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Bartlebycs wrote:

The first superhero comic I've read was the Death of Superman, on a suggestion from a friend. I might've been one of the few who didn't really care for it. Doomsday was cool, but the dialogue was cheesy (who talks like that?), and being new to the series, I didn't yet know any of the other characters and felt lost sometimes. Though it did begin my dislike for Lois.

You know, that's not surprising. I didn't like Death of Superman either. As has been said, it wasn't the Death of Superman, it was the Death of Death in comics. He returned within the year. Also, it's not a very good comic to start with. If you ask someone with passing knowledge of DC comics about heroes to name a couple, they'll come up with Supes, Bats (Bats before Supes), maybe GL, Flash and Diana. Only Supes appears. The League is... corny Booster and not-that-funny Beetle, shallow Fire and little girl Ice, not-Green Lantern, Maxi-who now? and don't get me started on "Bloodwynd". It's not a good way to roll into DC Comics. Especially since the revelation of Bloodwynd's real identity is left hanging (and not really addressed in the follow-up events). Guardian and Cadmus had a guest appearance, that really doesn't work if you don't know what they are. That Mitch guy didn't help either. He may have been rad in the day, he comes across as dated and a badly written, stereotypical angsty teen rebel now.

Also, what I noticed the last time I read it: the Flying Newsroom supposedly flies non-stop from Ohio to Metropolis, but it has three different pilots between issues.