Earth 2 Vol. 1: The Gathering

I just finished reading this reinvention of the heroes of the golden age from DC Comics New 52 initiative.  I have to say I really enjoyed parts of this title but I also have some complaints.  The elimination DC's trinity in the first couple of pages was a nice touch but it also felt a little rushed.  One of my ongoing problems with reading anything in the New 52 is that I have all this prior knowledge of the characters & concepts of the DC universe for the last twenty years.  Since I didn't have a lot of prior knowledge about these particular characters in the DC universe so this was a pretty good book that didn't clash with my prior knowledge except for the revamp of Solomon Grundy as the main villain in this opening arc.  I really liked James Robinson's writing with the New Krypton story arc.  But his writing on this title seems to be sub-par; the art is definitely on point though.  My second major gripe with this title is the change that DC made to Green Lantern it seems like a slap in the face of the character especially since he is a legacy character.  The first half of this title read as a bunch of origin stories.  While the second half of the title is a big first ever team up to defeat the villain.  I am interested to see where the storyline with Mr. Terrific is going and there where several other nods to other Justice Society characters like Sandman & Red Tornado.  This volume also shows how Huntress & Power Girl escaped Earth 2 even if it was accidentally.