If you have, somehow, managed to avoid spoilers for this week’s issue of Batman, Incorporated #8 – Whether by avoiding the New York Post story, the heavy online coverage (Yes, including this site) of the major event in the issue, the regular shipping cover of the book or the Channel 52 back-up strip in every single New 52 book released this week – then there’s just one more thing you might want to do before sitting down to actually read the comic itself: Avoid DC’s own website.
Spoilers for those who are somehow unspoiled, if you click through.
Visiting DCComics.com right now without an ad blocker activated brings up a pop-up window that looks a little something like this:
…Well. So much for that remaining a secret, I guess.
However, at least they’re offering “ongoing coverage” for this “breaking news” and “special message,” so perhaps if I do click through, there’ll be some kind of exclusive content that will make the unavoidable, unexpected spoiler just slightly less unnecessary.
Or, then again, clicking through might take me to a page that allows me to buy a digital edition of Batman, Incorporated #8. You know, that comic that I have just had spoiled for me by the pop-up ad I couldn’t avoid.
DC Comics. I am very, very happy for you that you have a major event in one of your comics that is getting mainstream media attention and that you are excited about it. Genuinely; I think that it’s great for you. However, I would really appreciate it if you could just back off slightly so that I won’t be reminded at almost every turn that I knew the ending of the story two days before the comic came out. Seriously, it’s okay for you to just relax about this one a little bit. I’ll still read the comic, I promise.
February 27th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
Well it’s nice to see both DC and Marvel are more concerned with getting the media to spoil their stories for readers rather than letting readers read the stories for themselves.
February 27th, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Well, that is the cover to the comic so I guess that’s a spoiler as well?
February 27th, 2013 at 8:57 pm
An interesting point since NEWSARAMA did quite a bit of spoiling as well. Sort of calling the kettle black here aren’t we?
February 27th, 2013 at 9:45 pm
To be fair Jay, Graeme does refer to that.
“…the heavy online coverage (Yes, including this site)…”
I tried like hell to avoid any spoilers for this issue and it proved to be impossible once I saw the cover online. I do wonder about people going in to their LCS and seeing the cover on the shelf.
I mean even if you avoided all the other sources spoiling the issue, you’re still gonna see the cover before you’ve read the issue.
February 28th, 2013 at 6:26 am
If there’s one thing i hate about modern life it’s people whining about spoilers. boo frickin’ hoo, you had a meaningless comic book story “spoiled,” i feel so bad for you. and the fact is, “spoilers” don’t actually spoil anything for anyone. because if they did, if knowing what happens prior to it occurring truly “spoiled” enjoyment, then twilight, the godfather and hunger games all would have been flops, since they would have been spoiled for anyone who read the books, and why would anyone go to a movie where they already know what’s going to happen? except those people are usually the first in line.
and just to spoil life for everyone, companies are in the business of making money, as much as possible. and “spoiling” this story will make them more of it, so any arguments about spoilers are meaningless.
March 14th, 2013 at 8:51 am
This post is great. I realy like it!