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Future Predictions: DC Comics Is Going to Cancel Detective Comics and Batman

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nick marino
on November 6, 2008
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[We postpone our regular installment of Sneaking Into Comics to bring you this special vision of the future courtesy of our incredible AudioShocker time machine. Okay, okay, we don't actually have a time machine. I'm pretty much just pulling this out of my ass based on a bit of educated guessing.]

You’re probably thinking, “How the fuck do you know what DC Comics is going to do? Your only contact with DC consisted of three failed interviews! You’re full of shit.”

But it’s a pretty simple prediction to make. Neil Gaiman said it himself. Check out this snippet of his interview with MTV’s painfully shameless Splashpage blog:

“[DC Comics] phoned me up and said… ‘Would you like to write the last issue of Batman and the last issue of Detective Comics?’ And when they make an offer like that, you say yes.”

So there you have it. Neil Gaiman closes out Detective Comics and Batman with his “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader” story. This is an especially easy future prediction considering that DC Comics just announced Robin, Nightwing, and Birds of Prey are all getting canceled in February.

So when Batman and Detective Comics get the axe in 2009 (or at least relaunched with new #1 issues), remember that the AudioShocker officially predicted it first.

I’ve been trying to tell everyone about this for a few weeks. Now I’ve decided to go on record with this futuristic Batman vision in light of the three supporting series getting the boot. However, let it be known that my future predicitons may be a bit far fetched.

So now that we’ve established this, the real question is: are you going to read Batman and Detective Comics if (let’s really be honest here: WHEN) they get relaunched?

Damn It! I Got Burned By DC Comics Again!

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nick marino
on May 10, 2008
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Do you have one of those friends or relatives that YOU KNOW is the last person you should be letting borrow money? You keep your distance for a few months and then you get a familiar phone call: “Hey what’s up, man?! You wanna hang out this weekend?”

With no recent disappointment burned into your memory, you figure it’s okay. So-and-so can’t possibly be trying to hit you up for money again, right? And it seems like everything is going well for most of the night. Then it gets to the end and it’s time to pay for the drinks: “Awww man I’m totally broke! Could you cover for me? It’ll get you next time.”

DAMN IT! They did it again! Well guess what? DC Comics just did that to me this Wednesday with Detective Comics #844. I reviewed Detective Comics #843 last month and the issue was awesome. When I didn’t get #844 sent to me for free with last weekend’s advanced comic books for my reviews, I decided to buy the issue.

How bad could it be? Last issue was a genius display of storytelling by Paul Dini. His Zatanna was incredible. She stole the show and I wanted more. Detective Comics #844 seemed like such a good bet that I didn’t even flip through the book in the store. I just tossed it into my short stack and took it up to the register.

And then I read it. SON OF A BITCH! Burned again by DC Comics! This happens almost every time I try out a new DCU book. It happened on Green Arrow by Judd Winick and Scott McDaniel. It happened on Wonder Woman when it relaunched.

Hell, it’s even happening now with Dwanye McDuffie on Justice League of America. His story arc started off great, and then it just got average. Then there were unexpected fill-ins. Then he was randomly gone for a month! Now he’s back, but I’m hesitant to believe that it’s going to get better…

You know it’s bad when DC Universe #0 only costs $0.50 and you still want your money back. I should have known better than to pick up Detective Comics #844, let alone a DC Comics set in the DCU. And you know what the worst part is? I’m going to do it again! In about a month, I’m going to forget how pissed I am right now and I’m going to pick up something and hate it. It’s a never-ending cycle of pain.

P.S. For the record, I am enjoying Green Arrow / Black Canary right now. If they @#$% that up I’m going to be really pissed.

Podcast Episode 021

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nick marino
on March 4, 2008
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Comics come first as we talk about manga, bookstores, graphic novels, clowning, superhero trade paperbacks, comic book distribution, the direct market, Unlicensed Attorneys at Law, Amy Winehouse, Logan 1, Cable 1, X-Force 2, Uncanny X-Men 496, Green Lantern 28, Detective Comics 842, The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury, Blades of Glory, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Over the Hedge, Meet the Quagmires, Sinbad, Jumper, Matrix, Blade, Quarterlife, The Wire, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, American Idol, Sara Bareilles, Norah Jones, and oh baby more.

 
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