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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
It seems very confusing. In Action Comics #1, Superman's costume consists of a short-sleeve Superman shirt, cape, dungarees and work boots. In Supergirl #1, he shows up wearing pretty much the traditional suit, but his underwear is inside his pants (which, for Supes, is just plain wrong).
I've always wanted a world where each character had only one title. If this means publishing Superman on a weekly basis, so be it. All the confusing crossings between series and story arcs that stretch beyond titles is frustrating.
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Action Comics is set in the past, before even Justice League, which is set five years in the past.
After the first arc, both titles are set to revert to "present time" and the current status quo where the Wildstorm characters are part of the Flashpointed DCU, but the Justice Society and the other golden age-derived heroes aren't. Instead, they are kicked out to a restored earth 2.
Most of the other New 52 titles are set in present time and retain the bulk of previous continuity with "adjustments". For example, Hawk and Dove picks up after Brightest Day, but seems to be deprecating the death of a major supporting character and restoring the status quo from the Barbara Kesel run. Which is a good move. Captain Atom has a new look but the first issue acknowledges GENERATION LOST and brings back a key character from the Cary Bates run. Resurrection man, likewise, picks up right where the previous run ended, but Superboy, Supergirl, and Blue Beetle seem to be going back to the origin but its not clear if they're set in the past or present.
Other than the Wildstorming the exercise seems to be mostly aimed at Morrison's desire to undo Supes married life and deck him out in kryptonian ceremonal armor instead of tights.
To get a hint of what Levitz thinks, just consider he has explicitly walled off his Legion title from kryptonians for the duration.