Divergence and new titles to follow Convergence in June

luckymustard

Via CBR here.

Also, no more New 52 branding.

And they say there will be a focus on story over continuity.

luckymustard

Here's the official listing of ongoing and new titles from DC.

New Titles

Batman Beyond W: Dan Jurgens
A: Bernard Chang
Bat-Mite (6-issue limited) W: Dan Jurgens
A: Corin Howell
Bizarro (6-issue limited) W: Heath Corson
A: Gustavo Duarte
Black Canary W: Brenden Fletcher
A: Annie Wu & Irene Koh
Constantine: The Hellblazer W: Ming Doyle
A: Riley Rossmo
Cyborg W: David Walker
A: Ivan Reis
Dark Universe W: James Tynion IV
A: Ming Doyle
Green Lantern: Lost Army W: Cullen Bunn
A: Jesus Saiz & Javi Pina
Doomed W: Scott Lobdell
A: Javier Fernandez
Earth 2: Society W: Daniel Wilson
A: Jorge Jimenez
Dr. Fate W: Paul Levitz
A: Sonny Liew
Harley Quinn/Power Girl (6-issue limited) W: Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner
A: Stephane Roux
Justice League of America W: Bryan Hitch
A: Bryan Hitch
Justice League 3001 W: Keith Giffen
A: Howard Porter
Martian Manhunter W: Rob Williams
A: Ben Oliver
Midnighter W: Steve Orlando
A: ACO
Mystic U W: Alisa Kwitney
A: Stay tuned for artist info!
Omega Men W: Tom King
A: Alec Morgan
Prez W: Mark Russell
A: Ben Caldwell
Red Hood/Arsenal W: Scott Lobdell
A: Denis Medri
Robin, Son of Batman W: Patrick Gleason
A: Patrick Gleason
Section Eight (6-issue limited) W: Garth Ennis
A: John McCrea
Starfire W: Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner
A: Emanuela Lupacchino
We Are Robin W: Lee Bermejo
A: Khary Randolph

Ongoing Titles

Action Comics W: Greg Pak
A: Aaron Kuder
Aquaman W: Cullen Bunn
A: Trevor McCarthy
Batgirl W: Cameron Stewart & Brenden Fletcher
A: Babs Tarr
Batman W: Scott Snyder
A: Greg Capullo
Detective Comics W; Brian Buccelato & Francis Manapul
A: Francis Manapul
Batman/Superman W: Greg Pak
A: Ardian Syaf
Catwoman W: Genevieve Valentine
A: David Messina
Deathstroke W: Tony S. Daniel
A: Tony S. Daniel
The Flash W: Robert Venditti & Van Jensen
A: Brett Booth
Gotham Academy W: Becky Cloonan & Brenden Fletcher
A: Karl Kerschl
Gotham By Midnight W: Ray Fawkes
A: Juan Ferreyra
Grayson W: Tom King & Tim Seeley
A: Mikel Janin
Green Arrow W: Ben Percy
A: Zircher
Green Lantern W: Robert Venditti
A: Billy Tan
Harley Quinn W: Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner
A: Chad Hardin
Justice League W: Geoff Johns
A: Jason Fabok
Justice League United W:Stay tuned for creative team info!
A:
Lobo W: Cullen Bunn
A: Cliff Richards
Secret Six W: Gail Simone
A: Dale Eaglesham
Sinestro W: Cullen Bunn
A: Bradley Walker
New Suicide Squad W: Sean Ryan
A: Carlos D'Anda
Superman W: Gene Luen Yang
A: John Romita, Jr.
Superman/Wonder Woman W: Peter J. Tomasi
A: Doug Mahnke
Teen Titans W: Will Pfeifer
A: Kenneth Rocafort
Wonder Woman W: Meredith Finch
A: David Finch


And Bleeding Comics has given us the therefore cancelled books here.

Earth 2
Justice League Dark
Justice League 3000
Supergirl
Batman And Robin
Red Hood And The Outlaws
Green Lantern Corps
Star Spangled War Stories
Infinity Man And The Forever People
Secret Origins
Red Lanterns
Swamp Thing
Futures End
World’s End
Aquaman And The Others
Klarion
Trinity Of Sin
Batwoman
World’s Finest
Arkham Manor
Batman Eternal
Injustice: Gods Among Us Year Three

SolitaireRose

They are also dropping the "New 52". I wonder if there will be a new branding.

And I am SO DOWN with Section 8. The new DCU has a deep need of Baytor!

Torchsong

Baytor/Groot crossover needs to happen. A whole book of nothing but "I am Baytor" and "I am Groot".

Like the artwork I saw for the Starfire book, so I may be picking it up. Hitch on JLA will also be worth a look.

The big news? OMEGA MEN!

luckymustard

@Adam_Murdough should be sad to get a Bizarro mini-series.

TheOriginalGMan

Bizarro (6-issue limited)

Whoa!

rebis

These two catch my eye.


We Are Robin W: Lee Bermejo
A: Khary Randolph

Harley Quinn/Power Girl (6-issue limited) W: Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner
A: Stephane Roux

SolitaireRose

Torchsong said:

Baytor/Groot crossover needs to happen. A whole book of nothing but "I am Baytor" and "I am Groot".

Mix in Game of Thrones: I am Groot! Baytor! Hodor!

And yes, we had that joke on our podcast about a month ago.

luckymustard

rebis said:

We Are Robin W: Lee Bermejo
A: Khary Randolph

This one. For me.

Batman Inc. for Robin.

nweathington

luckymustard said:

Dr. Fate W: Paul Levitz
A: Sonny Liew
Mystic U W: Alisa Kwitney
A: Stay tuned for artist info!

I'll definitely give Dr. Fate a shot. One of my favorite characters (the first two versions anyway), a good writer, and an artist whose work I love.

Also, the artist for Mystic U is a Belgian artist I've known for a few years, Mauricet. He's very good, and I think this will be his first American work.

WetRats

OK.

If they actually mean it about abandoning one big convoluted DCU in favor of books that stand on their own, I will be thrilled.

Bizarro!

Bat-Mite!

Prez!

I hope the presence of so many 6-issue limited series means they are gonna be revamping/improving their trade paperback system.

Torchsong

Will Pick up/Check out
Black Canary
Justice League of America
Omega Men
Section Eight
Starfire

Will Continue to Read/Support:
Batgirl
Batman
Gotham Academy
Harley Quinn
Justice League

Will Miss Reading:
Earth 2
Supergirl
Swamp Thing
Batwoman
Injustice: Gods Among Us Year Three

WetRats

@Torchsong: I thought there was a new Earth 2 book announced.

CageNarleigh

Dr. Fate, Starfire, Black Canary, Green Lantern, Bat Mite & Bizarro. Have my vote. Whatever this "Dark Universe" thing is has me curious.

Hex

Torchsong said:

The big news? OMEGA MEN!

YES!

...now if only I could get an ongoing Metal Men

SolitaireRose

WetRats said:

I hope the presence of so many 6-issue limited series means they are gonna be revamping/improving their trade paperback system.

I hope so as well. They have REALLY let their trade department go to hell, other than the Showcases.

CageNarleigh

(I'm just going to copy and paste here what I've been saying on FB re:my thoughts on this.)

The New 52 was crap. It was SUCCESSFUL crap. But crap. It wasn't MEANT for us and it never was. (Just look at the way loyal DC fans have been dropping like flies since it started.) What I think is happening is that DC has been riding the wave of events and popular series (such as Snyders Batman and others) and now that they're so many odd years in, the amount of traditional DC fans that have left is leaving them with the "new readers" they gained from the initial relaunch...and that's not enough to support them. So they do Convergence, "Hey look at the old DC stuff you remember and love! It's here for you to check out a little! You interested?! huh!??!" and we were. So they went, "Hmmm, so how do we get those old fans back?"....This is their answer. Or step one of their answer.

I think DC is starting to feel the blowback too from treating their talent badly early on in the New 52. It's the same scenario I thought of when the economy tanked. I was working in retail at the time and they kept changing our pay structure, how much we were paid, our benefits, our hours, etc. OVER and OVER again and we were expected to take it because, "You're lucky to have a job." And I told myself, "You just wait. The second the economy bounces back, these people are going to remember how SHITTY they were treated and just leave." Low and behold, it happened. (I worked at Garden Ridge...which is now, after a SERIES of changes due to internal turmoil, "At Home") Same with DC. They treated their talent like shit with the excuse of, "Uh you're lucky to be getting THIS level of exposure." and now things are slowing down for them. They want to boost up interest and sales...but they burned too many bridges. So they're trying as much as they can with the only people they can. Because everyone else is very "fuck DC" right now (in terms of creators).

David_D

Garth Ennis (with McCrea) back at DC? I think this is the first time that has happened since The Boys got dumped by DC Wildstorm. (There may have been a Hitman special that got published after that, but I think it had been in the can for ages). I don't know what a Section 8 is, but I will definitely get that.

nweathington

David_D said:

Garth Ennis (with McCrea) back at DC? I think this is the first time that has happened since The Boys got dumped by DC Wildstorm. (There may have been a Hitman special that got published after that, but I think it had been in the can for ages). I don't know what a Section 8 is, but I will definitely get that.

Well, Section 8 might refer to one of two things: part of the Housing Act of 1937, or that thing Klinger was always trying to get in order to get out of the Korean War—a military discharge for someone mentally unfit for duty.

I know which term I'm betting on.

WetRats

nweathington said:

David_D said:

Garth Ennis (with McCrea) back at DC? I think this is the first time that has happened since The Boys got dumped by DC Wildstorm. (There may have been a Hitman special that got published after that, but I think it had been in the can for ages). I don't know what a Section 8 is, but I will definitely get that.

Well, Section 8 might refer to one of two things: part of the Housing Act of 1937, or that thing Klinger was always trying to get in order to get out of the Korean War—a military discharge for someone mentally unfit for duty.

I know which term I'm betting on.

Don't forget the famous caveat to Section 8: Catch 22.

luke52

I'm missing Swamp Thing. Would've really liked somethin Shazam/Marvel Family related too.

nweathington

WetRats said:

nweathington said:

David_D said:

Garth Ennis (with McCrea) back at DC? I think this is the first time that has happened since The Boys got dumped by DC Wildstorm. (There may have been a Hitman special that got published after that, but I think it had been in the can for ages). I don't know what a Section 8 is, but I will definitely get that.

Well, Section 8 might refer to one of two things: part of the Housing Act of 1937, or that thing Klinger was always trying to get in order to get out of the Korean War—a military discharge for someone mentally unfit for duty.

I know which term I'm betting on.

Don't forget the famous caveat to Section 8: Catch 22.

Well, yeah, Catch-22 is obviously the villain of the series.

Torchsong

David_D said:

I don't know what a Section 8 is, but I will definitely get that.

Section Eight was group of "assassins" who frequented the bar Tommy "Hitman" Monaghan hung out at. Two major members of the group were Baytor - a strange all-mouth creature that walked around screaming "I am Baytor" as his only means of communication - and Dogwelder - who, yes, defeated his foes by welding dogs onto their bodies. It was Ennis at his finest.

Also, Dogwelder would make a great name for a rock band.

Also Also @WetRats , I think they are introducing a NEW Earth 2 book focusing on the Justice Society...but cancelling the existing one. Probably not a huge shift or anything...

WetRats

Torchsong said:

Also Also @WetRats , I think they are introducing a NEW Earth 2 book focusing on the Justice Society...but cancelling the existing one. Probably not a huge shift or anything...

I presumed it was akin to Justice League 3000 becoming Justice League 3001 and Batman & Robin becoming Robin, Son of Batman.

SolitaireRose

Torchsong said:

David_D said:

I don't know what a Section 8 is, but I will definitely get that.

Section Eight was group of "assassins" who frequented the bar Tommy "Hitman" Monaghan hung out at. Two major members of the group were Baytor - a strange all-mouth creature that walked around screaming "I am Baytor" as his only means of communication - and Dogwelder - who, yes, defeated his foes by welding dogs onto their bodies. It was Ennis at his finest.

Don't forget Bueno Excellente who defeated his foes with the power of perversion.

Bueno.....

mwhitt80

SolitaireRose said:

Torchsong said:

David_D said:

I don't know what a Section 8 is, but I will definitely get that.

Section Eight was group of "assassins" who frequented the bar Tommy "Hitman" Monaghan hung out at. Two major members of the group were Baytor - a strange all-mouth creature that walked around screaming "I am Baytor" as his only means of communication - and Dogwelder - who, yes, defeated his foes by welding dogs onto their bodies. It was Ennis at his finest.

Don't forget Bueno Excellente who defeated his foes with the power of perversion.

Bueno.....

For those on the forums that haven't read Hitman it is a great series. My all time favorite ennis work.

nweathington

For me, saying a series is my all-time favorite Ennis work is like saying getting poked in the eye is my all-time favorite Three Stooges manuever I'd want to have done to me.

No, wait, I did like “Dangerous Habits,” which would be more like a shaving cream pie to the face than a poke to the eye.

CaptShazam

luckymustard said:

Via CBR here.

Also, no more New 52 branding.

And they say there will be a focus on story over continuity.

They were not really focusing on either story or continutity before, so I guess this is an improvement.

Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.

WetRats

nweathington said:

For me, saying a series is my all-time favorite Ennis work is like saying getting poked in the eye is my all-time favorite Three Stooges manuever I'd want to have done to me.

No, wait, I did like “Dangerous Habits,” which would be more like a shaving cream pie to the face than a poke to the eye.

His stuff tends to be more grotesque that I enjoy.

He is a genuinely talented, skilled and creative writer, but he's just not writing for me in most cases.

(Yes, "Dangerous Habits" was brilliant. And not gross.)

Corwin

Wow Cullen Bunn is writing 4 books...two of which are Lantern books! YAY! (He better not be leaving Magneto...)

WetRats

Corwin said:

Wow Cullen Bunn is writing 4 books...two of which are Lantern books! YAY! (He better not be leaving Magneto...)

I don't think Magneto is continuing post-Secret Wars.