Nothing has to make any sense whatsoever or fit any previous characterization or continuity. Any question asked can be answered with, ‘This is the new DC universe and that’s the way it is.’ Rather than enabling writers to be creative, it gave them the ultimate pass to be lazy.

I did try a few of the new books that I thought might be least impacted by the reboot, wasn’t impressed, and have now dropped all of them except for the Legion…and not because it’s even that good, but because Superboy and the Legion of the Super-Heroes was the first comic I ever read, and I can’t imagine not following their adventures, no matter how boring.

My biggest complaint though is that the books simply aren’t fun anymore. As Norman said, kids can no longer pick up a DC comic book and fall in love with the characters the way I did way back in 1974. There is too much sex and violence, and not enough fun and adventure. It’s a real shame.

And my view of this is still this– what was the point of the reboot– there are still way to many things you have to know about the characters– they werent #1 new issues– this could have been done as an Ultimate Universe or AOA type of storyline– still disappointed as a whole- and like stated- many of these feel like Im just rereading what I read before (like Blue Beetle)– with slight small changes- like Paco isnt going to school now..glad we had to restart the universe for that…

Rebooting and restarting comic stories happens all the time – I don’t know why folks get so upset about it. I just want to read good stories, I’m not uptight about what’s in continuity or not.

After 3 issues, I decided to drop 2 books, Captain Atom and Wonder Woman. I like the characters but not the new storylines. Wonder Woman is an OK book, but I just don’t want to read about her struggles with the Greek Pantheon of Gods.

DC just recently cancelled 3 more of the titles that I read, Mister Terrific, Hawk and Dove, and Blackhawks. I was a fan of Checkmate, so I like the Blackhawks book. I like the Hawk and Dove characters but I do not like the Rob Liefeld artwork. Mr. Terrific book is boring and I’m only holding on to it because of Karen Starr (Power Girl).

That said, I miss my JSA and Power Girl comics. I’m happy that DC has finally announced Earth 2 and World’s Finest. I will be adding those 2 to my list, which will bring me back up to 14 books.

I, too, am only getting five books (Aquaman,Batgirl,Catwoman,Justice League, and Nightwing) now. I dropped Action Comics after two issues. Same for GL: New Guardians. I don’t mind the violence at all. I think it makes the books much more realistic.

I do have a couple issues with my books though. Nightwing needs to get back into a blue costume. The red just doesn’t cut it. Catwoman needs to improve a bit more or it’s the next one to go. Each Justice League issue seems too short. If we are gonna pay $4, at least put a couple MORE pages in there.

Aquaman and Batgirl are pretty much perfect, though.

Now bring back Secret Six and we’ll be good to go!

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