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Post by youngdoctor on Jun 2, 2016 11:42:39 GMT -5
Suicide Squad 30h June Harley Quinn 14th July
Can't see them lasting long if the Wonder Woman, Green Arrow and Supergirl ones didn't. Green Arrow will replace Harley Quinn in the Flash title.
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Post by Alex on Jun 4, 2016 6:25:38 GMT -5
Start the ticking clock now...
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Post by simonp on Jun 6, 2016 1:06:06 GMT -5
Agree - can't imagine the new CEs lasting long - perhaps it would have been better to have had a combined Harley Quinn/Suicide Squad CE as well. Good news about Green Arrow appearing in the Flash title though, and as I've mentioned in other discussions its probably what they should have done in the first place.
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Post by stephenparry on Jun 17, 2016 10:07:31 GMT -5
Why even bother?
They can't sustain other titles (mainly due to a lack of marketing/advertising/communication). If Green Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and Wonder Woman couldn't sustain titles, what makes them think Suicide Squad and Harley Quinn can?
I hate being negative. I was never negative when Panini (briefly) had the licence to publish Batman Legends. And, going further back into the past, I was a big fan of Fleetway in the 90s, London Editions Magazines in the 80s - and Egmont before that. They all did a great job with the DC licence. Titan have been an uncommunicative and disorganised shambles since they launched their incongruous CE line.
Their main issue, as I've said previously, is their lack of communication. Their website is rarely updated, they rarely post on Facebook and they don't have a Twitter feed. I seem to be the one on Facebook answering readers' questions, just today I told a guy that Green Arrow and Supergirl had been cancelled.
All I got from Titan was a pathetic Facebook response of, "We did tell our subscribers but can't communicate to all readers." What nonsense! They could have done one of the following:
i) Announced cancellations on their website ii) Announced cancellations on their Facebook page iii) Set up a dedicated Twitter feed to relay such information iv) Informed readers in one of their OTHER mags, i.e. the Batman letters page could have announced it
As a friend and I discussed, the main issue is people traipsing around WHSmith looking for titles that no longer exist (we've learnt our lesson now). I wasted parking money looking for the fourth issue of Supergirl. As Titan hadn't announced anything, and WHSmith is haphazard when it comes to what it stocks, I just browsed a few stores. If Titan updated their website once in a while, it'd be better.
The whole mindset of that company is odd. There wasn't an issue of Star Trek Magazine between October 2015 and about April 2016. It's supposed to be bimonthly. Of course, no updates on their website, FB page, etc. I got a half-hearted reply eventually.
I give the Suicide Squad and Harley Quinn CEs 2 issues before they mysteriously disappear. And then I give it 6-8 weeks before Titan announces it on their limited social media.
On another note, I wasn't happy about what I considered to be lies. I feel Titan backtracked and attempted to make us believe that certain titles like Green Arrow and Supergirl were mini-series. I feel that's bull.
One, why were they offering subscriptions for mini-series?
Two, at no point did they announce them as mini-series. Panini has clearly labelled its Civil War CE as a mini-series. The letters pages for the aforementioned CEs invited people to write in, mini-series don't usually do that.
They were lying. What happened was that those series were cancelled, people wondered where they were (just look at the Titan FB page for complaints) and they backtracked and said, "Oh, well, it was only a mini-series."
I really hope some decent company gets the DC licence one day. I doubt Panini would try again (I was told that, in so many words, by a Panini editor at the Bristol Comic Con once). Titan do not deserve anyone's custom and I've stopped buying all their titles. Such a stark contrast between them today and previous holders of the DC licence like London Editions Magazines and Egmont.
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Post by youngdoctor on Jun 18, 2016 4:40:25 GMT -5
If Green Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and Wonder Woman couldn't sustain titles, what makes them think Suicide Squad and Harley Quinn can? The Flash title is still going.
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Post by stephenparry on Jun 18, 2016 11:36:02 GMT -5
You're right. My mistake. Flash aside, the rest of my point stands.
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Post by youngdoctor on Jun 30, 2016 11:31:52 GMT -5
Suicide Squad has 1 of 3 on the cover.
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Post by youngdoctor on Jul 15, 2016 13:10:32 GMT -5
Suicide Squad has 1 of 3 on the cover. As does Harley Quinn.
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