Earlier today, DC Comics announced that famed creators Jim Lee and Geoff Johns would be making a very special appearance at the Hero Complex Film Festival on Saturday, June 11, 2011. The two will participate in an interview session with Los Angeles Times journalist Geoff Boucher.

Their appearance will be followed by a tribute to Richard Donner, in which Superman and Superman II: The Donner Cut will be shown prior to a Q&A session with Donner himself.

That’s all well and good, but see below for the parts of DC’s statement that caught my attention.

DC Universe Online
Sony Online Entertainment
PlayStation 3/PC
Price: $59.99 with a $14.99 monthly subscription
Released January 11th, 2011

DC Universe Online is not the first superhero Massively Multiplayer Online RPG to be released, but it is the first to have a major license behind it and it has been widely anticipated by its audience. Thanks to this game, players have the chance to fight alongside some of their favorite characters as well as interact with other fans. The game doesn’t stray too far from the formula perfected by World of Warcraft, which is a good thing, because the setting is really the selling point of the game. Never before have players been able to explore a living, breathing DC universe in this way. However, the game is not without its flaws, and those looking to check it out may want to wait a few weeks while the inevitable bugs are worked out of the system.

The story sets up the flavor of the DC universe right from the start. Lex Luthor has traveled from a future in which he has defeated Superman, but met defeat at the hands of Brainiac. He has traveled back in time and released those most precious of plot devices, nanobots, into the atmosphere in order to turn ordinary people (the player) into an army of superheroes that can defeat Braniac. It doesn’t take a masters degree in DC history to keep up, but a lot of the fun of the game is seeing your favorite DC heroes and villains brought to life and fighting beside them. It also helps to know some of the creators behind the books, as many of the locations are named after famous writers, artists, and editors.

It’s a day MANY of us have been waiting for, the highly anticipated DC Universe Online was released today for Playstation 3, and PC!

If you have seen any of the trailers, then you know why we are so excited for this game, and if you frequent this site, chances are you are just the type of person also be excited. Who doesn’t want to go around the DC universe, hanging out with Superman? Or punching Lex Luthor in the face?

There’s also a Collectors Edition of the game available, which comes with a collectible limited-edition Batman figure; a DCUO prestige comic of the game’s back-story as written by Geoff Johns; The Art of DC Universe Online art book with art from Jim Lee and the team at DC Comic’s Wildstorm Productions; and the new DCUO comic book, Legends Issue#0, with an original cover by Jim Lee; as well as The Joker’s Flying Jester in-game Weapon System for Villains and the Bat Drone in-game Weapon System for Heroes.

With today being 1/01/11 DC Comics is offering up 101 issues of Batman comics for only $.99 each!

For today only, you can download the digital versions of issues #600-700 for only $.99 each at the DC Comics Digital Store, the DC Comics App, and the ComiXology App.

The sale is valid until 11PM EST tonight, at which time the issues will go back to their full price.

Amongst the storylines included in the comics in this sale are Hush, Broken City, Under the Red Hood, Batman and Son, and BATMAN: R.I.P., with contributions by some of comics’ greatest creators like Brian Azzarello, Tony S. Daniel, Geoff Johns, Andy Kubert, Jim Lee, Jeph Loeb, Grant Morrison, Dustin Nguyen, Eduardo Risso, James Robinson, Bill Willingham, and Judd Winick.

It was a day of big news for DC Comics today, and part of the news is the announcement that DC is shutting down their WildStorm imprint as well as shutting down their webcomic division, Zuda Comics.

On a statement on DC’s blog The Source, co-publishers Dan Didio and Jim Lee spoke of the changes occurring within the company and their efforts to focus on what makes most sense to them as a publisher.

What does the end of these two imprints mean? Not much, really. It is bad news for the Zuda creators who are now out of work, as well as a number of WildStorm employees who may lose their job, and we hope they all land on their feet. However, any popular books at WildStorm are sure to be carried over and will see publication under DC’s main line.