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DC Comics Ends Five Series, Changes Creative Team on One

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dc comic logoDC Comics has released to CBR that they’re calling it quits on five series which will wrap up in November and December. Justice League United, Gotham By Midnight, The Omega Men, and Lobo will end in December. Doomed will end with issue #6 in November (we think, CBR wasn’t quite sure).

None of the series have been burning up the charts, though The Omega Men is critically acclaimed (bet you the trade does well).

DC Comics has also announced that Catwoman #47 will kick off a new creative team of writer Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda. Outgoing writer Genevieve Valentine will be a part of the Batman and Robin Eternal writing team.

So, for those keeping track Justice League United #16 will be its last. Gotham By Midnight #12 will be its last. The Omega Men #7 will be its last. Lobo #13 is the final comic for that run.

The full DC Comics’ December solicitations will be released this Monday.

 

Review: Lobo #7

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Lobo #7 CoverCosmic speakeasies, intergalactic drug dens and even exotic alien women can’t distract can’t distract Lobo from his first love: hunting men for money! Once you’re on Lobo’s hit list, there are only two possible outcomes: your death or his.

I remember the fun that was DC Comics’ various Lobo mini-series. The art, and stories were over the top, they were just stupid fun. Flash forward to now, and we have a new Lobo, slimmer, more Gosling-esque, replacing the slobbering prior version. DC finally has their Wolverine (especially funny since Marvel doesn’t). He’s the best at what he does….

I read the first issue of the series, and thought it was ok. Not good, not bad, just a different version of Lobo. This issue references a lot of whats happened before, and has Lobo switching employers and killing lots of folks.

It feels a bit muddled, not a great starting point for a new reader. It clearly attempts to transition from whats happened in the previous six issues to what’s coming, so for folks who have been reading the series, maybe they’d dig it more than me. It does get me to want to see the next issue and where the series goes, because right now it has a Wolverine-redux vibe about it, and I know writer Cullen Bunn can kick-ass, so I do want to see where he goes from here, for at least a little bit.

Artist Cliff Richards brings the action with some very cool scenes of blood splattering carnage.

While there’s nothing necessarily bad about the issue, the concept and series feels like a throwback to a bygone era. DC’s moving forward, but this issue feels like a foot in the past.

Story: Cullen Bunn Art: Cliff Richards
Story: 6 Art: 7.25 Recommendation: Pass

DC Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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It’s new comic day tomorrow! Stay tuned throughout the day to catch our suggestions as to what you should be checking out this week.

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Kotaku – Designing Batgirl To Fit Chris Nolan’s Batman Movies – This is pretty cool.

CBR – West, Ward To Reprise Batman & Robin Roles In 50th Anniversary Film – People clearly remember it being better than I do.

Robot 6 – Lobo co-creator Roger Slifer passes away – Our thoughts are with his friends and family.

The Beat – Baseball, Comic-Cons, and Paying Volunteers – This issue again?

 

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So some big comics debuted yesterday. What do you all think?

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ICv2 – Darabont Wins Motions in ‘Walking Dead’ Lawsuit – Doh.

Kotaku – Who Is Kevin Smith Playing In LEGO Batman 3? Hint: It’s Kevin Smith. – Still need to pre-order this.

ICv2 – DC Apologizes for Sexist Superhero Shirts – Good on them.

 

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DC Reveals a New Lobo

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Over at the DC blog, DC Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras introduced a new Lobo to the New 52. In an odd twist:

Which is why Justice League #23.2: Lobo (from the creative team of Marguerite Bennett, Ben Oliver, Cliff Richards and Daniel Brown) contains a major surprise – one we’ve had planned for a while. The Lobo you’ve seen so far in the New 52 is not who you think he is. In this one-shot, you’ll be introduced to the real Lobo. A ruthless killer, Lobo is on a quest to kill the man who has taken his name.

This Lobo is equal parts strong, vicious, and driven. There’s a darker and more logical idea about what a force of nature like him is capable of. After all, this is someone who can infiltrate high society, fly a space ship, and adhere to a very specific moral code that’s not your typical anti-hero one. Oh, and, this one-shot takes place very far away from Earth. And when I say very far away, I mean it takes place literally on the other side of the galaxy.

The new look was updated by artist Kenneth Rocafort, who changed the main man into a “a lean, mean killing machine.”

Not a shocker, the announcement hasn’t gone over well online, but folks seem to forget the design they think of as Lobo now, isn’t what he always looked like.

What we think of when we think Lobo:

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And what he looked like when he debuted. That’d be him in the purple and orange.

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The main image below is the final design and check out the gallery for other rejected versions.

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