Troy touched upon this briefly in his initial post, but the first thing that struck me when I hit the New York Comic Con was the free booklet given to all conventioneers upon entry.
In the back of the book, there were reviews for two books: Geoff Johns and Ethan van Sciver’s Flash: Rebirth, and Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III’s Detective Comics (starring Batwoman, hot off the heels of Final Crisis: Revelations).
So here’s what I was wondering: where’s the Marvel books?
Granted, I haven’t had as much time as I’d have liked to be patrolling the con, but DC’s presence seems to be comparatively enormous, based on the size of both the Marvel and DC booths. But having this in the guidebook seems like a coup on DC’s part — especially with Detective Comics.
I know that plenty of fans were underwhelmed with the fallout of Batman RIP, but seeing Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III take on a character that hasn’t really hit her potential since her introduction in 52 makes me really want to pick up this book. (It doesn’t hurt that the art looks sickly good.)
The fact that everyone at the convention — easily thousands over the course of the weekend — will have this book on hand (if nothing else) really opens up anticipation that can easily get lost by readers (even those who religiously read the ‘Rama).
More observations to come!
February 9th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
I got some sort of Marvel preview comic in my goodie bag. Secret Warriors, War of Kings, Agents of Atlas I think. But yeah, DC definitely got the better end of the deal with the previews in the con guide and the Green Lantern cover it was sporting.