Title |
Launched | Cancelled |
| Action Comics | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| All-Star Western | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Animal Man | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Aquaman | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Batgirl | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Batman and Robin | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Batman Incorporated | Launched (2nd Wave - Jan 2012) | |
| Batman | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Batman/Superman | Launched (5th Wave - April 2013) | |
| Batman: The Dark Knight | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Batwing | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Batwoman | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Birds of Prey | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Blackhawks | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (2nd Wave) |
| Blue Beetle | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (4th Wave) |
| Captain Atom | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (3rd Wave) |
| Catwoman | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Constantine | Launched (4th Wave - Feb 2013) | |
| DC Universe Presents | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (5th Wave) |
| Deathstroke | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (5th Wave) |
| Demon Knights | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (6th Wave - Aug 2013) |
| Detective Comics | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Dial H | Launched (2nd Wave - Jan 2012) | Cancelled (6th Wave - Aug 2013) |
| Earth 2 | Launched (2nd Wave - Jan 2012) | |
| Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (4th Wave) |
| G.I. Combat | Launched (2nd Wave - Jan 2012) | Cancelled (4th Wave) |
| Green Arrow | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Green Lantern Corps | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Green Lantern | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Green Lantern: New Guardians | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Grifter | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (4th Wave) |
| Hawk and Dove | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (2nd Wave) |
| I, Vampire | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (5th Wave) |
| Justice League Dark | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Justice League International | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (3rd Wave) |
| Justice League of America | Launched (4th Wave - Feb 2013) | |
| Justice League of America's Vibe | Launched (4th Wave - Feb 2013) | |
| Justice League | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Katana | Launched (4th Wave - Feb 2013) | |
| Larfleeze | Launched (5th Wave - April 2013) | |
| Legion Lost | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (4th Wave) |
| Legion of Super-Heroes | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (6th Wave - Aug 2013) |
| Men of War | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (2nd Wave) |
| Mister Terrific | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (2nd Wave) |
| Nightwing | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| O.M.A.C. | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (2nd Wave) |
| Red Hood and the Outlaws | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Red Lanterns | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Resurrection Man | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (3rd Wave) |
| Static Shock | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (2nd Wave) |
| Stormwatch | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Suicide Squad | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Superboy | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Supergirl | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Superman Unchained | Launched (5th Wave - April 2013) | |
| Superman | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Swamp Thing | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| Sword and Sorcery | Launched (3rd Wave - Aug 2012) | Cancelled (5th Wave) |
| Talon | Launched (3rd Wave - Aug 2012) | |
| Team 7 | Launched (3rd Wave - Aug 2012) | Cancelled (5th Wave) |
| Teen Titans | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| The Flash | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (5th Wave) |
| The Green Team | Launched (5th Wave - April 2013) | |
| The Movement | Launched (5th Wave - April 2013) | |
| The Phantom Stranger | Launched (3rd Wave - Aug 2012) | |
| The Ravagers | Launched (2nd Wave - Jan 2012) | Cancelled (5th Wave) |
| The Savage Hawkman | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (5th Wave) |
| Threshold | Launched (4th Wave - Feb 2013) | Cancelled (6th Wave - Aug 2013) |
| Trinity of Sin | Launched (5th Wave - April 2013) | |
| Voodoo | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | Cancelled (3rd Wave) |
| Wonder Woman | Launched (1st Wave - Aug 2010) | |
| World's Finest | Launched (2nd Wave - Jan 2012) | |
| Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special | Launched (4th Wave - Feb 2013) |
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
UPDATE: DC New 52 - Updated Titles and Cancellations
I've updated the list of "New 52" titles launched and cancelled. 4 titles are scheduled to cancel in August 2013 (Demon Knights, Dial H, Threshold and Legion of Superheroes).
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Dystopian Super-Hero Futures
There have been some great dystopian super-hero (Marvel and DC) futures portrayed in the comics, feel free to name more.
- The Dark Knight Returns (1986)" and "The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001)" by Frank Miller is by far the cream of the crop for these events. Miller single-handedly brought back a dying Batman franchise and turned it from the campy '60's TV show type stories back to a darker, backstreet detective. Set in a future where Batman has been retired for 10 years, and is chatting with Commissioner Gordon who is hitting mandatory retirement at 70, Miller portrays a world where superheroes have been outlawed. Miller also portrays a world where the media is shallow and celebrity-focused (sound familiar?). Gotham is rife with streetcrime with gangs running the streets. Batman doesn't sit still for long....
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- "Kingdom Come" (1996) - Alex Ross and Mark Waid and "The Kingdom (1999)" - Mark Waid, Olivetti and Zeck - great story - Superman retired to Kansas, jaded due to the more violent breed of super-heroes. 2nd generation superheroes, no villians, so they take turns fighting each other - little care for civilian damage and casualties. Supes comes out of retirement to bring back order.
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| Action Comics (1938) #583 |
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| Superman (1939) #423 |
- "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" - DC Comics (Superman (1939) #423 and Action Comics (1938) #583. These two issues marked the end of "Superman" as he was known since Action Comics #1. These were the last two issues of his signature series, both of which stopped publication for several months while John Byrne's Man of Steel (1986) series re-wrote the Superman legend. Following this mini-series, Action Comics (1986) was re-launched with a #1, as was Superman (1987). The "original" numbering of Superman was carried on to "Adventures of Superman (1987)" starting with issue #424. The story was very good and incorporated many of the seminal Superman writers and artists. The basic plot was that things got serious in DC's universe, Pete Ross (Superman's childhood buddy) turned up dead, second rate villains became killers and everyone wondered what would happen when Brainiac or other real super-villains came home. It really showed the end of the Silver Age Superman, with many supporting characters making an appearance, and many dying. "Whatever Hppened to the Man of Tomorrow?" - worth the read to find out.
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| "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" - Graphic Novel |
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| "The Man of Steel (1986)" - John Byrne re-make of Superman |
- "Old Man Logan" (2008) - Miller and McNiven shows the post-apolcalyptic world where Logan (Wolverine) is still around and the U.S. is split into zones run by local warlords. The Hulk and his offspring also play a part.
- "Future Imperfect (1992)" - Peter David. In this 2-issue series, the Hulk (with Banner's intelligence at this time) is transported into the future where he meets Maestro, a Hulk which survived the apocalypse and runs the world as an older, emperor-style Hulk, driven somewhat insane by the radiation over time.
- "Spider-Man: Reign (2006)" - Kaare Andrews - an elderly Spider-Man, lonely and delusional is brought back to show a fighting spirit to a city basically under "anti-terrorist martial law" on a permanent basis.
- "Daredevil: The End of Days" (2012) - 8 issue series exploring the aftermath of the death of Daredevil by Bullseye. Lotsa' red headed young males hanging around their single-female mother friends of Matt Murdock.
- "Earth X", "Universe X", "Paradise X" - Marvel comics future universes after a kid gets the power of the cosmic cube. Very cool art, and nice depictions of older Marvel mainstream characters and offspring of those characters.
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