Other than maybe the stuff they contract out to Brian. I hear he's pretty good.
 

It is, because IDEALLY they wouldn't do either, because both are stupid as hell. And they would instead write a continuing story about these characters until they die of old age or in battle, at which point they would stay dead, and the mantle would be passed on to newer characters who may or may not take up the old character's persona.

Not that it'll ever happen, and it's blind wishful thinking to believe, or expect, otherwise.

However, as Fifth said, this is a soft reboot anyway, so it's not even the lesser of the two possible evils. And you should just not read either Marvel or DC at all, because of this kind of stupidity.

I truly wish I could see one character in DC or Marvel stay dead.

Robin doesn't count because they got a new one.

It's also a reason I like to stay with manga over American comics. Once a series is done, that's it.

well for all the fanboy complaints I think deep down this kind of thing is exactly what they want. I mean if they didn't want this tangled nightmare of a continuity then American comic industry would have died a long time ago. This is reinforced by how these more convoluted series are the ones that tend to sell the best

The only comic, Marvel or DC, that I read at all is Deadpool, so I'm pretty much unaffected. However, if this means I can ignore the shit that has transpired beforehand, then maybe I'll start reading Batman or something.

Honestly, if you want to read comics, just read independent stories, one-shots and mini/maxiseries. No monthlies or big events(Well, except maybe Cosmic Marvel) that try to pretend they have a continuity and destroying it at the same time.

Also, Vertigo.

In that case: Fuck DC.

And now we've gone full circle.

I read some comics once. Some blue guy punched some red guys. It was pretty funny. They should just do that more.

Also because none of them have stayed dead, either. Jason Todd is now a shitty supervillain as the Red Hood and Stephanie Brown is Batgirl.

And Dick Grayson was Batman! And it was awesome. That's the jumping off point that got me back into Batman comics. It gave me a new place to start off at without having to dump all continuity. I only ever read Morrison's run on Batman because I was so interested in seeing what he had done with the characters prior to "Batman & Robin."

So that's how I look at jumping off points, do something that introduces new aspects without throwing all the old ones away.