Previous Post http://www.newsarama.com/comics/DC-Universe-Reboot-Announcement-110531.html http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dc-comics-revamp-retailer-letter-110531.html 52 Number Ones? That takes some serious onions.

The best possible outcome of this is that DC finally coordinates their comics with the far more successful adaptations in other media, so people who like Batman elsewhere can find a Batman comic that's straightforward and enjoyable without a thousand tie-ins or a convoluted dimension-spanning narrative (and I say this as a fan of Grant Morrison's Batman). The fact that Jim Lee is doing the design work is a good sign, as it gives the books a similar aesthetic to the DC Online game that's so popular (or was, before the PSN got thrashed).

The probably outcome is that this is just another Crisis situation, where by trying to straighten out continuity they just make it more complicated. The fact that all the creators have been doing DC work for the past few years means this isn't much of a change. And the fact that Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis are doing an Aquaman series (despite the fact that nothing with the character has really clicked since Peter David's run) is a bad sign.

I sometimes wonder if DC is run by the Patriots from Metal Gear Solid, as their marketing strategy involves repeating the same themes again and again, regardless of the diminishing returns. Except instead of the military-industrial complex, they're into crossovers and Silver Age regression.