I went to Acme Comics, pulled out my wallet, creaked the damn thing open and sacrificed about ten bucks and bought some comics.
I made a good deal. Kinda. I bought Justice League 2 and 3, and Superman 1. These are part of the “New 52″ storylines. I’m beginning to get it. We’re supposed to swallow the idea that every single DC superhero is now five years younger. But some some of them, the pre-New 52 story lines are still pretty much the same as the were before. But, we’re not supposed to ask too many questions, as a lot of it just doesn’t make sense from a continuity standpoint. Superman’s timeline has been completely rewritten, but Batman’s and Green Lantern’s timelines are pretty much intact.
So the premise to the new Justice League is that there is no Justice League. To recap Issue 1, Batman teamed up with Green Lantern to try to stop one of Darkseid’s minions from planing explosive devices. The two eventually team up with Superman, but before they yell at each other about tactics and how their powers work and all that (remember, they’ve never MET before).
In issue 1, Green Lantern actually places a phone call to the Flash, who spends more time arguing about why he’s not showing up to help than he does actually showing up to help. Issue 3 brings Wonder Woman into the fray, and the book ends with Aquaman showing up demanding to be put in charge. There’s a plotline running in the background that’s essentially the origin story of Cyborg.
Give them two or three more issues, and they will have resolved this Darkseid crisis and will be meeting monthly, just because.
In Superman 1, we have what is essentially a comic designed to set up the new series and introduce characters and relationships. Lois Lane is a former anchorwoman/reporter who is an executive of some sort with Galaxy Broadcasting, the new owners of the Daily Planet. Perry White and Jimmy Olsen are introduced, but they have new looks. Morgan Edge is now a black man. Meanwhile, in between fretting about the future of the Daily Planet, Superman fights a fire monster. No really.
I, for one, fail to see how the Flash changing his personal history can made these changes happen, but hey …
Oh, the big change in the Superman mythos is that Lois and Clark are NOT together. She’s shaking up with some smarmy dude.
I like the New 52, in that it jettisons a decade’s worth of crap about past history. I wish they would try some new things. Like maybe having Lex Luthor and Superman being allies. Or having Clark reveal to the world that he is Superman.
It’s still too early to judge. I’m liking what I am seeing, though.



Wow. That didn’t last long. A year ago, the return of Barry Allen as the Flash was a big part of the Darkest Night summer mega crossover madness at DC. Now,