What Does A Number One Issue Mean?
I was pleasantly surprised by just how much pure comics news came out of New York Comic Con this year. It really felt like a show that seemed to revolve around comics (I say as an online observer who didn’t attend). Even the panels about non-comics stuff, for example, the Batman: Arkham Origins panel, included moments like readings from The Killing Joke.
As for the comics news itself, well, it was more of a mixed bag. On the one hand, a ton of new series with tons of potential got announced. On the other, we had announcements like the one about Captain Marvel, a book that’s only been coming out for about 15 months, restarting with a new number one issue. I’m more than pleased that Captain Marvel will continue. But that odd announcement–and the fact that nearly every other announcement was about a new first issue of a series–got me thinking about what a number-one issue of a comic even means anymore.
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