Not used to blog so bear with me if you are reading this and think it will come off unlike other bloggers.
 
At the time of writing the New 52 released the last batch of #1 comics and one other point of noteworthiness and I have invested in a bunch of books via' ComiXology because I still think its atrocious that subscribers are being punished for paying in advance for a product we may not like...anywho.
 
Week 1: Like a 'few' others, I got hold of a copy of Justice League #1 and Flashpoint #5 as they were the cop-out replies from DC whenever they were asked about the reboot at Cons and in interviews. 
First up, Flashpoint #5 suffered in advance of the New 52, as its story would be mostly written out of continuity when the last page was turned, however it suffered on the inside as well for partially being just a big slug fest and for its ending that means we can point at Barry for any changes we don't like in the New 52; because he fouled up. And the end with Batman, some hailed it as sweet/awsome, I thought it was needless and a little out of character for Bruce to just buy it all like that (this is Mr. Paranoid after all).
Justice League #1; Let me just say from the start that I am not buying stuff just because Johns put his name on it as he can make a mess as easily as he can strike gold and the who reboot just sounds like the 'Geoff-conning' that's become his unintentional hallmark. Anyways, there are better ways to introduce a reader (and a rebooted universe) to a team book than Justice League #1, that is mostly Batman and Green Lantern arguing with each other, two of the other members appear briefly. I get why Batman is there, but after the mauling GL got in the summer theatres...lets just say I'd have preferred him showing up later as a 'Bat-picked' potential. Finally this issue does not quell the nervous little voice in my head complaining about how the coming JL membership of Cyborg (possibly a founder) will potentially ruin the origins of NTT. Overall however it wasnt a bad read, but it wasnt the WOW one could have hoped for.
 
Week 2: During this week marked something of a landmark for me as I read an interview with Grant Morrison and immediately felt intrigued enough to get his Action Comics along with 'Tec as the two primary titles of interest while taking some peeks into other titles that seemed interesting. 
Action Comic; Let me say I've forgiven Morrison for giving us a little twerp with a chip on his shoulder when I read Action Comics #1, because I found that Superman was alot more interesting here than he used to be where nothing short of plot devices were really a threat to him (the amount of Kryptonite on Earth in the past was down right silly, planet explodes millions of lightyears away and Earth has hundreds of tons of the green space rock). Also I found it nice to see him as a rougher hero who's not a superstar that people rely on, yet. 
Detective Comics; It is a bit like Action, but to a lesser degree as Batman is still Batman, even here while he still seems to think he can work out the Joker's pattern. Also that last image was quite simply wicked.
JLI; Picked it up to see if it was anything like Winick's Brightest Day JLI, positive thing is that it mostly is as most of the team returns and that Booster is back in Glory-Hound/Idiot mode which is what I think is the better suit for him rather than the 'secret time-cop who plays dumb' that's been built over the last years (just seemed like a strange fit for him). Negative thing is that the BD:JLI is again getting played by 'higher powers' without them knowing it...but as Batman is around I'm sure it will dawn on them soon enough...along with Guy Gardner's moon.
Men of War: I'll be quite honest I bought this title for the symbol on the cover, as it shares imagery with my favourite character, as I have no prior understanding or interest in Rock or any US Marines. Unfortunately neither goals were fulfilled here as the symbol had nothing on it and the book only really left me wondering why I should care about Rock.
Batgirl: Read it to see why this version of Barbara should be so vastly superior to her wheelchair-bound past self that some people just couldnt shut up about her being in the chair was grossly offensive to just about anyone with a working brain (search through the DC Batgirl forums to see what I mean). The result...disappointment really, why she is walking is explained in one box as a 'miracle' and now she freezes at the sight of a gun pointed at her. I can understand if her Batgirl fans might not think this was the epic comeback they wished for her, I certainly didn't get why it was so imperative for her to walk again to be likeable or capable. But then again my sight might be colored by my like for her Oracle days where her brains and not her brawn was the 'superpower' and that I preferred Cain as Batgirl more than the other two.
Stormwatch; Read it to see why J'onn was sent here and not remain on the JL...but that wasn't answered, along with a lot of other stuff really. (Like how Midnighter could KO J'onn with a touch or why Apollo would want to talk to him anymore than them.)
Swamp Thing; Heard alot about how epic it was when Moore wrote it, but it was mostly a Brightest Day aftermath issue, but it might be interesting later on.
 
Week 2:  Primary titles included Red Lanterns, Superboy and Demon Knights.
Red Lanterns, as most will know, is what you get when Hulk is granted a Lantern ring so going into this title you will expect smashing, rage, blood-puke and more rage. And what did we get...Atrocitus sulking about the meaning of his rage now that Krona is dead...and when was the last time you'd read a Hulk comic where all he does is sulk? (Thats Banners job). Disappointing first shot, but I hope for better.
Superboy; Curiosity drove me here as Lobdell had accumulated a fair bit of scepticism from me with his rather juvenile way of answering questions (never seen as many LOL's! since I stopped playing WoW). Good thing is that the book is interesting as Superboy's past in the Cadmus labs used to be a completely blacked out area. bad thing is that I am uncomfortably reminded about X-23's origin series. Secret organisation crating clones of heroes they want to control (albeit with different purposes in mind) and have their eyes set on more, both have one female handler that's not a nice person (though I doubt Rose will be beating Conner into the ground whenever he gets home), are both measured against their moulds by computer simulations. And both have only one person in their vicinity that considers them more than 'it's'.
Demon Knight; I'm hooked on Etrigan whenever he shows his ugly mug, so this title was a must. While it did come close to the same flaw as Johns and Lee's JL by not properly introducing the team, we do get most of their names and we were also treated to seeing a baby getting blown up and no one cared and dragons crashing an Inn containing a 'Jolly Giant' Vandal Savage.
Batman & Robin/Green Lantern: Peeked into these just to confirm that nothing has changed for these titles, as they read like nothing happened between #1 and the issue before. And while I dont have a huge spot in my heart for Hal, seeing him as an ass was sort of pleasing, since it confirmed my own view of him :)
Deathstroke; Took a look at this because I wanted to see why Mr. Badass needed a solo-title to make the overhyping of it even worse. And, I didn't get why this confirmed anything...other than Slade having a broom stick for a spine. Art did nicely to make him look imposing when out of costume tho.
 
Week 3: Primaries; Wonder Woman, Nightwing, Batman, Catwoman and New Teen Titans: Games.
Wonder Woman, most risky title of the Trinity as her fans quickly turn rancid when its not to their liking, while being unable to say what the 'definitive WW' is and some were uneasy with the 'horro book' mention. However, I was extremely happy that I got this as my version of WW remains intact and the visuals are good, reminding me mostly of Hellboy, which i always thought was visually interesting.
Nightwing, picked this to see if any mention of his past friends were to be found as I knew most of his bat-back story would remain intact. And the title delivers, but not the past of friends I was hoping for. And it was nice to see him as himself again and not pretending to be Bruce.
Batman, for the novelty mainly...however it, like the other Bat-books, were just business-as-usual with nothing that seemed different, other than the wierd differences in height and builds of the 3 Robins (especially in Dicks case).
Catwoman; because I like Selina and because I have faith in Judd not being as bad as some people claim he is. What I got was a fun book I am looking forwards to seeing again.
New Teen Titans: Games; not a New 52 title and actually an Elseworlds title at best, however that does not mean that this whammer of a book was by far the best thing I've read in years. Take the New Teen Titans, add their superstar writer and artist from the 80's, give them enough space and you will have a book that kicks anything Johns has ever made right out of the pool. Nostalgia ofc has a heavy hand in my praise, but dont let that fool you, the story has a good rapid pace as we follow our heroes in their attempts to stop a terrorist before the bomb goes off while at the same time leaving us as hungry as Nightwing to discover who the real bandit is and what his plan is. Heck, this even made me temporaily made me forget how much I hated Danny Chase. Also this was book offered a strange contrast to what I had yet to read this month...  
Red Hood & the Outlaws; Initially I picked this up to see how the new version of Starfire and Roy would hold up in this new world. And in the start I was a bit surprised to see the red headed runt that was supposed to be Roy appear held in a prison for trying to overthrow the government. But not to worry, Deadpo...of sorry, Jason Todd appears and the two of them pretty much kills every one of the guards despite their tactically poor position. Out they go, share a few buddy jokes before a platoon of tanks appear to spoil their fun, fortunately for the pair of man-children, Jason has something else thats fun, she's called; Starfire. Fun regarding Starfire here should be taken as sarcasm as the new Koriand'r, warrior princess from Tamaran, has nothing other than the visuals that should appeal to her fans that can see past them. First thing was to give her goldfish memory regarding humans, meaning she doesn't remember (or want to remember) her time with the Titans (which happened), robbing the old character of the incredible levels of loyalty she had regarding her friends. Secondly, her visuals have been played up and merged with a fan-boy's wet dream to have her swing from one guy's bed to another while being stone cold the entire time. After that midpoint, the rest of the issue was downed in my disgust and my worry for Lobdells last title.
 
Week 4: Primaries; Teen Titans, Justice League Dark, Superman and Green Lantern: New Guardians.
Teen Titans, the one I was worried about after the Starfire-incident last week...thankfully though, it's more like Superboy and the two titles are destine to mash later on. While the issue was decent, I am again having that thought that I am reading and X-Men book disguised as Teen Titans...or should I say Young Justice, because there is only background appearances of past Titans that were not a part of YJ. My problems begin with the setting as I think X-Men deserves to keep the 'hunted and hated' setting that's the curse of being a mutant in Marvel. TT were always popular in the DC world, cities gladly let them plop down their massive missile target in their rivers and such, but now TT is riding the mutant line of facing a public and a media who's demanding them to stop or be stopped. Then there's the changes to characters; some mourned its loss, but I thought it was a plus that Bart had his kneecap blown off forcing him grow up, that progress however is now lost as Bart is once again worthy of hitting with a rolled up newspaper. Tim has changed the least, but he is a Bat, but he is more reckless (how many people do you think were lost in the penthouse explosion?). Cassandra has also been changed, back to how I saw her being written by Felicia Henderson, where she could bite Superboy's head off in one panel before coming apart in worry over him the next, now it just Tim getting his head bitten off by her, when she is not hiding behind a car door at the sight of him or a cop or when she's ripping a helicopter apart with her bare hands. I have to give Booth some credit for the art however as I again like his work better than the writers...but then I am reminded how the guy acts. 
Superman; Perez' Superman has to follow up on Morrison's 'Early Days Superman' which is a daunting perspective...mainly due to St. Morrison, but this is St. Perez and I am happy to say it was a good read, slightly nostalgic as Perez still uses a 3rd person text boxes to speak while no one else is while throwing old school description methods around "Flying faster than a speeding bullet!" And I do like that the Daily Planet has come into the modern day, though it threatens its print with the digital media, much to Clarks annoyance...which is actually another thing I like; Superman/Clark Kent is angry and upset about a very common thing; changes to his world, in the shape of a 'Rupert Murdoc' acquiring the Planet, print is slowly dying and that Lois doesn't understand him...and that she's seeing someone else. I like this, because I find it hard to relate to his previously dominating issues about being the last of his kind and all that. Perez isn't Morrison, and both books are great, but both for the same and different reasons.
Green Lantern:NG; Picked this up to see how Kyle was doing as I do like the guy better than any of the other GL's, what I got however was some back story, one kid I cant help to think of as a Geoff John's impersonation and a hilarious ending where everyone of the cast is pointing an accusing fiver at him for something he has no obvious hand in.
JLD: I'm drawn to supernatual titles like a ghoul to a graveyard, so I had to read this, despite the disappointed taste in my mouth Milligan left with Secret Seven, where every character was either insane, an imbecile, a jerk or eventually dead. And in a way JLD reminds me a lot of SS, as weird shite is happening, so weird in fact that the League pulls out and several damaged people are sent in to handle it. And I am interested to see where this goes as all of the members of the JLD are obviously damaged goods (SPOILERS) Shade is so lonely he makes up a women to break it, starting to talk with her about a future between them before being called away. Zatanna is dealing with something that apparently means Batman wont let her out of his sights, he did mention she was still not stable. Constantine has problems with his rent, but i am sure there are other things weighting down on the trench-coat wearing brit than that. Madam Xanadu is doing some kind of drug to shut down her future sight, Shade is concerned about her. Oh and reality has unravelled around the Enchatress along with control of her powers.    
 
Overall I think DC is off to a good start with the rehoot, there are ofc a stain or two, but it was bound to have some, as something as big as this cant be 100% with all fans, but I am looking forwards to the All New #2's!