Did Disney buy DC Comics

Admit it. We’re all thinking about it. Monday came with the seismic news that DC Comics had just suffered a round of major layoffs. High ranking executives, fired. 1/3 of the editorial staff, fired. DC Direct, the toy and collectible branch of the brand that had been operating for the last 22 years, shut down. DC Universe, the company’s streaming service has suffered numerous layoffs and is rumored to be on its last legs with all programming being moved to HBO’s new streaming service.

This is the darkest time in the industry. Not since the days of the collector market collapsing in the mid-1990s, where Marvel entered into chapter 11 bankruptcy, or the senate trials of the 1950s, which saw the industry come under fire and lead to the formation of the Comics Code have comics suffered such losses.

But like I said, admit it. We are all thinking the same thing when we heard this news. Is DC Comics in such bad shape that they might be open to a new owner? One with mouse ears perhaps?