DC Solicits: Miscellaneous Thoughts

So the DC Solicits for April are up! I figured I'd jot down some of my immediate reactions in no particular order.

-I don't know what it is about Checkmate. I keep thinking I SHOULD be irritated by the whole "Let's pull out our unknown-until-now auxilliary members as secret weapons!" plot device, but instead I'm all peering intently at the picture trying to figure out who they are. I do see a cowboy hat...

-Steven managed to answer yesterday's question for me. Lance Corporal Reid huh? Well. He certainly looks interesting. And unlike certain people I quite approve of the Lance Corporal's rear end.

-I don't really get the appeal of the Tangent universe. Sorry.

-I guess the Titans 1 solicit seems to verify that everyone from Titans East is dead. Well, I suppose since Cyborg's alive, it's possible that a few others are too. I'm mostly ticked about Son of Vulcan and Hawk and Dove. I think they have a lot of potential.

-Still this should make a lot of old fans happy. Between this and Teen Titans Year One. I have to admit, aside from Wally, I've never been a big fan of anyone in the original line-up. So I'm less than enthused. But, well, I don't have to buy EVERYTHING. :-)

-I think the spotlight on Miss Martian sounds pretty interesting. I didn't think I'd like her early on, but I do.

-I like her a lot better than I like J'onn at least.

-I never liked the thought of putting Raven back at a high school age. It always seemed forced to me. Insta-teenaged hijinx with a character that ought to be much too old for it. I wonder if they'll undo it for Titans, so she can be the same age as the others.

-I heart the idea of Red Bee taking over the world. That's awesome.

-The story tying into Bruce's training in Japan could either rock or suck horribly. It's really that sort of storyline I think. If I remember the week it comes out, though, I'll probably give it a shot.
--It's pretty rare, I think, that this sort of story is written by a native (though, he might be 2nd gen, I suppose. I don't recognize the name. "American debut" would seem to imply that he's native Japanese...) Either way, it'll be interesting to see what he does with it.

-Is it just me, or does it seem like Zatanna's in Detective Comics a LOT. I never thought she was THAT interesting.

-For once, Supergirl's solicit actually looks interesting. :-) I wonder who helps out.

-Whew, it looks like Wally's family hasn't been retconned away by the new writer. I'm glad. I really like the Flashlets. They really bring something new to the table I think, and are part of what makes Flash so different from most other comics. I really REALLY like seeing Wally try to balance a STABLE home/family life with superheroics.

-More of Hal's origin story...that should be interesting. I actually like periodic retellings of that sort of thing. It allows for interesting updating. Besides, I'm just glad Emerald Dawn's wiped out for good. (Sure, EDII was decent, but if it ends up a casualty in the cause to retcon out ED? I'll happily stand the loss.)