As a result, many creators reported fearing for their job security during this period, unless they were on a best-selling project. Theres a Neil Gaiman quote I think about a lot: Anybody can tell you whats wrong with your book, but nobody can tell you how to fix it.. This could probably get me in trouble. The George and the Grant stories never really lined up and, in the end, for the fans that really follow the tight continuity, they had a hard time grasping how these two characters were the same one, or how that timeline worked. Behind the scenes, many creators were dealing with confusing and contradictory instructions given to them by editors and executives, or worrying about their job stability as the company tried to regain the momentum the New 52 had in its initial weeks. In 2014, in order to maintain what was becoming waning interest in the New 52 with sales dropping across the board on all but a handful of titles DC returned to a publishing format that had been successful almost a decade earlier. I remember being right around issue #5 [of Batman] I was writing way ahead, because I was so nervous, and it was right around when issue #2 or #1 was coming out and it was the issue where Batman is trapped in this labyrinth beneath Gotham. Because theres so much I need to just lay this out, and hes like, No, no, well just figure it out issue to issue.. There are a lot of really valid complaints, but not the ones you think. The point is, each version of Superman had their own reason for donning black and were curious to see what drives Henry Cavill to switch his color scheme. Thirty years later, Superman (Christopher Reeve) diverts a missile into outer space, unknowingly freeing . This would have been boring compared to what theyve handed in. Thats the shit that gets me excited, because you really want to see people push themselves. Theres no better feeling in the job, honestly, than when you envision something storywise, and the story comes in better than you imagined it. I had it at 48, and Jim had it at 52. I thought I was doing [Batman] with [the mononymous artist] Jock, and possibly Francesco [Francavilla]. I used to joke with Jim [Lee, at the time DiDios partner as co-publisher, and current publisher at DC Comics], which is not a joke. There was consistency of what you were putting out there. Though it is a herculean task, some of the most confusing stories have been collected in this list and attempted to be explained. On January 22, 2016, an image appeared on the Twitter feeds of both Dan DiDio and Jim Lee. Katherine Ruonala Prophetic Evangelist New Day Ministries This is an excellent book. Marvel had such success with [Miles Morales and the Ultimate line], and I kept on pointing to that. This wasnt just selling as a publishing venture. We had a hit list of what types of books [the company wanted] to do what titles we wanted to do, even if we were not sure what they were 100% yet. Heroes (DC Comics) DC Universe Green Lantern (52 Suit) #9. You started to get things that felt just slightly off from where you remember them. As the launch date approached, tensions continued to rise behind the scenes over the scope of the New 52. More importantly, something that didnt feel like it was just picking up where we left off before. In other words, the New 52 version of the League's formation, and virtuallyall of the rebooted or re-imagined changes are no more. To let a new potential readership know they were getting in on the ground floor of an all new Superman and Wonder Woman and Batman and that these characters would be the stars of those books for the foreseeable future. That didnt just mean including series for superhero characters who hadnt been given the spotlight in some time step on down, relaunches of Hawk & Dove and Static Shock but also returning to DCs history of non-superhero titles as well. He met Lois Lane as aDaily Planet reporter, and slowly but surely won her over in and out of his Clark Kent disguise, until he proposed, revealing he was both Clark and Superman. They would skip the next one, because they lost faith in your ability to deliver on their expectations. Ultimately, we didnt have an uber-story fully worked out. I mean, Barbara was meant to have been a teenage Batgirl before her return to crimefighting in the first issue of the [New 52] series, but was always living at home with her dad, superheroing under the tutelage of Batman, etc. I was sweating. Its pulling you underground. Greg called me up and hes like, What are you doing? Secret Origin. Some of my favorite books are some of our biggest failures. Thats comics for you. Clad in a body suit with Superman's familiar S-shield symbol and a leather jacket and sunglasses, this new "Superman" was revealed to be a clone of the original Superman, created by the secretive Project Cadmus, who had intended to create a fully-grown Superman under their control. They were good as stand-alone concepts, and we got some great work from that, but it didnt drive a line. Nightwing was one of the best launches! It took an editor coming in from Vertigo into the superhero editorial offices to make that a long-awaited reality. Overall I think it's a cool design for a costume, except for the high collar which. And thats the fun part in a lot of ways. Bob Givens, Charles Thorson, Harry Donenfeld and Steve Jobs from the two most companies of Disney and Warner Bros. the creator early characters introducing Snow White, Bugs Bunny, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Tom and Jerry, Fred Flintstone, Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Darth Vader and Kermit the Frog. We had Diane Nelson coming in [as DCs new president]. There were sort of hints of one with Pandora and Flashpoint, there were good ideas there, but there wasnt a big narrative. Then Dan took me out to breakfast at C2E2. Though its safe to say that every comic book fan reading at the time has their own most underrated comic bearing the The New 52! logo on the cover. We had some old concepts that we were freshening up, and we wanted to have confidence in recreating that material, and then bring new new material and new characters into the mix. 72 results. It was doing so well initially that there wasnt a desire to rein it in and put rules on how things worked. But in the long run, I think that it hurt us not to have a blueprint that people could follow group to group, because it created these silos of creators and editors that were protective of their version of what they were building. Superman's black suit explained: Why the Man of Steel is wearing a different costume in Elseworlds crossover. On the planet Krypton, criminals General Zod (Terence Stamp), Ursa (Sarah Douglas) and Non (Jack O'Halloran) are sentenced to eternal banishment inside the Phantom Zone by Jor-El (Marlon Brando) for insurrection and murder, amongst other crimes. We want these adventures to resonate in the real world, reflecting the experiences of our diverse readership, DiDio and Lee said in a statement released in July 2011. Demon Knights kicking away from the continuity became a blessing in disguise, though at the time I thought Id been left without much to play with. It created a sense of urgency to keep it up, because again, its the periodical business. At this point in history, the New 52 is widely regarded as a creative failure due to the behind-the-scenes creative disputes that went public and shifting aesthetic tastes. All of our learnings by that time led to Rebirth. Some more popular titles did succeed by making unexpected creative choices including Superman and Wonder Woman becoming a romantic couple at the end of the first year of Justice League, leading to the eventual launch of Superman/Wonder Woman, a title focusing on their relationship and built new fan bases for a generation of creators getting their first real exposure to the superhero audience. Still not enough of a dream come true for fans of the DC Universe that was? Thats why we went away from doing crossovers for quite a while, because we wanted to let every book get its grounding. We had a lot of questions for Mark and then-Batgirl editor Katie Kubert about the status quo of Batgirl before we cracked into our pitch, chief among them was the canon age of the character in this New 52 continuity. A future version of Superman wore a modified black costume when he appeared in Batman Beyond. Three years might not sound like a long period of success, but quite honestly, you got to remember where we started. Joshua Lapin-Bertone writes about TV, movies and comics for DCComics.com, is a regular contributor to the Couch Club and writes our monthly Batman column,"Gotham Gazette." I mean, its interesting, because ultimately, the office was constructed to support somewhere between 60 to 80 books on a monthly basis. Directed by Zack Snyder, Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons, and . Every superhero in the DC universe was in for a major update, with the hope of attracting a new generation of readers who could turn the publishers fortunes around. And ultimately, the only way it works is if you drive the cohesiveness of the line. Just really powerful, wonderful storytelling top to bottom. Boxes may have signs of wear from handling which may include bent corners, creases, scratches, etc. There were a lot of people operating on good faith. Rebirth was slated to begin with a May 2016 special issue, before beginning in earnest the following month, bringing the New 52 titles that had been running since the launch of the line to an end with issue #52. They said, Yeah, youll essentially be sort of showrunning this weekly, because theres a whole lot of stuff to get through, and they kind of laid it out to me. I'll might update it soon, depending on your criticism or ideas, which by they way the are welcome!. That wasnt what happened, however; the launch month of the New 52 saw DC take first position in terms of comic book market share for the first time in years, publishing eight of the top 10 best-selling comics of the month. Greg was like, Lets try and get it through. We really stuck together and really fought. Beyond saying that thered be a villains-themed month across the line that September, they wanted a Green Lantern event within the group to connect the titles under all the new creative teams. The New 52 was a very interesting time for DC Comics.While it initially paid off saleswise, as time would go on many of the changes made and lack of explanation for things would sour fans. On February 6, 2015, DC announced that the New 52 branding was being retired from the covers of its comics as of June, the first month after the close of Convergeance. I've been planning on making Superman's suit from the New 52 comics. The final shot of the Batman v Superman ending is pretty explicit about the fact that Superman's "death" isn't exactly the end of the road. Dont forget, the story picks up after Henry Cavills Superman was killed battling Doomsday. Again, everyone was working out of love of story, trying to tell the best tales in their area. You may have seen him writing about video games for Game Rant, movies and TV shows for Screen Rant, before his current role overseeing operations for SR Comics. Wed finished [the first Batman storyline] Court of Owls. It was at the printer, and word came down from above that they werent sure that they wanted Batman not to be able to solve the mystery of the Owls; whether Lincoln March was his brother. Both were offered to me because Dan knew me and knew my work on my own female-warriors comics series, The Sisterhood of Steel. Or at the end, where I suddenly had to introduce [Justice League foe] Eclipso because they wanted more crossover with the larger DC universe. So when theres nothing to lose, they can do whatever they want. Books were doing things differently, and so some books had different histories than others, and different rules on how things worked, so I think it became about those things existing next to each other, and that just created a mounting sense of frustration and confusion. Thats the fun part. And yeah, I think we know the answer. Last seen in 2017's Justice League, Henry Cavill's future as Superman is . So thats why you saw cancellations at eight months, because [while] the books were making money, they were profitable, they just didnt hit this artificial number that was created. I mean, this was an all-in bet. 4 #0 in 2012, the mechanics of the suit's properties were changed. I thought it would be interesting creatively. Superman has tried his hand at black costumes in other media appearances, as well. We could and couldnt have the Martian Manhunter in Stormwatch [about a team of superheroes acting as a secret police force in the DC universe] because he was and wasnt going to be in Justice League. Tom Welling's Clark Kent donned a black costume with a dark trench coat in the ninth season of Smallville. And thats a good thing. They believed in all of it. Scott Snyder Writer on the New 52 titles Batman, Swamp Thing, Superman Unchained. It really did focus [on] the idea of DC having multiple properties in multiple areas: Here are your supernatural characters, here are your teen characters. Publisher Jim Lee, art director Mark Chiarello, and artist Cully Hamner redesigned nearly every character in the DC universe, leading to mainstream coverage of Wonder Woman wearing pants (they were changed to shorts before the comics saw print). Sadly, the encore didnt last long, and Superman soon switched to an electric blue outfit (we can only imagine what Bruce had to say about that one). Diggle cited professional reasons for his departure on Twitter, but Fialkov revealed that he had left in response to editorial demands, including that longtime Green Lantern cast member and one of DCs most high-profile Black characters John Stewart be killed off. The stories also use "Kryptonian" as an adjective to refer to anything created by or associated with the planet itself or the cultures that . Warner Bros. Television and The CW have released the first official look at Tyler Hoechlin's new costume for Superman & Lois, the forthcoming family superhero drama that centers on Clark Kent . WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS forAction Comics#978 &The Flash #21. What happened when DC Comics rebooted the universe. List of New 52 Batman special suits and armors. Rebirth was just a statement on what the market truly was, [opposed to] what we wanted it to be. (As it happened, Stewart was not killed after Fialkov left the title.). Superman ACTION COMICS 9 8.5 CGC RARE VARIANT origin & 1st full Cal Ellis. And also, you wanted to create a large number of titles that were financially successful, so you can have more risk titles. Theyre right there. This was a cross company expression. And Im like, if youre focused on colors, youre losing character. Five years after the New 52 was officially put to bed as a going concern in the publishing sense, it remains a hot button issue for many of the people involved in its creation. Superman Justice League DC Comics DC Collectibles the New 52! This was around February/March of 2014. In December 2012, Gail Simone announced that she had been fired as the writer of the Batgirl title. While some titles were unfamiliar to fans, it soon became clear that the line would be made up entirely of pre-existing characters and concepts, leading some to wonder just how new the New 52 was actually going to be. You know, we always were honest. White Collar In The Wind, Clark White and his family. So in that, it was challenging, and frustrating for a lot of people. It replaces the cycling gear, i kinda stole the idea from Owenwilson2 (Btw you da man!). I started writing for DC in 2012. This all came about because Mark Doyle, whod come from Vertigo, had taken over the Bat Group and was looking to shake things up in that nebulous time period before the company moved out west from New York to Burbank. All rights reserved. Later, I was like, You know what? In March 2013, both Andy Diggle and Joshua Hale Fialkov left their respective series before their first issues had seen print. Some renders of my Chris Reeve model sporting the Superman New 52 costume. 1 yr. ago. It wouldve been easy to simply yank our books from the schedule at that time if they turned out to be stinkers, so the risk of trying out a new style of Batgirl story or a fresh IP involving an original set of characters in a Gotham City boarding school was minimal. And I think thats the most valid argument youre going to get from everybody. There were so many gems in the line. It wasnt just DC; it was the whole marketplace. Realistically, the math was something like, it was like 10 books a week. My big regret, architecturally, is that in all the exuberance we didnt get a chance to build something equally exciting when it came to an overarching story, something to play out in a year or two, something that spoke to the spirit of the whole initiative. Superman (real name Clark Kent, born Kal-El) is one of the last children of Krypton, sent as the dying planet's last hope to Earth, where he grew to become its kind, noble protector. Tyler Hoechlin wore a black Superman costume during the Arrowverses Elseworlds crossover, but there was some multiverse manipulation involved. Large portions of New 52 history have been tossed aside, so we're here to explain how the DC Universe now appears when compared to the New 52 reboot, as well as the continuity it replaced. but, to my mind, the New 52 was an opportunity to throw down a marker announcing the next new status quo of their popular heroes across the line of books. As a result, the costume has become known to many as the Recovery Suit. Debuting to impressive sales, the New 52 temporarily made DC Comics the dominant force in the industry. Henry Cavill'sblack-suited superhero has been commemorated on an exclusive tee in the DC Shop. I was initially asked for Demon Knights to be a sort of medieval Justice League, so I initially pitched a bunch of characters who were reasonable representations of later heroes who could be represented at the time: A stranded Green Lantern, a Captain Marvel, a Hawkman and Hawkwoman, for example, and cheeky ideas like Matthew Wain, a cart-maker who became someone very like Batman. The company leaned heavily into three weekly comics series that kept close connections to existing monthly titles, starting with Aprils Batman Eternal, and continuing with Mays The New 52: Futures End, and Octobers Earth 2: Worlds End. And with the "Rebirth" relaunch having changed the shape of the DC Universe as a whole, it appears the publisher is finally wiping the premise of the New 52 clean. Even before any of the New 52 books appeared in stores, there was some concern on behalf of creators behind the scenes about the lack of information concerning the new version of DC continuity. One other other possibility lies in DC's New 52 revamp - in 2011, the comic . The new Superman costume embracing the classic design over the New 52 'armor' hinted at which version would see most of their history kept intact, and it extends to most of the new canon origin of Superman. Bursting out of a Kryptonian birthing matrix, Superman was wearing a black jumpsuit with silver highlights. 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