This will cause me to cease reading DC. All I have left is Image, with which I expect outlandish, off-the-wall antics that only seem to make sense to the owners.

Well yeah, they've teamed up with Twilight. Haven't you ever wanted to see Superman sparkle?

I'm just considering this to be a combination of Heroes Reborn and the All-Star line. A 12 issue maxiseries that will be huge, but then revert after sales begin to suck, and artists miss deadlines.

I don't really see it as anything other than a soft reboot along the line.

Except in the case of Firestorm(s).

Continuity is fine in a comics universe until characters use time travel, or certain characters age all by their lonesome (Dick Grayson, I am looking at you).

And, of course, leave the reality-altering characters out of the universe entirely.

In fairness, most of the creative teams they're putting on these books are pretty solid. Jim Lee may have redesigned the outfits but he's not drawing anything but JLA, I think.

You still have Gail Simone in charge of Babs, Duane Swierczynski has written great novels/short stories and some solid comic tales, Tomasi seems to be consistent....

So, in regards to deadlines and such, I expect that won't be an issue and there are probably some good tales coming down the pipe.

They're just with...different characters.

(The one breaking my heart is no more Clark and Lois marriage. )

But that's to be expected as time goes on, and writers have to account for some minor changes. I mean, yeah, Superboy Punching Time was pretty stupid, but sometimes you need things like that, and Hypertime, and Zero Hour, and the like.

But like DD said... some things you don't change.

And Babs back to being Batgirl.

And Green Lantern is now the oldest and most veteran member of the Justice League.

And Clark and Lois were never married.

And...

Yeah, there are a few things that make it more than a soft reboot (as, originally, I thought the same as you until they started revealing some of those aspects.)

While I am a huge DC fan, I really wish that they'd quit rebooting the DCU every couple of years. Gets a bit tiresome when writers have to go back and patch up gaps to bring characters back into continuity after the latest set of worlds-shattering events. Blech.

Oh... what's this.

*looks at post number*

The DC and Marvel Universe CAN NOT exist without cleavage and upskirts.

True that, they're almost undoing a good aspect of comics versus novels, the continuity. At least there are still pictures. Take that, you boring novels.