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To those of you who have sent me letters through my email, George has and is receiving them. Over the weekend, the page added a photo and message with the former DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio DiDio brought Perez back to DC in 2006 for JSA and then Brave And The Bold, before relaunching Superman with[...]

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[...]

Dark Crisis time! Bleeding Cool has been intrigued by the remaining influence of former publisher Dan DiDio on DC Comics Even though his DC Timeline and 5G project were junked – including the entire print run (minus one) of the 2020 Free Comic Book Day title Generation Zero, many of those initiatives still survived Jace[...]

It begins with Superman meeting President Kennedy the month of his assassination as Kennedy is planning putting a man on Mars, while Superman becomes part of that year's putting a man on the moon – an event that sees him unable to prevent the assassination of JFK. While the rest of the series, set in the[...]

5G went away, of course, as publisher Dan DiDio – and chief champion of 5G and the new DC Timeline – was fired by DC Comics This week Bleeding Cool ran the planned new DC Timeline which would have seen Batman and Superman aged up to their late fifties, Nightwing into his forties, Jonathan Kent[...]

While a lot of the DC Timeline that Bleeding Cool reported in full this weekend for the first included a couple of things that were very new. The specific

Last month, we got a better look at the DC Comics Timeline that was announced in 2019, meant to have been in the Free Comic Book Day comic for 2020 (until a million copies were pulped) and then was done away with as publisher Dan DiDio was fired Since then we have managed to get[...]

After meticulous study, Bleeding Cool is currently preparing to publish the final, complete DC Timeline that Dan DiDio had planned to run alongside 5G, was published in the pulped Free Comic Book Day title for 2020, and would have defined the DC Universe going forward The moment this tweet hits 100 retweets it will be[...]

Dan DiDio, former publisher of DC Comics, is moving house On Facebook he posted "Things That Happen During A Move #1 The Timeline gets broken… Again" with the following visual And I just wondered why he couldn't have sent it to me, and what I could have learned from these contents anyway. Dan DiDio Scraps New[...]

Bleeding Cool previously noted what we thought might be a dig against the former publisher of DC Comics, Dan DiDio, in the Death Metal #7 event finale for the sequel series created by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo for DC Comics Which saw Wally West sitting in the Mobius Chair with the power of Dr[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool noted that former DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio had been gone for a year at DC Comics, but his influence is still writ large in Future State and how it will continue into Infinite Frontier. Dan DiDio photo by Luigi Novi. Den Of Geek, talking to John Ridley, saw him talk about the origins[...]

Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. The Boys Star Jack Quaid as Starlight Is a Sight You Just Can't Unsee Buffy: A Teachable Moment in Cognitive Dissonance After Joss Whedon Dark Side of the Ring Welcomes The "King of Ultraviolence" to Season 3 The Kanto Celebration Is Now Live In Pokémon GO Titans: Conor Leslie Confirms That[...]

That Dan DiDio, publisher of DC Comics, the man behind the New 52 and the upcoming 5G, was no longer publisher Whether he was quit, fired, or pushed out of DC Comics, we don't yet know We may never know But Bleeding Cool can confirm that Dan DiDio, publisher of DC Comics is no longer publisher of[...]

Whether that's American Horror Story, The Orville, Mayans MC, Dan DiDio or more, the Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. LITG: American Horror Story, courtesy of FX Networks. Daily LITG: American Horror Story, The Orville, Mayans[...]

Since its publication, we have seen the departure from DC Comics of publisher Dan DiDio, and Scott Lobdell leave his final comic book for DC, Red Hood: Outlaw. Before they left, Lobdell wrote Flash Forward under the direction of Dan DiDio, which took DiDio's Tempus Fuginaut Watcher-like character from Sideways in an attempt to deal with[...]

A number of creators brought into DC Comics by publisher Dan DiDio before his firing, with an eye for working on 5G/Generation Five titles It was a move at DC Comics away from the usual comics writer talent base, to TV, film and animation writers, with the intention to bring in new energy – fans[...]

Early this year, Dan DiDio was let go as Publisher of DC Comics It was quite the thing, but also very much the shape of things to come A precursor if you will to two waves of DC Comics senior redundancies through the year, alongside the pandemic shutdowns, distributor and printer changes and everything else[...]

In which characters and comic books are no longer tied to a strict continuity but will play faster and looser with history. The DC Omniverse – Continuity Changes In 2021, After Future State This is a direct rejection of former DC publisher Dan DiDio's plans for a new DC Timeline that had began to be set up[...]

Whether that's American Horror Stories, John Oliver or Dan DiDio and his new job The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Dan DiDio and his New Job on The Daily LITG, 22nd September 2020 American Horror[...]

Dan DiDio was Publisher at DC Comics for over a decade, before being fired earlier this year, scuppering his DC 5G relaunch plans The question was always "what will he do next?" Well, you know what they say about those who can't do? Today, The Kubert School announced that starting on October 1st, Dan Didio[...]

Given all the recent upheaval and DC turmoil, many of us are quietly asking ourselves What Would Dan DiDio Do? Well, looks like he's taken his superhero expertise over to Image Comics… Below read an Introduction letter he's written for Image's upcoming superhero series Commanders In Crisis  by one of Dan's favourite writers at DC[...]

As a part of Dan DiDio's 5G initiative, multiple heroes would leave behind their superhero mantles With these geriatric heroes aged out, there would be younger characters continuing their legacies, including Luke Fox, son of Lucious Fox, who is currently Batwing. John Ridley IV, screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave and showrunner of American Crime, would join the[...]

Early this year, Dan DiDio was let go as Publisher of DC Comics It was quite the thing He was, however, allowed to keep writing his Metal Men comic book until its planned end with its twelfth issue, drawn by the rather excellent  Shane Davis Today's Metal Men #7, however, indicates that both Dan DiDio[...]

As comic book creator Tee Franklin really got under the skin of Stephen Amell, Dan DiDio took to the stage Welcome all, to the daily Lying In The Gutters, a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Dan DiDio Does His Thing –[...]

Former DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio was the latest guest of Dan Shahin on his Comic Book News YouTube show They talked about a lot, including a brief mention of a certain 5G initiative Oh yes, and me as well. Shahin wanted to bring up a few projects that he believed were pitched to Dan Didio[...]

Diamond is doing their big comeback campaign and have even gotten the former publisher of DC Comics Dan DiDio to wear the short Mine must be lost in the mail. The New Distribution Wars – Lunar, UCS and Diamond Photo from video screencap. It looks like stores being served by Lunar Distribution are getting their DC Comics[...]

A new series following after that by former publisher Dan Didio and Earth One Superman artist Shane Davis himself, but we didn't see much of them Heroes In Crisis #9 also featured a confession to camera, Will Magnus' testimonial to Sanctuary, saying 'I created her And I'm… I love her.' Which suggests he may be talking about[...]

Dan DiDio may have been dropped by DC Comics as publisher, but the vestiges of his work remains, including seven more issues of Metal Men with Shane Davis to be published Naturally, there will be many eyes looking for a subtext in the light of this change But with issue 6 out today, in print[...]

Last week on the Drink And Draw YouTube channel, Dan DiDio and Joe Quesada joined Dan Panosian, Jeff Johnson, Dave Johnson and Ben Defeo to drink and draw The conversation was naturally dominated by Joe and Dan, and they talked about the last time they met socially, and the challenges publishing mainstream superhero comic books[...]