Okay, so Friday DC announced a new Batman spin-off, Talon among a crop of four new books. And earlier today they released the solicitations for their Batman family of books which they plan to ship in September, making it apparent that they aren't canceling any of the twelve existing Batman titles, which means come September there will be 13 Batman titles.
So if the DCU line consists of 52 ongoing monthlies (and it does, since they're caneling four books to make room for the four new ones), and there are 13 Batman books, that means that 25% of all DCU comics will be Batman comics, right? 13 + 13 = 26, and 26 +26 = 52, right?
I know Batman is a pretty popular character, but good God, one quarter...? And you know what's weird? Robin/Red Robin Tim Drake, Spoiler/Batgirl Stephanie Brown and Batgirl/Black Bat Cassandra Cain, all of whom have carried their own titles in the past, don't have their own books yet, so it's not actually all that hard to imagine the Batman line eclipsing even more of the DCU line in the near future, as books like Savage Hawkman and Grifter are inevitably canceled.
That... is a whole lot of Bat. I know he's popular, but this is ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteBut also, 6 of May's top 13 best-selling books were Batman titles. 7 if you count Earth-2, which has Batman in it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=39084
And, wow, 8 if you count Justice League. I kind of forgot it existed.
ReplyDeleteIf it turns out that "The Dark Knight"s success was solely due to Heath Ledger, and the next film bombs, will the ratio tip in favor of Superman comics to get ready for WBs next film?
ReplyDeleteDepending on how you count it, it could be 18/52 until JLI gets cancelled.
ReplyDeleteIt's like they have a billion dollar movie coming out or something.
Batman
Detective Comics
Batman: The Dark Knight
Batman and Robin
Batgirl
Batwoman
Nightwing
Catwoman
Batwing
Birds of Prey
Red Hood and the Outlaws
That doesn't even count the Bat-Heavy other books like Justice League, Justice League International, Teen Titans and All-Star Western (set in Gotham, has the Wayne family, part of the court of owls crossover).
They started with 15/52 being Bat related. Since then they cancelled 1 (JLI), but added Batman Incorporated, World's Finest (Huntress/Robin from Earth 2) and Talon.