And The New 52 continues apace.

Up until recently, DC's policy was to introduce new characters and have them already be homosexual, as opposed to their standard policy of pretending Obsidian was just, like, totally too busy for dates and just wanted to keep his private life private, OK.

Yesterday was New Comic Book Day, and on the shelves were the replacements for the books DC didn't like in the New 52, which at least got eight issues apiece.

As we all know, some of the New 52 are being shown the door after eight issues and being replaced next month with a bunch of new books:"Earth 2", which gives James Robinson the Justice Society to play with again.

Remember back in the '90s, when DC decided to pay tribute to its anthology books by restarting Showcase.

When the New 52 launched last year, we did an extensive, and sometimes scathing, look at them, and came up with four books we could not freaking stand.

The New 52 initiative has been a big success for DC.

I find it a bit weird that most of the controversy about the New 52 and the fact that DC has apparently learned not a single thing from being regularly chewed out about this by the Internet for, like, a decade, centers around Starfire, of all characters.

So, I've spent three weeks reading the New 52, and frankly, there's a reason I've been using images of drunken superheroes: it's the only way to get through some of this stuff.