{"id":51131,"date":"2015-05-15T15:59:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T21:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/15\/the-convergence-bump-for-dc-comics.html"},"modified":"2015-05-15T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T17:37:35","slug":"the-convergence-bump-for-dc-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/15\/the-convergence-bump-for-dc-comics.html","title":{"rendered":"The Convergence bump for DC Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"

I've read more DC Comics issues the past few months than I have the previous year. The Convergence event is … well, damned goofy in its premise, but getting the opportunity to revisit some classic DC heroes and teams has been priceless. Most (though not all) of the titles I picked up have been well done.<\/p>\n

Of course, unless those characters stick around after the fact, I don't anticipate still sending money DC's way, except for the couple of titles I still get from them. But it's been fun while it lasted.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Heidi MacDonald<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DC scored with Convergence and Marvel scored with Star Wars in the April sales figures just released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Star Wars #4 was the biggest comic of the month, but all five of DC's nü-DC kicking off Convergence mini made the top 10.…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nApril comics sales up behind Star Wars and Convergence<\/a><\/span>
\nDC scored with Convergence and Marvel scored with Star Wars in the April sales figures just released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Star Wars #4 was the biggest comic of the month, but all five of …\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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