Re-Ranking the DCnU Titles

Now that I've read and reviewed all of the first issues of DC's New 52, how do they stack up? Here's a handy index, ranking all of the titles with the rating I assigned.

Rating: 4
1. Action Comics (1)
2. Batwoman (3)

Rating: 3.5
3. Wonder Woman (11)
4. Superman (2)
5. Batman (17)
6. Animal Man (8)
7. Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (4)
8. O.M.A.C. (27)
9. Stormwatch (21)
10. Aquaman (29)

Rating: 3
11. The Flash (30)
12. All Star Western (10)
12. I, Vampire (28)
14. Demon Knights (19)
15. Blue Beetle (13)
16. Superboy (43)
17. Swamp Thing (18)
18. Static Shock (9)
19. DC Universe Presents (32)
20. Green Lantern (14)
21. The Fury of Firestorm, the Nuclear Men (12)
22. Justice League Dark (33)
23. Legion of Super-Heroes (16)
24. Legion Lost (26)
25. Batgirl (7)
26. Justice League International (6)
27. Justice League (5)
28. Detective Comics (34)

Rating: 2.5
29. Mister Terrific (22)
30. Supergirl (23)
31. Captain Atom (42)
32. Batman and Robin (24)
33. Green Lantern: New Guardians (31)
34. Resurrection Man (35)
35. Grifter (40)
36. Red Lanterns (45)
37. Batwing (25)
38. Hawk and Dove (20)
39. Teen Titans (46)
40. Voodoo (36)
41. Men of War (39)
42. The Savage Hawkman (52)

Rating: 2
43. Batman: The Dark Knight (44)
44. Birds of Prey (48)
45. Nightwing (47)
46. Green Lantern Corps (15)
47. Green Arrow (51)
48. Blackhawks (38)
49. Suicide Squad (37)
50. Catwoman (41)

Rating: 1.5
51. Red Hood and the Outlaws (49)
52. Deathstroke (50)


The number in parentheses is the ranking I initially assigned based solely on the solicitations. As you can see, some titles were better than I expected, some the same, and some worse.

Were I to be making a decision about which titles to keep buying, I'd likely opt for those rating a 3 or higher. But, since DCBS had the same offer for the #2 & #3 issues that they had for the #1s, I went ahead and pre-ordered the whole package for October and November as well. So titles have the chance to turn things around, or conversely show that the first issue was just a fluke.

I'm not crazy enough to keep up writing individual reviews for all of the titles going forward; but I'll likely do a weekly capsule review post for the next couple of months. And now that I've gotten back into the swing of this reviewing business, hopefully I'll get around to writing reviews of some non-DC comics as well.