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Originally Posted by Phantom Stranger

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.

From a narrative perspective, I liked the Watchmen twist. I see your point about its inclusion, though.

What bothered me about the Scarab thing was that Khalid Nassour has been Doctor Fate since June of last year, and the Doctor Fate that showed up in that story probably wasn't Khalid Nassour. I like Khalid. I like him a lot. I'm definitely biased because he's a character from an Islamic background, but I still like Khalid. And they're not using Khalid.