It seems to me that the problem is not that the books effect eachother it's that they don't fit together seamlessly while standing on thier own as well.
When compared to say Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy two books that crossed over this week and yet made sense and were enjoyable on their own dispite leading into a big event this kind of thing makes DC look even more shoddy.
Do you think that this is something fundementaly different about the DCU?From the begining they've never really had one consistant universe and they are consistanly pasting on new aquisitions such as Static. Maybe DC should just quit trying to maintain contiuty and just tell stories?