Thanks for nothing DC comics

DC comics announced today that they're relaunching all their titles. It's not a huge surprise, the solicits for the month of September were all wonky and it's kinda hard to keep secrets in an industry that employs as many geeks as comics do. take it away USA Today:

In September, more than 50 more first issues will debut, introducing readers to stories that are grounded in each character's specific legend but also reflect today's real-world themes and events. Lee spearheaded the redesign of more than 50 costumes to make characters more identifiable and accessible to comic fans new and old.

"We looked at what was going on in the marketplace and felt we really want to inject new life in our characters and line," says Dan DiDio, who co-publishes DC with Lee. "This was a chance to start, not at the beginning, but at a point where our characters are younger and the stories are being told for today's audience."

I really want to be the kind of nerd that has a huge visceral reaction to this but I don't. I only pick up 2 DC books on a monthly basis (Batgirl and Birds of Prey) and odds are this isn't going to change either book that dramatically. Here's the kind of nerd I am. I'm totally pissed at this turn of events because it might lead to a huge, potentially needless, reorganization of my comics. Here's about how many comics I'm dealing with.


My entire collection is roughly 26 short boxes and I'd say about a quarter of those are DC. Now currently I could care less if DC decided to renumber everything, remember it's just 2 books. But What happens in 5 years when it's 10 books? Or worse in 3 years when Birds of Prey should be at Issue #200 instead of Issue #18 Vol. 3 and DC decides to go back to the old numbering system? Marvel just did this with Iron Man #600 and then they made it worse by publishing a 600.1. ".1" what the hell is that? Are you telling me I have to reorganize all my comics every 2 years just because some dick bag thinks first issues are still good for sales? Thanks for nothing DC comics.

BTW, Superman's new costume looks stupid. 24 months and he'll be back in the classics.