New Titles For The Post Convergence Era
Okay, so by now you all know about this Springs Convergence Event coming from DC. Today DC announced it’s plans for it’s Post Convergence universe.
The new slate (which we’ll get to in a minute) aims to garner the company a much wider fan base than it’s current New 52 line has. Whilst the New 52 was aimed at bringing in new readers, most fans have commented on the fact that they sucked all the fun out of the universe. DC clearly want to change that perception and had kind of started that with the new take on Batgirl and Gotham Academy.
First of all there isn’t going to be 52 titles, essentially killing the New 52 branding, although it looks like most of the continuity will remain, they’re not giving that much away about Convergence just yet. We’re losing a large chunk of titles and gaining 24 new titles, some of this are obvious replacements, but as you’ll see from the list below, there’s some interesting choices.
So with that in mind let’s move onto the list.
Here’s the ongoing titles that will carry on Post Convergence.
Title Creative Team
Action Comics
W: Greg Pak
A: Aaron Kuder
Aquaman
W: Cullen Bunn
A: Trevor McCarthy
Batgirl
W: Cameron Stewart & Brenden Fletcher
A: Babs Tarr
Batman
W: Scott Snyder
A: Greg Capullo
Detective Comics
W; Brian Buccelato & Francis Manapul
A: Francis Manapul
Batman/Superman
W: Greg Pak
A: Ardian Syaf
Catwoman
W: Genevieve Valentine
A: David Messina
Deathstroke
W: Tony S. Daniel
A: Tony S. Daniel
The Flash
W: Robert Venditti & Van Jensen
A: Brett Booth
Gotham Academy
W: Becky Cloonan & Brenden Fletcher
A: Karl Kerschl
Gotham By Midnight
W: Ray Fawkes
A: Juan Ferreyra
Grayson
W: Tom King & Tim Seeley
A: Mikel Janin
Green Arrow
W: Ben Percy
A: Zircher
Green Lantern
W: Robert Venditti
A: Billy Tan
Harley Quinn
W: Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner
A: Chad Hardin
Justice League
W: Geoff Johns
A: Jason Fabok
Justice League United
W: TBA
A: TBA
Lobo
W: Cullen Bunn
A: Cliff Richards
Secret Six
W: Gail Simone
A: Dale Eaglesham
Sinestro
W: Cullen Bunn
A: Bradley Walker
New Suicide Squad
W: Sean Ryan
A: Carlos D’Anda
Superman
W: Gene Luen Yang
A: John Romita, Jr.
Superman/Wonder Woman
W: Peter J. Tomasi
A: Doug Mahnke
Teen Titans
W: Will Pfeifer
A: Kenneth Rocafort
Wonder Woman
W: Meredith Finch
A: David Finch
And now for the new titles that will be launched in June
Title
Creative Team
Batman Beyond
W: Dan Jurgens
A: Bernard Chang
Bat-Mite (6-issue limited)
W: Dan Jurgens
A: Corin Howell
Bizarro (6-issue limited)
W: Heath Corson
A: Gustavo Duarte
Black Canary
W: Brenden Fletcher
A: Annie Wu & Irene Koh
Constantine: The Hellblazer
W: Ming Doyle
A: Riley Rossmo
Cyborg
W: David Walker
A: Ivan Reis
Dark Universe
W: James Tynion IV
A: Ming Doyle
Green Lantern: Lost Army
W: Cullen Bunn
A: Jesus Saiz & Javi Pina
Doomed
W: Scott Lobdell
A: Javier Fernandez
Earth 2: Society
W: Daniel Wilson
A: Jorge Jimenez
Dr. Fate
W: Paul Levitz
A: Sonny Liew
Harley Quinn/Power Girl (6-issue limited)
W: Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner
A: Stephane Roux
Justice League of America
W: Bryan Hitch
A: Bryan Hitch
Justice League 3001
W: Keith Giffen
A: Howard Porter
Martian Manhunter
W: Rob Williams
A: Ben Oliver
Midnighter
W: Steve Orlando
A: ACO
Mystic U
W: Alisa Kwitney
A: Stay tuned for artist info!
Omega Men
W: Tom King
A: Alec Morgan
Prez
W: Mark Russell
A: Ben Caldwell
Red Hood/Arsenal
W: Scott Lobdell
A: Denis Medri
Robin, Son of Batman
W: Patrick Gleason
A: Patrick Gleason
Section Eight (6-issue limited)
W: Garth Ennis
A: John McCrea
Starfire
W: Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner
A: Emanuela Lupacchino
We Are Robin
W: Lee Bermejo
A: Khary Randolph
I’m sure you can already see where some titles are merely being replaced, Justice League Dark gone, but in comes Dark Universe. Red Hood & The Outlaws gone, but replaced by RedHood/Arsenal and then a separate Starfire title. We also get a relaunch of Justice League Of America (which had previously become Justice League United, a title that will remain running) and Constantine is rebranded as Constantine: The Hellblazer, hopefully restoring some of the old Vertigo Constantine that we all loved.
DC had already announced the cutting back of the Green Lantern titles, so now we get to keep the main title and gain Green Lantern: Lost Army, although what the story behind this new title is has yet to be revealed.
Cyborg, the only member of the New 52 Justice League not to have gotten his own title at the launch, finally gets an ongoing series, obviously seeing as a stand alone film has been announced and he will be in the two Justice League movies, it’s be hard not take the opportunity to push this character a little more.
Dr. Fate gets his own title, presumably because he’ll be showing up in the Constantine show, assuming it survives.
For many DC fans, especially those who left after Flashpoint, seeing Martian Manhunter get his own title may well be the catalyst that brings them back to DC.
Now, as a Batman fan, I have to point out that Batman & Robin has been cancelled, but we get Robin, Son Of Batman as a replacement, and then there’s an interesting title that currently we know very little about (besides what’s above) is We Are Robin.
On another personal choice, Section 8 from Garth Ennis and John McCrea is a big one for me. Reuniting the creative team of Hitman and creating a spinoff title from characters that appeared in that series, I’m genuinely cannot wait to see how this plays out.
Finally, DC have announced three titles that they are calling “offbeat, irreverently funny titles” in Bizarro, Bat-Mite and Prez.
Anyway, as you can see, there’s a lot to discuss here, so please take the opportunity to tell us what you think about this massive shake-up. Any titles you’re looking forward to? Any titles that are being cancelled that you’ll miss? Leave your comments below.
Source: DC Comics
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