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by **Stephen Day** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:39 pm

The Dark is by far my favourite of DC's current lines of comics. The Dark and Vertigo make up the bulk of by current DC purchases, Firestorm and All-Star Western being the only two comics not published in either one of those.

The thing about what I've seen so far from the Dark is that it seems like what creators can get away with in these titles, other than perhaps nudity and swearing, isn't all that far from what could be done in Vertigo. I think I can understand why they wanted to move these characters away from Vertigo, but seeing the end product, there's a part of me that sees these series as essentially Vertigo titles anyway -- especially with Karen Burger getting involved in some editing very soon.

by **nietoperz** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:44 pm

I was saying this very thing in the Box-O-Comics thread earlier. Aside from Batman, my top five DC books are currently from the Dark line...

by **mrorangesoda** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:24 pm

I'm the same. The Dark crew and most of the Bat-offices are knocking it out of the park so far.

by **avengingtitan** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:55 pm

other then Animal man and Swamp Thing the other books are pretty horrible.

by **avengingtitan** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:56 pm

Honestly the Green Lantern and about half the Bat-books are what I'm down too.

by **SilverPhoenix** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:21 am

You aren't alone here in this train of thought, Stephen Day. Even the titles I'm not interested in that line, the worst things I could say about those titles is that they're not for me or that it's being done better elsewhere (which doesn't mean the book is bad).

Quite honestly, if it weren't for "The Dark", I would most likely be only reading Vertigo's line as far as DC Comics are concerned.

by **Psivage** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:05 pm

I'm on the verge on dropping justice league dark. Just not feeling it, it feels more like a shadowpact book then a jl. I'm giving it another chance with the new writer.

by **avengingtitan** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:45 pm

Psivage wrote:I'm on the verge on dropping justice league dark. Just not feeling it, it feels more like a shadowpact book then a jl. I'm giving it another chance with the new writer.

What I dont get is why everyone seems to be able to see Deadman?

by **nattygreene** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:20 pm

Psivage wrote:I'm on the verge on dropping justice league dark. Just not feeling it, it feels more like a shadowpact book then a jl. I'm giving it another chance with the new writer.

Same, I did drop it at 6. I am going to pick it back up to give Lemire a chance.

by **Psivage** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:58 pm

avengingtitan wrote:What I dont get is why everyone seems to be able to see Deadman?

I'm got to channel Joe Quesada: It's magic.

by **Royal Nonesuch** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:42 pm

Most of the NuDCU books I was interested when the reboot was announced were in this line. I've been a fan. I love I,Vampire, Swamp Thing, and Animal Man, and the rest of it is pretty solid.

by **xshane666x** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:19 am

I,vampire, Swamp thing, and Animal Man are great, but i'm not into the rest at all.

by **IvCNuB4** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:56 am

I haven't bought any of the JL Dark issues but don't they all have supernatural-based powers ? I thought that was why Dr Fate (for example) could always see Deadman in JLA/JSA stories.

Kind of like how the vampires and werewolves can see the ghosts in "Being Human".