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A friend of mine recently mentioned that DC has been -- loosely paraphrased -- "in a slump." Basically he told me that DC has been pretty awful these past few years.

As the DC fan I am, I took some exception to that. Sure, I know as well as the next guy that DC continually trails in sales behind Marvel. But I just don't think that that means it's not putting out good stuff. Yes, the past few years have supplied us with some very poor DC comics/events. But consider some of the brilliant things that have come out of the past few years:

• The new Blue Beetle

• The new Booster Gold

• 52

• The Sinestro Corps War

• Jonah Hex

• Secret Six

Now it's true that most of these books haven't sold that well. But since when are sales an indicator of quality? The six books/stories I mentioned above are just a few of the amazing stuff that DC has put out in the last few years. If people aren't buying them that's their (and our) loss.

Friends: can you name any other brilliantly amazing things that DC has put out in the past five years or so? I could probably name another dozen brilliant projects -- stories or series that are the equal of anything DC's distinguished rival produces.

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