Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities Dial H Discussion Thread

I stand corrected! But the other stuff I said applies!

Maybe it was partially doomed because those who remember the title didn't care for previous incarnations? Or at least not enough to pay 21st century prices for it.

(For me, I guess the latter part is the bar no book has managed to clear.)

And Dial H ends with issue 15, same month as LSH.

On the plus side, it gets an extra-sized send-off.

Well, can't say that DC didn't support this. I like that they've been trying to do "different" types of books in the new 52, but ultimately, comics are a business, and I understand that. 15 issues (plus the # 0) is plenty of time for it to find an audience, and it just didn't, I guess.

I knew when I recently dove in that Dial H was doomed, but I've no regrets! Dial H was definitely worth every penny.

One would think a critically acclaimed sci fi writer like Mieville would've been more of a draw.

You should read it some time, Eryk. I think you would most certainly dig it!

Issue # 13 was absolutely brilliant. I can't believe this book is getting cancelled. I mean, I can believe it, but it bothers me that writing of this quality is going to be disappearing from the monthly racks.

I'm sad, but not surprised to see Dial H go. After all, it was a story-driven series at a time where the only comics that sell are event-driven (I count being the subject of a major motion picture to be an event as well).

I blame the fans themselves for this. If they didn't flock like lemmings to every major crossover event from the big two (starting with Secret Wars, which was just a toy promotion, for dog's sake), the industry would not be in the sorry shape it's in now.

I don't see the relevance. What crossover was taking away potential sales from Dial H?

It's a strange book, with a very different art style, and it's based on a concept that had only small audiences in its prior incarnations (and that was a shame as well, I really loved the Wil Pfeifer H-E-R-O). I wish it had enough mass appeal for DC to justify continued publication, but it just doesn't. No "events" affected this book's run for good or ill.

It's a triumph that it lasted as long as it did. DC even tried to pump it up with a (loose) Flash cross-over, but I guess it didn't boost advance sales enough. But the one good thing that can be said of DC since the "New 52" is that they've been experimenting with some really off-beat stuff, and the wonderful, if brief, Dial H was a product of that.

#13 was a great, great issue. I loved the Graffiti world and the hero-in-training, and some much needed info-dump on the "dial bunch" but wrapped around a great little story.

Agreed, #13 rose above the already high standard of this series.

Dial H is definitely worth a re-read, but I'll wait until the story ends.