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Bleeding Cool has been reporting on this publishing plan led by publisher Dan DiDio at DC Comics since the summer A new generation of DC Comics characters to follow the laid- out Four Generations of DC Comics superheroes The Fifth Generation would have new individuals take the traditional roles held in the big superhero books[...]

The promotion of Kevin Feige above him has seen him knocked down a couple of pegs but he has the knowledge that Feige relies on to give him the lay of the land. Dan DiDio (Down) DC Publisher With Geoff Johns knocked back, Dan DiDio has the opportunity to do what he has wanted to do[...]

DC Publisher Dan Didio isn't shying away from difficult subjects while writing Metal Men with artist Shane Davis Revealed in DC's full March 2020 solicitations, Metal Men #6 will see Platinum learn that Magnus modeled her after a woman he was attracted to in college, and apparently programmed her to love him Definitely some ethical[...]

Hilty invited then-DC Comics executive editor Dan DiDio too Thibert says 'he is awesome, he was awesome, I have nothing bad to say about him' And with DC picking up the tab, Thibert says that DiDio asked Bagley if he'd be interested in working at DC Bagley said he was pretty happy at Marvel and[...]

It's known as 5G, the fifth generation of the DC Comics Timeline. But is this the first time DC Comics tried? Let's go back ten years, before Flashpoint and the New 52, that was what Grant Morrison was teasing. Back in the noughties, we saw the Death of the New Gods, as The Source of the Source[...]

When the only question worth asking is what matters right now?  I mean, is he talking to Dan DiDio, DC Publisher, who has been talking about doing that a lot of late? As he says, 'We're all just someone else's alternate future when you get right down to it.' Clearly the revolt starts here, just as long[...]

So, Dan DiDio, Jim Lee, you paid for it With Peter Milligan's star in the ascendancy again, maybe it's worth pulling out of the bottom drawer for a refresh? Or maybe let Milligan have the rights back to he can publish it from Image, Boom, IDW, Ahoy or Berger Books?   Back in the late noughties,[...]

Metal Men #1, out this week from Dan DiDio and Shane Davis, used a different approach, more like Moore, Garry Leach and Alan Davis' work on Marevlman/Miracleman, with a  new state of affairs, and a real reason for everything that happened revealed slowly through the series But this is also reminiscent of Grant Morrison and[...]

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Readers who just can't enough of the writing of DC Comics Publisher Dan Didio are in for a treat! Didio has teemed with artist Chris Jones to produce an 8-page crossover comic between the DC Universe and Chicago TV host Svengoolie Didio was a fan of Svengoolie growing up and always wanted to put him[...]

If there's one thing we know, it's that Dan Didio hates DC Comics Facsimile Editions The DC Publisher was pretty peeved at San Diego Comic-Con in July about the fact that readers prefer to buy DC's older comics over their newer ones, even though he can't stop publishing them because DC also likes money Here's[...]

In a move that we have to admit is pretty shocking, DC Publisher Dan Didio, more than six years since we launched the Has DC Done Something Stupid Today? website, has finally come out and said something pretty damn smart Echoing some of the points we've been making for years, here at Bleeding Cool and[...]

It seems like it was just yesterday when DC Publisher Dan Didio decried the popularity of facsimile editions and other interest in DC's back catalog, as he feels the publisher should be able to do a better job of pushing new stories to customers Actually, it was just yesterday Hmm Nevertheless, DC is going all[...]

In what has to be a first for the comic book industry, a high-ranking comic book executive is upset at comic book readers… for purchasing the company's comics?! DC Comics publisher Dan Didio complained at the Meet the Publishers panel at San Diego Comic-Con that too many people are buying DC's facsimile edition reprints[...]

DC Comics publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, along with new creative hire Joe Hill, have been talking about the plans of DC Comics today at San Diego Comic-Con. Emphasising the change in branding for DC Comics, dropping the imprints to be all DC… and that the line between DC and Bertigo had been blurring anyway. He[...]

It looks like Rich Johnston's guess that a whiteboard featuring a bunch of chicken scratch from DC Publisher Dan Didio was a list of DC's Comic-Con announcements was incorrect Instead, the whiteboard appeared to represent the outline for a new 12-issue Metal Men series written by Didio, with art by Shane Davis and Michelle Delecki[...]

Dan DiDio, DC Comics publisher, posted a random titbit on Facebook, stating, It's that time of day for "Random stuff on desk that makes me happy." And in doing so, showing off a previously unseen cover to Superman: Year One by Frank Miller, John Romita, Danny Miki and Alex Sinclair It shows the young Clark Kent being[...]

With eight figures in funding from the likes of major studios and Alibaba, they will spent half of that on pre-launch programming alone. So it was admittedly of interest when two days ago, Diane Nelson posted on Instagram a photo of her meeting Dan DiDio, publisher of DC Comics, for drinks.   View this post on Instagram   Eataly with[...]

The situation quickly turned violent, with throngs of the creatures attacking festival-goers and creating a panic which eventually led to a swift and brutal war in which bats dealt a decisive defeat to humanity. "I remember it like it was yesterday," said Dan Didio, former co-Publisher of DC Comics, now working as a loyal servant to[...]

First there as what DC co-publisher Dan DiDio said in the meeting at ComicsPRO, confirmed by a number of other sources, including that the DC direct market line was being cut by 10-15%. Then there was what he meant to say, that the 10-15% cut was already factored into the current publishing line, and was offset[...]

Shorter stories will be reprinted in some upcoming 100-page specials.' In other news, he clarifies that the 10-15% comic book store line cut that DC co-Publisher Dan DiDio talked about earlier in the week, has already been accommodated with current cuts to the line that Bleeding Cool previously noted. And that the line cut was also alongside the[...]

Dan DiDio, architect of the fabled Nu52, remains firmly in co-control of DC Comics, surviving multiple rounds of corporate reshufflings and layoffs to continue to lead the publisher into the future This Sunday, ol' Triple D will host a panel at Long Beach Comic Con in which he wants to talk about your favorite comic book[...]

Today was no different as at the DC Meet the Publishers Panel, Dan DiDio and Jim Lee ran the show as they provided audience members a glimpse into the future of DC Comics After the initial introductions, in which DiDio and Lee ran a video promoting the new DC Universe App, the streaming service which[...]

Coming to the Long Beach Convention Center on September 8-9, Long Beach Comic Con will host the likes of Dan DiDio, Christopher Priest, Mairghread Scott, and Rikishi A press release reveals more details: Committed to its celebration of some of the greatest creative talents in comics, television and film, Long Beach Comic Con's cast of special[...]

The panel was moderated by Marie Javins, comic editor and colorist, and included Dan DiDio, James Tynion IV, Ryan Benjamin, Robert Venditti, and Steve Orlando. Orlando is writing The Unexpected, which features new interpretations of existing characters Neon the Unknown and Firebrand He remarked that "Jody Houser likes to say that I was bitten by a radioactive[...]

DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio has been talking about the Walmart-exclusive 100-page anthology comics that have caused such fuss over their exclusive stories, including Batman by Brian Michael Bendis and Nick Derrington and Superman by Tom King and Andy Kubert with the third issues. Bleeding Cool has made the point that this exclusive deal was to[...]

"The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis was interviewed by DCComics.com, and he spoke about how, after he was unable to stick to his allotted page count for the final issue of the weekly mini-series, DC Publisher Dan DiDio decided to give the extra pages to fans as reward for supporting the first five issues. Man of[...]

She's the one who brought me into the newly formed DC Entertainment as co-publisher 9 years ago and I literally wouldn't be here without her.(3/5) — Jim Lee (@JimLee) June 12, 2018 Last but definitely not least, I continue on as Publisher alongside Dan DiDio No one has more passion or energy for what we do[...]

But Batman seems to have the magic touch, according to writer Tom King. King posted on Twitter that he was congratulated by DC co-publisher Dan DiDio on the title selling more than 100,000 copies for 50 issues: Got a call from DC co-publisher Dan Didio congratulating me that Batman sold over 100,000 for 50 issues! Mic drop![...]

Bin Talal refused, and afterward, he was arrested as part of a widespread coup consolidating power and purging the rivals of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Does Kushner take orders from a painting of Dan Didio found in 666 Fifth Avenue's sub-basement? Denial of the building followed immediately by crushing political disaster could be chalked up to coincidence[...]