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He was very intense, and wound pretty tight. I think that's why he snapped at times.

I find it interesting -- and not a little unsettling -- that Jim Shooter seemed to identify so closely with Cosmic Boy, and then he had Cosmic Boy act in such horrible ways.

I wonder if Shooter identified closely with Hank Pym too.....

I have a feeling that he did.

A lot of superheroes treated their significant others poorly. From what I've heard, Black Panther has been terrible to Storm recently

I miss JSA. Rick and Jesse had a good relationship. So did Todd and Damon.

I miss the JSA too. Jay Garrick just isn't the same anymore.

Todd and Damon were so cute.

I miss Stargirl, Cyclone and Lightning. Young female heroes with good heads on their shoulders.

It was one of the best comics produced for so long. This New 52 business ruined my comics reading.

I console myself with back issues and fond memories.

I'm with you both Rocky and Ibby. Since I tired of New52 (it took a year or more, I kept hoping it would improve) I've pretty much dropped comics. Most of what I purchased was from DC and because there is not a LSC here and I have to use a mail service, the few titles from other company are not worth it. So, just back issues for me too

I still buy a few titles, but I guess I look on it as holding in till DC comes to its senses. Maybe this Multiversity thing will help.

It comforting/sad that I'm not alone in finding comics harder to stay into without DC. Having tried and dropped all of the opening DCNu titles, I took away the linchpin of habitual buying of the others. It's not as though I bought many before DCNu, due to quality. But the three or four were the ones I had bought for longest (across a few re-numberings).

I did get oodles of '80s back issues though, and a lot of them were great fun.

Like thotkins, I've been mostly splurging on back issues lately too. These new books just don't appeal to me. I feel like a bitter old man trapped in a youngster's body.

Misogyny as character development. Strangely, readers stay away from their products.

DC has become the comics industry equivalent of the Michael Bay cheese factory.

As impossible as I thought it was you just made a comparison that makes Bay look good

No one and nothing can make Bay look good.

Sadly I feel the same about today's DC

It's the whole mentality of "let's dumb ourselves down so new people aren't intimidated." I've seen that principle applied in many different places. The result is never satisfactory to anyone.

It certainly applies to Michael Bay's take on my beloved Transformers.

I didn't even bother to watch the sequels. What's the point?

I haven't bothered to watch the sequels either. The first was painful enough. Why would I want to put myself through that again?

At least you didn't have to sit through the fourth one....

To paraphrase something a friend of mine once said years ago: "I don't ever want Bay to get his grubby hands on my beloved Dinobots." And, eventually, it happened.