who's had lots's of opportunity to use swears in Vertigo and tends not to more often than does. He's hardly Garth Ennis in that respect.

He'd be much more clever and be much more subversive or evocative if it was the case... Morrison likes to be clever in hs crudeness.

[palitoy]

Or, why couldn't it just be what Morrison said it was? Nothing more then a sound effect.

Come on guys. This controversy is much ado about nothing.

Morrison used to always use `hh` in Justice League, took me a long time to figure out it wasn`t short form for anything.

[emeraldknight47]

Just finished reading SWAMP THING #1. Interesting. I can definitely see the influences of both Len Wein and Alan Moore at work here (BTW, I loved the little "Totleben Hotel" touch---that was great). I will pick up issue two and see where it goes.

One thing this book confirmed for me is that I HATE the new Superman outfit. He looks like a walking, talking (and flying) action figure. I certainly do hope DC comes to their collective senses and brings back his original duds....

[aquatroy]

Or, why couldn't it just be what Morrison said it was? Nothing more then a sound effect.

Come on guys. This controversy is much ado about nothing.

[emeraldknight47]

now why would someone who's god is Rao say god damn? it doesn't track.

Why would he even say "damn?" I'm sure Kryptonians have/had their own versions of "potty" words, much the same way Battlestar Galactica had "Frak" and "Felgercarb" and Farscape had "Frell" and "Dren."

Perhaps he should've uttered something like "Rao Oorted" or something like that....!

[VintageMike]

So far I've read JL, JLI and Batgirl and they at least have me interested enough to continue. Also had a friend of mine who is a casual reader at best ask for me JL and after reading it, has requested I let him know when I get my comics as he wants to start buying it. So far it appaers this is working.

[madmarva]

now why would someone who's god is Rao say god damn? it doesn't track.

DC's restarted its universe. The character doesn't know he is from Krypton, yet. Rao may not even be a god in this universe.

[Riffster]

now why would someone who's god is Rao say god damn? it doesn't track.

[madmarva]

sorry for double post