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DC Creates New Batman Logo For 85th Anniversary – But Is It Too Late?

DC Comics has created a new logo for their Batman comic books, appearing on issues next week. But will they be still doing that in ten years?

DC Comics has created a new logo for their Batman comic books, appearing on issues next week. Celebrating 85 years since the character was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger back in 1939 for Detective Comics #27, published by National Comics, later to become DC Comics, named after the initial of the comic Batman first appeared in.

You'll find it on the bottom of these new Batman standees for the occasion, with discounts for retailers on 175 key Batman titles with which to keep it filled. Retailers who order at least 30 copies total of this list of 175 titles, available for an additional 10% off, will receive one free Batman standee. These titles will be  Additionally, retailers can order the standee, separate from the sale, for $75. Shipping is free for US retailers, and will arrive at the end of May.

But are DC Comics a little later with this? After al, the news that the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse has gone into public domain along with Winnie The Poh, Big Brother and next year Popeye brought into sharp relief that Batman will be joining them in ten years, on his 95th birthday. As a result, might this be a more accurate new logo that DC Comics should really consider?

There we go. Here'sthe list of titles being promoted by DC Comics for this.

• 100 BULLETS OMNIBUS VOL. 2
• ABSOLUTE BATMAN YEAR ONE
• ABSOLUTE DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL
• ABSOLUTE DARK NIGHTS: METAL
• ABSOLUTE FOURTH WORLD BY JACK KIRBY VOL. 1
• ABSOLUTE PREACHER VOL. 1 (2023 EDITION)
• ABSOLUTE SWAMP THING BY ALAN MOORE VOL. 1 (NEW PRINTING)
• ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN: GODS AND MORTALS
• AMETHYST: PRINCESS OF GEMWORLD
• ANNOTATED SANDMAN VOL. 1 (2022 EDITION)
• ANTI/HERO
• AQUAMAN BY GEOFF JOHNS OMNIBUS
• AQUAMAN VOL. 1: THE DROWNING (REBIRTH)
• AQUAMAN VOL. 1: THE TRENCH (THE NEW 52)
• AQUAMAN: 80 YEARS OF THE KING OF THE SEVEN SEAS THE DELUXE EDITION
• AQUAMAN: WAR FOR THE THRONE
• BATMAN AND ROBIN AND HOWARD
• BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE BOX SET
• BATMAN BY PAUL DINI OMNIBUS
• BATMAN BY SCOTT SNYDER & GREG CAPULLO OMNIBUS VOL. 2
• BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN DELUXE EDITION THE SEQUEL: DARK VICTORY
• BATMAN VOL. 5: ZERO YEAR – DARK CITY (THE NEW 52)
• Batman/Catwoman
• BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 3: ARKHAM RISING
• BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 5: THE JOKER WAR
• BATMAN: EARTH ONE VOL. 3
• Batman: Fortress
• Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City
• Batman: Killing Time
• BATMAN: NIGHT OF THE OWLS (THE NEW 52)
• BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER (THE GRAPHIC NOVEL)
• BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND OMNIBUS VOL. 1
• BATMAN: SECRET FILES
• Batman: Shadows of the Bat: House of Gotham
• Batman: Shadows of the Bat: The Tower
• BATMAN: THE DETECTIVE
• BATMAN: THE DETECTIVE
• BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN DELUXE EDITION
• BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS VOL. 5
• BATMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER? DELUXE
• BATMAN'S MYSTERY CASEBOOK
• BEFORE WATCHMEN OMNIBUS
• BLACK ADAM VOL. 1: THEOGONY
• BLACK ADAM/JSA: BLACK REIGN (NEW EDITION)
• BLACK ADAM: RISE AND FALL OF AN EMPIRE
• BLACK ADAM: THE DARK AGE (NEW EDITION)
• BLACKEST NIGHT OMNIBUS (10TH ANNIVERSARY)
• BLOOD SYNDICATE: SEASON ONE
• BLUE BEETLE: JAIME REYES BOOK TWO
• BRIGHTEST DAY OMNIBUS (2022 EDITION)
• CHECKMATE
• CLARK & LEX
• CONSTANTINE: DISTORTED ILLUSIONS
• DARK CRISIS: WORLDS WITHOUT A JUSTICE LEAGUE
• DARK CRISIS: YOUNG JUSTICE
• DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL: DELUXE EDITION
• DC GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR KIDS BOX SET 1
• DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead
• DC HORROR PRESENTS: THE CONJURING: THE LOVER
• DC ONE MILLION OMNIBUS (2022 EDITION)
• DC POSTER PORTFOLIO: BRIAN BOLLAND
• DC POSTER PORTFOLIO: GEORGE PEREZ
• DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: OUT OF THE BOTTLE
• DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War Part 1
• DC: Mech
• DEADMAN TELLS THE SPOOKY TALES
• DEAR JUSTICE LEAGUE
• DEATHBED (2023 EDITION)
• Deathstroke Inc. Vol. 2: Year One
• DIANA AND NUBIA: PRINCESSES OF THE AMAZONS
• DUO
• EARTH-PRIME
• FANN CLUB: BATMAN SQUAD
• FLASHPOINT: THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OMNIBUS
• FUTURE STATE: GOTHAM VOL. 2
• GCPD: The Blue Wall
• GIRL TAKING OVER: A LOIS LANE STORY
• GREEN ARROW: STRANDED
• GREEN LANTERN VOL. 2: HORATIUS
• GREEN LANTERN: ALLIANCE
• Hardware: Season One
• Harley Quinn Vol. 4: Task Force XX
• HARLEY QUINN: 30 YEARS OF THE MAID OF MISCHIEF THE DELUXE EDITION
• Harley Quinn: The Animated Series Volume 2: Legion of Bats!
• HELLBLAZER BY GARTH ENNIS OMNIBUS
• HOUSE OF MYSTERY: THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS VOL. 3
• I Am Batman Vol. 2: Welcome to New York
• I Am Batman Vol. 3: The Right Question
• INFINITE CRISIS OMNIBUS (2020 EDITION)
• INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US OMNIBUS VOL. 2
• JSA OMNIBUS VOL. 3
• JUSTICE LEAGUE BY SCOTT SNYDER BOOK ONE DELUXE EDITION
• JUSTICE LEAGUE INFINITY
• JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 1: ORIGIN (THE NEW 52)
• JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 1: PRISMS
• Justice League Vol. 3: Leagues of Chaos
• JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: LAST RIDE
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE DARKSEID WAR (DC ESSENTIAL EDITION)
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW 52 OMNIBUS VOL. 1
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW 52 OMNIBUS VOL. 2
• Lazarus Planet
• LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT
• LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE: CARMINE INFANTINO
• MISTER MIRACLE: THE GREAT ESCAPE
• MISTER MIRACLE: THE SOURCE OF FREEDOM
• Monkey Prince Vol. 1: Enter the Monkey
• MONKEY PRINCE VOL. 2: THE MONKEY KING AND I
• MULTIVERSITY: TEEN JUSTICE
• MY BUDDY, KILLER CROC
• NAOMI: SEASON TWO
• NEW GODS BY JACK KIRBY
• NIGHTWING: FEAR STATE
• Nubia & The Amazons
• Nubia: Queen of the Amazons
• PENNYWORTH
• Punchline: The Gotham Game
• REFRIGERATOR FULL OF HEADS (HILL HOUSE COMICS)
• REPRESENT!
• ROGUES
• SHAZAM! AND THE SEVEN MAGIC LANDS (NEW EDITION)
• SHAZAM! THUNDERCRACK
• SHAZAM! VOL. 1 (THE NEW 52)
• SUICIDE SQUAD: BAD BLOOD
• SUICIDE SQUAD: BLAZE
• SUICIDE SQUAD: GET JOKER!
• SUICIDE SQUAD: GET JOKER!
• SUICIDE SQUAD: KING SHARK
• Superman '78
• SUPERMAN BY GRANT MORRISON OMNIBUS
• SWAMP THING: THE NEW 52 OMNIBUS
• SWEET TOOTH BOOK ONE
• SWEET TOOTH BOOK THREE
• SWEET TOOTH BOOK TWO
• SWEET TOOTH: THE RETURN
• TAILS OF THE SUPER-PETS
• Tales of the Amazons
• TALON BY JAMES TYNION IV
• TASK FORCE Z VOL. 2: WHAT'S EATING YOU?
• TEEN TITANS GO! TO CAMP
• TEEN TITANS GO! VOL. 3: MUMBO JUMBLE
• TEEN TITANS GO!: THEIR GREATEST HIJINKS
• TEEN TITANS: BEAST BOY
• TEEN TITANS: RAVEN
• TEEN TITANS: RAVEN AND BEAST BOY HC BOX SET
• THE ABSOLUTE MULTIVERSITY
• THE DC UNIVERSE BY DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
• THE FLASH BY FRANCIS MANAPUL AND BRIAN BUCCELLATO OMNIBUS
• THE FLASH BY GEOFF JOHNS OMNIBUS VOL. 1
• THE FLASH BY GEOFF JOHNS OMNIBUS VOL. 3
• THE FLASH BY MARK WAID OMNIBUS VOL. 1
• THE FLASH VOL. 1: MOVE FORWARD (THE NEW 52)
• THE FLASH VOL. 2: SPEED OF DARKNESS (REBIRTH)
• THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE
• THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE BOX SET
• THE FLASH: THE REBIRTH DELUXE EDITION BOOK 1
• THE FLASH: THE REBIRTH DELUXE EDITION BOOK 2
• THE GREEN LANTERN SEASON TWO VOL. 2: ULTRAWAR
• The Joker Vol. 2 (rollover)
• The Joker Vol. 3
• THE LOW, LOW WOODS (HILL HOUSE COMICS)
• The New Champion of Shazam!
• Trial of the Amazons
• UNEARTHED: A JESSICA CRUZ STORY
• WHISTLE: A NEW GOTHAM CITY HERO
• WHO'S WHO OMNIBUS VOL. 2
• WONDER WOMAN: AGENT OF PEACE VOL. 2
• WONDER WOMAN: EVOLUTION
• WONDER WOMAN: PARADISE FOUND (NEW EDITION)
• WONDER WOMAN: THE SILVER AGE OMNIBUS VOL. 1
• WONDER WOMAN: WARBRINGER (THE GRAPHIC NOVEL)
• WONDERFUL WOMEN OF THE WORLD
• WORLD OF KRYPTON
• YOU BROUGHT ME THE OCEAN
• YOUNG ALFRED: PAIN IN THE BUTLER

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