More new 52 merchandising?

[EMCE Hammer]

I'm still choking on the Cyborg angle, among others.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/warner-bros-getting-retailers-ready-justice-league-162536313.html

[thunderbolt]

yeah, poor J'onn. Its not easy being green.

[Random Axe]

This is an overtly subliminal way of gauging public response to JL without really going too far out there with any sort of commitment. I think it's fantastic on most levels, even if they are going forward with new 52 concepts. Anything DC and WB can do to further their properties is good. Movie universe and comic universe are always different anyway, so this will mostly be new to everyone. We need Aquaman underoos, Cyborg tube socks, Wonder Woman Iphone covers, Green Arrow umbrellas or whatever they want to produce. It's all good and all furthers the success of comics and comic based movies.

[johnnystorm]

what I find amazing is that a lot of the merchandise I see in Walmart, Target etc utilizes the pre-52 designs, mostly the Garcia-Lopez art from the style guides.

I too find it odd that Cyborg is now considered contemporary to the rest of the JLA, but I guess he has been around for 30 years. Shame Black Lightning gets no respect, but then DC refuses to acknowledge Tony Isabella as creator, at least financially from what I hear.

[The Toyroom]

Cyborg is a Teen Titan. I never cared for the level jumping to JLA membership.

[madmarva]

DC/Warner really needs to get a Justice League cartoon on the air with the characters they hope to use in the JL film. It's been a decade or nearly so since the previous cartoon bowed out and like the merchandise, it's a good way to grease the wheels for a Justice League film. The recognition factor is important. They dropped the ball in not developing a Superman: Man of Steel cartoon for this spring or fall.

I know for me, my love for comic characters, particularly DC's centered not only around the comics but also the exposure to The Super Friends cartoon show and the mego figures all at the same time. It was an example of synergy before I even knew what the word meant.