tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post8197869321050712311..comments2024-02-10T01:05:19.568-08:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: The monthly sadness of the DC sales chart comes with a suprise this time: No one is reading JLA/The 99 for some reasonCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-8503106629302535322011-03-10T04:52:55.814-08:002011-03-10T04:52:55.814-08:00Jack Cross was a DC espionage/terrorist-fighting o...<i>Jack Cross was a DC espionage/terrorist-fighting ongoing written by Warren Ellis and Gary Erskine which later became a miniseries.</i><br /><br />yeah, I remember the series. Just baffled as to why they chose that. Maybe to coincide with the release of Red?<br /><br /><i>Sole Survivor is actually Superman—Soul Survivor and has two stories from Legends of the DCU in it.</i><br /><br />Ah. Thanks.<br /><br />RE: Derenick's work. I agree with Caleb. Sometimes it seems rushed, but when he's on, he's great. Doug Braithwaite seems like that, too.KentLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955640155710628251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-13272562946407550332011-03-10T02:50:54.764-08:002011-03-10T02:50:54.764-08:00Since I'm more of a TPB kinda guy (due to my h...Since I'm more of a TPB kinda guy (due to my habits and love for Euro-comics), this drop on sales number doesn't come much as a surprise to me....<br /><br />I guess what with most people tending to collect Harcovers and softcovers these days (better paper, books, durable, etc..) and/or digital comics it was bound to happen finally... And it seems that this finally was supposed to be January 2011 :/<br /><br />I'll be interested in checking out Marvel numbers as well :PEyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350758607787528425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-68497781353855792952011-03-09T20:27:04.505-08:002011-03-09T20:27:04.505-08:00Thanks all for sharing your thoughts. It seems lik...Thanks all for sharing your thoughts. It seems like it would have been worth DC's time to try and fit a JLA/99 story into their continuity somewhere (Maybe near the beginning of McDuffie's run? I think everyone was on the team at that point, at least for a few issues), and to not have flirted with Marvel pricing for a book that was destined to be a harder sell than, say, <i>JLA/Avengers</i>.<br /><br />Couple quick follow-ups...<br /><br /><i>DC Comics Presents line: I would imagine these are selling similar to trades and</i><br /><br />Ahhhh... I was looking at those numbers and thinking, "Wow, those suck for a comic book," but maybe they are good for a trade...<br /><br /><i>(Well, maybe not Jack Cross--where did that come from? And what is Sole Survivor?).</i><br /><br /><i>Jack Cross</i> was a DC espionage/terrorist-fighting ongoing written by Warren Ellis and Gary Erskine which later became a miniseries. It was pretty good, and it made sense for DC to collect pretty much any Ellis stuff they had lying around.<br /><br />The <i>DCP</i> format's not ideal—I woulda enjoyed reading <i>Jack Cross</i> as a trade or from a back issue-bin more, but I like the cheaper-than-a-trade price point and the not-having-to-look-for-it-in-back-issue-bins format.<br /><br /><i>Sole Survivor</i> is actually <i>Superman—Soul Survivor</i> and has two stories from <i>Legends of the DCU</i> in it. <br /><br /><br /><i>Does DC have a more underutilized exclusive artist than Derenick?</i><br /><br />I like his work a lot. Sometimes it looks more rushed than other times, but when he's good I think he's very good. I'd still be reading <i>JLoA</i> if they kept him on it for longer than a fill-in...Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-13712873066098009182011-03-09T10:58:13.227-08:002011-03-09T10:58:13.227-08:00I have to agree with many of the sentiments expres...I have to agree with many of the sentiments expressed here for why I'm not buying it: appears simply promotional for a shamelessly politically-correct new team; seems out of continuity; and no name recognition of the creators.Botch the Crabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490813784858968375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-890062447713818752011-03-09T09:23:03.396-08:002011-03-09T09:23:03.396-08:00The real shame is that this comic looks great from...The real shame is that this comic looks great from an art perspective. Does DC have a more underutilized exclusive artist than Derenick? He went from a run on X-Men to Smallville, Countdown, Trinity and Magog.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807329346289420791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-79906383653945424572011-03-09T09:12:40.570-08:002011-03-09T09:12:40.570-08:00I'm not really in the candidate audience, but ...I'm not really in the candidate audience, but to me the JLA/99 series smacked of public-service comics like the Teen Titans/Don't Do Drugs comic. (That one, at least, had George Perez art.) Perhaps it's because I'd never heard of The 99, but the series, rather than seeming like a major cross-company team-up, comes across as The 99's attempting to ride on the JLA's coat-tails, with the added fact of The 99's association with Islam. It's not that I think most comics readers are bigots, but hints of "In this issue, the JLA battles Intolerance!" have an offputting moralistic flavor. Who wants to be lectured to?<br /><br />Of course, I could be wrong (and the lack of continuity almost certainly plays a role)."O" the Humanatee!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09480155289090114457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-84841236367537087592011-03-09T08:56:30.362-08:002011-03-09T08:56:30.362-08:00Oh, and I love the idea of the new DCCP, but as wi...Oh, and I love the idea of the new DCCP, but as with Nick M, the contents haven't grabbed me. I'll buy the upcoming Night Force though, as that's one worth supporting.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-26237736177397513532011-03-09T08:54:37.270-08:002011-03-09T08:54:37.270-08:00Interesting piece, Caleb. As regards JLA/The 99, t...Interesting piece, Caleb. As regards JLA/The 99, the obvious non-continuity aspect put it into the vategory of Elseworlds, which I decide whether or not to buy on a case by case basis. The creative time is a plus, but I just wasn't interested in the idea of 99 new heroes closely tied to a religion I don't know much about ... it sounded like Planet DC times five.<br /><br />And yes, the price was the final nail in the Coffin.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-14926713984795599922011-03-09T08:22:28.891-08:002011-03-09T08:22:28.891-08:00I wanted to like the JLA/99 crossover, but after t...I wanted to like the JLA/99 crossover, but after the first issue I dropped it with no plans to ever return. It was just not a good story. Nothing to do with pricing or page count, the story was just not interesting. I like the "Core 5" JL as much as anyone, but this was so out of continuity and out of character for the group that it felt more like a Halloween give-away comic than anything ("All your favorite DC heroes in an exciting story!"). Maybe if the guest characters had some previous DC exposure I'd buy into it a little more, but this book has that feel of "these characters are cool because we say they are." I won't be picking up the trade, the story is awful.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273850856695525784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-88014629480690405282011-03-09T08:21:50.539-08:002011-03-09T08:21:50.539-08:00I'm with the other Nick 100% -- that's exa...I'm with the other Nick 100% -- that's exactly how I feel. I like The 99, and I'd love to be reading this book, but the price point has been prohibitive. I'll scoop it in a softcover trade for sure, but how long is it gonna be until that comes out?<br /><br />As for the DC Presents stuff, I love the concept, but haven't been crazy about the content they've decided to reprint. For example, I'm a huge Aquaman fan, and I'd love to see some of the as-of-now-uncollected stuff like the Shaun McLaughlin run end up in one of these volumes instead of the sorta-Aquaman themed one that they put out recently.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16940496855754297188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-81361996485192131912011-03-09T05:39:25.039-08:002011-03-09T05:39:25.039-08:00In regards to the DC Comics Presents line: I woul...In regards to the DC Comics Presents line: I would imagine these are selling similar to trades and that DC is betting that there will be reorders regularly. They seem like the sort of thing retailers would want to keep on their shelves (Well, maybe not Jack Cross--where did that come from? And what is Sole Survivor?).KentLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955640155710628251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-71239100613796694272011-03-09T03:45:26.950-08:002011-03-09T03:45:26.950-08:00I started buying JLA/99 and dropped it, because I ...I started buying <i>JLA/99</i> and dropped it, because I just didn't think it was all that good a story. It was afflicted with such a huge cast (106 characters is way too many to do justice to in a six-issue miniseries) that it started feeling like issues were just strings of character vignettes stapled together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-60258437263963328432011-03-08T21:27:46.657-08:002011-03-08T21:27:46.657-08:00I would argue the biggest strike against JLA/99 wa...I would argue the biggest strike against JLA/99 was the fact that the first half of the series was $4/22 pages. I like the first 6 issues of The 99, but I wasn't willing to pay that price for the crossover, especially when a trade is almost a certainty.Nicholas Ahlhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05651416360488414615noreply@blogger.com