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Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool had the news first—Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool always has comics news first—but DC Comics just confirmed to USA Today that starting August 31st, they're going to be relaunching all of their titles from issue #1, with younger, rebooted versions of all their superheroes. The superheroes will be wearing updated costumes and the stories will reportedly "reflect today's real-world themes and events." Based on the one Jim Lee illustration they've released of part of the new Justice League, it looks like the new costumes will be heavy on the priest collars.

This is a ballsy move, considering that the only superhero comics fans left have been reading comics for years and they obsess endlessly over decades' worth of continuity. It seems that DC is going to try to make one more big, bold attempt at picking up a new audience. And the second piece of news is an even bigger indication of that new-reader grab. In my opinion, this is the bigger deal:

DC is making issues of all the renumbered titles available digitally via apps and a DC website the same day they arrive in comic shops. It marks the first time a major comics publisher has done so with its popular superhero titles.

If this same-day print-and-digital concept takes off, the news could mean the end for many brick-and-mortar comics shops. If it doesn't take off, it could mean the end for the publishing side of DC Comics as we know it.