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Numbercrunching DC April 2011 Solicitations

Published Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:47:40 -0600

Last updated Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:23:55 -0600

Here's the headlines, based on DC Comics solicitation information for new monthly comics for April (minus the reprint, licensed, creator-owned and Vertigo titles).Thanks to some bargain books such as Action Comics #900, and the lack of $3.99 22 page books, DC comics are now 13.9 cents a page, 0ver half a cent per page less than the equivalent at Marvel.

DC bring Damon Lindehlhof, Richard Donner and David Goyer for Action Comics #900 with Superman Vs Lex Luthor (even as Marvel try and do a spoiler with the ludicrously numbered Spectacular Spider-Man #1000)

Brightest Day and Generation Lost get extra-sized second issues. Phil Winslade is drawing First Wave Special which has to be a must. Planetary/Batman gets a hardcover, with Warren Ellis' script. And the WE3 hardcover is solicited but with less extra pages than had been expected. And the end of The Road To Flashpoint makes me think DC's FCBD title will be Flashpoint 0…

And now, officially, thanks to DC's new rating system, it's official. Most DC Comics are not suitable for those under twelve…

December: 56 books – 33 titles at $2.99 (22 pages of story), 12 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story) 8 titles at $3.99 (22 pages of story) 2 titles at $3.99 (44 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (80 pages of story)

Complete cost: $192.44 for 1430 pages of story (13.5 cents a page)

January: 56 books – 52 titles at 2.99 (20 pages of story), 4 titles at 3.99 (30 pages of story)

Complete cost: $171.44 for 1160 pages of story content. (14.8 cents a page)

February: 62 books – 58 titles at 2.99 (20 pages of story), 3 titles at 3.99 (30 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (70 pages of story)

Complete cost: $191.38 for 1320 pages of story content. (14.5 cents a page)

March: 56 books – 51 titles at $2.99 (20 pages of story), 3 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story), 2 titles at $4.99 (40 pages of story)

Complete cost: $174.44 for 1190 pages of story content. (14.65 cents a page)

April: 58 books – 47 titles at $2.99 (20 pages of story), 4 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story), 2 titles at $4.99 (36 pages of story), 2 titles at $4.99 (44 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (84 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (68 pages of story)

Complete cost: $190.43 for 1372 pages of story content ($13.9 cents a page)

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