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Over the last few days, Bleeding Cool has been publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers to the roles of Superman, Batman[...]
Over the last few days, Bleeding Cool has been publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers to the roles of Superman, Batman[...]
And you can read the Top 100 Bleeding Cool Stories from 2022 right here!
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The 5G Files
Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton #1 Preview: Batman Needs a New Hat
Dan DiDio's Big Red 5G Reset Button: The 5G Files Chapter Sixteen
The Death Of Batman And Superman: The 5G Files Chapter Fifteen
Superman &[...]
What would DC Comics have been publishing in the Batman and Superman titles in 2024 if the 5G plan had been enacted? Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe,[...]
What would DC Comics have been publishing in the Batman and Superman titles in 2024 if the 5G plan had been enacted? Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe,[...]
Yesterday, we ran original publishing plans from DC Comics for 2023, if they had gone down the 5G road, for the series The Hunt For Batman and the subsequent The Trial Of Batman With Bruce Wayne hunted down for the murder of Bane But what would have happened next? Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G[...]
And you can read the Top 100 Bleeding Cool Stories from 2022 right here!
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The 5G Files
How DC Comics Planned To Ruin Batman: The 5G Files Chapter One
How Superman Destroyed The Justice League: The 5G Files Chapter Two
Neverending Battle Of The New Superman: The 5G Files Chapter Seven
Clark Kent, Superman's[...]
Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers to the roles of Superman, Batman and more, the[...]
Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers to the roles of Superman, Batman and more, the[...]
More 5G stuff, folks Longstanding Batman character Lucius Fox has four children in the DC Universe, Tamara Fox, Tiffany Fox, Luke Fox and Jace Fox Luke Fox became Batwing, Jace Fox became the new Batman of New York, in Future's End Tiffany Fox was a Batgirl and in Future State's Next Batman, she was Robin[...]
But it turns out there was a different Batman Vs Robin series planned for 2022 as part of 5G from DC Comics That's right, Bleeding Cool is continuing to publish The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation. Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the[...]
Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers to the roles of[...]
Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers to the roles of[...]
And you can read the Top 100 Bleeding Cool Stories from 2022 right here!
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How DC Comics Planned To Ruin Batman: The 5G Files Chapter One
How Superman Destroyed The Justice League: The 5G Files Chapter Two
Clark Kent, Superman's Retirement In Africa: The 5G Files Chapter Six
DC's Plans For The[...]
In 2020, DC Comics planned two storylines for the main DC Comics titles, as part of their planned 5G initiative The Last Days Of Batman and The Last Days Of Superman And we are reporting what they would have contained here for the first time We've looked at Batman, now it's Superman's turn Because Bleeding[...]
In 2020, DC Comics planned two storylines for the main DC Comics titles, as part of their planned 5G initiative And we are reporting what they would have contained here for the first time because Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G[...]
The 5G Files continues… This year, DC Comics published the series Dark Crisis But originally that was to be the name for a previous crossover event, and there was more to come Bleeding Cool is publishing The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation[...]
Today begins a new series on Bleeding Cool, The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation Bleeding Cool had a history of reporting 5G plans, even though DC Comics refused to confirm any of them Since then, many creators have backed up our reports,[...]
Welcome to The 5G Files, Chapter Two and Superman Revealed Today begins a new series on Bleeding Cool, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and[...]
Today begins a new series on Bleeding Cool, The 5G Files, looking at the aborted-but-not-quite relaunch/reboot planned for DC Comics in 2020 dubbed 5G or Fifth Generation Planned by then-publisher Dan DiDio, it would have seen the main characters of the DC Universe, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and more, aged up and replaced by newcomers[...]
Tomorrow Bleeding Cool will begin a series of articles looking at what were originally plans for DC Comics' 5G or Generation Five, a line-wide relaunch of DC Comics titles planned by former DC publisher Dan DiDio, for 2020 Three years on, the 5G plan was junked overnight – literally in the case of the Generation[...]
We are looking for signs of the upcoming Dark Crisis in DC Comics titles, and the vestigial signs of Future State and 5G, published today in DC Comics titles, as always And yesk, there be spoilers, most significantly for Deathstroke Inc and Icon & Rocket.
Action Comics #1041
A tenuous start with Action Comics #1041, but Doomsday[...]
Grant Morrison continues to expound and expand on what went down with Superman & The Authority, 5Gand DC Comics, and Bleeding Cool has been paraphrasing along,
When it was still part of the 5G concept and a little more parodic, I had this big daft idea to update the classic utopian Superman story Superman Red/Superman Blue from 1963 by having[...]
Grant Morrison continues to expound and expand on what went down with Superman & The Authority, 5G, Dan DiDio and DC Comics, and Bleeding Cool has been paraphrasing along, seeing what matches out reports at the time, and it seems like it was pretty close We would however like to state that Grant Morrison was[...]
Supergirl fascist? Grant Morrison is continuing their Xanaduum Substack recollections of the events surrounding Dan DiDio, DC Comics, 5G and the new DC timeline that led them to write the Superman & The Authority mini-series that was eventually published by DC Comics, even though 5G and Dan Didio had, by then, been dropped.
We knew from[...]
At the time, we suspected that it was a reworked version of a comic planned for Dan DiDio's 5G reboot, and the first part seems to confirm that this is where we are going.
SUPERMAN AND THE AUTHORITY #1 (OF 4) CVR B BRYAN HITCH CARD STOCK VAR
In June 2020, Bleeding Cool scooped the gossip that[...]
This also comes as Joshua Williamson is promising a big Death Of The Justice League to come with the cancellation of that title in April 2022.
Could this be spotlighting those who will take their place? The 5G plan originally would have seen classic characters aged out with newer characters taking their place, rather than the[...]
In Doomsday Clock, Geoff Johns was the first – and last – DC Comics creator to mention 5G in print, in the final issue of Doomsday Clock Looking at a time in the future where the DC Universe would be relaunched as 2026, and the then-DC Continuity would become Earth 5G 5G was the then-publisher[...]
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The Gary Frank 5G Cover That Wasn't
Invincible Colorist Suing Robert Kirkman Over Animated Series Profits
MTN DEW Reveals Brand New Flavor Called "Spark"
The Face Of The New Batman Of New York From DC Comics
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