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Superman
Illustration: Jim Lee

This summer, mega-publisher DC Comics is revamping its entire superhero empire. Every one of its 52 titles will be relaunched with an all-new issue number one, complete with new story lines, new histories, and new costumes. Yup, some of the world’s most legendary c...

Justice League No. 1 kicks off DC Comics' “new 52” reboot campaign Wednesday.

But it remains unclear from Justice League’s renumbered first issue — which kick-starts the publisher’s postmillennial makeover of DC Universe’s 52 series and their superheroes’ origin stories — whether the new normal has anything better to offer than last century’s model.

This is not to say that Justice League No. 1, out Wednesday, is simply trying to woo a new generation of younger readers by lamely name-dropping Transf...