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I was a big DC “funny book” fan. If I hadn’t read them into dust I could retire on the classic issues...same as you. I actually liked the Superboy, Supergirl and AquaMan best, although I wanted to grow up and be Lois Lane. Aqyaman was the only hero who actually got married and had a family...didn’t care for Spider-Man because he was so whiny! The Lous-Clark series in TV was a lot of fun. This newest Superman—can’t remember the name of the actor—is the handsomest if all the actors who has played him, but he’s lifeless and depressed...(little trip down memory lane...look what they’ve done to our Heroes)

Well if you need an example of how bad the DC movies are, I spent my youth as a devoted DC comic fan, and had no use for Marvel.

For me it was Superman, Supergirl, Superboy, Flash, Batman, etc.

Same. I remember the problems began when DC was trying to be more like Marvel by bringing on Jack Kirby and redoing various legends, most of which had to be undone.

Lois got her own pad with two roommates (a fashionable black woman and a fat chick), I guess she was too cool to live with mom, but didn't want a reputation by having her own pad, or maybe J. Jonah Jameson took over the Daily Planet and was paid Peter Parker wages. But wait, Morgan Edge bought the Daily Planet and got the bright idea of making Clark Kent ANCHORMAN on the evening news, a job he didn't apply for. The Clark Kent I know would have walked out of Mr. Edge's office, and gone across the street with Perry White and sign up with The Metropolis Daily News. Wonder Woman lost her powers and took up Judo and Kung Fu, exchanging her Amazon pagan practices for far eastern pagan Mysticism with a male mentor. (??!!)

Kirby tried to retool Jimmy Olson as "cool". Bruce Wayne abandoned Wayne Manor and moved into a city apartment, and used a rather ordinary car for a Batmobile.

And then Warner bought DC, and never, ever, figured out what to do with it.

D.C. should be more upbeat than Marvel. Superman should be someone you can take your eight year old to see, and he should be looked up to, and not filled with doubt, though he still gets to mourn the loss of Krypton, he's Superman, and everyone loves him ... cool! Bright colors, vainglorious criminals, straightforward plots, more serious than the '60s Batman TV show, but not too much.

I would like Superman to perhaps be placed back in the very early '40s, with the powers dialed down a little bit, and no World Wars for him to not stop single-handedly. You can even call him Earth-2 Superman to keep comics continuity intact.

The Flash could go up against Vandal Savage, a great all time villain ( a cro-magnon man whose exposure to a mysterious comet made him immortal, allowing him to accumulate the knowledge of every era since then.)

The Justice League should omit Superman and Batman (Supes steals the show, Batman can't really go against space aliens convincingly) and have mainly the second tier (Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Green Arrow, and EITHER Elongated Man or Red Tornado [but not both]). Cameos by Supes and Batman if needed, but we don't want the story too crowded.

The Legion of Superheroes (Silver Age edition) is a huge untapped opportunity (and plenty of room for eye candy with Saturn Girl, Triplicate Girl, Princess Projectra) and if needed, the marriage between Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel (formerly Tripicate Girl). Keep the names and the storylines Silver Age and politically incorrect even though it takes place in the 30th century. Worked for Star Trek!

We need COMIC BOOK fans to tell comic book stories. Mario Puzo should have stuck with mob movies. He messed up Superman and DC/Warner never got on the right track (save some Batman) since.