“Her name is Pandora.”

That’s all we got from the blog update from DC Universe: The Source. 

For those who don’t know or remember, Pandora was the woman who was present in the double page spread from Flashpoint in which the DCnU was “born”, and then she appeared in the background of each first issue of the New 52. Chances are that Pandora is going to be an important part of the DCnU as we move forward, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see her as a driving force behind the next DC event. 

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Last month was the beginning of an era with DC’s release of 52 brand new titles which effectively relaunched franchises and made great starting points for new readers. 

Sam (sjhawkins) and I discussed the new releases (at least the ones we were able to buy) each week last month, and now we’re giving our top ten titles of the month that we think readers should pick up, and we’re also doing a bit of discussion over the first month as a whole. Was it successful or did it flop? 

Read on to see our ten picks for the DCnU, and to see if we think DC’s new initiative was a good idea!

Are people still questioning whether or not the New 52 has been a success—at least in the short term? Well question no more!

The New 52 has created a lot of buzz, and it seems to have really helped to boost sales, with DC having sold more than 5 million copies within the last 6 weeks.

CBR has some more figures regarding sales, which can be seen below the cut.

Hello and welcome to the final week of the DCnU #1s.

I am accompanied by Ryley (ryley-stbatman), with us taking a look at Aquaman, The Flash, The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men, Green Lantern: New Guardians, I, Vampire, Justice League Dark and Superman.

As ever, there may be a few spoilers in the discussion below, despite our best efforts to remain as spoiler free as possible.

After last week’s mixed offerings, is the quality more consistent once more? Read on to find out…

Newsarama is reporting that as of Superman #7, George Pérez will be off writing and breakdown duties, and will be replaced by the new Green Arrow creative team - Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens.

Whether or not Pérez has left the title entirely is still in question however, as he may remain on inking duties, which he also currently handles on Green Arrow.

It looks like the buzz around DC’s New 52 has worked out as planned, with all 52 first issues now being sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors in advance of publication.

Welcome back faithful readers! We’re at the penultimate week of our DCnU talk, and we’ve got plenty of discussion going on. 

I’m joined once again by Sam (sjhawkins) who discusses with me the new first issues of Batman, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Catwoman, Green Lantern Corps, Nightwing, Red Hood and the Outlaws, and Wonder Woman! 

Read on to see our thoughts on each of these new books from DC, and find out whether we think it’s worth buying, or something to leave on the shelves at your local comic shop!

It doesn’t seem that DC’s relaunched line of books is going entirely to plan. A couple of days ago it was confirmed that writer John Rozum would no longer be part of the new Static Shock title, and now DC have confirmed that JT Krul will no longer be behind Green Arrow.

Interested in what I have to say about this week’s batch of #1s from DC? No?

Well, it’s a good job that I’m accompanied by Ryley (ryley-stbatman), as I know you’ll want to find out what he has to say about them!

In this week’s installment, we discuss between us Batman and Robin, Batwoman, Demon Knights, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Green Lantern, Red Lanterns, Resurrection Man and Superboy.

Just a reminder, despite our best efforts to avoid them, there will be spoilers present within this discussion. However, like last week’s, it is a fairly lengthy piece, so you can easily scroll ahead and past them.

What are you waiting for? Read on…

Erm, a bit of a strange one here.

Jeff Lamb, owner of The Comic Conspiracy in North Carolina, has declared that he will be boycotting all Grant Morrison comics over perceived blasphemy in Action Comics #1.

Through a series of statements on the store’s Facebook page, Lamb proclaimed that his store will not sell a single copy of Action Comics #1, and outlined his reasons behind the Grant Morrison boycott:

“Action Comics #1 is a slap in the face to Superman, Christians and Superman creators Siegel and Shuster!!”

Further details are below.

Hello and welcome to the first installment of ‘Rambling About Comics’, and this week’s discussion of the DCnU!

As I’m sure you are all aware, the latest batch of DC Comics saw the end of the DCU with Flashpoint #5, and our first look of the DCnU with Justice League #1.

I’m joined today by the lovely ryley-stbatman, and together throughout this month we shall be taking a look at the first wave of DCnU titles, as well as sharing our thoughts on the titles that interested us and those that didn’t.

Read on for our views about the final issue of Flashpoint and the series as whole, as well as Justice League #1.

(There will be spoilers below, so you have been warned.)

Many fans have been upset by the lack of a JSA in the new DC books, but it seems that this problem is about to be remedied as it’s been announced that the Justice Society of America, as well as Earth-2, will be returning to DC.

The team will reside on Earth-2, meaning it will be away from everything happening in the main DCU, and also meaning that the team will be back on the Earth they originally came from before the Crisis on Infinite Earth’s event happened. 

James Robinson (Starman, Justice League of America) will be writing the series with Nicola Scott (Teen Titans) on the pencils. As of yet we don’t know who the team will consist of but we can count on learning that pretty soon.

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So in less than two weeks, the big DC Comics relaunch is finally going to be here. Whether you’re excited by it or completely hate the idea, it’s something that we’ve all heard a lot about. With 52 new books all launching in the same month, it can be a little intimidating, so I’m going to offer my opinions on which of these new books I think will be worth it, and why. Of course, this is biased towards which characters and creators I prefer, so it’s not to say that the books I don’t mention are entirely not worth your time or money.

So here are my picks for the top 10 books (in alphabetical order, and that I’m definitely grabbing) to look at in the DCnU (as it’s been dubbed), and then five more that pique my interest.