DC Comics Is Making Big Changes
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Last week DC Comics, now known as DC Entertainment, announced that the 70 year-old company is overhauling their comic book line in an attempt to make comics more accessible to new readers. In the wake of this announcement, DC has released new information regarding these changes including changes to existing characters like the infamous women of DC comics, as well as starting the issue numbers of their comics back to issue #1.
This last move may sound strange, but for those who have not walked into a comic book store recently it can be a little daunting to want to read a Batman comic with an issue number of 678. I mean, what has been going on for 677 issues?
DC will also be offering at least 52 of their titles in digital format as well as the traditional comic book format meaning that those people who don’t have access to a comic book store can finally get in on the action.
There is already a lot of buzz, both positive and negative around these announced changes. Will it be enough for DC to wrestle its way to the top? The last time they beat out Marvel comics was 2002.