From time to time, I’ll blog about something that catches my fancy to provide me with some distraction from the rigors of day-to-day work. You’ll see all such posts marked with the category, “Stuff!”
DC Comics relaunches this week with all new #1 issues! As a life-long fan of DC Comics, these are extraordinarily exciting times! So with 52 new series to choose from, what do I have in my radar? Now presenting my choices with my favorite accompanying artwork released so far. Will also sum up in a line why I’m sold on each book.
Action Comics
Sold on Rags Morales and Superman.
All-Star Western
Sold on Westerns!
Animal Man
Sold on the concept. Was always intrigued by Animal Man.
Aquaman
Sold on Johns, Reis, and Aquaman.
Batgirl
Sold on Gail Simone and Barbara Gordon.
Batman
Sold on Scott Snyder.
Batman and Robin
Sold on Damian Wayne!
Blue Beetle
Sold on Jaime Reyes!
Captain Atom
Sold on the character and concept of the book.
Catwoman
Sold on Selina Kyle.
Demon Knights
Sold on the concept — Medieval DCU!
The Flash
Sold on the character and Francis Manupul.
Fury of Firestorm
Sold on Gail Simone + Ethan van Sciver
Green Arrow
Sold on Dan Jurgens + George Perez.
Green Lantern
Sold on Johns, Manke, and Green Lantern.
Grifter
Sold on that wonderful Cafu art.
Justice League
Sold.
Justice League Dark
Sold entirely on the concept. And maybe John Constantine.
Justice League International
Sold on the concept — UN-sanction superheroes.
Mister Terrific
Sold on the character.
Nightwing
Sold on Dick Grayson.
Savage Hawkman
Sold on Hawkman. And that sick costume.
Stormwatch
Sold on the concept.
Superboy
Sold on the character.
Supergirl
Sold on the character.
Superman
Sold on George Perez + Jesus Merino.
Swamp Thing
Sold on Scott Snyder.
Voodoo
Sold on Ron Marz.
Wonder Woman
Sold on Brian Azzarello.
Beyond the DC Universe, there are only two other comic books I’m following:
American Vampire (Vertig0)
Sold on Scott Snyder.
Artifacts (Top Cow)
Sold on Ron Marz and all his Top Cow Universe work.
