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When DC does things like this, it tends to be anything but "artful". Remember when pair of Thanagarian cops turned up in SWAMP THING, Fred Hembeck's old gag about Hawkgirl wearing her husband's uniform to boost sales was realized -- except the straps were shifted to cover the "naughty bits", and those "naughty bits" were apparently turned into solid muscle in order to support the weight of those wings without deforming.

One of those classic instances where someone said "Hey, let's do THIS!" and nobody took a look at it and said "Doesn't really WORK, does it?"

I've often said that, back in the day, the way to come up with stories was to ask "Wouldn't it be cool if. . . " A very, VERY important part of asking that question, however, as remembering there were times when it was equally important to ask "Yeah, but then what?"

There is supposed an old Native American saying, "We do not inherit the World from our parents, we borrow it from our children." This has informed by approach to writing superhero comics for decades. I am borrowing these characters from the next generation of writers, and I need to leave them in good working order!

There are days I think I may be one of the last who thinks like that!

It may be a case to case thing for retailers. The owner of my LCS will tell you that it was great because they've had a great year with new customers and some returning customers and even kids!

At the same time they're not just doing good business with DC titles, people are buying all sorts of stuff. My theory on that (he's probably too modest to admit) is that he returned to the store full time this year. The mid 90's forced him to get another job so that he could still keep the store running while keeping a presence and last summer he let all of his customers know that he was coming back and that he was really excited and that enthusiasm helps when you have a family run business. This all coincided with the New 52 at the time so while I think the New 52 helped (making it a success for at least one store because they still sell alot of copies) I think that it was only a factor in the store's continued success. 

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First off, of all the X-Men 141 parodies I've seen (and I know we all have seen many many such parodies) that one may be my favorite. The labels here are really the key to making this one work.

I especially like the idea that Wally and Donna have been cast as the "last holdouts" or "resistance fighters." To the best of my knowledge neither has yet been reintroduced into Nu52 continuity (Kid Flash is Bart Allen and Wonder Girl is the teensploitation-style Cassie Sandsmark.) making them "immune" so far to any changes in this latest reboot.

Which is kind of funny, I think, because no character in comics' history has had a personal timeline as fungible and overworked as Donna's, and even Wally's past was given a rewrite from the Marv Wolfman/ George Perez Titans title to his assumption of the lead role in the Flash comic. Suddenly he had different parents, a different home life, Dad was a Manhunter...

It's odd that they should be the last ones left untouched after a universal reboot... Not that I'm complaining, mind you... I just find it amusing.