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Apr 20, 2020 in a press release, dc chief creative officer and publisher jim lee who talked about the limited nature of digital first over the weekend with kevin smith is quoted saying comic book fans. Dcs digital first expansion may be foreshadowing much. Dcs digital first program is set to expand its slate of comic books. Dc expands digital first comics or are they digital seconds. Though it is clear that the industry will look a little different in a postcovid world, this is certainly not the answer. The dc comics line will consist of 24 brandnew series beginning with issue number one, in addition to 25 ongoing and fanfavorite series that will continue. The comic book cast is an online geek culture community. Although since then various digital methods have been rejected by retailers, today dc pulled back the curtain with plans to start sending out comics for april 27th via two new distribution partners, lunar distribution and ucs comic distributors.
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