DC COMICS

"THE NEW 52"

RELAUNCH TITLES

AVAILABLE THIS

MORNING AT

BIG PLANET COMICS

IN

BETHESDA

Today is the big day - DC Comics "reboots" every character and every title.

Bethesda and the DC Metro area were excluded from the special midnight opening events, according to the DC Comics website.

Fear not, Big Planet Comics on Fairmont Avenue will open at 11 AM this morning!

I'm not too fond of what is all too often a gimmick to boost sales at the cost of long-established heroes. "The Death of Superman," "The Death of Captain America." Come on. My Captain America's still alive, sorry about yours.

Superman has taken a tremendous amount of abuse on the page and screen in recent decades. Is there something wrong with having a reliably upstanding hero? Are there people who feel threatened by a decent, nice-guy Superman who is indestructable?

So it will be interesting to hear the discussions once people get their hands on the new comics today. DC has a lot riding on this stunt, as their heroes have made disastrous leaps to the big screen over the past decade (Batman excepted, of course).

Let the debate begin! But get there early, as the books will go out the door as fast as Barry Allen!