Scarlet Speedster wrote:
Fin Fang Foom wrote:

It'd really be nice if DC had some all-ages titles that weren't in the animated style, but just traditional comics that could appeal to both younger kids and older collectors...


I think I'd like to see more comic books that were more accessible to a more wide range of potential readers -- they wouldn't necessarily have to be written down to a younger audience (kids often seem to gravitate to something intended for a slightly older audience, anyway). But that would require an much more substantial re-think than what DC attempted here -- and much better Editorial talent and vision, too.
Amen to that.

And honestly, I think that aiming superheroes books exclusively (or almost) to an adult audience, well, long-term is a very shortsighted move. If kids don't fall in love with comics around that age because comics aren't suitable for them, they probably never will. And the old guard readers won't be around forever.

There's no need to think that comics that can be read by children have to be dull. I grew up with the comics of the late seventies and of the eighties. I would gladly give a kid Simonson's Thor to read, or Byrne's FF as those were all-ages books. And where they dull or childish? Absolutely not, quite the opposite. They were simply awesome, and had a lot more depth than many of today's gore-infested books. 

I feel the same way. In my youth you could go to the comic book store and pretty much every title was okay to read. There was a tiny section of "adult" comics which were Cerebus and stuff like that. Now it's totally reversed. There is a tiny section of kids comics and the rest is inappropriate.

There is something wrong when you can't open a mainstream flagship title like Batman or Superman or Justice League or Captain America and not find sex, blood, guns, and dismemberment.