I was talking to Dave who runs my lcs yesterday and he was concerned about the direction of the new Earth 2. And about some of the costumes, although he felt that Cap Marvel would come good. I think that's hope over reality. He also noted that sales which blossomed on the launch of 52, were slowly going back down but 52 had attracted new readers to the shop some of whom opened standing orders.
Surely Earth 2 was a parallel world. A look at the cover of the Jay meets Barry Flash would suggest that the earths are, as stated, only vibrationally separate , or The Spectre holding them apart. Again, I have to say that the new stuff all looks too serious, grim and not a lot of fun, and fun is what I would expect from Cap Marvel or Shazam or whatever they're calling him. All this will probably interest younger readers which is no bad thing but for many older readers such as me, well, no. I had enough of messing about with characters with new versions of Dr. Mid-nite, the Thunderbolt keeper, Hourman, to say nothing more about the awful Phantom from Dynamite...............zzzzzzzzzzzz, sorry, falling asleep with the excitement of it all.