I do, though, dislike the show falling back on a Smallville-style meteor freak analog. Can’t we just be in a universe in which people can develop super powers?

Firestorm as the backup to the Flash strikes again!

And Pat, one odd thing I have seen lately (in lieu of DC’s new royalties announcement a few weeks back) is that, while DC is evidently less consistent about paying creator royalties for derivative works, according to numerous creators, they have a fantastic Accounting department when it comes to keeping track of reprints and international sales. I think it was Mark Waid who said (paraphrasing) “If it sold three copies in a reprint in Bulgaria, you’d get a check.”