The clown who’s been (for the most part) ruining DC Comics of late is about to take a walk:
For people who haven’t been enjoying the adventures of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman or any other DC superheroes over the last few years, relief may be at hand. It looks as if DC Comics Executive Editor Dan DiDio is about to be removed rather soon. That’s the rumor that’s been going around comic circles recently, made all the more believable by the past month being one of the more unfortunate for DC’s PR department in recent memory. Declarations of tiny tyrants, the problem of being second best, and the dreaded deadline doom, all after the jump.
After more than a year of falling sales and stories that left readers and critics cold, DC’s summer 2008 flagship comic Final Crisis was seen by many to be the one book that could fix all problems and return the publisher to the #1 spot in terms of fan conversation, critical acclaim and sales. After all, it had a fan-favorite creative team (X-Men, JLA, Invisibles and We3 writer Grant Morrison and 52 cover artist JG Jones) and promised to not only provide thematic closure to, but also wrap up long-running subplots from, the last four years’ worth of DC comics. Where could you go wrong?
I’m not saying everything DC turns out of bad. I’m really enjoying the new Silver Age approach to Superman, for example. But for the most part, all they do these days is reboot.
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