Spinning out of  JL #1 will be a line of superhero titles although it isn’t immediately clear whether these are all JL members of not. The announced books include:

• Aquaman #1 by Geoff Johns (script) and Ivan Reis (art)
• Captain Atom #1 by JT Krul (script) and Freddie Williams II (art)
• Flash #1 by Francis Manapul (script/art) and Brian Buccellato (script)
• Fury of Firestorm #1 by Ethan Van Sciver (script) and Gail Simone (script)
• Green Arrow #1 by JT Krul (script) and Dan Jurgens (art)
• Mister Terrific #1 by Eric Wallace (script) and Roger Robinson (art)
• Savage Hawkman #1 by Tony Daniel (script) and Phil Tan (art)
• Wonder Woman #1 by Brian Azzarello (script) and Cliff Chiang (art)

It’s interesting to see several artists/writers (Francis Manapul and Ethan Van Sciver) buddied up with more experienced scripters and other titles written by artists/writers (Tony Daniel and Dan Jurgens) who are only writing. It’s also interesting to see that JT Krul on Green Arrow is the first “surviving” per-Flashpoint writer announced.

No James Robinson on Hawkman (as it had been accidentally announced at convention last year). He’s been one of DC’s pool of writers for a few years now so I assume he’s on something else entirely.

DC have announced in a letter to retailers and in a blog post that Justice League #1 issue will be available in a special digital pack. The issue is oversized so its normal price will be $3.99 in print and online. However, DC are putting out a special sealed $4.99 combo pack which contains the regular print comic and a coupon for the digital version.

This is something that I’ve seen suggested by fans a number of times and is a sensible loss leader from DC’s point of view. However, I know that some retailers are very nervous about the day-and-date move so I wonder if they’ll bother stocking an item which could potentially direct future sales online and away from their stores.

The full text of that section of the letter reads:

To clarify from my last note, we will be at “price-parity” for same-day digital.  No DC digital comic will be cheaper than its physical counterpart at launch.  Same-day (a.k.a. “Day/ Date”) parity pricing is for the first four weeks of release; thereafter, the digital titles will follow our standard pricing, with $2.99 comics dropping in price to $1.99, $3.99 comics dropping in price to $2.99, and so forth.  Keep in mind that our goal with our 52 new #1s will be to ensure that the physical comic book is more compelling than ever!

Additionally, we will be offering you an additional special “combo pack” for Justice League.  This is a Diamond-exclusive $4.99 physical polybagged JUSTICE LEAGUE comic which will contain a redemption code for a digital copy on the inside cover.  So consumers will have three main ways to read Justice League beginning August 31st – $3.99 physical, the $4.99 combo pack, and $3.99 digital.  As mentioned above, after four weeks the digital-only price drops to $2.99, per our standard price for oversized digital titles.