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Originally Posted by okSignal

Clearly, you aren't very brushed up on your batman canon.

Clearly!

Off topic: I don't read or collect much anymore. I experienced a moment of clarity a long time ago, fully recognizing that my collection -- a roomful of comics, all neatly bagged and boxed, some with pretty variants and fancy covers -- was almost entirely garbage, time and money wasted, so I weeded out a couple boxes worth of 'keepers,' sold / donated / recycled the rest, and resolved to be extremely budget and quality conscious going forward. I rarely buy loose, current comics anymore. I will pay top dollar for a printed copy of something good, but I have to read it first and decide whether the story and/or art deserve to be supported with my money. I gather that many of us here come from a similar place: we've learned to be more discriminating.

That said, and I can't point to anything specific, but something shifted in the culture several years ago that made it easier to save money. Many times over the past decade, I've peeked in recent story arcs for different characters and franchises and thought "Glad I missed that bullet." It's ironic and frustrating, because I'm in a better position now to collect than I ever was in the old days.

We seem to be undergoing some kind of transition in popular culture, like a shift in power between groups with different ideas. I'm not sure if it's for better or worse.