Possible site downtime for the next few days

The site has been having some trouble with DNS issues lately and it seems it takes a long time for the main page to come up. I have contacted my web host, and they have agreed to move me over to a new server to help with the problem.

All in all it might take up to 72 hours for the new DNS settings to fully propagate. Thanks for your patience.

Thoughts on World War III and 52 #50

Well I was going to write up a review on these comics, but the Grumpy Old Fan did a pretty good job and I am not sure I could add much too it.? However I do have a few thoughts.

I don’t agree 100% with everything he says in his review, I probably liked the whole thing better than he did, but it was a pretty jumbled mess.? You could have probably skipped the whole WW III thing and not missed too much, if you were only wanting to see the super-powered smack-down.

WW III covered details of One Year Later stuff in an attempt to fill in some holes as to what happened.? It did do that, sort of, if you read it a couple of times.? Okay, maybe three times.? They did the fight with Superboy-Prime the exact same way in Infinite Crisis and the other “tie-in” issues that happened at the same time.? Very confusing.? You could have read it like I suggested, or like Grumpy did, and I don’t think it would have made much difference.

I agree with Grumpy, it could have been a lot better.? My hopes were pretty high for WW III and I have to say I was a little disappointed.

ONE MORE YEAR LATER: WORLD WAR III AND CHANGES IN THE DCU – NEWSARAMA

Big Spoilers here, but it helps it all make sense…

Read the rest of the article at the link below.

ONE MORE YEAR LATER: WORLD WAR III AND CHANGES IN THE DCU – NEWSARAMA

ONE MORE YEAR LATER: WORLD WAR III AND CHANGES IN THE DCU

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by Troy Brownfield

Set the Way-Back Machine to One Year Previous. At the close of Infinite Crisis, DC jumped all of their books ahead 365 days in the “One Year Later” event. Partially a function of accommodating 52,
and partially a function of giving all of the books a fresh start, the
jump put many of the characters in new, skewed, or even vaguely
familiar circumstances.

Though some of the status quo changes have been covered in previous issues of 52,
and still others will be covering in the Annuals of their home titles
(as in the case of “Nightwing And the Proposal that Wasn’t! – or – Hey,
Everyone Says Dumb Things When The Think the World is Ending”, for
instance), many of these “OYL” moves occurred during an exceptionally
busy week in the DC Universe: the week of World War III. We’re
going to take a light-hearted look at a number of characters and see
what facilitated the changes that we saw (and covered!) fifty-some
weeks ago through the prism of the four WW3 specials.

And if you haven’t read the specials yet, spoilers ahead!

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DC COMICS PARTNERS WITH MYSPACE FOR COUNTDOWN PREVIEW: DC COMICS DIRECT CHANNEL SPECIAL

Press release from DC Comics?

DC COMICS DIRECT CHANNEL SPECIAL

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April 19, 2007

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DC COMICS PARTNERS WITH MYSPACE FOR AN EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF COUNTDOWN

COUNTDOWN, DC Comics’s new, yearlong weekly series, will be supported with an unprecedented preview of the first two issues of the series on MySpace’s new comic book community. MySpace Comic Books, located at www.myspace.com/comicbooks, will be the only place to see the first two issues of COUNTDOWN online, in their entirety. The online content will roll out over a series of three weeks:

* The first ten pages of COUNTDOWN 51 will be on www.myspace.com/comicbooks on May 4.
* The last 12 pages of COUNTDOWN 51 will be on the site on May 11, along with the first 12 pages of issue 50.
* The last ten pages of COUNTDOWN 50 will be on the site on May 18.

DC will also launch a DC Nation MySpace page on May 2.

“We have so much faith in this series that we did something special with MySpace to get the first issues out in front of as many eyes as possible,” said Dan DiDio, Senior Vice President – Executive Editor, DC Comics. “This is our biggest series of 2007 and we’re presenting it in the biggest way possible.”

With placement on MySpace Comic Books as well as the MySpace home page, COUNTDOWN will reach a sizeable online audience. MySpace is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world. As the most trafficked web site in the United States, MySpace has nearly 65 million unique monthly users. MySpace Comic Books (www.myspace.com/comicbooks) is the site’s online destination for fans of manga, graphic novels and comic books. Fans and friends of MySpace Comic Books can check out the community to find the most exciting projects, creators, news, and events in the industry.

Additionally, DC has now revealed widespread yearlong coverage, including:

* Feature and review coverage have also been secured in various mainstream press outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scripps Howard News Service, TV Guide and scores of local newspapers across the country.
* Monthly coverage in Comics Buyer’s Guide.
* Regular coverage in Comic Shop News, including an interview with series editor Mike Marts timed to the release of the first issue.
* A weekly conversation with the editor of COUNTDOWN on Newsarama.com, including cover debuts, roundtable commentary and interior page previews.
* Regular print coverage in Wizard and weekly coverage online at WizardUniverse.com.

COUNTDOWN 51-48 are solicited in the March Previews and are available for order as follows:

* COUNTDOWN 51 (MAR070187) has a Final Order Cutoff date of April 19 and is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 9.

* COUNTDOWN 50 (MAR070188) has a Final Order Cutoff date of April 26 and is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 16.

* COUNTDOWN 49 (MAR070189) has a Final Order Cutoff date of May 3 and is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 23.

* COUNTDOWN 48 (MAR070190) has a Final Order Cutoff date of May 10 and is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 30.

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