Two pence on the DC Reboot

I know, I am terrible posting anything to a schedule. This is my first, in what, a year? Anywho, DC Reboot time. Woo, I am so not excited at all for this. And here is why:

Action Comics - Grant Morrison on Superman? I love All-Star Superman, and I love Grant's work, so yeah, I will give this a shot.

All-Star Western - I never cared for the Jonah Hex book, so, yeah, this does not hold any appeal for me.

Animal Man - Having seen the cover for the first issue, I have been put off completely from this. Shame, as I do not dislike the character, but with a cover like that, I wonder who it is amained for.

Aquaman - Regardless of anything else, it is Aquaman, I have to buy this.

Batgirl - So, I really like the current series, with Steph in it, and I like Cassandra too. But Barbara as Batgirl? No, she was always better as Oracle, and become a far more interesting character because of this. Now, with none of the others in sight, and being written by Gail Simone, who people say is a good writer though I have never experienced one good story written by her, and this is the most disappointing change here. My favourite series, and a constantly highly rated one at that, gone? Yeah, way to go DC.

Batman - I picked up Batman when Judd Winick was writing, and tried to get into Tony Daniel, but could not, and promptly dropped it. And I have no ideas of picking it up again any time soon.

Batman & Robin - Bruce and Damian instead of Dick and Damian? Just does not seem right, I really liked the Dick/Damian aspect of this series.

Batman: The Dark Knight - I never cared about this series before, and I am not going to start now.

Batwing - Maybe, I do not know. They seem to be marketing this as "Look, this Batman is black", which is not a good strategy. Maybe Judd Winick will make this work, I will give it a flickthrough.

Batwoman - Whenever this finally comes out, as I have been waiting over a year for this, hell yes. This is one of the few titles I am guaranteed to buy straight away, no hesitation, because I actually want to read it.

Blackhawks - Pffft, yeah right. No.

Blue Beetle - I like the character, but it is odd to have Jaime and not Ted. Personally, I would have had both, doing a mentor style book, as they do not have one of these now, now that they got rid of titles such as Batgirl (yes, I am still going to go on about that).

Birds of Prey - Whatever, by this point I just do not care anymore...

Captain Atom - JT Krul and a character I am not a fan of, I think not.

Catwoman - Not a real fan of the character, but it is written by Judd Winick. Maybe.

Deathstroke - Costume looks, how do we say, interesting? But the Titans run with him in does bode well for this, so no.

Demon Knights - No idea about this, so no.

Detective Comics - I only bought this when Batwoman or the Question was in it, and without either of those, and with Tony Daniel writing, this is a big no.

DC Universe Presents - Nothing about this screams interesting, so no.

Flash - I have never been a Flash fan, so nope.

Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE - Only time I have seen him was in Final Crisis, and from that, I muster up a meh.

Fury of Firestorm - I do not really care about Firestorm, and it is written by Gail Simone, so, this is a no for me.

Green Arrow - I really do not like JT Krul, but it is Green Arrow, and so, like Aquaman, I have to get this...

Green Lantern - I got fed up of the Green Lantern storyline, it just seemed as though Geoff Johns was burnt out, and I cannot bothered to give it another go.

Green Lantern Corps - Same story here.

Green Lantern: The New Guardians - And here.

Grifter - Something else that I know nothing about...

Hawk & Dove - Birds of Prey and Brightest Day made me dislike these characters. I did mind the inclusion of them in BoP, but as I said above, I do not enjoy Gail Simone's work. So this one is a no.

I, Vampire - Who, what, huh? No.

Justice League - I never buy these individually, only as collected editions, so I shall see if it is worthwhile then. Suffice to say, I do not expect much, as I was enjoying James Robinson's League, and this just, well, most of the original League again. But, Aquaman is in it…

Justice League Dark - stupid name, few characters I care for, meh.

Justice League International - Now, this, on the other hand, looks interesting. A diverse set of lesser-known characters, including Vixen, I think I will give it a go.

Legion Lost - See below.

Legion of Superheroes - I got a bit fed up in the last series, and gave it up. Going to keep with that for this one.

Men of War - No idea what this about, so probably not.

Mister Terrific - The costume is horrible, I am not hugely interested in the character, and I have no idea who Eric Wallace is, so, no.

Nightwing - That costume is just bad. Plain bad. And where the hell does this DC reboot make any sense on established characters? Yes, I know it is a reboot, but what that really means is that it is just another screw in continuity.

OMAC - I think I share my opinions with most people: avoid any comic written by Dan Didio.

Red Hood and the Outlaws - Pffft, after what DC did to Roy Harper and his family, and how I dislike Starfire, I will be avoiding this. Also, a baseball cap? Really?!?

Red Lanterns - Yeah, just no.

Resurrection Man - Well, this was a surprise. I liked this in DC One Million, so I might give this a go.

Savage Hawkman - Written by Tony Daniel? No thanks...

Static Shock - I sortof like the character, but never bought his book, and the TV show was alright. Doubtful I will pick it up.

Stormwatch - Gay Superman/Batman and Martian Manhunter? Odd choice of team-up there, but hey, it seems slightly interesting. Flickthrough.

Suicide Squad - What the hell happened to Harley? Just looks so so stupid, and nothing about this looks good, so no.

Superboy - Never cared for the character, know nothing about the writer, so no.

Superman - As for the main Superman book, never really been a fan of the character, except mostly in Elseworld titles (All-Star, Red Son, etc), so no.

Supergirl - Silly costume, though the writers have done some good stuff. Doubtful I would actually buy this though, maybe it will get a flickthrough.

Swamp Thing - I really could not care less about it.

Teen Titans - Those costumes are, well, stupid. And I do not care for the writers really. And there is no Miss Martian or Ravager in sight.

Voodoo - I do not know anything about this, so doubtful.

Wonder Woman - I do not tend to read WW, only flicking through it on occasion. And I cannot say I have read anything by Brian Azzarello either...

4 series I will be getting, and 6 flickthroughs. That is not good, as it is highly doubtful I will actually buy any of the ones I flickthrough. Plus, DC have almost entirely lost all my goodwill, what with Batgirl going and Bryan Q. Miller (also of Smallville fame), not getting a replacement book. In fact, the only thing I am actually looking forward to, what with Geoff's treatment of Aquaman etc, is Batwoman, and as I said before, I have been waiting over a year for that. Not good at all...

And this is not getting started on what I feel about reboots (bad idea), the removal of things like the JSA (another bad idea), or putting characters how they were when they first created (again, a bad idea). Spot a trend there?