Tekkaman-James: Yeah, they lost me after Spider-Man's "One More Day" and then guaranteed my banishment with what they did to Spidey during "Civil War". I got to meet Quesada after all of that at a Q&A. Without getting long winded, he essentially told me that they don't make comic books for me, they make comic books for eight-year-olds who might be compelled to pick up a book after seeing a show or movie. Don't make comic books for me? The guy who has been supporting you for twenty years? Fine. Thanks for being honest, I guess. I'm out.
Well, makes sense from a business point of view. Many old readers may stop reading comics when they get older and at a certain point they'll die anyway, so they have to ensure that they capture a younger audience.
Problem is, they are incoherent at that. They want to do it yet the stories, unlike those of the golden age, are really adult in themes and mood. Nowadays they have sex, drugs, rape and all sorts of serious tones in comic books that it's not really thought to appeal kids. It doesn't look like they are trying to make comic books for 8 yo. It's like they are trying to make boos for 8 yo AND adults at the same time, and the result isn't really a good product marketed at kids nor a good product oriented at adults, but instead a crappy mix of boths that fails on every aspect.
There's still some good mini-series, special or graphic novel from time to time, but those are mostly out of continuity and are published as complete collections later on in comic book libraries anyway, so it's not like you miss anything terribly good if you don't read the regular series.
Tekkaman-James: As for Hal and Barry, I have never read a DC comic
(aside from Lobo), so I can't really comment on their side of things. I just know that when Supes died back in the 90's, he wasn't gone for long.
For some time they used to be WAY better than Marvel comics in the last decade, but then they rebooted the whole universe, resurrecting Barry Allen, making Superman and Batman younger and stuff like that, and i lost interest.
You should really get at least Grant Morrison's run on JLA, which is a classic and very very entertaining, the 52 maxiseries, and both the Sinestro Corps and Darkest Night series from Green Lantern.
Those are extremely good.
Anaxphone: I've played Lego Star Wars on the PS2 and they were real fun. If/when any of these go on sale, I'm grabbing them, even ones that I don't care about the parent franchise for, such as Harry Potter.
You should be good with any title of them you choose.
Believe me, the new ones like the Lego Batman and Lego Marvel series are WAAAAAY better than those. They keep getting better and better. And i've heard great things about Lego City for Wii U.
