New 52 was a mixed bag for me.
i liked very much many New 52 Titles some arcs (mainly when Jeff Lemire or Tom.Taylor was writing). and my goal this year is to reread some New 52 titles that orhers recommend (Batman Wonder Woman Swamp Thing Anumal Man).
The 52 titles covered a much broader tange of characters than before or after
But there were too many titles.
The number of titles overwhelmed the editors as well as readers
The prep work to lauch that many titles wasn’t done, the editors were inexperienced or too controlling, (firing Gail Simone off Batgirl by email) the writers and artists sometimes were at odds, (Static Shock), George Perez quit a Superman title because basic facts like whether Ma and Pa Kent were alivel were not forthcoming.
Readers often could not find all the titles and books were cancelled quickly.
The concept of starting over really
happened only with
first arc of Justice League
Action Comics by Morrison
Earth 2
Everything else was five year later where readers didn’t know what was in continuity or not
Five years was too little for everything to happen like four Robins
The best reboots ignore continuity and just start at the beginning and continue from there.
Perez Wonder Woman
Byrne Man of Steel
Morrison.JLA
Justice League Animated
it is fun to watch young inexperienced heroes as in.early Spider-Man Xmen Teen Titans Young Justice and Legion of Super-Heroes
That didn’t happened in New 52
Basically Batman and Green Lantern ignored the reboot.
Continuity was re introduced with Titans Hunt and Superman Lois and Clark.
Sales tanked
This time with Rebirth there was more time spent investigating
What the core of each character was
What legacy characters to re introduce
A more limited range of titles initially
With Great talent. Most of which are unfortunately no longer on these titles
One problrm is with DC Management
https://wordofthenerdonline.com/misery-incorporated-didio-says-heroes-cant-be-happy/
Also see other thread