jono87

Way to go Jim. I just spoke with Joe and Tom and they wanted me to tell you that your check is in the mail. 

Fear Itself? Meh. I'm reading it. I dont think It's fucking garbage, but it still hasn't hooked me yet. I think there have been and are going to be lazy choices made within the direction of the plot. Thor gets taken away, just to be thrown back 2 issues later? Bru brings Bucky back just to give him a throw away death. Stark honey doesn't work for Odin, so maybe he'll help for Stark vinegar. Villains get Asgardian buffs? Ok, give the heroes Asgardians buffs.

The majority of the most creative things are happening outside of the main book, and thats a problem for me. Making it come down to who has the better toysis a cop out. Unless "The Mighty" are going to be walking around with their weapons after the fact, then what is the point? I can promise that Quesada has said that the tie-ins aren't essential to understanding the main story, and that is a crock of shit.

Alternatively, I am loving Flashpoint. To be completely honest, the first issue didn't hook me. The news of the reboot did. Wait, wha-?

If I may take umbridge with the least relevant point within your arguement, the "Reboot = DC is irrelevant until August" arguement is a weak bit, especially when applied to Flashpoint. For someone so against the use of "the laziest snark of the month," you're guilty of your use of the laziest snark of the summer. Comic book common senses dictates that an event started by the recreation of reality, will probably end in similar fashion. I don't know if it has been confirmed yet, but I'd lay cash down that Flashpoint will be the story responsible for the restructuring of the DC reality. That immediately makes it relevant to the reboot, which means that saying it won't matter is probably the furthest thing from the truth.

At the end of the day, I like reading comics because I have fun reading comics. Considering that as the deciding factor, Flashpoint has my vote.