DC Announces a New Line of Digital Comics Being Sold as NFTs Starting with SUPERMAN #1
Like it or not NFTs are here and they are being embraced by a huge community. They are becoming so popular that big brands including Disney, Marvel, and Warner Bros. have already started offering various NFT collectibles. Now, DC is looking to get in on the action with a new line of digital comics that will be sold as NFTs.
These NFTs are being referred to as DC Collectible Comics (DC3) and it will launch on Friday with Superman #1, which will be limited to 3 thousand minted editions and sold on the blockchain.
After that, a new title will be released each week from either the "Legacy" or "Modern" category. The Legacy category will include classic comic issues that could be out of print. The modern category will include more recent titles. Issues "will feature rare variant covers and grading that physical comic book collectors have enjoyed over the years."
At time of purchase, each DC3 will be randomly assigned one of five levels of rarity: "Common," "Uncommon," "Rare," "Epic," or "Legendary." These will affect the appearance of "Legacy" titles, with "Common" graded copies looking more faded and aged and "Legendary" copies looking more pristine. "Modern" DC3s will feature variants for each level of rarity.
DC senior vice president and general manager Anne DePies said in a statement: "We want to take the physical, real-world experience of collecting comics that so many of our readers have loved over the years and expand that into a new digital community. We want to build that community aspect that everyone has been so proud to be a part of, in our digital ecosystem to make comic collecting more available and accessible than ever before."
DC3 expands DC's already-existing line of NFTs, which included free NFTs given to fans ahead of DC Fandome 2021. More recently, the publisher launched Bat Cowl NFTs on April 26, which gave purchasers the ability to shape the digital comic Batman: The Legacy Cowl #1 through a series of votes. That issue was released recently, exclusively to Bat Cowl NFT holders.
For its NFT releases, DC partners with PalmNFT, which claims its proprietary NFTs built with Ethereum are better for the environment than conventional NFTs.
One of the other upcoming NFT DC titles includes Black Adam #1 by Priest and Rafa Sandoval. Prices, quantity, and rarity of each weekly drop may vary, but collectors can read purchased DC3s at nft.dcuniverse.com.
I’m a collector of a lot of things, especially action figures, art, and movie posters. I’ve been collecting these things ever since I was a kid. Now, I’ve started dabbling in the NFT space, which I find absolutely fascinating. The deeper into the rabbit hole I’ve gone, the more interesting it becomes to me.
