Thanks for the responses.  I guess I'll probably be picking up the new Levitz material after all to see for myself.  I'm still hoping that Shooter gets another shot at this book, now that title has been (well, largely, I guess, from what I've learned here) restored to its 80's roots.  (I still consider Shooter's 60's work to be the "gold standard").

I'd also like to reiterate my desire to have the Legion back-up stories from Adventure Comics (the ones by Geoff Johns and others that immediately preceded Levitz's return) collected somewhere.  I wonder who DC's collections editors are.  They don't seem to be nearly as "on the ball" as Cory Sedlmeier and others from Marvel's staff.