DC Comics are starting over. Beggining EVERY Issue at number one this fall.
 

Every Current DC comics series will have it's final issue this summer.

Then , over 52 titles will Start new this fall , and every series will be available digitally as well.

The first book to be released under this new era: Justice League No. 1, out Aug. 31. The series by writer Geoff Johns and artist Jim Lee reunites the famous lineup of Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman and Aquaman.



Pretty bold move.

Rad. I wonder if my fav DC hero Hawkman will get a re-boot, too.

i would think so with 52 series starting he's at least be in one of them if not have his own

meh. Resetting the numbering of the issues are just cheap and rebooting are unnecessary.

Bob Harras (current DC EIC) pulled off this exact stunt at Marvel a decade ago, it famously blew up in their faces

I believe Detective Comics is at like 880 issues, right? Been running since the 1930's. Yeah, so let's just throw all of that away and start over at 1.

In three years they'll go back to "classic numbering"

yeah i guess they're thought process has to be everythings going digital , so to boost sales and attention to digital sales they have to re-start every series to get everyones attention

I can't wait to get my new Batman #1 signed by Bob Kane!

Goes along nicely with a signed copy of Batman #0, right? ;) :D

I forgot that. Why do they number issues zero, now? Stupid.

Eh, it's not really that recent of a phenomenon. Anything for more collector's sales, right?:lol:

how bout a Youngblood routine and make a #1/2 issue :P

I'm a little miffed that they're doing this because...

um, what?



honestly I don't think spoiler tag is necessary due to it's age...

The number zero issues were okay. They gave an overview of each character's origin and history at that point. Considering how much DC likes to change things around, it was a pretty good idea.

He was never "dead" in the first place. His brain shot through time or something ridiculous like that. They did almost the exact same thing with Captain America. Bruce is now co-Batman alongside Dick and has started a "Batman Inc.", proposing that Batman is bigger than one person, but instead can be a global idea, with many Batman-esque superheroes around the world joining his cause.

And like Kiwamu said... no spoiler tags 'cause he's been back for like a year now.

It was also a nifty way to get fans interested in DC Comics back during the mid-1990's during the whole Zero Hour event. Which was something of a 'soft' reboot if anything. As the entire event set out to correct continuity problems that stood out following Crisis on Infinite Earths, with the #0 issues going over the character's origin and backstory as it stood at that point in time with the DCU.

I'm still a bit confused about this. Is this a new universe? Like, everything that I've read so far "never happened" and its all brand new beginnings? Or are they wrapping up all current story lines at the same time, then resetting the issue number to 1?

I think it's more the later, than the former. DC Comics has already said that this isn't a total reboot of their universe.

thought I read somewhere that some of the flashpoint stuff might hang around for a while after the re-numbering.

Don't take my words for good fish, cause I have no idea where i got it from O_o

As for reboots, it isn't impossible that Superman gets a soft reboot again, if that lawsuit circus goes too sour.