JCT45

I was a DC cheerleader most of my life.. To a long time fan the new 52 is utterly heartbreaking .. i've heard all the arguments pro and i simply do not agree with them.. Towards the top of that list being Tim Drake was never robin .. the role of Robin was important to the character and the character was important to me ( and many other fans ). DC mishandled all of this..I almost feel embarrassed for them that they clearly don't have there stuff together, You have writers dropping out left and right , you have current writers who are long time fans who want to make fans happy but are unable to b/c the higher ups won't allow it ( Steph Brown is a "toxic" character and yet a large amount of people want to read about her ? ) and now you have this... i get it they want to make changes , younger readers this and that but damn.. they've really screwed over those that have been with them for a long time.. I went from buying 15 different titles a month... down to 5 after the New 52 and now i'm down to 2. If anything DC has pushed me into the hands of other comics/companies....

It's all super lame.

DC really shoot them selfs in the foot with this.. If it would have been a hard reboot cool but having to figure out whats what and who is still around and constantly asking "how did ____ happend if ____ wasn't around " or questions like that shows me these guys really don't know what their doing... It seems like they're really misshandling it and do things that they know old fans will hate. .. Why? .. I've been asking myself that alot with the New 52.. Why? Then i get some half assed answers ( eventually ) about Tim not being robin but .. red robin or Starfire was a teen titian but lost her memory .. the list goes on.. Anyways. I know its not going to happen but i really really really really wish DC pulled an "Ultimates" move. That way everyone is happy .. Even if they just released it on digital or whatever. I went from buying 15 titles ( pre new 52 ) to 7 ( new 52 ) and now i'm down to 2... and this hurts and confuses me. I loved DC every since i could read.. i must of been the only fan the loves the years of continuity there was a sense of community and true friendship between characters. But by taking most of it away they've made it more confusing then it ever was in just a year. Some people will say " Its only been a year" but thats always going to be an argument. When New 52 started and i hated it .. they said " give it some time" i did . then "its only been 6 months " now a year soon it will be " its only been 5 years " .... Maybe i'm then one that sucks. Maybe its lame of me to want something i've always loved and shared. Or maybe in an attempt to be "cool" or "X-Treme! " DC is willing to trade cult like loyalty for younger readers ( btw DC ... 14 year olds dont have disposable income.. and those that do buy drugs and video games but what do i know. i was just a life long fan )

/rant

In short. I'm just not into it. I tried it and its not for me. Thanks for the memories and the back issues DC but if i could buy less of you I would ( Snyder's Batman is just too good ! and i have to see the conclusions to Morrison's Batman INC ) ...........i hear that Avengers Vs X-men is pretty good .hmmmmmmmm

No Steph ... No Cass... Tim Drake was never Robin ? Yeah... i'm done...

"I think it is okay for Damian to refer to anyone with a "Robin" in their name as a Robin." smh.. i'm done

.... Let me first start of by letting every one know that Batman and everyone in the Batman Family are my absolute favorite comic characters I've been reading them for as long as i could read.... But I've always assumed that all kinds of super hero's piss and/or probably shit them self's on many occasions.
  I always assumed that the whole "underwhere on the out side"  thing was some kind of super wayne tech personal waste control thing or something that i didn't know about. Batman thinks of everything right..so he would have something if he pissed himself...i digress, these guys are allways getting electricuted, poisoned , punched really hard and all other kinds of crazy stuff done to them. So ,even though im not a huge Kevin Smith fan, i would have to agree...we all have our "accidents" 

 I've been following Batman and ALL bat books ( except Azrael) for like 10 years and i am loving this stuff  100% 
 
to all those who don't know and have been enjoying Grants run I've been checking out this comic blog ( not mine ) it really goes into detail about well every detail that you may of missed while reading
 
 http://rikdad.blogspot.com/
 
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