Stormwatch was horrible. I'd like to slap the writer.

How on Earth are the spectrum of Corps more ridiculous than the core concept of Green Lantern in the first place? At least Kyle in New Guardians has his own voice and personality, as opposed to the bland mass of bland that is Hal Jordan.

@1: you got that right.

Here is my take on the whole damn month. Very disappointed in Batgirl, Firestorm, Stormwatch, Legion of Super Heroes, Superman, and Green Arrow. I have to comment on Batgirl here. The writing was cool but the Bat-universe is over-saturated (no thanks to the shite concept that is Batman Inc) and I just don't find her as interesting or useful as Oracle. It read like a move backwards for Barbara Gordon. And Stormwatch. OK, Apollo looks cool, but Midnighter's intro was douchey and stupid. This is how my super badass gay power couple meets? Ugh... almost as bad as Superman and Batman's first meeting in Justice League a few weeks ago. And Green Arrow is straight out of Smallville. That was such an awesome title one month ago. F-you DC for crapping on a character that was dug out of the grave a few years ago to become a really solid story/title.

However I was pretty excited with the treatment of Wonder Woman. Written as a horror story with mythological overtones. Beautiful art, great, story, and the costume works except for the choker. I am on board with WW for the first time in slightly over a year. Please no military or spy-based Diana Prince this time around. Blech!

Which one wins on artistic merits *and* creepy old-timey story? All Star Western. Let's see Jonah Hex play detective in 1800's Gotham. Very cool and very stylish & atmospheric art in this title.

I thought JL Dark was going to be cheesy. Those characters aren't supposed to be in one place at one time (for very long at least) because it takes the mystery out of it. And I hate Shade the Changing Man. Hated his series and super hated him in Hellblazer (Sorry Paul Constant). So surprise, the story was really good. The reason they are coming together was handled in a manner that triggered highly on my cool meter. Even Shade was not Ambush-Bug-annoying (really, he is like Vertigo's Plastic Man). But yay for magic users! And yay for Constantine, Zatanna, and Madame Xanadu! Now where is Dr. Occult and Dr. Fate???

But still confused... how does it all relate?

Some characters are completely rebooted and some pick up where they left off last month, I am completely lost as to what continuity even exists between any of the new issues. If any at all. On top of the continuity confusion, some take place in the past and some appear to be current but don't say as much (i.e. Action comics vs Superman's title). And with this opportunity they failed to retcon the Batman Inc bullcrap? Still keeping my fingers crossed for Vic Sage to pop up as The Question and for Ray Palmer to come back as The Atom. Pretty please?!