Five DC titles are cancelled

DC Comics' May solicitations have revealed the cancellation of five titles.

According to Robot 6, Doom Patrol, JSA All-Stars, Freedom Fighters, R.E.B.E.L.S. and The Outsiders will all draw to a close.

"If a book doesn't break even or make a profit, it gets cancelled and opens up the door for another title," wrote Freedom Fighters co-writer Jimmy Palmiotti. "Wait for the big picture. Things get cancelled and others get green lit. [That is] the nature of publishing."

Three Batman titles - Azrael, Batman: Streets Of Gotham and Batman Confidential - are already due to end in March.