DC Releases New Range of Webcomics Formatted for Mobile Devices

DC Comics has announced DC GO!, “a caller frontier of webcomics” disposable exclusively connected the DC Universe Infinite app—the company’s authoritative digital subscription service for web, iOS, and Android.

Said to see “a premix of archetypal webcomic contented positive vertically reformatted DC and MAD Magazine classics,” DC GO! plans “to make fun, compelling, reader-friendly, mobile DC stories that readers volition bask connected the go.”

In the words of DC wide manager Anne DePies, “We cognize fans emotion webcomics similar Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, truthful the titles launching successful the caller DC GO! postulation were created to entreaty to readers of circumstantial genres—drama, fantasy, comedy, mystery, action, romance, slice-of-life, and more—so that there’s a benignant of communicative for everyone to enjoy.”

Among the initiative’s motorboat titles are Harley Quinn successful Paradise from writer CRC Payne (Batman: Wayne Family Adventures) and artists Siobhan Chiffon and Cathy Le (Archie Comics: Big Ethel Energy); Nothing Butt Nightwing from writer Patrick R. Young (Red Hood: Outlaws) and creator Moy R. Marco (West Coast Avengers); and Renaissance of Raven by Sina Grace, Nico Bascuñan, Katherine Lobo, and Carola Borelli. 

© DC Comics

Harley Quinn successful Paradise volition spot Dr. Harleen Quinzel “decide the champion mode to laic debased is to plaster her look crossed each tv successful America and find existent emotion connected TV’s hottest world dating show.” As she “heads for the show’s land setting,” Quinn is “ready to beryllium the champion contestant the programme has ever seen” since “she’s playing to triumph by immoderate means necessary.” 

Meanwhile, Nothing Butt Nightwing concerns Dick Grayson arsenic helium “lands his biggest deep-cover cognition yet—as an planetary supermodel! He’s got the eyes of the audience, the different models, and adjacent a fewer agents. But helium lone has eyes for 1 thing…the Poison Ivy protégé connected the hunt to bargain the costly (and environmentally harmful) jewels astir the models’ necks.”

Rounding retired the titles is Renaissance of Raven, successful which the erstwhile Teen Titan is “pulled done an enchanted portal to the kingdom of Galonia.” Sent “hundreds of years into the past” she indispensable “contend with a cabal of witches and the hard prime of helping those successful request oregon returning home.”

© DC Comics

To further entice caller subscribers, the institution promises a DCUI subscription volition further assistance them entree to vertically reformatted editions of its astir inescapable titles, including Batman: Hush, All-Star Superman, and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, with much connected the way. Free previews of Harley Quinn successful Paradise and Nothing Butt Nighting are disposable to work at this link. 

So, are you excited for these vertical webcomics you tin work connected your phone? Though said to entreaty to each readers, DC Go!‘s motorboat titles already consciousness a spot same-y, what with an irreverent superhero rom-com starring Harley Quinn, a second irreverent superhero spy drama focused connected Nightwing’s celebrated ass, and a retelling of Army of Darkness with Raven. For kids? If you got into DC done ’90s Vertigo comics oregon backmost issues of New Gods, you whitethorn beryllium disappointed. That said, we’re funny to spot what the institution has deemed acceptable to reformat from the Mad archives when DC! GO launches successful earnest this November 22.

Want much io9 news? Check retired erstwhile to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s adjacent for the DC Universe connected movie and TV, and everything you request to cognize astir the aboriginal of Doctor Who.