According to a report from Bleeding Cool, it looks like DC is cancelling their First Wave line in totem. The report claims that all First Wave books will be gone, including books already finished which will no longer come out. DC has been taking a book-by-book approach with their series without hoping that better selling books can prop up the lower tier titles, and that there is just not enough justification to keep these books around.
And who can really blame them? Sales are low, you don’t hear anyone talking about them, and the last time we reviewed First Wave #4, it netted a 3.4 (pass) and made Worst Book Of The Month (for September ’10). With the last issue of First Wave supposedly coming out March 2, 2011 with a trade in June, that’s almost a year to the date of when the first issue came out (March 3, 2010). While a lot of things can hurt a title, let alone a line, I’d say that creator delays is certainly a large one, no? Besides, the other two titles – Doc Savage and the Spirit – have to deal with being characters a lot of modern people don’t recognize, and the Spirit had it rough from the start by a) being a follow up to an unbeatable Darwyn Cooke run and b) being associated with a Grade-A flop of a film.
First Wave had a rough beginning, and it didn’t pan out well for the line. If you were a fan of the titles, you’re probably pretty bummed. But given the low sales that have led to this cancellation a year after the line started, I would imagine that there are quite a few of you.
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