Ah yes, Geoff Johns, the man who turned the concept of Green Lantern into a Lucky Charms commercial!

Green Lanterns, Red Lanterns, Pink Hearts, Yellow Diamonds, Purple Horseshoes!

^ Nicely done.

Does this make Krona the Lucky Charms Leprechaun?  "They're always after me lucky Lantern Corps!"

I would rather have the Martian Manhunter back in the JLI
than in Stormwatch. I will not buy Stormwatch, but might
buy JLI, so I will miss having him there.

Same for Captain Atom. I'm not going to buy this new
version, but I would have loved to see him in the JLI.

Same for Guy Gardner. I might continue to buy Green
Lantern and GLC, but I would rather have GLC feature John
and Kyle (I have no interest in the New Guardians) and
have Guy back in the JLI.

Seems odd bringing back JLI but not having J'onn, Guy,
and Captain Atom on the team, especially when there seems
to be enough interest in the characters to use them
somewhere else. Oh well, at least I got my Ted Kord Blue
Beetle back...

Oh wait, I didn't. I lose again!

Classic character, classic costume, and they don't bring
him back?!?

You know what else? Firestorm used to be my first
favorite super hero when I started collecting comics when
I was 12. I was happy to see Ronnie make it back, but as
long as he is bonded to Jason and not the professor, you
can count me out.

I hate realizing I do not matter. If I got my firestorm,
Blue Beetle, and JLI back, they could have sold me more
books. Guess they really aren't focusing on the aging
fan base.

This 40 year old gets less and less of what he likes all
the time :-(

I mean I get it that Johns was looking for an explanation
for what happened to Hal Jordan, but enough is enough.

The Sinestro Corps was more than enough. The rest is
overkill and simply goes to further weakening the
original concept.

I really miss the simple explanation that a yellow
impurity takes the blue energy of the guardians and makes
it green.

Duh!

I don't want to be THAT fan, but I do wonder if this isn't a good stopping point for me after more than 25 years of super-hero comics. I have great nostalgia for these characters, both Marvel and DC, but these don't feel like those characters anymore, the ones I grew up with. None of these give me that sense of excitement that Next Men does. and despite the comparisons I have seen to the 1980s, that time seemed more like creators cut loose to do what they wanted (within reason and with outstanding results that I still look back on fondly), while this seems to me to be orders from the top as to what should happen (unless you are one of two or three "superstars"). I'm not behind the scenes obviously, but that how it seems.

I don't buy that many new DCs and I don't buy any new Marvels on a regular basis (but I do buy a lot of digital comics through the apps), so I'm not going to make or break the companies. I don't know. I have give this some more thought and see what else trickles out, but cliched as it sounds (and as others are saying) this might be a good "jumping off point." I have two new JB books to look forward to, and many back issues waiting to be discovered or re-discovered anyway.

Jim Lee has this Secret Wars EVENT comics mentality, his books has to have every character installed in his books but never any substance to propel the tale. Statues posing on a panel. Now that he's incharge of DC, DC is molding into his Wildstorm company. Churning event books after event books--something to complete the trade books. Jim Lee is not realizing that his approach to comics is what's killing comic books.   

QUOTE: Now that he's in charge of DC, DC is molding into his Wildstorm company.

To quote my late girlfriend Christina, "what a dip nugget". If he wants to be a success make DC, DC again and maybe the glory of old can be restored.