BleedingCool.com Presents The DC Comics New 52 Presentation

Well that's a fluff piece if I ever saw one, all advertising with no depth. Look, I have no interest in reading comics digitally. The only reason I do read the one online book, is because there's no other option. When it comes to buying books; In the past picking up single issues has been more frustrating than anything else mostly because I feel the price is way too high compared to how little content there is. If I'm going to go out of my way to get to the shop and pay $2.50 or more I want it to be worth the trip. And once you take out advertisements and look at the serialization style of the medium, it makes so little sense to go through the trouble to get what is the equivalent of 5 minutes reading time and maybe a little longer of ogling at the art. That's why I always wait for trades; you get a complete story and you can take the time to really become engrossed in what's going on.

That being said, I do think people are making a mountain out of a mole hill when it comes to the relaunch. Yes things are being changed. Yes certain decisions are being made. But I keep getting a feeling that there is a point to all of this outside of sales. That we may be an event or two away from yet another change.

I have my own frustrations when it comes to all of this and they're quite basic; Why not give Wonder Woman as many books as Superman or Batman? Why doesn't Martian Manhunter get his own universe expanding solo series? Which is a question that could be asked of any number of other characters. But since Martian Manhunter is my favorite DC character I'll stick by him. A lot of these questions can be answered quite easily by simply invoking SALES. But than that doesn't explain why other characters who are even less known than MM get their own books. It's just some of this makes perfect sense, and some of it makes very little sense. Which is why I suspect something else is going on. I guess we'll have to wait and see.