50/50: My "New 52" Earth-2-leftovers view

I tried the Huntress/Power Girl series because of a few

extenuating circumstances; the tremendous art team, my love

for Paul Levitz, and the fact that I thought it was only

a mini-series!

But I do have to say that I was very pleased with my

purchase. It's an old-fashioned comic, in every best

sense of the word. Infused with solid, beautiful art

that fits the story, engaging dialogue, a sense of fun

and adventure (I promise you newbies--those are not

4-letter words!) and, best of all--though they have

been tweaked--these are the characters I grew to

love in the 1970s, in spirit and essence if not in fact.

It's not the first time (by far) that DC has attempted

to recreate the prior magic of this earth or these

relationships within the confines of their ever-changing,

ever-convoluted multiverse and editorial direction.

I tried the Earth 2 series for an equal number

of draws; I love the work of James Robinson

and Nicola Scott, I love the Earth 2 concept, and I was

intrigued by how the whole Alan Scott sexuality

angle played out.

BUT, I was also obviously under some severe

misunderstandings, because I believed when the

company said this title marked "the return of Earth 2"

that in fact they meant it, and not that they were being

disingenuous.

See, 'Earth 2' to me represents a very specific

Earth with my favorite heroes of childhood, which had

a history of some 46 years (and even then some or

much of the continuity and characters survived!)

Also, a really cool sci-fi TV show...but I digress.

I do not think of "kinda sorta the old concept,

completely recycled though with basically code names

remaining. Really, just 'another' earth."

No slight against the creative team, and maybe I'll give it

another try in a year or two when the team gets assembled,

 but I'm outtie on Earth  2. It wasn't the old friends I hoped for.

It wasn't a return to greatness.

It feels like just one more bait and switch from

a company I have grown to expect not much else from.

So, a half-and-half even split on these two titles.

They're only the second and third titles I've tried from DC's

new venture, and I doubt there'll be a whole

lot of interest in testing the waters further.

What's done is done, and a false promise

doesn't fill the bill.

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