Embracing the DCnU

To say I was furious at DC when they announced their relaunch(then misquoted as Reboot) is an understatement.

Said to be a complete restart of the DCU sometime after all of these heroes had established themselves in their own homes, but still younger.
It basically was said all continutiy was thrown out the window. Because we had no context, no explanation. And yes, DC handled this egg poorly.
Ending all series in August and relauching with 52 all new titles, we were told all would be well. DC Comics co-publisher Dan Didio told USA Today, "We looked at what was going on in the marketplace and felt we really want to inject new life in our characters and line. This was a chance to start, not at the beginning, but at a point where our characters are younger and the stories are being told for today's audience."

That sounds foreboding doesn't it?
I swore I would stop reading DC. Then, after realizing that meant I was swearing off Batwoman, I swore off all books that weren't by J.H. Williams. Then I added Scott Snyder. Then some of the more niche books were added to the list and I became a little more open minded, but it took the reveal of the Batman books, that Batman Inc. was infact still in continuity and that Damien Wayne would still exist, and I calmed the hell down. What I realized is that some of these books might be set in the past. Thusly slightly younger characters. We know that Batman will still be the cranky 30 something.
It would later be revealed that DC's SVP of Sales Bob Wayne said, "We have taken great care in maintaining continuity where most important, but fans will see a new approach to our storytelling. Some of the characters will have new origins, while others will undergo minor changes. Our characters are always being updated; however, this is the first time all of our characters will be presented in a new way all at once."
So now it's less that the sky is falling and more that a real change in the post flashpoint world is coming.

But still, all of these change in creative teams is scary. Especially considering within a given company some books are just okay and a handful are good and a select few are great. And scarier is that there are two company mandates that have been made public. The first is that all of the women must wear pants. Which based on all of the covers we've seen, this is true. The second is that Every creative team must have their first story arc plotted, and the first issue written and drawn by August 31st or else they will implement a backup plan.
The implication here is that some of these announcements aren't set in stone. And that is a very scary thing. And yet, this fear, this change, is exciting. It has us talking and focusing on DC. Which of course begs the question that I plan on talking about tommorow: What Does Marvel Have Planned?

But all in all, I want to read some of these books, which means they've done something right, despite pissing me the hell off, so they've done something right.