DC Comics Relaunch: Today is the Day.

Today is the Alpha and Omega for the DC Universe.

Today DC comics will release Flashpoint #5 which is basically while taking place in a altered timeline marks the end of the mainstream DCU that has been in existence since the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985.

Today also sees the release of Justice League #1 which users in what many are calling the DCnU.

I won’t be picking up my new books until later this week so I will not really have a solid opinion on anything until then. If I am truly honest I will give the new books until November to really pass judgment.

Here is what I do know. DC reports that they have orders for over 200,000 copies of Action Comics #1. That is easily doubling what they were previously.

My friend Aron, who runs The Dreaming Comic and Games here in Seattle, tells me his in-store numbers are up. People are really interested in what is happening and this is bringing people back who gave up or coming in for the first time. This was exactly what DC has said they were shooting for. For now Aron agrees.

His exact quote “This makes him both excited and nervous.”

He is excited because he is getting the increased sales and traffic in the store.  He is nervous because until we see how the books are received there is no way to know if these numbers can be sustained.

Well we will know soon enough. Once I actually get the books and have a chance to read them I will give you my thoughts.

And of course I wait with anticipation on how Marvel will try to make a veiled copy of all of this.