Monday, March 28, 2016

ARES LOOKS LIKE ARES AGAIN: DC Rebirth Creative Teams Revealed

Unveiling the creative teams of the initial DC Rebirth line, the publisher packed in some stunning calls, noticeable absences, new faces and return to glory moments for both costumes, characters and creators. While the pre-52 Wally West, and any Wildstorm character count among the unseen, they only leave hopes for the future, in amongst books packed with instant hit-moments like Superwoman by Phil Jimenez and the return of Ted Kord to Blue Beetle.

With the New Gods, JSA, Shazam, and the Legion of Super-Heroes all confirmed to appear "once Rebirth gets underway", here are my picks of the books unveiled so far: 

WONDER WOMAN Twice monthly W) Greg Rucka A) Liam Sharp and Nicola Scott - two arcs trading issues, modern WW with Liam and Year One with Nicola. ALL-STAR BATMAN W) Scott Snyder A) John Romita Jr, Sean Murphy, Jock and Tula Lotay - Feat the Batman rogues, kicks off with Batman and Two-Face on a road trip, hunted by Mad Max-ish assassins. JLA Twice monthly (No details named so you know it's going to be HUGE) SUPERMAN Twice monthly W) Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason, A) Gleason and Doug Mahnke - killer creative team! NEW SUPER MAN W) Gene Luen Yang A) Viktor Bogdanovic -16-year-old Kenji Kong from Shanghai gets Superman's powers and must learn to be a hero. HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS Twice monthly W) Robert Vendetti A) Ethan Van Sciver and Rafa Sandoval - The battle in space with Hal, Kyle, John and Guy where Sinestro has already won.

BLUE BEETLE W) Keith Giffen A) Scott Kolins - Jaime Reyes mentored by Ted Kord NEW SUPERGIRL W) Steve Orlando A) Brian Ching With Cyborg Superman now her father Zor-El, Supergirl is offered her chance to return to Argo City. BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY W) Julie and Shawna Benson - Batgirl, Black Canary and Huntress on the trail of 'Oracle' and lizard people. TITANS W) Dan Abnett A) Brett Booth SUPERWOMAN W and A) Phil Jimenez A) Emanuela Lupacchino. CYBORG Twice monthly W) John Semper A) Will Conrad and Paul Pelletier - Victor grapples his remaining humanity. ACTION COMICS Twice monthly W) Dan Jurgens A) Patrick Zircher, Tyler Kirkham and Stephen Segovia Lex Luthor - the Superman of Metropolis, tries to figure out why there is a new Lois and Clark in town. 

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JUSTICE LEAGUE Twice monthly W) Bryan Hitch A) Tony Daniel and Fernando Pasarin. HARLEY QUINN Twice monthly W) Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti A) Chad Hardin and John Timms - heaps of guest stars ahead inc Poison Ivy and Power Girl. BATMAN Twice monthly W) Tom King A) David Finch and Mikel Janin - how close can Batman step to insanity and survive THE FLASH Twice monthly W) Joshua Williamson A) Carmine Di Giandomenico and Neil Googe - the Speed Force storm grants people speed powers with varying results. NIGHTWING Twice monthly W) Tim Seeley, Javi Fernandez and Marcus - Dick Grayson's new mentor; Raptor. SUICIDE SQUAD Twice monthly W) Rob Williams A) Philip Tan and Jim Lee Team includes Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Rick Flagg, Katana, and Boomerang. 

DEATHSTROKE Twice monthly W) Christopher Priest A) Carlo Pagulayan, Igor Vitorino and Felipe Watanabe DETECTIVE COMICS Twice monthly W) James Tynion IV, Eddy Barrows and Alvaro Martinez - Batman and Batwoman bootcamp for Spoiler, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain and Clayface. TEEN TITANS W) Ben Percy A) Jonboy Myers - Damian Wayne tries to take over the team, whether they like it or not. SUPER SONS (creative team unnamed) Damian Wayne and Jon Kent, son of the pre-New 52 versions of Lois and Clark. AQUAMAN Twice monthly W) Dan Abnett and Brad Walker A) Brad Walker, Jesus Merino and Phil Briones - Aquaman seeks to establish Atlantis’ place in the world. TRINITY W and A) Francis Manapul A) Clay Mann - starring Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

 IF YOUR MUM TELLS YOU TO  BATMAN BEYOND W) Dan Jurgens A) Bernard Chang - The return of Terry McGinnis. RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS W) Scott Lobdell A) Dexter Soy - Bizarro and Artemis join the team. GREEN ARROW Twice monthly W) Ben Percy A) Otto Schmidt and Juan Ferreyra - Oliver Queen meets Dinah Drake). THE HELLBLAZER W) Simon Oliver A) Moritat - Constantine and Swamp Thing rescue Abby Arcane. (This book needs a mature readers tag!) GREEN LANTERNS Twice monthly W) Sam Humphries A) Robson Rocha and Ardian Syaf - Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz vs Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns. BATGIRL W) Hope Larson A) Rafael Albuquerque - Barbara Gordon backpacks through Asia. 


1 comment:

  1. You know for once, I'm not totally shitting on DC with this. All the teams look and sound good, although I wonder how long the whole "twice monthly" thing will last, and how long readers go for it since they'll be buying twice a month of their regular reads even if it's 1-2 bucks cheaper an an issue.

    But otherwise, I'm digging the line up of titles, and most improtanrtly for me for now, the looks. For the most part, we're getting the types of modern takes on the classic and iconic looks we should've been getting this whole time. But at least we're getting it now. I'm shocked to say, that so far so good, I'm actually pretty optimistic about this new direction. Let's hope it stays this positive.