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God DAMN! first Demon Knights gets the axe, now this?! WTF, DC?! did you drop this amazeballs writer from a book he has been KILLING?! or did James leave for opportunities elsewhere? inquiring minds want to know.

Great quality on the sculpt, I'm just not a big Deathstroke guy. There are some major, glaring flaws though, but all on the design side.

That sword looks so weird, almost Final Fantasy-esque; no guard, so any sword that crosses it will slide down with leverage and cut his hand. Plus, he has no guns. He's got pouches and grenades out the wazoo, but no sidearm?

I'd expect to see Mr. Freeze in a less sophisticated version of his suit, Penguin, Harvey Dent as a good guy, Deadshot, the Red Hood gang, and if they were REALLY courting the die hard fans, maybe throw in Reaper.

Pre-reboot I woulda said Green Arrow, but since the reboot and the Hawkeye solo(ish) book, I'm going with Clint.

Fuck that noise. I'm getting Demon Knights.

Awww man, Demon Knights is the first cancelation of the New52 that I've actually been sad about. I loved that they were pretty much isolated from the DCnU (aside from tangential overlap with All-Star Western having Savage, and JLDark having Xan) so hopefully DC might put out some TPBs and will be willing to bringing the book back as a miniseries whenever there's a story to be told with these awesome characters in the future.

Other than that, I'm looking forward to the new books that will take the place of these.

Wow, someone's been playing Porta,l I take it. What with the sassy AI trying to kill someone and all.

I would venture to say the last 3 issues have been more good than bad. I started off disliking this book but curious to see if it would materialize into something after I fell in LOVE with the Earth-2 book. To me this books salvation lies in it's relationship to Earth-2 and the Earth-1 Bat and Super Families.

I feel a bit bad saying this, but I haven't seen a single response yet that really nails down what it would take to pull this book above the 2 to 3 out of 5 star mark (at its best). The art and change in artists isn't bad enough to distract me, but that's possibly because I don't really remember the art from week to week because the book is so mediocre. As for switching Helenas, that's not gonna happen, so it's not worth talking seriously about. I agree with Babs that the sophomoric destruction of Karen's costume every issue isn't endearing, and needs to stop now that she's back in the classic look. I have no idea what @power_guy means by saying Helena needs her old costume. Hel's worn a few costumes over the years, and the current one looks just like the one she had in the DCU before the reboot, with a little wider spread to the "ears."

I don't think that

crossovers would be a good idea at this juncture, the girls need to stay isolated from the rest of Earth-1 until the logical conclusion to the storyline that's been set up. The Damian crossover was mostly wasted, and any potential squandered by his death; the Supergirl crossover went all but unnoticed. I would say a definitive no on any Batman or Superman crossovers, despite the obvious readership boost either would give, for simple story reason. Superman's microscopic vision would spot Karen's Kryptonian DNA and open a whole can of worms. After Superboy and clones became known to him from the whole H'el on Earth story, he'd probably see any Earth-1/2 differences as anomalies from an improved cloning processes, and distrust her. Batman would easily deduce Helena's parentage and after the stuff with Leviathan and the Heretic he'd probably assume she's connected to that whole mess. If there would be a crossover, I'd say it should be Catwoman, maybe Lois, or Orion.

Like I mentioned earlier, the ladies need to stay isolated until their storyline's logical conclusion. I have a lot of problems with a lot of books, and 90% of the time the solution is the same, like it is here. What can save this book is a clear vision of the story, and where it needs to go. Whether thru a different writing team, stronger editorial oversight, or some third option I can't think of.

Although it started out boring and confusing with all that Sea of Japan nonsense, and bland corporate espionage, the arrival of Desaad has clear implications. Darkseid will make another move against Earth-1, and the Worlds' Finest will step up to save their adopted home. If it were up to me, I'd do 3 or 4 issue mini-event with Justice League and JLA where Darkseid ambushes Earth. He was able to send Desaad without detection, maybe Kalibak shows up as well (I keep expecting to see him in Wonder Woman's book). JLA's whole scope is focused around (not trusting the Justice League, and) stopping those kinds of threats.

Stopping an Apokoliptan (…Apokoliptian? …from Apokolips) threat would certainly help them get some closure since their Earth didn't fare as well in the invasion. It would be a great reveal to the Earth-1 heroes that would cement them as powerhouses, and as trustworthy. Taking out a less threatening villain might be a decent way to reveal their existance, but after H'el, or the referenced time the League invited Martian Manhunter to join, or The Elite (assuming What's so Funny About Truth, Justice, & The American Way is still canon) heroes may still be skeptical about new heroes actually being good, for lack of a better term.

Plus Darkseid, or his minions could also grant them access to the kind of technology that could help them eventually/temporarily get back to Earth-2, or bring Michael Holt back from there. It would open up the main DCnU to the multiverse again, and could even serve to have another Flash of Two Worlds type story. The success of Injustice: Gods Among Us shows that the public still loves multiverse crossover stories. Even if they're unable to cross the dimensional barrier or whatever, if they could communicate with their home-dimension and know their loved ones are ok, and that more Wonders have shown up to protect it, that would give them the peace of mind to really devote their attention to the main Earth.

Anyway, that's my rambling 2¢. Thoughts?

I was kinda hoping for Ocean Master. Like how GL and Sinestro are similar. It's a great trend in fighting games dating back to Ryu and Ken.

Jubilee has a BABY?!