{"id":49512,"date":"2015-02-06T20:54:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T03:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/is-the-dcs-new-52-coming-to-an-end.html"},"modified":"2015-02-06T20:54:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T03:54:42","slug":"is-the-dcs-new-52-coming-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/is-the-dcs-new-52-coming-to-an-end.html","title":{"rendered":"Is the DC&#039;s New 52 coming to an end?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well &#8230; maybe-sorta.<\/p>\n<p>DC seems to be dropping the need for their line to include 52 titles. And they seem to be dropping the glorification of grim-dark &quot;heroes.&quot; And they seem to be shifting from a tight, unified continuity to letting &quot;good storytelling&quot; rule the roost.<\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ll see. But I&#39;m guardedly optimistic. I mean &#8230; <i>Prez? Bat-Mite?<\/i> Really? <\/p>\n<p>I might have to pick up a few more DC comics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.comicbookmovie.com\/fansites\/GraphicCity\/news\/?a=114895'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/vKlJ_4OsIlwn0eIAiQStdn25WfUYgO3SZetJHfVaqG8XauEnZKm1a1XFAfUuYZ8PL3aAoR886NQsFn_zyNdXJzIowD7qPc-CG2_gz5NXhlc-Mr_XJjsW=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.comicbookmovie.com\/fansites\/GraphicCity\/news\/?a=114895'>COMICS: Starting In June, DC COMICS&#8217; NEW 52 Is No More<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nPost-Convergence, DC&#8217;s New 52 will be no more. But does that mean the old continuity is being restored? In short, NO.  Continue on for details on just what DC Entertainment means by stating this is &#8220;a new era of DC Comics where story trumps continuity&#8221;.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/j5oSxosBks3'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well &#8230; maybe-sorta. DC seems to be dropping the need for their line to include 52 titles. And they seem to be dropping the glorification of grim-dark &quot;heroes.&quot; And they seem to be shifting from a tight, unified continuity to letting &quot;good storytelling&quot; rule the roost. We&#39;ll see. But I&#39;m guardedly optimistic. I mean &#8230; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/is-the-dcs-new-52-coming-to-an-end.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is the DC&#039;s New 52 coming to an end?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45477,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/25\/is-the-old-52-dc-universe-coming-back.html","url_meta":{"origin":49512,"position":0},"title":"Is the Old 52 DC Universe coming back?","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 25-Sep-14 8:58am","format":false,"excerpt":"Alas, no. 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But this particular image (which I didn't read because I'm not reading the DC book it was in) made my heart skip a bit.It does seem that DC is teeing up the Old DCU as just one of the various Earths across the multiverse, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25309,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/the-first-of-dcs-new-52-bite-the-dust.html","url_meta":{"origin":49512,"position":1},"title":"The first of DC&#39;s &quot;New 52&quot; bite the dust","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 12-Jan-12 7:44am","format":false,"excerpt":"I only read one of these (Mr. Terrific) and had already cancelled it for myself, so I'm not weeping too much here (though that does unfortunately mean two fewer comics starring Someone Who's Not A White Guy). #ddtb Embedded Link DC Women Kicking Ass - DC announces cancellation of six\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130321,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/27\/dc-reborn.html","url_meta":{"origin":49512,"position":2},"title":"DC Reborn?","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 27-Mar-16 10:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"At the risk of over-optimism, it seriously appears like DC's new \"Rebirth\" reboot is going to undo a lot of the more egregious aspects of the \"New 52\" reboot. 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