Recently, Senior VP/ Executive Editor Dan Didio issues a challenge to Wonder Woman fans asking them to send
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600 postcards requesting that with the upcoming Wonder Woman #45 it be renumbered back to the original numbering. In this weeks DC Blog, the Source, Alex Segura reports that the current count since the gauntlet was thrown down a week ago is only at 175.
WEEKLY WONDER WOMAN TALLY: 175
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
By Alex Segura
Huh? What’s the Weekly Wonder Woman Tally, you say? Well, glad you asked.
Not long ago, Dan DiDio mentioned the fan debate regarding Wonder Woman’s upcoming “600th” issue. Lots of people have asked Dan to revert the book to it’s original numbering to commemorate the event. Far from being a pushover, Dan said that if fan response — in the form of postcards — was strong enough, he’d consider it. And by strong, we mean “600 postcards” strong. Get it?
Well, we here at The Source are all about keeping you informed on not only the stuff coming out of our offices, but the stuff going on in our offices. And, suffice to say, Dan’s been getting a lot of mail of late. But we’re nowhere close to reaching the point of consideration. As the headline points out, the total postcard tally is hovering at 175. How badly do you want this to happen, dear readers?
As the mail continues to pour in, we’ll continue to keep you posted here. Well, for as long as we can reach our keyboard amidst the flood of letters. Stay tuned.
Via- http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/
Huh?
I know what those of you unfamiliar with comics are thinking, “There’s only #45 issues of Wonder Woman? I thought she’s been around forever?”
Well she has as a matter of fact. Her first appearance was actually in a comic book called All Star Comics, issue number #8 to be exact. In a nutshell, when popular characters of a comic series would take over the title (for example, Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman and continuing the numbering to this day featuring Batman, thought the current run featuring Batwoman and a handful of random issues breaking up the Batman’s dominance of the title). In some cases, the title characters name would in fact replace the original title, continuing the numbering as publishers believed that a character title had more staying power with a higher number of issues under their belt than a title with fewer issues.
Then with the arrival of the direct market and artificial inflation stemming from a sensationalist New York Times article (that was not in fact wholly accurate), comic buyers began snatching up #1 titles and issues thinking they’d make a mint. Now-a’-days, publishers see lower numbered titles as being more easily accessible to new readers, a wholly opposite belief than before.
Truth be told, either is a moot point when it comes to new readers. Frankly, if you tell a compelling story and promote it, they will come. Regardless of whether a choice between issue #45 or #600 is a moot point to new readers, anyone picking up a wonder woman story for the first time is going to look at the story and art. Anyone who’s not read a Wonder Woman comic knows the character has been around for years probably feels overwhelmed trying to read a character series that’s been around since December, 1941 (not that most people on the street know that).
What it really comes down to is that DC’s main four books, Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman and Batman have all resumed their original numbering. As it stands the DC Trinity of Superheroes includes the aforementioned icons in addition to Wonder Woman. Myself, in regards to the numbering I find it not a factor in my reading of the title, but understand the importance since the two of three already got their books renumbered. It only makes sense that it would revert, but due to a massive debate the only way for it to change is by voting with a postcard and stamp.
If you’d like to see Wonder woman reach issue #600 “Officially”, mail your postcard to-
Dan Didio C/O DC Comics Inc.
1700 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Think of everything inspirational Wonder Woman’s done for you! Send off a postcard today!