Strange, this is yet another case of someone hearing about a character, only for said character to get killed immediately, or having just been killed.
I mean, I found S_D and learned about Superboy and thought he was awesomesauce, only for Infinite Crisis to come along and kill him. Same with Ted Kord and Booster Gold (though Booster was a fake-out).
Fan: Hey, that character is pretty cool! Comics Company: We're killing that character next month. or We killed that character thirty-five minutes ago last month. Fan: Well crap.