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One of the most interesting is Justice League International. The mystery woman in the bottom left corner that I could not name previously? She's gone. And not mentioned in the solicit. New character or surprise guest? Either way, DC doesn't want to talk about it.They have also released the covers of the previously missing Green Lantern titles.
Looking at some of the titles, there is a mish-mash of ratings here, too. Several of the titles got T+ ratings. Not surprisingly, the entire Justice League group of comics got T for Teen ratings. Red Lanterns got a T+ rating, no doubt due to their "battling against injustice in the most bloody ways imaginable!"
Among the Batman titles, only Catwoman got the T+ rating.
Looking at the titles from "The Dark" group of books, we see, not surprisingly, a few more T+ ratings. Swamp Thing, Animal Man, I, Vampire, Resurrection Man, and Voodoo all got that rating.
None of the Teen books got T+ ratings. They are all Teen rated, appropriately. There is a little information here about Hawk & Dove that wasn't previously available. It looks like they are setting up some inter-partner discord, and a long-term baddie here. Still excited to read this book.
"The Edge" group of books also have a pretty even distribution of T and T+ ratings. Stormwatch is T+, as are Deathstroke, Suicide Squad, Men of War, and All-Star Western. It will be interesting to contrast the T-rated Blackhawk and the T+ Men of War, both covering modern warfare, but clearly from different perspectives.
All of the Superman books are rated T, not surprisingly. The solicit for Supergirl makes it sound... well... unappealing to me. "Meet Supergirl. She’s got the unpredictable behavior of a teenager, the same powers as Superman – and none of his affection for the people of Earth. So don’t piss her off!" Why do I want to read about a god-like character who doesn't care about the people of earth? And how is she a hero?
Still, like all the others, I will give Supergirl a chance. Hopefully, I find her more compelling than it sounds.
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The ratings of the new releases never even occurred to me, actually. I guess much like with movies, and until you need to start paying attention to the system all over again for your own kid, it kind of becomes moot; whatever you want to see (or read, in this case), you can go right ahead.
The mystery of the missing character on the cover is kind of interesting. As a graphic designer for ages, however, I now find the balance of the whole image thrown off. Hey, if they can just pluck a character off the cover at will, surely they can slide one of the others over to fill that void. Or maybe that's there they'll end up throwing some big, fat, exciting teaser for the excitement inside, or somesuch.
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