[Phantom Stranger]

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Originally Posted by KRX

DC Universe: Rebirth pissed me off and I'm still upset.

If the story existed in a vacuum, it'd be a great story. But then it wouldn't be DC Universe: Rebirth.

Really, all of my problems are attributed to one page that, if it were to be removed, would only have the effect of making the entire comic better.

In fact, not even the whole page. Just the dialogue boxes that establish that the New 52 version of Wally West is actually a new version of pre-Flashpoint Wally West's cousin Wally West. If those were altered so that New 52 Wally was THE Wally West of Prime Earth and pre-Flashpoint Wally West was just a remnant of the pre-Flashpoint DC Universe who somehow managed to exist in his horrible fate of being forgotten, then I'd be much happier with the story.

But that didn't happen, so I'm not.

And it's really frustrating, because I really liked the rest of the story. But that one page just ruins the whole thing for me.

Eh, I can kinda get behind that.

I'm more bothered by the Blue Scarab being retconed...again. They really need to just leave that thing alone.

Also not really on board with the Watchmen thing. I get the idea behind it. I get the symbolism of an incredibly cynical book full of horrible superheroes contrasting and conflicting with the DC universe. But DC has had this long unhealthy obsession with that series, along with the DKR, and this is just a way to hammer it in more. I like Watchmen, but like DKR it's a product very much of it's time, in some ways hasn't aged well and I feel should be self contained. Leave well enough alone. Honestly, DC has done nothing to regain my faith in them as a company. Certainly not one I feel respects its properties(not to mention the employee hell I won't get into). However, I also don't expect one book to do that. That's going to take time, and they're fully capable of doing it. But these "twists" do not fill me with optimism.
They took a step in the right direction, but are tripping along the way.