User blog comment:Hatebunny/The DCnU, and why we have not made new pages/@comment-5220797-20120622061006/@comment-3361105-20120623003737

It's also worth going back and reading old stories just for the references. Grant Morrison - who is writing Action Comics right now - is notorious for bringing back minor characters from the past and making them more important. You don't need to have read the old stuff to know what's going on, but there's always a "wow, cool!" factor when you recognize someone.

(I should note that even if you don't need to have read the old stuff to get it, you might not get it anyway, because Morrison is a weirdo).