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DC's greatest liability when it comes to making these big changes (besides the fact that many of them are poorly concieved, of course) is that Time/Warner won't let them do anything really significant (remember the corporate edict telling them to bring back Robin after he was "voted to death" by the fans). (Ironically, Warner's FILM division is allowed to abuse the characters anyway they want, even though that reaches a much bigger audience- presumably because bombs like that CATWOMAN movie will be forgetten as soon as the next filmmaker remakes the character). It's common knowledge that the whole DEATH OF SUPERMAN thing was just a sop to the producers of LOIS AND CLARK, who wanted the comics to hold off for a couple of years on the then-upcoming marriage of the characters. I have less trouble with these "Big Changes" then with the stupid overhyping of things that are clearly temporary-and everybody knows it. (I suspect the REAL reason for Barry Allen's return is to try and lend significance to upcoming events by bringing back a character who was (by comic book standards) "REALLY" DEAD... and he will grant these events even MORE significance by dying AGAIN. ( As for "permanently" replacing Bruce wayne as Batman- oh, come on, Warners would NEVER allow one of their few household name characters to change like that, especially while he's got a film franchise going. BUT... a good writer could generate a few interesting stories by playing with the idea for a while- and if everyone accepts THAT going in, it might be worth trying out. That said... don't get your hopes up; I'm sure SOMEBODY at DC will screw up at least PART of these storylines...)