DC Comics December solicitations are live and it looks like they’re going to carry on falling behind Marvel through the end of 2019. DC continues offering a host of Year of the Villain one-shots but thus far only Batman/Superman has made an impact o…
DC Comics December solicitations are live and it looks like they’re going to carry on falling behind Marvel through the end of 2019. DC continues offering a host of Year of the Villain one-shots but thus far only Batman/Superman has made an impact on the market. DC also continues going all-in with Black Label but I don’t see many hits in the once-promising imprints future. But the big December issues for DC Comics are 2 finales that evoke completely different feelings.
Geoff Johns Doomsday Clock debuted in November 2017 and was supposed to wrap-up in November 2018. The culmination of Johns’ return to classic DC storytelling following New 52. Unfortunately, the series was plagued by delays and DC Comics, under the leadership of co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, abandoned Johns’ vision for DC Rebirth as soon as Dark Knights Metal hit big. DC has resembled the Titanic ever since, veering into oncoming danger with reckless abandon.
I can’t say I feel anything close to the same way for Tom King’s Batman finale with issue #85. This change is at least 12 months and 25 issues too late. I’ve talked enough about my issues with King’s bait-and-switch on Batman #50 and my overall disdain for the series leading up to the non-wedding and how atrocious it’s been since. King’s Batman run will go down in history as fruitless and only served to damage DC’s flagship comic series, likely for years.
Until recently DC hasn’t jumped into the #1 comic game like counterpart Marvel. They continue a new trend of more number 1 comics, releasing 11 #1 issues to close out 2019. So far the Year of the Villain one-shots haven’t been needle movers but DC is offering 4 more in December 2019 from writers Mark Russell, Dan Watters, Paul Jenkins and the controversial Zoe Quinn. I don’t see any of these Year of the Villain one-shots making any sort impact.
The final series of note should have the biggest impact. I’m not a huge Tom Taylor fan but his work at DC is far superior to Marvel. His ..
