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Well, for reasons I can't recall, I put the B&B hardcover out of my mind at didn't get around to putting in the inter-library request until last week.

My thoughts on each of the 7 stories:

Batman/Dial H For Hero -- Not bad, nothing Earth-shaking. Nice to see a modern DC story about somebody finding the best in themselves, though.

Flash/Blackhawks -- The weakest one, I thought. It misses out on what made the Blackhawks fun, and the emotional repercussions of what Flash went through are not even hinted at by the end. Maybe as a two-parter or three-parter it might have worked, but not this way.

Batman/Brother Power the Geek -- Very good. As others have already pointed out earlier in this thread, the Geek represents our potential to bring out the best out of ourselves, and reminds us that it's always there and could come back in the future (maybe even this decade?)

Green Lantern/Dr. Fate -- JMS *gets* Hal! I want him to do a GL graphic novel. Possibly my favorite.

Joker/Atom -- The second weakest, I thought. It does nothing to bring out Ray Palmer's personality (admittedly, he's never had much of one, but JMS should have been able to find it) and I think it's a waste of time theorizing on why the Joker is the way he is. Gets an edge over the Flash/Blackhawks one only because it fit the done-in-one mold.

Aquaman/Demon -- Third weakest. To paraphrase what Set said earlier in this thread, we don't need someone to TELL us Aquaman is awesome, it has to be SHOWN to us. And I'm not convinced he is, but then I've never liked Aquaman much. I loved Peter David's bad-ass mystical Aquaman, but that seems to have been a fluke. And the Demon was too nice, even if he did torch the monster at the end. The Demon should always be a nasty piece of work, even when he's a "good guy."

Batgirl/Zatanna/Wonder Woman -- Ends the trade on a very strong note. Like Lash, I figured out where the story was going before it got there, but that didn't make it any less compelling or well-written.

I just did some searching to try to find out the current status of B&B, and it seems to have quitely disappeared. A shame. Guess I'll have to look for the remaining issues, as I doubt there's enough for another trade.

I've been totes straightening up my 2nd bedroom/comicbook room, and realized there's been no new BatB since the Subs/I5 issue?

Is it cancelled then?

I honestly don't know if there's ever been any official word at all. I know at least 2 more issues were solicited but never shipped. Jor-El/Pa Kent and Lois Lane/Adam Strange, IIRC.

Given JMS and his "quitting" monthly comics...my guess is that the series is toast.

No official word that I have heard yet, but it does not look promising.

Quitting com-- *sputter!!* didn't he recently take on both Superman and WOnder Woman? WTF--! Who the hell quits writing comics after taking those 2 titles on...?

Wild.

You seriously didn't know about this? Hmmm...

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/11/10/breaking-news-superman-earth-one-sequel-in-the-works/

I depend on Legion WOrld pretty exclusively for comics news, so thanks for the link. I had no clue.

I keep holding out that more B&B issues are coming (with or without JMS). I guess I'll wait longer before I put the stack of comics away...

Not that it wasn't already pretty obvious but Dan Didio just confirmed at a recent Con that this book has indeed been cancelled.

<----- sobs uncontrollably for 5 minutes. Recomposes himself.

Apparently JMS just wants to concentrate on his Earth One OGNs so the "brain-trust" at DC have decided that because they think some readers might 'confuse this book with the all-ages Batman: The Brave and the Bold book', they're just going to cancel this one.

I all over the editors at DC!

I hope they all get burnt by the clap!

...FU

This was no surprise, but I wish they would have at least produced the last two issues that were solicited: Pa Kent/Jor-El and Lois Lane/Adam Strange, IIRC! Those both sounded like classics.

I was really looking forward to Lois Lane and Adam Strange. This is the first time I can recall a book being cancelled by just letting it fade away... into deadline issues.... uh, oh yeah... we cancelled that one. Strange days in the comics business indeed.