Amen to that. Remember when threats to the space-time continuum would be resolved by Superman all within the span of one issue, or one story in an Superman digest? Ah well.
Zero Hour was a bold experiment, a way of trying to streamline the DCU and make it a bit more cohesive in terms of continuity. But the thing nobody seems to get is that--by and large--not very many comics readers care much for continuity. But this was at a time when the Superman titles numbered four and Batman had about five, Justice League had been split off into about 4 versions and Teen Titans was operating side by side with Team Titans. . .and let's not even get started on the fits-and-starts reboots they'd tried on Hawkman. So an effort was made to 'fix' the various problems DC percieved, which resulted in things being Fixed This Time For Sure. . .only now we see that another Crisis is a-brewin', what with the arrival of Supergirl into canon as the third superhero to bear the name, Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen's return from the dead, and Luthor going from corporate mogul/President to armor-clad supervillain in the span of seven issues. DC's up to something again, and while I hope it's a return to more sensible comicbooks with the advent of the All-Star line, I'm fearful that this will be another attempt to pander to the graying of the audience, make superheroes more 'mature' despite their inherent fun, and just generally continue the downward spiral the medium's been in since Crisis.
But I'm not bitter.
-Def.