Kinda glad I don’t read DC, as I don’t think I could handle a universe that MUST reboot after a major event every 5-10 years that only seems to muck things up more and more.

But, as Simon said, same-day digital? I’m on board with that.

This all seems unneccesary really, renumbering isnt needed, new costumes aren’t needed. These characters and their looks are iconic for a reason. I mean the redesigned S on Superman just isn’t as iconic as the one that’s already on a million tshirts, bags, badges, etc…i really can’t see it lasting. Maybe it’s just jim lee’s drawing but the S is far too flat.

Oh dear me, those tweaked costumes are just unpleasant. Is the S so hard to draw?

Honestly, the whole thing just confuses me. I can see how they would be frustrated with the performances of Superman, Wonder Woman, and maybe JLA, but half of their other characters have FINALLY gotten to a stage where people care again, or more than they ever have (GL, Aquaman, Swamp Thing, Flash, etc.). Batman is irrelevant, he’s always successful, although it does seem weird to cut Grant Morrison’s story short.

I’m going to have to go with the opinions I’ve seen that say that despite the redesigns and reboots and de-aging, the actually stories are not going to be as different as it would seem. It just seems dumb to throw out the last few years of stuff.

My big concern though, is what happens to the second and third generation dc heroes? are we going to see all the second generation characters like dick grayson regressed to their original ages and identities? And is the third generation going to disappear entirely until they choose to reintroduce them? I would hate to lose tim drake and conner kent over this stunt, and I really don’t see how it works unless we do lose them.

The reboot feels and looks far too much like Heroes Reborn for my taste. It seems to squash the role that, for instance, Morrison’s Batman, has been riding and totally cut the legs out from it’s third act. Either it’s a short term “zero issue” stunt that will revert in a few months, or it’s a piss poor idea.

It’s clear they want to mine for gold with some new hypothetical digital audience, at the expense of retailers and long term fans. I don’t see the gamble paying off, and they will ultimately burn both bridges.

I agree with Simon that the changes probably won’t quite so drastic across the board as they initially seem. The materials DC have released say continuity will be maintained or slightly tweaked in some cases. So I’m guessing things will be the same for a lot of the characters they’ve just spent time rehabbing (Aquaman, Manhunter, Firestorm, Deadman), as well as Johns’ Green Lantern and Morrison’s Batman (in fact, in that JL image it looks like Dick’s costume).

I’m conflicted, but actually mostly in favor. I’m with those who hope this doesn’t mean the legacy heroes get shuffled away into storage again, but I also think event-wise DC had become way too insular and self-referencing with its continuity. Example: The last couple of issues of Brightest Day were supposed to be some big cool moment, but were really only a payoff for people who read Swamp Thing in the ’80s.

The rest of Brightest Day was much more on point, reintroducing important characters and giving them a clear direction. Hopefully that’s how this reboot is done.

I don’t like that they keep focusing on this being a jumping off point, and the whole it’s them in the modern 21st century! I understand they want to simplify things but so many characters are here because of situations that can’t be simple to a new reader.

Of course my reasons in not liking this are selfish. I’ve read every single comicbook Wally West and Tim Drake have been in. Neither of them are easy to explain. Tim can be Robin again if Dick is Nightwing, but as Red Robin? Well then we need to get into Damian, and RIP, and what about Damian? He’s the character I love to hate and doubt will be around if everyone’s younger. Even Tim is pushing it there just how long do Robins last if we’ve got a 20 something Batman and he’s already gone through 2 sidekicks?

Wally can’t make sense as another Flash if everyone gets deaged. He can still be his age seeing as he’s just Iris’ nephew, but he can’t have been a sidekick then. I’m guessing Bart will be taken away. Barry having a grandson is fine because of time travel and death. But Iris must be mainlining the speedforce aswell seeing as she’s already seen her adult kids die and has one normal aged teenage grandkid.

I know all of this is absurd, which is why I enjoy it and I doubt it can all be simply tweaked. I doubt that new S will stay on Superman’s chest, I like the lack of underwear on top though. And I’m sorry, but Cyborg should not be in that picture. Give us the big Seven to look at. No one cares about Cyborg getting a revamp lookswise he can only go up in that department.

while it is similar, if DC does what it says it is going to do, then this is pretty fundamentally different. One Year Later changed very little retroactively, it didn’t remove whole decades of history from continuity.

In many ways DC is defined by the legacies of its characters, and now it sounds like they might simply be removing those legacies from existence and stepping back to when the tier 1 characters came into existence, removing a huge amount of dc characters possibly from existence for quite a long time, if not ever.

At first glance this does sound very “Ultimate” or “Heroes Reborn”, but a relaunch could be great, starting fresh is always good I just hope they’re careful and do their best to avoid alienating longtime readers. All of us have our favorite story lines and I hope those are preserved somehow.

They really need to come up with a list of major events for each character that always remain regardless of any reboots and let us know what they are. I’m sure this exists somewhere.

And all of the character stuff from the last year, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, JL: Generation Lost, elements from the New Krypton arc and the events that preceded it… please tell me that wasn’t for nothing.