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As DC Comics continues to take a beating in the direct market, it is learned the company behind Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and the Justice League will be cutting their line.

While rumors had it that DC would be cutting their line by more than half ("The New 22"), at the ComicsPRO retailer summit being held in Charlotte, North Carolina, DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio confirmed they would be cutting their publishing numbers back by a further ten to fifteen percent, as he said that’s what DC believes the market can bear.

DC recently shipped 87 comics for the month of January, so the reduction would see around 74 to 78 comics produced, or potentially less, as DC only put out 52 in December (4-week month).

Dan DiDio went on to explain that he thinks too many comics overall are being distributed to comic book stores right now, which is diluting the sales for individual titles across the board. Bleeding Cool notes that while DiDio didn't specifically mention it, it was implied Marvel is to blame (a quick check of the numbers reveals Marvel put out 102 comics in January, with 90 in December).

DiDio further went on to acknowledge there is unrest within the comic book industry right now, and he asked retailers not to share their complaints with their customers, but to keep it to themselves to show a higher standard.

The news of DC cutting their line follows the recent layoffs affecting 3% of its workforce getting laid off and 10% of the Warner Bros. Consumer Products division getting let go.

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Do you think this is because of the quality of the stories becoming less popular, burn-out, or just trends where people buy less comics?

And with my luck, it'll be everything that I read that gets the ax.

So, following the massive layoffs, DC is cutting 20% of their titles.

If you read anything that's not Batman, Superman or Wonder woman, good chance it's wrapping up in November.

I heard about that the other day and they did the mass cutting of staff. Another sign of the times but I see a lot of people were dismayed at some of their choices. Not a good look.

There does seem to be some kind of restructuring going on, rather just gutting and letting DC die a slow death, but changes are coming.

I worry more for how all this effects my local comic shop then the major corporation.

Subcribe to the DC Universe Infinite to do most of your reading, With the exception of some older comics still not quite availeable yet, there are whole complete series as well as new stuff its excellent.