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The New 52    

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In the comic world, there are two giants that overshadow every other company in terms of volume and comic lines: DC and Marvel. Both have, in recent years, undergone a large number of major scale crossovers (this term applies to the situation where more than one of the titular character engages in a certain event). As a result of one of these crossovers, DC has rebooted all of their titles. Not just set back a couple years, as have some other “reboots”. This has resulted in a good deal of speculation by fans as to the new titles and their prospective writers.
Fans are understandably weary of this reboot, having encountered bad ones in the past – the Brand New Day/Spiderman reboot fiasco helmed by Quesada leaps to mind.
Image By: MullingitoverTherefore, they have had a good deal of reservations about this new enterprise. However, there are a few positive notes. For example, Scottish writer Grant Morrison will be writing Action Comics, the flagship book of the DC line. Additionally, writer Geoff Johns, who has been involved with the Green Lantern comics for quite some time, will be taking over the first issues of the Justice League books.
 
The word reboot is a bit of a misnomer. It is actually being called a “relaunch”. Or alternately “reset”. No one actually knows. However, there is a little bit of consternation about the absolute reset of all the story-lines of all the characters. There is a maniacally dedicated fanbase for these characters (after all, they include Superman and Batman), and thus it is to be understood that any slight change in the characters – let alone an entirely new back story and characterisation for many of the characters - could incur the prospective wrath of said fans. However, only time will tell. The only way to determine what a thing will look like is by seeing it. Therefore, we should wait before making a judgement.

Tags: 52, DC, Marvel, Comic, Reboots
  

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