By: Andrew O’Brien
This October I will be
giving 9 dollars to DC Comics every week until April without even
purchasing a monthly ongoing title from them. "Why Andy", you ask with anticipation. DC has decided to try and capture lightning in a bottle again
by going back to their old tricks. What? You just started reading DC
with the New 52? Well sit down and let me teach you about DC and
their weekly addiction. In 2006 DC was coming off their highly
regarded Infinite Crisis crossover, and decided to follow it up with
a weekly series called 52. This was a high risk move because the series revolved around a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman,
instead focusing on many “B and C List” characters like Booster
Gold, Black Adam, and Steel. To hedge their bets, the creative tour de force of Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka,
Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen (plus the excellent editing skills of
Steve Wacker) made the entire venture much less perilous and 52 was a tremendous
success.
