DC has quietly given a couple of the larger, more cooperative comic book websites (i.e. not Bleeding Cool or Major Spoilers), a sneak peek at two more number one books set to debut during the relaunch.
SUICIDE SQUAD #1
Writer: Adam Glass
Artist: Marco Rudy
“Harley Quinn! Deadshot! King Shark! They’re a team of death-row super villains recruited by the government to take on missions so dangerous – they’re sheer suicide! Who will be the first to crack under the pressure?
BLUE BEETLE #1
Writer: Tony Bedard
Artist: Ig Guara
It’s not easy being Jaime Reyes. He has to deal with high school, family and all the drama that comes with being a teenager. Also, he’s linked to a powerful scarab created by an alien race who seek to subjugate planets – or annihilate them. It’s up to one teen hero to turn this instrument of destruction into a force for good in BLUE BEETLE #1
I’m super pleased to see Jaime back in his own title. The last time DC had the Blue Beetle series, it was soooo good, despite the low sales.
I share your sentiments regarding Jaime, Stephen – it’s good to see there were be yet another younger character appearing after the re-launch (though I still want to know what happened to Stephanie Brown).
As for the Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn looks hot . . . but what the hell happened to Deadshot? The most frustrating thing about some of these costumes is they looked fine the way they were before. Harley Quinn and Deadshot were cool because they were simple . . . now it looks like they’ve got a bad dose of the 90′s.
Yeah, I’m really not feeling Harley Quinn’s costume, and Deadshot looks strange from the little bit we can see of him. I thought he was supposed to be a regular guy with really good aim, not a cyborg.
Just when we thought Harley Quinn couldn’t look any sluttier…
So I’m guessing that Harley managed to side-step that “Put Pants on the Women” edict that DC supposedly has out? Seriously, the more I see of this debacle, the more it looks like an Elseworlds story gone awry.
She’s evil. She probably ignored the edict.
No Ted Kord return? Awwwwww I am disappoint
I’m glad to see they aren’t ditching the few minority characters they have. I doubt Ryan Choi is coming back…
I just keep getting a predominantly 90′s vibe again and again….. hmmmmmm. Interesting.
It might be because Jim Lee is behind a lot of the redesign…he has a nice flair for costumes, but he does date himself from time to time.
well no one else will!
ZING!
THIS is the announcement I’ve been waiting for – it’s great that they’re giving Jaime a much deserved shot again!
I guess it’s official, with 2 members now in the Suicide Squad, Secret Six is gone….
Is King Shark or Harley in Secret Six?
King Shark
Come on, now. It would be really dumb to continue to publish one of your best, most consistent books and, if nothing else, this reboot is pure brilliant.
Blue Beetle, definitely there. Suicide Squad, maybe, I loved the 1st trade of the original series.
Is Beetle’s costume the same? I don’t see any difference.
I loved the original Suicide Squad, so I will at least support this one for a few issues. Deadshot looks stupid though.
Glad to see Jamie back. Makes me feel some of that “commitment” stuff that has been lacking as of late. Also glad to see Harley, get some more attention away from the Joker. I just hope they don’t make her too dark.
Yay Blue Beetle. Boo Suicide Squad.
Ugh. Only 4 more to go, and they’ll likely be dominated by Superman family books. So we get OMAC and Resurrection Man but no Captain Marvel/Shazam! or JSA? WTF?
Putting Harley on the team would be interesting if they keep her psychologist background. But what is up with the tiny cape? Everything else about her costume is clearly an Arkham Asylum adaptation.
Was really hoping they’d update Jaime’s costume. It’s way too fourth world-y for a teenage hero IMO. Would have loved to have seen him in a Kord-type costume, preferably using a handheld scarab (a la Crisis)
That’s awesome for Jaime!! Glad BB is back!! Kind of wondering if there is an unknown issue of Flashpoint coming out that will be after all the new number 1′s that will bring us back to a more normalized DCU with the heroes just being younger and some minor changes instead of the radical changes of both Titans and Suicide Squad…
I swear to god they better leave Booster with his own book.
I could have sworn Booster was one of the first books announced as part of the relaunch.
Ugh. I honestly can’t stand that Harley costume. Still, I was a huge fan of the Ostrander run on Suicide Squad AND the Reyes BB.
I am not really digging Harley’s new look either. She just doesn’t look like Harley Quinn to me, doesn’t even look that close to Arkham Asylum Harley Quinn to me. Despite that I am interested in seeing her outside of the side-kick or Sirens settings.
it is pretty close to her Arkham City look
But it was one thing in Arkham City. The video game didn’t have to worry about characterization, and the world of that game made EVERYONE look more “punk”. It’s another thing entirely in the comics.
Harley looks like Sin from the Captain America books. Either that or Harley on crack or too much Joker Juice.
Are you high? Harley looks nothing like Sin
My prediction is that there is going to be an Action Comics but only Action comics which will have the Super family but there is not going to be a Superman book. There is still too much rangle around in the legal world with Superman at this point. He will come back later but we will see him in JLA and that will be it or in Action. There is not going to be a Superman book. Now that would be amazing and even incredible. I hope you guys, when the list is complete, put out the whole list again in its entirety so we can see the relaunch.
Have to agree with the dislike for the Harley Quinn costume. If you’re going to put a girl in a bodice, that’s great, but at least make it look like the bodice is actually done up and not going to fall off. She must be sucking in a deep breath to hold it up there. Furthermore, Harley, THAT IS NOT HOW YOU BRANDISH A KNIFE. I do love the giant hammer, though.