*sigh* am I the only one waiting for an recession-era purge of both the Marvel & DC lines? Much as I'm enjoying some new titles (Doom Patrol, Power Girl, Batgirl, Secret Six, new Bat books), why are these companies continuing to release new ongoing titles now? Used to be that we'd get a trial balloon in the form of a mini-series, and *then* move to an ongoing. *shakes head* Had a very revealing conversation with the owner of my LCS on Friday (shop closes on Dec 31), and he pointed out that the big two's response to the recession at the Feb NYC Comic Con was: (1) raise prices by $1; (2) increase output by 33%. I guess that as long as the new, new, new stuff sells (along with umpteen gazillion Wolvie and Bat titles), they see no reason to stop.